Eskdale, Utah climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Eskdale's normal year runs from 16°F January nights to 94°F July afternoons, with 6.4 inches of precipitation and 18 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 10.8°C, January lows of −9°C, July highs of 34°C, 163 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationEskdale
- Station IDUSC00422607
- Location39.11°N 113.95°W
- Elevation4,980 ft (1,518 m)
On October 24, the normal high in Eskdale is 65°F and the normal low 32°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 12%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Eskdale.
- Jan 42° 16°
- Feb 47° 21°
- Mar 58° 29°
- Apr 65° 34°
- May 75° 42°
- Jun 87° 51°
- Jul 94° 59°
- Aug 92° 57°
- Sep 82° 47°
- Oct 69° 35°
- Nov 53° 24°
- Dec 42° 16°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Eskdale each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 94°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 16°F. The most precipitation falls in May (0.84 in), the least in November (0.33 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42°F | 16°F | 28.7°F | 0.43 | 4.6 | 3 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 47°F | 21°F | 34.2°F | 0.44 | 3.4 | 4 | <1 | 24 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 58°F | 29°F | 43.5°F | 0.56 | 1.5 | 4 | <1 | 21 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 65°F | 34°F | 49.8°F | 0.70 | 1.2 | 5 | <1 | 12 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 75°F | 42°F | 58.6°F | 0.84 | 0.1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 87°F | 51°F | 68.9°F | 0.50 | 0.0 | 3 | 13 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 94°F | 59°F | 76.3°F | 0.49 | 0.0 | 5 | 25 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 92°F | 57°F | 74.5°F | 0.57 | 0.0 | 4 | 23 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 82°F | 47°F | 64.5°F | 0.58 | 0.0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 69°F | 35°F | 51.5°F | 0.61 | 0.2 | 4 | <1 | 13 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 53°F | 24°F | 38.5°F | 0.33 | 1.5 | 3 | <1 | 25 | 10 h |
| December | 42°F | 16°F | 28.7°F | 0.37 | 5.4 | 3 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 67°F | 36°F | 51.5°F | 6.42 | 17.9 | 48 | 67 | 157 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5°C | −9°C | −1.8°C | 11 mm | 12 cm |
| February | 9°C | −6°C | 1.2°C | 11 mm | 9 cm |
| March | 15°C | −2°C | 6.4°C | 14 mm | 4 cm |
| April | 19°C | 1°C | 9.9°C | 18 mm | 3 cm |
| May | 24°C | 6°C | 14.8°C | 21 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 30°C | 11°C | 20.5°C | 13 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 34°C | 15°C | 24.6°C | 12 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 33°C | 14°C | 23.6°C | 14 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 28°C | 8°C | 18.1°C | 15 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 20°C | 1°C | 10.8°C | 15 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 12°C | −5°C | 3.6°C | 8 mm | 4 cm |
| December | 5°C | −9°C | −1.8°C | 9 mm | 14 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00422607; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
Which months are mildest at Eskdale?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (4).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00422607.
When is the last frost at Eskdale?
In Eskdale, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 12 in half of years and after June 3 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 1 in half of years and before September 19 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- May 121 year in 10 after June 3; 9 in 10 after April 28
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 11 year in 10 before September 19; 9 in 10 before October 13
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 140 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 163 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 29 in half of springs and before October 10 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Eskdale in zone 6b in ZIP code 89311, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 5b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −12°F (26 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Utah · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00422607; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get at Eskdale?
In a normal year in Eskdale, 67 days a year reach 90°F (4 of them 100°F or more), 157 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 48 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 67a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 4a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 157a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 15high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 48a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 5a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1966) is 105°F, on July 5, 1973; the lowest is −31°F, on February 7, 1989.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1998, with 12.57 in; the snowiest season is 2010–11, with 49.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00422607; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00422607. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Eskdale?
Over a year 83% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Eskdale, 5.0 kWh per square metre a day. September is the sunniest month (89%) and December the cloudiest (71%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 72% | 2.4 |
| February | 74% | 3.3 |
| March | 79% | 4.8 |
| April | 81% | 6.1 |
| May | 83% | 7.1 |
| June | 89% | 8.0 |
| July | 87% | 7.4 |
| August | 88% | 6.7 |
| September | 89% | 5.7 |
| October | 85% | 4.1 |
| November | 79% | 2.8 |
| December | 71% | 2.0 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How many heating and cooling degree days does Eskdale record?
A normal year at Eskdale brings 5,820 heating degree days, 8% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 921 cooling degree days, 1% more than the median (908). Seven months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 3,133 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,125 | 0 |
| February | 861 | 0 |
| March | 668 | 0 |
| April | 456 | 2 |
| May | 223 | 26 |
| June | 45 | 160 |
| July | 2 | 352 |
| August | 3 | 299 |
| September | 93 | 79 |
| October | 422 | 3 |
| November | 797 | 0 |
| December | 1,127 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,820 | 921 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00422607. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Have recent years at Eskdale been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 54.5°F, 3.0°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 51.5°F. 3 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 53.2°F | +1.7°F | 6.09 | 20.3 |
| 2022 | 51.5°F | at normal | 5.71 | 20.5 |
| 2023 | 50.2°F | −1.3°F | 6.57 | 29.3 |
| 2024 | 53.7°F | +2.2°F | 5.79 | 10.8 |
| 2025 | 54.5°F | +3.0°F | 3.43 | 3.8 |
Over 42 complete years from 1967 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 4.7°F per century (+0.26°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00422607; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Eskdale's climate compare?
Eskdale is warmer than 68 of the 97 places with their own NOAA record in Utah, and wetter than 4. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 51.5°F is warmer than 47%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Eskdale is BWk: cold desert. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Questions about Eskdale's climate
What is the coldest month at Eskdale?
January, with a normal high of 42°F and a normal low of 16°F. The warmest is July (94°F by day, 59°F at night).
Does it snow at Eskdale?
Yes: 18 inches in a normal year, falling on 7 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in December (5.4 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Eskdale?
May, with 0.84 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is November with 0.33 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Eskdale in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Eskdale in zone 6b in ZIP code 89311, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −12°F (26 years, 1991-2020): zone 5b.
How late can frost come at Eskdale?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 12; in one year in ten it comes after June 3. Waiting until June 3 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Utah climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Baker, NV16 miles from this station, 48.6°F a year
- Great Basin National Park, NV16 miles from this station, 47.7°F a year
- Shoshone (5 mi N), NV27 miles from this station, 48.2°F a year
- Partoun, UT36 miles from this station, 51.4°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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