Garfield, UT Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Garfield's primary NOAA station, GARFIELD.
The climate verdict for Garfield
Dryness leads the climate profile for Garfield, Utah, with 17.7 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 54°F. At 53/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 31% of scores.
- 54°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 53/100
- comfort score, above 31% of station-mapped location scores
- 17.7"
- annual precipitation · 23" snow
- 215 days
- frost-free growing season
Garfield: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00423097 · Garfield, UT 54°F mean · 17.7" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 54°F
- RANK-MID #3,979
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Russell
- PRCP-DRY 17.7"
- SWING-WIDE 51°F
- COMF-LOW 53/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,275 HDD
- STN-1 USC00423097
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Russell, KS ( -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.
- Hot Chapman, KS 55°F
- Near Granite Peak Du…, UT 55°F
- Garfield (this station) 54°F
- Cold Russell, KS 54°F
- Near Clay Ctr, KS 54°F
Climate Living Index · Garfield
Garfield: 55/100 · grade C
Garfield publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Garfield, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 53/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Frost-free season | 215 days/year | 75/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 131 calendar days | 58/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 54.4°F · 13.1° from 67.5°F | 57/100 · C |
| Snowfall burden | 23.0 inches/year | 46/100 · D |
| Precipitation balance | 17.7 in · 17.3 from 35 in | 38/100 · F |
Garfield · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Garfield is a continental Köppen climate: Dfa
Coldest-month mean 30.7°F and warmest-month mean 81.3°F place this station in continental, no dry season, hot summer climates (Dfa). Class Dfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfa
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 81.3°F
- Coldest month
- 30.7°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 Garfield sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Garfield's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 58th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 76%
- Garfield's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 82%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Garfield is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Garfield compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Garfield's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
53 31st percentile score exceeds 31% 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%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36°F (2°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 1.4" | 5.6" | 26.1 | 0.0 |
| February | 42°F (6°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 1.4" | 2.9" | 20.1 | 0.0 |
| March | 53°F (12°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 1.8" | 2.2" | 9.1 | 0.0 |
| April | 60°F (16°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 2.3" | 0.4" | 2.4 | 0.0 |
| May | 71°F (21°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 2.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.3 |
| June | 82°F (28°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 1.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 9.4 |
| July | 91°F (33°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 0.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 23.7 |
| August | 89°F (32°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 0.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 19.5 |
| September | 78°F (26°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 1.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 3.5 |
| October | 63°F (17°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 1.6" | 0.1" | 1.2 | 0.0 |
| November | 48°F (9°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 1.6" | 3.9" | 12.8 | 0.0 |
| December | 37°F (3°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 1.6" | 7.9" | 25.6 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Garfield works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 93°F by July 24 and hold at or above 90°F on 36 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 95 dates, bottoming at 25°F around January 1.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 8 through August 12, covering 36 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs May 15 to October 1.
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 February 24, then returns to freezing around November 22, covering 95 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 April 14, when 32% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 5 at 11%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 81 wet dates a year.
The widest day
June 22 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 21°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Garfield.
Where Garfield Stands Nationally
Among the steadiest day-night climates ranked: even the widest normal daily swing holds to roughly 21°F.
Garfield earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 5.6"
8.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.9"
7.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.2"
8.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.4"
9.6 days with precipitation
8.4 days with precipitation
4.7 days with precipitation
3.9 days with precipitation
4.1 days with precipitation
4.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
6.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.9"
6.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 7.9"
7.8 days with precipitation
Garfield spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 14% of the annual total and December through February 25%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Garfield has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 50.6°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 2.4" and July 0.7". The three wettest months together take 37% 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.
How Garfield's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 81 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 17.7" between them, or roughly 0.22 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Winter brings real snow to Garfield
Garfield averages 23.0 inches of snowfall a year, with December the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 14 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: 23.0 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 14 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 13% 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
November 4
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 3
50% probability date
Growing Season
215 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,275
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,436
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside UT closest to Garfield 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 (54°F here).
- Arlington, OR 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Bent Creek, NC 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Bloomfield, NM 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Charleston, WV 54°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (17.7" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Jerome, AZ 17.7" · 0.0" off
- Dumas, TX 17.7" · 0.0" off
- Mccarthy, AK 17.7" · 0.0" off
- Afton, WY 17.7" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Garfield
heating led · dry · mid swing
Garfield's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,275 annual heating degree days against 1,436 for cooling. Its 50.6°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Garfield's frost-free season lasts about 215 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. Garfield 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. Garfield typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Garfield snow peak
December
Garfield averages 23.0 inches of snow a year, with December 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 Garfield's primary station: GARFIELD (USC00423097). 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 Garfield; 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 Garfield 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.