Jensen, UT Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Jensen's primary NOAA station, JENSEN.
The climate verdict for Jensen
Winter sets the terms in Jensen, Utah. A pronounced 55.9°F seasonal swing and heating demand above twice the cooling total frame an annual average of 46°F. At 44/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 10% of scores.
- 46°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 44/100
- comfort score, above 10% of station-mapped location scores
- 8.3"
- annual precipitation · 19" snow
- 128 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Jensen: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00424342 · Jensen, UT 46°F mean · 8.3" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-ARID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 46°F
- RANK-COOL #1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Torrington
- PRCP-ARID 8.3"
- SWING-WIDE 56°F
- COMF-LOW 44/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,380 HDD
- STN-1 USC00424342
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Torrington, WY (+ 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.
- Jensen (this station) 46°F
- Hot Huntley, MT 46°F
- Near Torrington, WY 46°F
- Near Wyola, MT 46°F
- Near Burlington, WI 46°F
Climate Living Index · Jensen
Jensen: 15/100 · grade F
Jensen publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Jensen, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 44/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Snowfall burden | 19.0 inches/year | 50/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 46.0°F · 21.5° from 67.5°F | 23/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 128 days/year | 11/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 8.3 in · 26.7 from 35 in | 8/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 240 calendar days | 0/100 · F |
Jensen · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Jensen'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
- 72.2°F
- Coldest month
- 16.3°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 Jensen sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Jensen's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 77%
- Among 6,861 stations, Jensen sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 97%
- Jensen's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 93%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Jensen is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Jensen compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Jensen's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
44 10th percentile score exceeds 10% 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
Jensen's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 65 complete annual observations from 1940 to 2025, JENSEN warmed at a fitted rate of 0.32°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Jensen primary station fitted change +0.32 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30°F (-1°C) | 3°F (-16°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 0.6" | 5.1" | 30.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 39°F (4°C) | 10°F (-12°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 0.5" | 3.8" | 27.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 55°F (13°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 0.6" | 0.7" | 26.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 65°F (18°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 0.8" | 0.6" | 16.2 | 0.0 |
| May | 74°F (24°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 56°F (14°C) | 0.9" | 0.0" | 3.8 | 0.9 |
| June | 85°F (30°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 0.6" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 12.0 |
| July | 92°F (33°C) | 53°F (11°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 0.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 23.9 |
| August | 89°F (32°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 0.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 18.6 |
| September | 80°F (27°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 1.1" | 0.0" | 2.0 | 3.5 |
| October | 65°F (18°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 47°F (9°C) | 1.1" | 0.2" | 18.3 | 0.0 |
| November | 48°F (9°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 0.6" | 1.9" | 27.9 | 0.0 |
| December | 32°F (0°C) | 7°F (-14°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 0.7" | 6.7" | 30.9 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Jensen works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 92°F by July 17 and hold at or above 90°F on 43 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 197 dates, bottoming at 2°F around January 10.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 1 through August 12, covering 43 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs May 5 to October 6.
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 23, then returns to freezing around October 10, covering 197 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 3, when 24% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 1 at 13%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 64 wet dates a year.
The widest day
June 29 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 40°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Jensen.
Where Jensen Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 197 nights a year, placing this among the most frost-prone tenth of ranked stations.
Aridity defines the water calendar: about 8 inches in a normal year lands this among the driest tenth of ranked stations.
Jensen earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 5.1"
5.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.8"
5.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.7"
4.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.6"
6.4 days with precipitation
7.4 days with precipitation
4.4 days with precipitation
4.3 days with precipitation
5.4 days with precipitation
6.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.2"
6.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.9"
4.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 6.7"
4.5 days with precipitation
Jensen spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 19% of the annual total and December through February 21%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Jensen has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 55.9°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: September averages 1.1" and July 0.4". 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.
Jensen is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 64 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 18% of the calendar, and they carry 8.3" between them. At roughly 0.13 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 7 wet days; the driest is July 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.
Winter brings real snow to Jensen
Jensen averages 19.0 inches of snowfall a year, with December the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 12 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: 19.0 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 12 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 23% 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
September 25
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 20
50% probability date
Growing Season
128 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,380
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
486
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside UT closest to Jensen 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 (46°F here).
- Algona, IA 46°F · 0.0°F off
- Arlington, WI 46°F · 0.0°F off
- Eau Claire, WI 46°F · 0.0°F off
- Glenbrook, NV 46°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (8.3" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Eloy, AZ 8.3" · 0.0" off
- Tornillo, TX 8.3" · 0.0" off
- Fort Hancock, TX 8.3" · 0.1" off
- Coalinga, CA 8.2" · 0.1" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Jensen
heating led · dry · high swing
Winter and seasonal range jointly define this record. Jensen logs 7,380 heating degree days, more than twice its 486 cooling total, while the typical coldest-to-warmest-month gap reaches 55.9°F. The annual mean therefore compresses two materially different seasons.
Only about 128 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.
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1. Jensen coldest normal
January
Averaging 16°F (-9°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Jensen typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Jensen snow peak
December
Jensen averages 19.0 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 Jensen's primary station: JENSEN (USC00424342). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as a census-designated place (GEOID 4939040), not an incorporated municipality. Match rule for Jensen: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Jensen 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.