Kodachrome Basin Park, Utah climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Kodachrome Basin Park's normal year runs from 15°F December nights to 91°F July afternoons, with 11.6 inches of precipitation and 24 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 9.6°C, December lows of −10°C, July highs of 33°C, 295 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationKodachrome Basin Park
- Station IDUSC00424755
- Location37.51°N 111.99°W
- Elevation5,805 ft (1,769 m)
On October 22, the normal high in Kodachrome Basin Park is 66°F and the normal low 29°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 13%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Kodachrome Basin Park.
- Jan 45° 16°
- Feb 49° 19°
- Mar 58° 24°
- Apr 65° 29°
- May 74° 36°
- Jun 86° 43°
- Jul 91° 52°
- Aug 88° 51°
- Sep 81° 42°
- Oct 68° 31°
- Nov 55° 21°
- Dec 44° 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 at Kodachrome Basin Park each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 91°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 15°F. The most precipitation falls in August (1.69 in), the least in June (0.29 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45°F | 16°F | 30.2°F | 1.14 | 5.9 | 5 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 49°F | 19°F | 34.1°F | 1.22 | 5.2 | 6 | <1 | 27 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 58°F | 24°F | 40.9°F | 0.87 | 2.3 | 5 | <1 | 27 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 65°F | 29°F | 47.1°F | 0.62 | 1.5 | 4 | <1 | 19 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 74°F | 36°F | 55.3°F | 0.68 | 0.2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 86°F | 43°F | 64.4°F | 0.29 | 0.0 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 91°F | 52°F | 71.4°F | 1.06 | 0.0 | 6 | 21 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 88°F | 51°F | 69.2°F | 1.69 | 0.0 | 8 | 14 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 81°F | 42°F | 61.4°F | 1.22 | 0.0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 68°F | 31°F | 49.9°F | 1.32 | 0.2 | 4 | <1 | 16 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 55°F | 21°F | 37.9°F | 0.59 | 1.5 | 3 | <1 | 27 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 44°F | 15°F | 29.5°F | 0.90 | 6.9 | 5 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 67°F | 32°F | 49.3°F | 11.60 | 23.7 | 59 | 51 | 186 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7°C | −9°C | −1.0°C | 29 mm | 15 cm |
| February | 9°C | −7°C | 1.2°C | 31 mm | 13 cm |
| March | 14°C | −4°C | 4.9°C | 22 mm | 6 cm |
| April | 18°C | −2°C | 8.4°C | 16 mm | 4 cm |
| May | 24°C | 2°C | 12.9°C | 17 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 30°C | 6°C | 18.0°C | 7 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 33°C | 11°C | 21.9°C | 27 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 31°C | 10°C | 20.7°C | 43 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 27°C | 6°C | 16.3°C | 31 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 20°C | 0°C | 9.9°C | 34 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 13°C | −6°C | 3.3°C | 15 mm | 4 cm |
| December | 7°C | −10°C | −1.4°C | 23 mm | 18 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00424755; 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.
Which months are mildest at Kodachrome Basin Park?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. Of those, October 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 USC00424755.
When is the last frost at Kodachrome Basin Park?
In Kodachrome Basin Park, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 31 in half of years and after June 18 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before September 28 in half of years and before September 15 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 311 year in 10 after June 18; 9 in 10 after May 13
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- September 281 year in 10 before September 15; 9 in 10 before October 9
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 116 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 142 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after May 15 in half of springs and before October 5 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Kodachrome Basin Park in zone 6a in ZIP code 84718, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −4°F (28 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 USC00424755; 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 at Kodachrome Basin Park?
In a normal year in Kodachrome Basin Park, 51 days a year reach 90°F (2 of them 100°F or more), 186 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 59 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 51a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 2a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 186a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 4high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 59a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 8a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1979) is 104°F, on July 5, 1985; the lowest is −25°F, on February 7, 1989.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1998, with 17.49 in; the snowiest season is 2009–10, with 79.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00424755; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00424755. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Kodachrome Basin Park?
Over a year 85% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Kodachrome Basin Park, 5.3 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (91%) and February the cloudiest (78%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 80% | 2.8 |
| February | 78% | 3.7 |
| March | 84% | 5.3 |
| April | 85% | 6.6 |
| May | 86% | 7.5 |
| June | 91% | 8.3 |
| July | 85% | 7.3 |
| August | 84% | 6.5 |
| September | 88% | 5.8 |
| October | 86% | 4.4 |
| November | 85% | 3.2 |
| December | 78% | 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 many heating and cooling degree days does Kodachrome Basin Park record?
A normal year at Kodachrome Basin Park brings 6,145 heating degree days, 14% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 434 cooling degree days, 52% 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 2,357 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,079 | 0 |
| February | 865 | 0 |
| March | 747 | 0 |
| April | 537 | 0 |
| May | 308 | 6 |
| June | 82 | 64 |
| July | 5 | 201 |
| August | 11 | 142 |
| September | 129 | 21 |
| October | 469 | 0 |
| November | 815 | 0 |
| December | 1,100 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,145 | 434 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00424755. 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.
Have recent years at Kodachrome Basin Park been warmer than normal?
2024 averaged 51.3°F, 2.0°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 49.3°F. 3 of the 3 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 50.3°F | +1.0°F | 12.11 | 16.5 |
| 2022 | 49.8°F | +0.5°F | 7.09 | 18.8 |
| 2024 | 51.3°F | +2.0°F | 9.78 | 13.0 |
Over 32 complete years from 1981 to 2024, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 5.7°F per century (+0.32°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00424755; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Kodachrome Basin Park's climate compare?
Kodachrome Basin Park is warmer than 46 of the 97 places with their own NOAA record in Utah, and wetter than 36. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 49.3°F is warmer than 37%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Kodachrome Basin Park 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 Kodachrome Basin Park share this climate record?
2 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.
- Henrieville, UT231 people · 4 mi N
- Cannonville, UT191 people · 5 mi NW
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 Kodachrome Basin Park's climate
What is the coldest month at Kodachrome Basin Park?
December, with a normal high of 44°F and a normal low of 15°F. The warmest is July (91°F by day, 52°F at night).
Does it snow at Kodachrome Basin Park?
Yes: 24 inches in a normal year, falling on 10 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in December (6.9 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Kodachrome Basin Park?
August, with 1.69 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is June with 0.29 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Kodachrome Basin Park in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Kodachrome Basin Park in zone 6a in ZIP code 84718, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −4°F (28 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come at Kodachrome Basin Park?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 31; in one year in ten it comes after June 18. Waiting until June 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
- Bryce Canyon National Park Headquarters, UT13 miles from this station, 44.4°F a year
- Bryce Canyon Airport, UT16 miles from this station, 41.0°F a year
- Hatch, UT26 miles from this station, 43.9°F a year
- Alton, UT27 miles from this station, 47.3°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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