Goblin Valley State Park, 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 Goblin Valley State Park's primary NOAA station, GOBLIN VALLEY SP.
The climate verdict for Goblin Valley State Park
Dryness leads the climate profile for Goblin Valley State Park, Utah, with 8.8 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 53°F. At 40/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 6% of scores.
- 53°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 40/100
- comfort score, above 6% of station-mapped location scores
- 8.8"
- yearly precipitation total
- 175 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Goblin Valley State Park: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00423254 · Goblin Valley State Park, UT 53°F mean · 8.8" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-ARID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 53°F
- RANK-MID #3,705
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Dayton Mcd
- PRCP-ARID 8.8"
- SWING-WIDE 50°F
- COMF-LOW 40/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,435 HDD
- STN-1 USC00423254
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Dayton Mcd, 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.
- Goblin Valley S… (this station) 53°F
- Cold Vandalia, MO 53°F
- Hot Perry, IL 53°F
- Near Dayton Mcd, OH 53°F
- Near Winona, KS 53°F
Climate Living Index · Goblin Valley State Park
Goblin Valley State Park: 28/100 · grade F
Goblin Valley State Park publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Goblin Valley State Park, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 40/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 53.2°F · 14.3° from 67.5°F | 53/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 175 days/year | 46/100 · D |
| Precipitation balance | 8.8 in · 26.2 from 35 in | 9/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 216 calendar days | 7/100 · F |
Goblin Valley State Park · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Goblin Valley State Park'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
- 78.7°F
- Coldest month
- 28.9°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 Goblin Valley State Park sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Goblin Valley State Park's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 54th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 96%
- Goblin Valley State Park's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 80%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Goblin Valley State Park is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Goblin Valley State Park compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Goblin Valley State Park's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
40 6th percentile score exceeds 6% 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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41°F (5°C) | 17°F (-8°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 0.5" | 30.1 | 0.0 |
| February | 47°F (8°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 0.6" | 25.5 | 0.0 |
| March | 59°F (15°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 0.8" | 18.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 66°F (19°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 0.7" | 7.8 | 0.0 |
| May | 76°F (25°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 1.0" | 0.8 | 1.0 |
| June | 89°F (31°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 0.5" | 0.0 | 17.5 |
| July | 95°F (35°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 0.8" | 0.0 | 25.5 |
| August | 92°F (33°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 76°F (25°C) | 0.9" | 0.0 | 22.9 |
| September | 84°F (29°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 0.9" | 0.1 | 7.0 |
| October | 68°F (20°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 1.2" | 7.2 | 0.0 |
| November | 53°F (12°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 0.5" | 23.0 | 0.0 |
| December | 41°F (5°C) | 18°F (-8°C) | 29°F (-1°C) | 0.4" | 29.9 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Goblin Valley State Park works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 95°F by July 13 and hold at or above 90°F on 70 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 146 dates, bottoming at 16°F around January 4.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 19 through August 27, covering 70 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs April 30 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 March 26, then returns to freezing around November 2, covering 146 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.
The widest day
June 28 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 34°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Goblin Valley State Park.
Where Goblin Valley State Park Stands Nationally
Aridity defines the water calendar: about 9 inches in a normal year lands this among the driest tenth of ranked stations.
Heat is a defining feature of the normals calendar — the normal daily high reaches 90°F on roughly 70 days a year, more than four out of five ranked stations record.
Goblin Valley State Park earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Goblin Valley State Park spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 25% of the annual total and December through February 17%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Goblin Valley State Park has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 49.8°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: October averages 1.2" and December 0.4". The three wettest months together take 35% 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 18
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 26
50% probability date
Growing Season
175 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,435
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,166
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside UT closest to Goblin Valley State Park 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 (53°F here).
- Alton, KS 53°F · 0.0°F off
- Bandon, OR 53°F · 0.0°F off
- Dayville, OR 53°F · 0.0°F off
- Farmington, NM 53°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (8.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Hermiston, OR 8.8" · 0.0" off
- Connell, WA 8.8" · 0.0" off
- Pavillion, WY 8.8" · 0.0" off
- Albuquerque, NM 8.8" · 0.0" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Goblin Valley State Park's limited precipitation lands
heating led · dry · mid swing
Goblin Valley State Park's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,435 annual heating degree days against 1,166 for cooling. Its 49.8°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Goblin Valley State Park's frost-free season lasts about 175 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Goblin Valley State Park's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 49.8°F. The annual average is 53°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Goblin Valley State Park's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 8.8 inches, which places the station in PlainClimate's dry range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The snowfall and rainfall fields should be read separately rather than inferred from temperature.
Goblin Valley State Park wettest normal
October
October concentrates the scarce annual total (8.8 inches).
Goblin Valley State Park driest normal
December
December is typically driest; arid stations are defined by when water is absent, not by a four-season grid.
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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 Goblin Valley State Park's primary station: GOBLIN VALLEY SP (USC00423254). 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 Goblin Valley State Park; 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 Goblin Valley State Park 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.