Kodachrome Basin Park, 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 Kodachrome Basin Park's primary NOAA station, KODACHROME BASIN PARK.
The climate verdict for Kodachrome Basin Park
Dryness leads the climate profile for Kodachrome Basin Park, Utah, with 11.6 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 49°F. At 49/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 18% of scores.
- 49°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 49/100
- comfort score, above 18% of station-mapped location scores
- 11.6"
- annual precipitation · 24" snow
- 120 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Kodachrome Basin Park: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00424755 · Kodachrome Basin Park, UT 49°F mean · 11.6" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-ARID · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 49°F
- RANK-COOL #2,539
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Window Rock
- PRCP-ARID 11.6"
- SWING-MID 42°F
- COMF-LOW 49/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,145 HDD
- STN-1 USC00424755
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Window Rock, AZ ( -0.1 °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.
- Kodachrome Basi… (this station) 49°F
- Cold Window Rock, AZ 49°F
- Hot Kent, OR 49°F
- Near Marysvale, UT 49°F
- Near Black Forest, CO 49°F
Climate Living Index · Kodachrome Basin Park
Kodachrome Basin Park: 21/100 · grade F
Kodachrome Basin Park publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Kodachrome Basin Park, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 49/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Snowfall burden | 23.7 inches/year | 45/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 49.3°F · 18.2° from 67.5°F | 37/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 11.6 in · 23.4 from 35 in | 17/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 120 days/year | 7/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 225 calendar days | 3/100 · F |
Kodachrome Basin Park · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Kodachrome Basin Park'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
- 71.4°F
- Coldest month
- 29.5°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 Kodachrome Basin Park sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Kodachrome Basin Park's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 37th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 91%
- Kodachrome Basin Park's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 44th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Kodachrome Basin Park compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Kodachrome Basin Park's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
49 18th percentile score exceeds 18% 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
Kodachrome Basin Park's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 32 complete annual observations from 1981 to 2024, KODACHROME BASIN PARK 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.
- Kodachrome Basin Park 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 | 45°F (7°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 1.1" | 5.9" | 29.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 49°F (9°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 1.2" | 5.2" | 26.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 58°F (14°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 0.9" | 2.3" | 26.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 65°F (18°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 0.6" | 1.5" | 18.6 | 0.0 |
| May | 74°F (24°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 0.7" | 0.2" | 7.5 | 1.0 |
| June | 86°F (30°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 0.3" | 0.0" | 0.8 | 11.7 |
| July | 91°F (33°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 1.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 21.2 |
| August | 88°F (31°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 1.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 14.2 |
| September | 81°F (27°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 1.2" | 0.0" | 1.9 | 2.7 |
| October | 68°F (20°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 1.3" | 0.2" | 15.9 | 0.0 |
| November | 55°F (13°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 0.6" | 1.5" | 27.2 | 0.0 |
| December | 44°F (7°C) | 15°F (-10°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 0.9" | 6.9" | 30.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Kodachrome Basin Park works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 91°F by July 13 and hold at or above 90°F on 29 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 196 dates, bottoming at 14°F around December 20.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 3 through July 31, covering 29 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs May 5 to October 12.
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 27, then returns to freezing around October 15, covering 196 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 August 4, when 26% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is June 14 at 9%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 59 wet dates a year.
The widest day
June 14 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 43°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Kodachrome Basin Park.
Where Kodachrome Basin Park Stands Nationally
Aridity defines the water calendar: about 12 inches in a normal year lands this among the driest tenth of ranked stations.
Day-to-night contrast is extreme by national standards — the widest normal daily swing reaches about 43°F, sharper than nine in ten ranked stations see.
Kodachrome Basin Park 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: 5.9"
5.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.2"
5.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.3"
5.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.5"
4.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.2"
5.0 days with precipitation
2.2 days with precipitation
6.4 days with precipitation
8.1 days with precipitation
5.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.2"
4.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.5"
2.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 6.9"
4.5 days with precipitation
Kodachrome Basin Park spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 26% of the annual total and December through February 28%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Kodachrome Basin Park has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 41.9°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: August averages 1.7" and June 0.3". The three wettest months together take 36% 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.
Kodachrome Basin Park is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 59 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 16% of the calendar, and they carry 11.6" between them. At roughly 0.20 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 August at about 8 wet days; the driest is June at about 2.
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 Kodachrome Basin Park
Kodachrome Basin Park averages 23.7 inches of snowfall a year, with December the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 10 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: 23.7 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 10 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 20% 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 28
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 31
50% probability date
Growing Season
120 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,145
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
434
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside UT closest to Kodachrome Basin Park 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 (49°F here).
- Albion, NY 49°F · 0.0°F off
- Antelope, OR 49°F · 0.0°F off
- Atlantic, IA 49°F · 0.0°F off
- Avon, IL 49°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (11.6" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Omak, WA 11.6" · 0.0" off
- El Cajon, CA 11.6" · 0.0" off
- Ontario, CA 11.6" · 0.0" off
- Fairbanks, AK 11.7" · 0.1" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Kodachrome Basin Park
heating led · dry · mid swing
Kodachrome Basin Park's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,145 annual heating degree days against 434 for cooling. Its 41.9°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 120 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. Kodachrome Basin Park coldest normal
December
The monthly mean of 30°F (-1°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Kodachrome Basin Park typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Kodachrome Basin Park snow peak
December
Kodachrome Basin Park averages 23.7 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 Kodachrome Basin Park's primary station: KODACHROME BASIN PARK (USC00424755). 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 Kodachrome Basin Park; 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 Kodachrome Basin Park 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.