Heber, Utah climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Heber's normal year runs from 13°F January nights to 90°F July afternoons, with 15.1 inches of precipitation and 75 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 8.1°C, January lows of −11°C, July highs of 32°C, 383 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationHeber
- Station IDUSC00423809
- Location40.49°N 111.43°W
- Elevation5,590 ft (1,704 m)
- Population19,042
On October 23, the normal high in Heber is 62°F and the normal low 29°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 23%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Heber.
- Jan 37° 13°
- Feb 41° 16°
- Mar 53° 24°
- Apr 61° 30°
- May 71° 36°
- Jun 82° 42°
- Jul 90° 50°
- Aug 88° 49°
- Sep 79° 40°
- Oct 66° 31°
- Nov 50° 22°
- Dec 37° 14°
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 Heber each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 90°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 13°F. The most precipitation falls in January (1.86 in), the least in July (0.53 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37°F | 13°F | 24.5°F | 1.86 | 21.5 | 9 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 30 min |
| February | 41°F | 16°F | 28.5°F | 1.72 | 13.9 | 8 | <1 | 27 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 53°F | 24°F | 38.2°F | 1.17 | 6.7 | 8 | <1 | 27 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 61°F | 30°F | 45.6°F | 1.39 | 4.0 | 9 | <1 | 18 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 71°F | 36°F | 53.7°F | 1.40 | 0.8 | 8 | <1 | 6 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 82°F | 42°F | 61.9°F | 0.87 | 0.0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 15 h |
| July | 90°F | 50°F | 69.5°F | 0.53 | 0.0 | 5 | 18 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| August | 88°F | 49°F | 68.0°F | 0.84 | 0.0 | 6 | 14 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 79°F | 40°F | 59.3°F | 1.24 | 0.0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 66°F | 31°F | 48.1°F | 1.30 | 1.7 | 7 | <1 | 16 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 50°F | 22°F | 35.7°F | 1.13 | 8.6 | 7 | <1 | 25 | 10 h |
| December | 37°F | 14°F | 25.6°F | 1.62 | 17.8 | 8 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 63°F | 30°F | 46.6°F | 15.07 | 75.0 | 88 | 39 | 181 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3°C | −11°C | −4.2°C | 47 mm | 55 cm |
| February | 5°C | −9°C | −1.9°C | 44 mm | 35 cm |
| March | 12°C | −5°C | 3.4°C | 30 mm | 17 cm |
| April | 16°C | −1°C | 7.6°C | 35 mm | 10 cm |
| May | 22°C | 2°C | 12.1°C | 36 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 28°C | 6°C | 16.6°C | 22 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 32°C | 10°C | 20.8°C | 13 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 31°C | 9°C | 20.0°C | 21 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 26°C | 5°C | 15.2°C | 31 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 19°C | −1°C | 8.9°C | 33 mm | 4 cm |
| November | 10°C | −6°C | 2.1°C | 29 mm | 22 cm |
| December | 3°C | −10°C | −3.6°C | 41 mm | 45 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00423809; 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 Heber?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, September and October. Of those, June has the fewest days with rain (6).
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 USC00423809.
When is the last frost in Heber?
In Heber, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after June 4 in half of years and after June 21 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before September 20 in half of years and before September 6 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
- June 41 year in 10 after June 21; 9 in 10 after May 18
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- September 201 year in 10 before September 6; 9 in 10 before October 1
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 106 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 134 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after May 17 in half of springs and before October 1 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Heber in zone 6a in ZIP code 84049, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Heber's NOAA station is in zone 5b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −11°F (18 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 USC00423809; 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 Heber?
In a normal year in Heber, 39 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 181 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 88 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 39a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 181a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 24high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 88a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 26a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1893) is 105°F, on July 23, 1931; the lowest is −38°F, on February 6, 1899.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1983, with 25.75 in; the snowiest season is 1951–52, with 175.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00423809; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00423809. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Heber?
Over a year 80% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Heber, 4.8 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (88%) and December the cloudiest (67%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 71% | 2.3 |
| February | 72% | 3.2 |
| March | 75% | 4.5 |
| April | 74% | 5.6 |
| May | 77% | 6.6 |
| June | 86% | 7.8 |
| July | 88% | 7.5 |
| August | 86% | 6.6 |
| September | 85% | 5.4 |
| October | 80% | 3.8 |
| November | 72% | 2.5 |
| December | 67% | 1.9 |
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 Heber need?
A normal year in Heber brings 6,999 heating degree days, 30% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 307 cooling degree days, 66% fewer than the median (908). Eight months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 2,061 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,255 | 0 |
| February | 1,021 | 0 |
| March | 829 | 0 |
| April | 580 | 0 |
| May | 352 | 2 |
| June | 124 | 29 |
| July | 11 | 152 |
| August | 20 | 113 |
| September | 181 | 12 |
| October | 524 | 0 |
| November | 879 | 0 |
| December | 1,223 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,999 | 307 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00423809. 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.
How does Heber's climate compare?
Heber is warmer than 25 of the other 96 places with their own NOAA record in Utah, and wetter than 59. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 46.6°F is warmer than 26%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Heber is Dsb: continental, dry-summer, warm summer. 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.
Which places near Heber share this climate record?
4 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Timber Lakes, UT966 people · 9 mi E
- Daniel, UT841 people · 2 mi SE
- Charleston, UT409 people · 2 mi SW
- Independence, UT108 people · 9 mi SE
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Heber's climate
What is the coldest month in Heber?
January, with a normal high of 37°F and a normal low of 13°F. The warmest is July (90°F by day, 50°F at night).
Does it snow in Heber?
Yes: 75 inches in a normal year, falling on 29 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (21.5 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Heber?
January, with 1.86 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is July with 0.53 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Heber in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Heber in zone 6a in ZIP code 84049, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Heber's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −11°F (18 years, 1991-2020): zone 5b.
How late can frost come in Heber?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after June 4; in one year in ten it comes after June 21. Waiting until June 21 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Utah climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Snake Creek Powerhouse, UT6 miles from this station, 44.9°F a year
- Deer Creek Dam, UT8 miles from this station, 45.2°F a year
- Sundance, UT11 miles from this station, 44.7°F a year
- Silver Lake Brighton, UT11 miles from this station, 37.4°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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