Kanab, Utah climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Kanab's normal year runs from 25°F December nights to 94°F July afternoons, with 14.9 inches of precipitation and 22 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 13.3°C, December lows of −4°C, July highs of 35°C, 379 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationKanab
- Station IDUSC00424508
- Location37.03°N 112.54°W
- Elevation4,900 ft (1,494 m)
- Population5,291
On October 23, the normal high in Kanab is 70°F and the normal low 39°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 14%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Kanab.
- Jan 49° 25°
- Feb 54° 28°
- Mar 62° 33°
- Apr 69° 37°
- May 79° 45°
- Jun 90° 53°
- Jul 94° 61°
- Aug 92° 60°
- Sep 85° 52°
- Oct 73° 41°
- Nov 59° 31°
- Dec 49° 25°
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 Kanab each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 94°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 25°F. The most precipitation falls in February (1.92 in), the least in June (0.29 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 49°F | 25°F | 37.2°F | 1.71 | 5.4 | 6 | <1 | 27 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 54°F | 28°F | 40.9°F | 1.92 | 5.8 | 7 | <1 | 22 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 62°F | 33°F | 47.4°F | 1.40 | 1.8 | 6 | <1 | 16 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 69°F | 37°F | 53.3°F | 0.88 | 1.8 | 5 | <1 | 7 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 79°F | 45°F | 61.7°F | 0.59 | 0.0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 90°F | 53°F | 71.1°F | 0.29 | 0.0 | 2 | 16 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 94°F | 61°F | 77.4°F | 1.25 | 0.0 | 6 | 25 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 92°F | 60°F | 75.5°F | 1.42 | 0.0 | 7 | 20 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 85°F | 52°F | 68.4°F | 1.62 | 0.0 | 5 | 7 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 73°F | 41°F | 56.9°F | 1.51 | 0.2 | 4 | <1 | 4 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 59°F | 31°F | 45.3°F | 0.97 | 1.8 | 4 | <1 | 18 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 49°F | 25°F | 36.6°F | 1.37 | 5.3 | 6 | <1 | 27 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 71°F | 41°F | 56.0°F | 14.93 | 22.1 | 61 | 71 | 121 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10°C | −4°C | 2.9°C | 43 mm | 14 cm |
| February | 12°C | −2°C | 4.9°C | 49 mm | 15 cm |
| March | 17°C | 0°C | 8.6°C | 36 mm | 5 cm |
| April | 21°C | 3°C | 11.8°C | 22 mm | 5 cm |
| May | 26°C | 7°C | 16.5°C | 15 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 32°C | 11°C | 21.7°C | 7 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 35°C | 16°C | 25.2°C | 32 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 33°C | 15°C | 24.2°C | 36 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 29°C | 11°C | 20.2°C | 41 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 23°C | 5°C | 13.8°C | 38 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 15°C | 0°C | 7.4°C | 25 mm | 5 cm |
| December | 9°C | −4°C | 2.6°C | 35 mm | 13 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00424508; 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 Kanab?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. Of those, May 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 USC00424508.
When is the last frost in Kanab?
In Kanab, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 29 in half of years and after May 18 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 22 in half of years and before October 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
- April 291 year in 10 after May 18; 9 in 10 after April 12
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 221 year in 10 before October 6; 9 in 10 before November 5
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 175 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 202 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 11 in half of springs and before November 2 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Kanab in zone 7a in ZIP code 86022, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Kanab's NOAA station is in zone 7a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 5°F (29 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Utah · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00424508; 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 Kanab?
In a normal year in Kanab, 71 days a year reach 90°F (8 of them 100°F or more), 121 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 61 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 71a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 8a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 121a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 2high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 61a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 8a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1902) is 108°F, on July 5, 1985; the lowest is −20°F, on January 22, 1937.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1997, with 26.61 in; the snowiest season is 1948–49, with 79.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00424508; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00424508. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Kanab?
Over a year 84% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Kanab, 5.3 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (91%) and December the cloudiest (77%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 80% | 2.9 |
| February | 78% | 3.7 |
| March | 81% | 5.1 |
| April | 83% | 6.5 |
| May | 85% | 7.4 |
| June | 91% | 8.3 |
| July | 82% | 7.1 |
| August | 84% | 6.5 |
| September | 87% | 5.8 |
| October | 86% | 4.4 |
| November | 83% | 3.2 |
| December | 77% | 2.5 |
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 Kanab need?
A normal year in Kanab brings 4,359 heating degree days, 19% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,094 cooling degree days, 21% more than the median (908). Six months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 3,655 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 863 | 0 |
| February | 675 | 0 |
| March | 546 | 0 |
| April | 354 | 2 |
| May | 144 | 41 |
| June | 19 | 202 |
| July | 0 | 385 |
| August | 1 | 326 |
| September | 29 | 131 |
| October | 258 | 8 |
| November | 590 | 0 |
| December | 882 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,359 | 1,094 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00424508. 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 Kanab been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 58.3°F, 2.3°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 56.0°F. 3 of the 4 complete years since 2022 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 56.7°F | +0.7°F | 10.07 | 19.5 |
| 2023 | 55.6°F | −0.4°F | 17.92 | 30.5 |
| 2024 | 57.9°F | +1.9°F | 8.63 | 8.5 |
| 2025 | 58.3°F | +2.3°F | 9.38 | 5.0 |
Over 75 complete years from 1926 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 3.0°F per century (+0.16°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00424508; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Kanab's climate compare?
Kanab is warmer than 90 of the other 96 places with their own NOAA record in Utah, and wetter than 57. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 56.0°F is warmer than 64%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Kanab is BSk: cold semi-arid steppe. 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 Kanab share this climate record?
Fredonia has no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of its 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.
- Fredonia, AZ1,290 people · 5 mi S
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 Kanab's climate
What is the coldest month in Kanab?
December, with a normal high of 49°F and a normal low of 25°F. The warmest is July (94°F by day, 61°F at night).
Does it snow in Kanab?
Yes: 22 inches in a normal year, falling on 9 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (5.8 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Kanab?
February, with 1.92 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is June with 0.29 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Kanab in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Kanab in zone 7a in ZIP code 86022, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Kanab's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 5°F (29 years, 1991-2020): zone 7a.
How late can frost come in Kanab?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 29; in one year in ten it comes after May 18. Waiting until May 18 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Utah climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Pipe Spring National Monument, AZ16 miles from this station, 55.1°F a year
- Orderville, UT18 miles from this station, 51.8°F a year
- Colorado City, AZ24 miles from this station, 56.1°F a year
- Zion National Park, UT27 miles from this station, 62.0°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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