Echo Dam, UT Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Echo Dam's primary NOAA station, ECHO DAM.
The climate verdict for Echo Dam
Dryness leads the climate profile for Echo Dam, Utah, with 14.7 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 46°F. At 44/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 10% of scores.
- 46°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 44/100
- comfort score, above 10% of station-mapped location scores
- 14.7"
- annual precipitation · 72" snow
- 111 days
- frost-free growing season
Echo Dam: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00422385 · Echo Dam, UT 46°F mean · 14.7" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 46°F
- RANK-COOL #1,715
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Wellsville
- PRCP-DRY 14.7"
- SWING-WIDE 46°F
- COMF-LOW 44/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,108 HDD
- STN-1 USC00422385
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Wellsville Muni, NY (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every UT station list.
- Echo Dam (this station) 46°F
- Cold Olean, NY 46°F
- Hot Rifle, CO 46°F
- Near Wellsville, NY 46°F
- Near Newcastle, ME 46°F
Climate Living Index · Echo Dam
Echo Dam: 17/100 · grade F
Echo Dam publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Echo Dam, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 44/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 14.7 in · 20.3 from 35 in | 27/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 46.4°F · 21.1° from 67.5°F | 25/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 202 calendar days | 13/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 72.3 inches/year | 9/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 111 days/year | 3/100 · F |
Echo Dam · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Echo Dam is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 23.7°F and warmest-month mean 69.9°F place this station in continental, no dry season, warm summer climates (Dfb). Class Dfb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfb
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 69.9°F
- Coldest month
- 23.7°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · heating-led station
Where Echo Dam sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Echo Dam's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 75%
- Among 6,861 stations, Echo Dam sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 84%
- Echo Dam's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 65th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Echo Dam compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Echo Dam's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
44 10th percentile score exceeds 10% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). This entry sits in this band.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Above this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Above this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Echo Dam's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 66 complete annual observations from 1950 to 2025, ECHO DAM warmed at a fitted rate of 0.21°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Echo Dam primary station fitted change +0.21 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35°F (2°C) | 12°F (-11°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 1.2" | 17.3" | 30.3 | 0.0 |
| February | 41°F (5°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 0.9" | 12.0" | 26.3 | 0.0 |
| March | 52°F (11°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 1.2" | 8.2" | 27.4 | 0.0 |
| April | 59°F (15°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 1.5" | 4.9" | 19.3 | 0.0 |
| May | 69°F (21°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 1.9" | 0.7" | 6.7 | 0.1 |
| June | 80°F (27°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 1.2" | 0.0" | 1.2 | 2.6 |
| July | 89°F (32°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 0.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 13.3 |
| August | 87°F (31°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 0.8" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 8.8 |
| September | 78°F (26°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 1.2" | 0.5" | 4.5 | 0.7 |
| October | 65°F (18°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 1.4" | 2.0" | 19.6 | 0.0 |
| November | 48°F (9°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 1.3" | 10.3" | 26.5 | 0.0 |
| December | 36°F (2°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 1.3" | 16.4" | 29.6 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Echo Dam works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 90°F by July 24 and hold at or above 90°F on 8 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 194 dates, bottoming at 12°F around January 5.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 21 through July 28, covering 8 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs May 19 to October 4.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 22, then returns to freezing around October 12, covering 194 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is May 5, when 32% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 6 at 14%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 96 wet dates a year.
The widest day
July 4 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 38°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Echo Dam.
Where Echo Dam Stands Nationally
Day-to-night contrast is extreme by national standards — the widest normal daily swing reaches about 38°F, sharper than nine in ten ranked stations see.
Freezing is routine here by normals standards — the normal low reaches 32°F or colder on about 194 nights a year, more than most ranked stations.
Echo Dam earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 17.3"
9.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 12.0"
9.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 8.2"
9.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 4.9"
9.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.7"
9.9 days with precipitation
6.1 days with precipitation
4.4 days with precipitation
5.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.5"
5.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.0"
7.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 10.3"
8.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 16.4"
9.9 days with precipitation
Echo Dam spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 18% of the annual total and December through February 23%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Echo Dam has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 46.2°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 1.9" and July 0.7". The three wettest months together take 33% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
Echo Dam is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 95 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 26% of the calendar, and they carry 14.7" between them. At roughly 0.15 inches on an average wet day, this is not the damp drizzle of a marine climate; it is an arid record in which precipitation is both uncommon and light when it appears.
The wettest month by count is May at about 10 wet days; the driest is July at about 4.
A low per-event average in a dry record is a statement about typical days only. Arid regions can still take a large share of a year's total from a single convective storm, which a normal cannot show.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, not the extremes within it.
Winter brings real snow to Echo Dam
Echo Dam averages 72.3 inches of snowfall a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 32 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.
- Annual snowfall: 72.3 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 32 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 49% of the year's precipitation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
September 18
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 30
50% probability date
Growing Season
111 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,108
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
348
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside UT closest to Echo Dam on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (46°F here).
- Bad Axe, MI 46°F · 0.0°F off
- Bickleton, WA 46°F · 0.0°F off
- Bridgewater, SD 46°F · 0.0°F off
- Camp Crook, SD 46°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (14.7" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Baker, MT 14.7" · 0.0" off
- Great Falls, MT 14.8" · 0.0" off
- Union, OR 14.8" · 0.0" off
- Walnut Creek, AZ 14.8" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Echo Dam
heating led · dry · mid swing
Echo Dam's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 7,108 annual heating degree days against 348 for cooling. Its 46.2°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 111 days are frost-free in a normal year. That short interval is consistent with the cold-season signal, but the measure does not predict the exact first or last freeze in any one year.
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1. Echo Dam coldest normal
January
Averaging 24°F (-5°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Echo Dam typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Echo Dam snow peak
January
Echo Dam averages 72.3 inches of snow a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Echo Dam's primary station: ECHO DAM (USC00422385). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Echo Dam; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Echo Dam comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.