Hanksville, Utah climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Hanksville's normal year runs from 15°F December nights to 99°F July afternoons, with 6.2 inches of precipitation and 7 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 12.2°C, December lows of −9°C, July highs of 37°C, 156 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationHanksville
- Station IDUSW00023170
- Location38.37°N 110.72°W
- Elevation4,308 ft (1,313 m)
- Population170
On October 23, the normal high in Hanksville is 68°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 Hanksville.
- Jan 43° 15°
- Feb 51° 21°
- Mar 64° 29°
- Apr 71° 35°
- May 81° 44°
- Jun 93° 53°
- Jul 99° 61°
- Aug 95° 58°
- Sep 86° 48°
- Oct 72° 35°
- Nov 56° 24°
- Dec 43° 15°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Hanksville each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 99°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 15°F. The most precipitation falls in October (0.87 in), the least in June (0.23 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43°F | 15°F | 29.1°F | 0.40 | 2.5 | 4 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 51°F | 21°F | 36.2°F | 0.39 | 1.1 | 4 | <1 | 25 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 64°F | 29°F | 46.4°F | 0.47 | 0.5 | 4 | <1 | 20 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 71°F | 35°F | 53.1°F | 0.45 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 81°F | 44°F | 62.8°F | 0.43 | 0.0 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 93°F | 53°F | 73.1°F | 0.23 | 0.0 | 2 | 23 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 99°F | 61°F | 79.8°F | 0.71 | 0.0 | 5 | 29 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 95°F | 58°F | 76.8°F | 0.57 | 0.0 | 5 | 28 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 86°F | 48°F | 67.1°F | 0.83 | 0.0 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 72°F | 35°F | 53.3°F | 0.87 | 0.1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 56°F | 24°F | 39.7°F | 0.47 | 0.6 | 3 | <1 | 26 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 43°F | 15°F | 29.0°F | 0.34 | 2.5 | 4 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 71°F | 37°F | 53.9°F | 6.16 | 7.3 | 47 | 104 | 149 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6°C | −9°C | −1.6°C | 10 mm | 6 cm |
| February | 11°C | −6°C | 2.3°C | 10 mm | 3 cm |
| March | 18°C | −2°C | 8.0°C | 12 mm | 1 cm |
| April | 22°C | 2°C | 11.7°C | 11 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 27°C | 7°C | 17.1°C | 11 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 34°C | 12°C | 22.8°C | 6 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 37°C | 16°C | 26.6°C | 18 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 35°C | 15°C | 24.9°C | 14 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 30°C | 9°C | 19.5°C | 21 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 22°C | 2°C | 11.8°C | 22 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 13°C | −5°C | 4.3°C | 12 mm | 2 cm |
| December | 6°C | −9°C | −1.7°C | 9 mm | 6 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00023170; 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.
When is the best weather to visit Hanksville?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May and October. Of those, April 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 USW00023170.
When is the last frost in Hanksville?
In Hanksville, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 5 in half of years and after May 23 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 3 in half of years and before September 21 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 51 year in 10 after May 23; 9 in 10 after April 22
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 31 year in 10 before September 21; 9 in 10 before October 17
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 149 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 171 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 25 in half of springs and before October 14 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Hanksville in zone 7a in ZIP code 84734, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Hanksville's NOAA station is in zone 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −2°F (27 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 USW00023170; 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 in Hanksville?
In a normal year in Hanksville, 104 days a year reach 90°F (39 of them 100°F or more), 149 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 47 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 104a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 39a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 149a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 7high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 47a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 3a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1910) is 114°F, on July 8, 1989; the lowest is −35°F, on January 2, 1919.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2015, with 11.22 in; the snowiest season is 1947–48, with 29.2 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00023170; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USW00023170. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Hanksville?
Over a year 86% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Hanksville, 5.3 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (91%) and January the cloudiest (76%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 76% | 2.6 |
| February | 79% | 3.6 |
| March | 85% | 5.3 |
| April | 85% | 6.6 |
| May | 86% | 7.5 |
| June | 91% | 8.2 |
| July | 87% | 7.4 |
| August | 87% | 6.6 |
| September | 90% | 5.8 |
| October | 88% | 4.4 |
| November | 85% | 3.1 |
| December | 76% | 2.3 |
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 much heating and cooling does Hanksville need?
A normal year in Hanksville brings 5,305 heating degree days, 1% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,266 cooling degree days, 40% 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 3,710 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,111 | 0 |
| February | 808 | 0 |
| March | 579 | 0 |
| April | 363 | 4 |
| May | 131 | 61 |
| June | 13 | 255 |
| July | 0 | 459 |
| August | 1 | 365 |
| September | 54 | 117 |
| October | 368 | 5 |
| November | 761 | 0 |
| December | 1,117 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,305 | 1,266 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00023170. 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.
Has Hanksville been warmer than normal lately?
2021 averaged 55.1°F, 1.2°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 53.9°F.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 55.1°F | +1.2°F | 5.47 | 1.0 |
Over 82 complete years from 1911 to 2021, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.3°F per century (+0.13°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00023170; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Hanksville's climate compare?
Hanksville is warmer than 83 of the other 96 places with their own NOAA record in Utah, and wetter than 2. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 53.9°F is warmer than 57%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Hanksville 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 Hanksville's climate
What is the coldest month in Hanksville?
December, with a normal high of 43°F and a normal low of 15°F. The warmest is July (99°F by day, 61°F at night).
Does it snow in Hanksville?
Yes: 7 inches in a normal year, falling on 5 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (2.5 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Hanksville?
October, with 0.87 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is June with 0.23 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Hanksville in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Hanksville in zone 7a in ZIP code 84734, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Hanksville's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −2°F (27 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come in Hanksville?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 5; in one year in ten it comes after May 23. Waiting until May 23 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Utah climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Goblin Valley State Park, UT14 miles from this station, 53.2°F a year
- Hans Flat Ranger Station, UT30 miles from this station, 50.7°F a year
- Capitol Reef National Park, UT30 miles from this station, 53.7°F a year
- Torrey, UT32 miles from this station, 51.1°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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