Escalante, 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 Escalante's primary NOAA station, ESCALANTE.
The climate verdict for Escalante
Dryness leads the climate profile for Escalante, Utah, with 10.6 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 52°F. At 49/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 18% of scores.
- 52°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 49/100
- comfort score, above 18% of station-mapped location scores
- 10.6"
- annual precipitation · 26" snow
- 155 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Escalante: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00422592 · Escalante, UT 52°F mean · 10.6" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-ARID · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 52°F
- RANK-MID #3,362
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hannibal Locks…
- PRCP-ARID 10.6"
- SWING-MID 44°F
- COMF-LOW 49/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,507 HDD
- STN-1 USC00422592
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Hannibal Locks & Dam, OH ( -0.1 °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.
- Escalante (this station) 52°F
- Cold Hannibal Locks…, OH 52°F
- Hot Westchester Cou…, NY 52°F
- Near Hatton, WA 52°F
- Near Cathedral Gorge…, NV 52°F
Climate Living Index · Escalante
Escalante: 29/100 · grade F
Escalante publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Escalante, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 49/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 51.9°F · 15.6° from 67.5°F | 49/100 · D |
| Snowfall burden | 25.5 inches/year | 43/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 155 days/year | 29/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 10.6 in · 24.4 from 35 in | 14/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 202 calendar days | 13/100 · F |
Escalante · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Escalante's normals sit in a dry climate class: BSk
Precipitation is low relative to temperature but above true desert thresholds: cold semi-arid steppe (BSk). Class BSk is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: dry (arid or semi-arid), specifically cold semi-arid steppe.
- Köppen code
- BSk
- Group
- Dry (arid or semi-arid)
- Warmest month
- 74.7°F
- Coldest month
- 30.9°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 Escalante sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Escalante's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 49th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 93%
- Escalante's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 53rd percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Escalante compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Escalante's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
49 18th percentile score exceeds 18% 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
Escalante's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 84 complete annual observations from 1909 to 2025, ESCALANTE warmed at a fitted rate of 0.14°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Escalante primary station fitted change +0.14 °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 | 43°F (6°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 1.0" | 8.9" | 29.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 48°F (9°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 0.9" | 5.8" | 25.9 | 0.0 |
| March | 58°F (14°C) | 29°F (-1°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 0.8" | 2.2" | 21.6 | 0.0 |
| April | 66°F (19°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 0.5" | 1.4" | 10.4 | 0.0 |
| May | 76°F (24°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 0.6" | 0.0" | 2.1 | 1.8 |
| June | 87°F (31°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 0.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 14.6 |
| July | 92°F (34°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 1.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 24.3 |
| August | 89°F (32°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 1.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 18.4 |
| September | 81°F (27°C) | 47°F (9°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 1.3" | 0.0" | 0.6 | 4.5 |
| October | 68°F (20°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 53°F (11°C) | 1.3" | 0.1" | 7.3 | 0.0 |
| November | 54°F (12°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 0.5" | 1.9" | 24.6 | 0.0 |
| December | 43°F (6°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 0.7" | 5.2" | 29.9 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Escalante works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 93°F by July 13 and hold at or above 90°F on 48 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 154 dates, bottoming at 18°F around December 27.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 25 through August 11, covering 48 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs May 3 to October 12.
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 1, then returns to freezing around October 31, covering 154 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 August 12, when 30% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is November 18 at 9%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 58 wet dates a year.
The widest day
June 14 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 37°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Escalante.
Where Escalante Stands Nationally
Aridity defines the water calendar: about 11 inches in a normal year lands this among the driest tenth of ranked stations.
Day-to-night contrast is extreme by national standards — the widest normal daily swing reaches about 37°F, sharper than nine in ten ranked stations see.
Escalante 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: 8.9"
4.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.8"
4.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.2"
4.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.4"
3.9 days with precipitation
4.3 days with precipitation
2.7 days with precipitation
6.9 days with precipitation
9.8 days with precipitation
6.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
4.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.9"
2.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.2"
3.9 days with precipitation
Escalante spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 29% of the annual total and December through February 25%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Escalante has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 43.8°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: August averages 1.6" and June 0.4". The three wettest months together take 40% 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.
Escalante is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 58 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 16% of the calendar, and they carry 10.6" between them. At roughly 0.18 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 August at about 10 wet days; the driest is November at about 3.
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 Escalante
Escalante averages 25.5 inches of snowfall a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 9 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: 25.5 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 9 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 24% 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
October 10
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 8
50% probability date
Growing Season
155 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,507
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
749
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside UT closest to Escalante 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 (52°F here).
- Atwood, KS 52°F · 0.0°F off
- Boston, MA 52°F · 0.0°F off
- Connellsville, PA 52°F · 0.0°F off
- Curtis, NE 52°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (10.6" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Townsend, MT 10.6" · 0.0" off
- Glenns Ferry, ID 10.6" · 0.0" off
- Gunnison, CO 10.6" · 0.0" off
- Richfield, ID 10.5" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Escalante
heating led · dry · mid swing
Escalante's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,507 annual heating degree days against 749 for cooling. Its 43.8°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Escalante's frost-free season lasts about 155 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
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1. Escalante coldest normal
January
The monthly mean of 31°F (-1°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Escalante typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Escalante snow peak
January
Escalante averages 25.5 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 Escalante's primary station: ESCALANTE (USC00422592). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 4923750). Match rule for Escalante: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Escalante 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.