Grouse Creek, UT Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Grouse Creek's primary NOAA station, GROUSE CREEK.
The climate verdict for Grouse Creek
Dryness leads the climate profile for Grouse Creek, Utah, with 11.1 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 45°F. At 52/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 24% of scores.
- 45°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 52/100
- comfort score, above 24% of station-mapped location scores
- 11.1"
- annual precipitation
- 105 days
- frost-free growing season
Grouse Creek: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00423486 · Grouse Creek, UT 45°F mean · 11.1" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-ARID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 45°F
- RANK-COOL #1,372
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Waterville
- PRCP-ARID 11.1"
- SWING-WIDE 46°F
- COMF-LOW 52/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,528 HDD
- STN-1 USC00423486
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Waterville, WA (+ 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.
- Grouse Creek (this station) 45°F
- Hot Filion, MI 45°F
- Near Waterville, WA 45°F
- Near Oil City, MI 45°F
- Near Freeville, NY 45°F
Climate Living Index · Grouse Creek
Grouse Creek: 12/100 · grade F
Grouse Creek publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Grouse Creek, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 52/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 45.2°F · 22.3° from 67.5°F | 20/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 11.1 in · 23.9 from 35 in | 15/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 218 calendar days | 6/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 105 days/year | 0/100 · F |
Grouse Creek · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Grouse Creek'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
- 69.6°F
- Coldest month
- 24.0°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 Grouse Creek sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Grouse Creek's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 80%
- Among 6,861 stations, Grouse Creek sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 92%
- Grouse Creek's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 62nd percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Grouse Creek compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Grouse Creek's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
52 24th percentile score exceeds 24% 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 | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35°F (2°C) | 13°F (-11°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 0.9" | 30.8 | 0.0 |
| February | 40°F (4°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 0.7" | 27.6 | 0.0 |
| March | 49°F (10°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 1.0" | 28.3 | 0.0 |
| April | 57°F (14°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 1.1" | 21.4 | 0.0 |
| May | 66°F (19°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 1.5" | 8.4 | 0.2 |
| June | 77°F (25°C) | 44°F (6°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 1.0" | 1.4 | 2.2 |
| July | 88°F (31°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 0.5" | 0.0 | 14.4 |
| August | 87°F (31°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 0.9" | 0.3 | 12.4 |
| September | 77°F (25°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 0.9" | 4.1 | 0.8 |
| October | 62°F (17°C) | 29°F (-1°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 0.7" | 20.8 | 0.0 |
| November | 47°F (8°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 0.8" | 28.4 | 0.0 |
| December | 35°F (2°C) | 13°F (-10°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 1.0" | 30.8 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Grouse Creek works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 91°F by July 27 and hold at or above 90°F on 14 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 204 dates, bottoming at 12°F around December 26.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 22 through August 4, covering 14 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs May 26 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 April 29, then returns to freezing around October 9, covering 204 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 21, when 32% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 8 at 14%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 82 wet dates a year.
The widest day
August 3 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 Grouse Creek.
Where Grouse Creek Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 204 nights a year, placing this among the most frost-prone tenth of ranked stations.
Aridity defines the water calendar: about 11 inches in a normal year lands this among the driest tenth of ranked stations.
Grouse Creek earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
7.7 days with precipitation
6.6 days with precipitation
6.4 days with precipitation
9.2 days with precipitation
10.2 days with precipitation
6.8 days with precipitation
4.4 days with precipitation
4.8 days with precipitation
4.0 days with precipitation
5.7 days with precipitation
6.8 days with precipitation
8.0 days with precipitation
Grouse Creek spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 22% of the annual total and December through February 23%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Grouse Creek has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 45.6°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 1.5" and July 0.5". 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.
Grouse Creek is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 81 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 22% of the calendar, and they carry 11.1" between them. At roughly 0.14 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 September 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
September 17
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
June 4
50% probability date
Growing Season
105 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,528
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
352
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside UT closest to Grouse Creek 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 (45°F here).
- Albert Lea, MN 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Brillion, WI 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Easton, WA 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Freeville, NY 45°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (11.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- American Falls, ID 11.1" · 0.0" off
- Coulee Dam, WA 11.1" · 0.0" off
- Odessa, WA 11.1" · 0.0" off
- Snowflake, AZ 11.0" · 0.0" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Grouse Creek's limited precipitation lands
heating led · dry · mid swing
Grouse Creek's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 7,528 annual heating degree days against 352 for cooling. Its 45.6°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 105 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.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Grouse Creek's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 45.6°F. The annual average is 45°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Grouse Creek's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 11.1 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.
Grouse Creek wettest normal
May
May concentrates the scarce annual total (11.1 inches).
Grouse Creek driest normal
July
July 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 Grouse Creek's primary station: GROUSE CREEK (USC00423486). 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 Grouse Creek; 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 Grouse Creek 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.