Little Sahara Rec Area, UT Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Little Sahara Rec Area's primary NOAA station, LITTLE SAHARA REC AREA.
The climate verdict for Little Sahara Rec Area
Dryness leads the climate profile for Little Sahara Rec Area, Utah, with 12.3 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 50°F. At 52/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 24% of scores.
- 50°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 52/100
- comfort score, above 24% of station-mapped location scores
- 12.3"
- yearly precipitation total
- 139 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Little Sahara Rec Area: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00425138 · Little Sahara Rec Area, UT 50°F mean · 12.3" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 50°F
- RANK-MID #2,744
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Imperial
- PRCP-DRY 12.3"
- SWING-WIDE 49°F
- COMF-LOW 52/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,286 HDD
- STN-1 USC00425138
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Imperial, NE (+ 0 °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.
- Little Sahara R… (this station) 50°F
- Cold Scottsbluff Hei…, NE 50°F
- Hot Imperial, NE 50°F
- Near Kingsley Dam, NE 50°F
- Near Aledo, IL 50°F
Climate Living Index · Little Sahara Rec Area
Little Sahara Rec Area: 21/100 · grade F
Little Sahara Rec Area publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Little Sahara Rec Area, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 52/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 50.1°F · 17.4° from 67.5°F | 41/100 · D |
| Precipitation balance | 12.3 in · 22.7 from 35 in | 19/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 139 days/year | 18/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 222 calendar days | 4/100 · F |
Little Sahara Rec Area · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Little Sahara Rec Area'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
- 75.9°F
- Coldest month
- 27.1°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 Little Sahara Rec Area sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Little Sahara Rec Area's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 40th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 89%
- Little Sahara Rec Area's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 77%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Little Sahara Rec Area is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Little Sahara Rec Area compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Little Sahara Rec Area's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
52 24th percentile score exceeds 24% 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%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38°F (4°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 0.8" | 30.1 | 0.0 |
| February | 44°F (7°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 1.3" | 26.2 | 0.0 |
| March | 54°F (12°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 1.3" | 24.6 | 0.0 |
| April | 61°F (16°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 1.4" | 16.2 | 0.0 |
| May | 72°F (22°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 1.5" | 4.5 | 1.3 |
| June | 84°F (29°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 67°F (20°C) | 0.8" | 0.3 | 11.5 |
| July | 93°F (34°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 0.6" | 0.0 | 24.7 |
| August | 91°F (33°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 0.7" | 0.1 | 22.4 |
| September | 80°F (27°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 0.9" | 1.8 | 4.3 |
| October | 65°F (19°C) | 35°F (1°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 1.1" | 14.0 | 0.1 |
| November | 51°F (10°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 0.8" | 25.3 | 0.0 |
| December | 38°F (3°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 1.1" | 30.3 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Little Sahara Rec Area works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 94°F by July 23 and hold at or above 90°F on 50 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 172 dates, bottoming at 14°F around December 23.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 2 through August 20, covering 50 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs May 12 to October 6.
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 11, then returns to freezing around October 23, covering 172 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.
The widest day
June 24 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 34°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Little Sahara Rec Area.
Where Little Sahara Rec Area Stands Nationally
A drier-than-most normal water year — around 12 inches, below what four out of five ranked stations collect.
Daily temperature swings run wider than most of the country, peaking near 34°F between the normal high and low.
Little Sahara Rec Area earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Little Sahara Rec Area spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 17% of the annual total and December through February 26%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Little Sahara Rec Area has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 48.8°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 1.5" and July 0.6". The three wettest months together take 34% 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 1
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 15
50% probability date
Growing Season
139 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,286
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
870
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside UT closest to Little Sahara Rec Area 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 (50°F here).
- Akron, CO 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Ansonia, CT 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Austin, NV 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Banner Elk, NC 50°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (12.3" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Oakley, ID 12.3" · 0.0" off
- Turner, MT 12.3" · 0.0" off
- Wisdom, MT 12.3" · 0.0" off
- Chester, MT 12.3" · 0.0" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Little Sahara Rec Area's limited precipitation lands
heating led · dry · mid swing
Little Sahara Rec Area's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,286 annual heating degree days against 870 for cooling. Its 48.8°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 139 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.
July and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Little Sahara Rec Area's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 48.8°F. The annual average is 50°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Little Sahara Rec Area's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 12.3 inches, which places the station in PlainClimate's dry range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The snowfall and rainfall fields should be read separately rather than inferred from temperature.
Little Sahara Rec Area wettest normal
May
May concentrates the scarce annual total (12.3 inches).
Little Sahara Rec Area driest normal
July
July is typically driest; arid stations are defined by when water is absent, not by a four-season grid.
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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 Little Sahara Rec Area's primary station: LITTLE SAHARA REC AREA (USC00425138). 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 Little Sahara Rec Area; 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 Little Sahara Rec Area 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.