La Verkin, Utah climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
La Verkin's normal year runs from 28°F December nights to 98°F July afternoons, with 11.6 inches of precipitation and 1 inch of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 16.0°C, December lows of −2°C, July highs of 37°C, 296 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationLa Verkin
- Station IDUSC00424968
- Location37.20°N 113.27°W
- Elevation3,194 ft (974 m)
- From the center2 miles
- Population4,529
On October 23, the normal high in La Verkin is 73°F and the normal low 44°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 12%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for La Verkin.
- Jan 52° 29°
- Feb 57° 33°
- Mar 66° 40°
- Apr 73° 44°
- May 83° 52°
- Jun 94° 61°
- Jul 98° 68°
- Aug 96° 67°
- Sep 89° 59°
- Oct 76° 47°
- Nov 62° 35°
- Dec 51° 28°
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 La Verkin each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 98°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 28°F. The most precipitation falls in February (1.81 in), the least in June (0.20 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52°F | 29°F | 40.7°F | 1.43 | 0.3 | 6 | <1 | 22 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 57°F | 33°F | 45.2°F | 1.81 | 0.4 | 7 | <1 | 13 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 66°F | 40°F | 52.7°F | 1.43 | 0.2 | 6 | <1 | 4 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 73°F | 44°F | 58.5°F | 0.77 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 83°F | 52°F | 67.4°F | 0.46 | 0.0 | 4 | 10 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 94°F | 61°F | 77.2°F | 0.20 | 0.0 | 2 | 25 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 98°F | 68°F | 83.0°F | 0.61 | 0.0 | 4 | 30 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 96°F | 67°F | 81.8°F | 0.96 | 0.0 | 5 | 29 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 89°F | 59°F | 74.3°F | 0.93 | 0.0 | 4 | 20 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 76°F | 47°F | 61.5°F | 0.99 | 0.0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 62°F | 35°F | 48.2°F | 0.86 | 0.0 | 4 | <1 | 11 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 51°F | 28°F | 39.4°F | 1.19 | 0.5 | 5 | <1 | 24 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 75°F | 47°F | 60.8°F | 11.64 | 1.4 | 52 | 118 | 75 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11°C | −2°C | 4.8°C | 36 mm | 1 cm |
| February | 14°C | 1°C | 7.3°C | 46 mm | 1 cm |
| March | 19°C | 4°C | 11.5°C | 36 mm | 1 cm |
| April | 23°C | 7°C | 14.7°C | 20 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 28°C | 11°C | 19.7°C | 12 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 34°C | 16°C | 25.1°C | 5 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 37°C | 20°C | 28.3°C | 15 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 36°C | 20°C | 27.7°C | 24 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 32°C | 15°C | 23.5°C | 24 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 24°C | 8°C | 16.4°C | 25 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 16°C | 2°C | 9.0°C | 22 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 10°C | −2°C | 4.1°C | 30 mm | 1 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00424968; 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 La Verkin?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May 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 USC00424968.
When is the last frost in La Verkin?
In La Verkin, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 1 in half of years and after April 24 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 5 in half of years and before October 23 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 11 year in 10 after April 24; 9 in 10 after March 5
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 51 year in 10 before October 23; 9 in 10 before November 17
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 217 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 254 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 4 in half of springs and before November 15 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts La Verkin in zones 8a to 8b across its 2 ZIP code areas (8b in 84774, the largest). By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, La Verkin's NOAA station is in zone 8a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 14°F (29 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 USC00424968; 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.
What hardiness zone is each La Verkin ZIP code in?
The USDA's 2023 map gives each ZIP code area one zone. La Verkin's 2 ZIP code areas run from zone 8a to 8b: 1 in 8a and 1 in 8b. Each ZIP's frost dates are in the frost tool.
Source: USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; ZIP areas in the place: Census Bureau 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file. A ZIP area counts when at least a tenth of its land (and 0.5 km²) lies in the place.
How hot and how cold does it get in La Verkin?
In a normal year in La Verkin, 118 days a year reach 90°F (47 of them 100°F or more), 75 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 52 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 118a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 47a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 75a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 52a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1950) is 114°F, on July 3, 2001; the lowest is −2°F, on January 13, 1963.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1980, with 19.94 in; the snowiest season is 1973–74, with 16.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00424968; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00424968. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is La Verkin?
Over a year 87% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around La Verkin, 5.4 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (93%) and December the cloudiest (76%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 79% | 2.8 |
| February | 78% | 3.7 |
| March | 82% | 5.2 |
| April | 85% | 6.5 |
| May | 88% | 7.6 |
| June | 93% | 8.4 |
| July | 88% | 7.5 |
| August | 90% | 7.0 |
| September | 91% | 6.0 |
| October | 88% | 4.5 |
| November | 84% | 3.2 |
| December | 76% | 2.4 |
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 La Verkin need?
A normal year in La Verkin brings 3,440 heating degree days, 36% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,944 cooling degree days, 2.1 times the median (908). Five months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 4,952 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 755 | 0 |
| February | 554 | 0 |
| March | 385 | 2 |
| April | 215 | 20 |
| May | 68 | 141 |
| June | 5 | 371 |
| July | 0 | 556 |
| August | 0 | 521 |
| September | 9 | 288 |
| October | 152 | 45 |
| November | 505 | 1 |
| December | 792 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 3,440 | 1,944 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00424968. 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 La Verkin been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 63.4°F, 2.6°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 60.8°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 62.6°F | +1.9°F | 8.64 | – |
| 2022 | 61.8°F | +1.0°F | 8.48 | 2.0 |
| 2023 | 60.3°F | −0.5°F | 15.58 | 4.8 |
| 2024 | 63.1°F | +2.3°F | 8.93 | 0.7 |
| 2025 | 63.4°F | +2.6°F | 9.09 | 0.0 |
Over 49 complete years from 1960 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 5.4°F per century (+0.30°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00424968; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does La Verkin's climate compare?
La Verkin is warmer than 95 of the other 96 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 60.8°F is warmer than 77%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, La Verkin 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 La Verkin 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.
- Hurricane, UT24,753 people · 6 mi SW
- Toquerville, UT1,995 people · 5 mi N
- Leeds, UT860 people · 5 mi NW
- Virgin, UT708 people · 3 mi E
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 La Verkin's climate
What is the coldest month in La Verkin?
December, with a normal high of 51°F and a normal low of 28°F. The warmest is July (98°F by day, 68°F at night).
Does it snow in La Verkin?
Yes: 1 inch in a normal year, falling on 1 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in December (0.5 inches).
What is the rainiest month in La Verkin?
February, with 1.81 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is June with 0.20 in.
What plant hardiness zone is La Verkin in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts La Verkin in zones 8a to 8b across its 2 ZIP code areas (8b in 84774, the largest). By the same method at La Verkin's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 14°F (29 years, 1991-2020): zone 8a.
How late can frost come in La Verkin?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 1; in one year in ten it comes after April 24. Waiting until April 24 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Utah climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Zion National Park, UT16 miles from this station, 62.0°F a year
- New Harmony, UT18 miles from this station, 51.6°F a year
- St. George, UT19 miles from this station, 62.7°F a year
- Colorado City, AZ22 miles from this station, 56.1°F a year
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