Laketown, Utah climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Laketown's normal year runs from 14°F January nights to 81°F July afternoons, with 14.9 inches of precipitation and 84 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 6.1°C, January lows of −10°C, July highs of 27°C, 378 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationLaketown
- Station IDUSC00424856
- Location41.83°N 111.32°W
- Elevation5,980 ft (1,823 m)
- Population324
On October 23, the normal high in Laketown is 54°F and the normal low 31°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 20%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Laketown.
- Jan 31° 14°
- Feb 33° 15°
- Mar 43° 23°
- Apr 53° 30°
- May 62° 37°
- Jun 73° 44°
- Jul 81° 51°
- Aug 80° 50°
- Sep 70° 42°
- Oct 57° 33°
- Nov 42° 24°
- Dec 32° 16°
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 Laketown each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 81°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 14°F. The most precipitation falls in May (1.94 in), the least in July (0.60 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31°F | 14°F | 22.2°F | 1.29 | 19.5 | 8 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 30 min |
| February | 33°F | 15°F | 23.7°F | 1.22 | 16.4 | 7 | <1 | 27 | 10 h 30 min |
| March | 43°F | 23°F | 32.6°F | 1.28 | 11.0 | 8 | <1 | 29 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 53°F | 30°F | 41.4°F | 1.66 | 7.1 | 8 | <1 | 21 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 62°F | 37°F | 49.7°F | 1.94 | 1.2 | 9 | <1 | 7 | 14 h 30 min |
| June | 73°F | 44°F | 58.1°F | 1.09 | 0.1 | 5 | <1 | 1 | 15 h 10 min |
| July | 81°F | 51°F | 65.8°F | 0.60 | 0.0 | 4 | 2 | <1 | 15 h |
| August | 80°F | 50°F | 64.8°F | 0.90 | 0.0 | 5 | 1 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 70°F | 42°F | 56.3°F | 1.06 | 0.2 | 5 | <1 | 2 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 57°F | 33°F | 45.1°F | 1.30 | 2.5 | 7 | <1 | 16 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 42°F | 24°F | 32.9°F | 1.29 | 9.2 | 7 | <1 | 26 | 9 h 50 min |
| December | 32°F | 16°F | 23.9°F | 1.27 | 16.7 | 8 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 55°F | 32°F | 43.0°F | 14.90 | 83.9 | 79 | 3 | 190 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −1°C | −10°C | −5.4°C | 33 mm | 50 cm |
| February | 0°C | −10°C | −4.6°C | 31 mm | 42 cm |
| March | 6°C | −5°C | 0.3°C | 33 mm | 28 cm |
| April | 12°C | −1°C | 5.2°C | 42 mm | 18 cm |
| May | 17°C | 3°C | 9.8°C | 49 mm | 3 cm |
| June | 23°C | 7°C | 14.5°C | 28 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 27°C | 11°C | 18.8°C | 15 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 27°C | 10°C | 18.2°C | 23 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21°C | 6°C | 13.5°C | 27 mm | 1 cm |
| October | 14°C | 1°C | 7.3°C | 33 mm | 6 cm |
| November | 6°C | −5°C | 0.5°C | 33 mm | 23 cm |
| December | 0°C | −9°C | −4.5°C | 32 mm | 42 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00424856; 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 Laketown?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in June, July, August and September. Of those, July 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 USC00424856.
When is the last frost in Laketown?
In Laketown, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 28 in half of years and after June 17 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before September 24 in half of years and before September 11 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 281 year in 10 after June 17; 9 in 10 after May 10
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- September 241 year in 10 before September 11; 9 in 10 before October 8
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 119 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 150 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after May 8 in half of springs and before October 6 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Laketown in zone 5b in ZIP code 84038, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Laketown's NOAA station is in zone 6a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −9°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 USC00424856; 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 Laketown?
In a normal year in Laketown, 3 days a year reach 90°F, 190 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 79 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 3a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 190a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 51high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 79a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 31a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1900) is 99°F, on July 12, 1917; the lowest is −37°F, on January 21, 1937.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2017, with 21.41 in; the snowiest season is 2022–23, with 164.2 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00424856; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00424856. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Laketown?
Over a year 81% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Laketown, 4.8 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (90%) and December the cloudiest (67%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 72% | 2.2 |
| February | 72% | 3.1 |
| March | 75% | 4.4 |
| April | 74% | 5.5 |
| May | 77% | 6.5 |
| June | 87% | 7.8 |
| July | 90% | 7.7 |
| August | 89% | 6.7 |
| September | 86% | 5.3 |
| October | 80% | 3.7 |
| November | 72% | 2.4 |
| December | 67% | 1.8 |
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 Laketown need?
A normal year in Laketown brings 8,107 heating degree days, 51% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 136 cooling degree days, 85% 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 1,550 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,327 | 0 |
| February | 1,156 | 0 |
| March | 1,004 | 0 |
| April | 710 | 0 |
| May | 475 | 0 |
| June | 216 | 9 |
| July | 45 | 69 |
| August | 57 | 52 |
| September | 265 | 4 |
| October | 617 | 0 |
| November | 962 | 0 |
| December | 1,274 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 8,107 | 136 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00424856. 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 Laketown been warmer than normal lately?
2024 averaged 44.3°F, 1.3°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 43.0°F. 2 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 44.9°F | +1.9°F | 14.32 | 75.2 |
| 2022 | 41.3°F | −1.7°F | 14.08 | 84.7 |
| 2023 | 40.2°F | −2.8°F | 17.40 | 145.7 |
| 2024 | 44.3°F | +1.3°F | 12.40 | 90.0 |
Over 64 complete years from 1949 to 2024, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.9°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 USC00424856; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Laketown's climate compare?
Laketown is warmer than 6 of the other 96 places with their own NOAA record in Utah, and wetter than 56. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 43.0°F is warmer than 12%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Laketown is Dfb: continental, no dry season, warm summer. 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 Laketown share this climate record?
Garden 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.
- Garden, UT122 people · 6 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 Laketown's climate
What is the coldest month in Laketown?
January, with a normal high of 31°F and a normal low of 14°F. The warmest is July (81°F by day, 51°F at night).
Does it snow in Laketown?
Yes: 84 inches in a normal year, falling on 33 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (19.5 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Laketown?
May, with 1.94 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is July with 0.60 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Laketown in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Laketown in zone 5b in ZIP code 84038, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Laketown's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −9°F (28 years, 1991-2020): zone 6a.
How late can frost come in Laketown?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 28; in one year in ten it comes after June 17. Waiting until June 17 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Utah climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Bear Lake State Park, UT11 miles from this station, 45.3°F a year
- Randolph, UT13 miles from this station, 39.4°F a year
- Sage (4 mi NNW), WY17 miles from this station, 38.6°F a year
- Lifton Pumping Station, ID21 miles from this station, 41.0°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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