Moab Canyonland Airport, Utah climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Moab Canyonland Airport's normal year runs from 17°F December nights to 96°F July afternoons, with 6.7 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 12.3°C, December lows of −8°C, July highs of 36°C, 169 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationMoab Canyonland Airport
- Station IDUSW00093075
- Location38.76°N 109.75°W
- Elevation4,561 ft (1,390 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Moab Canyonland Airport is 65°F and the normal low 37°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 15%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Moab Canyonland Airport.
- Jan 39° 17°
- Feb 47° 25°
- Mar 59° 32°
- Apr 67° 39°
- May 78° 48°
- Jun 90° 58°
- Jul 96° 66°
- Aug 93° 63°
- Sep 83° 53°
- Oct 68° 40°
- Nov 52° 27°
- Dec 39° 17°
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 Moab Canyonland Airport each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 96°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 17°F. The most precipitation falls in September (0.89 in), the least in June (0.33 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39°F | 17°F | 28.0°F | 0.45 | 5 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 47°F | 25°F | 35.8°F | 0.41 | 5 | <1 | 24 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 59°F | 32°F | 45.9°F | 0.54 | 4 | <1 | 17 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 67°F | 39°F | 53.1°F | 0.51 | 4 | <1 | 6 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 78°F | 48°F | 62.9°F | 0.60 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 90°F | 58°F | 74.1°F | 0.33 | 2 | 20 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 96°F | 66°F | 81.1°F | 0.53 | 4 | 27 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 93°F | 63°F | 78.0°F | 0.63 | 5 | 24 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 83°F | 53°F | 68.3°F | 0.89 | 5 | 8 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 68°F | 40°F | 54.2°F | 0.84 | 5 | <1 | 6 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 52°F | 27°F | 39.5°F | 0.40 | 3 | <1 | 24 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 39°F | 17°F | 27.6°F | 0.53 | 5 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 68°F | 41°F | 54.1°F | 6.66 | 51 | 84 | 138 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4°C | −8°C | −2.2°C | 11 mm |
| February | 8°C | −4°C | 2.1°C | 10 mm |
| March | 15°C | 0°C | 7.7°C | 14 mm |
| April | 19°C | 4°C | 11.7°C | 13 mm |
| May | 25°C | 9°C | 17.2°C | 15 mm |
| June | 32°C | 15°C | 23.4°C | 8 mm |
| July | 36°C | 19°C | 27.3°C | 13 mm |
| August | 34°C | 17°C | 25.6°C | 16 mm |
| September | 29°C | 12°C | 20.2°C | 23 mm |
| October | 20°C | 4°C | 12.3°C | 21 mm |
| November | 11°C | −3°C | 4.2°C | 10 mm |
| December | 4°C | −8°C | −2.4°C | 13 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Arches National Park Headquarters (12 miles away), gets 8 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00093075; 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 Moab Canyonland Airport?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. Of those, April 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 USW00093075.
When is the last frost at Moab Canyonland Airport?
In Moab Canyonland Airport, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 22 in half of years and after May 8 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 20 in half of years and before October 6 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 221 year in 10 after May 8; 9 in 10 after April 7
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 201 year in 10 before October 6; 9 in 10 before November 1
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 179 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 202 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 8 in half of springs and before October 30 in half of autumns.
By the USDA's method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in plant hardiness zone 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −3°F (21 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Utah · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USW00093075; 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 Moab Canyonland Airport?
In a normal year in Moab Canyonland Airport, 84 days a year reach 90°F (17 of them 100°F or more), 138 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 51 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 84a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 17a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 138a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 18high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 51a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1998) is 110°F, on July 17, 2023; the lowest is −18°F, on January 8, 2010.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2013, with 9.90 in; the snowiest season is 2011–12, with 23.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00093075; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USW00093075. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Moab Canyonland Airport?
Over a year 85% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Moab Canyonland Airport, 5.3 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (91%) and December the cloudiest (76%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 78% | 2.7 |
| February | 77% | 3.6 |
| March | 83% | 5.2 |
| April | 84% | 6.5 |
| May | 86% | 7.5 |
| June | 91% | 8.3 |
| July | 88% | 7.5 |
| August | 87% | 6.7 |
| September | 89% | 5.8 |
| October | 87% | 4.3 |
| November | 84% | 3.1 |
| December | 76% | 2.3 |
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 Moab Canyonland Airport record?
A normal year at Moab Canyonland Airport brings 5,376 heating degree days, 0% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,415 cooling degree days, 56% more than the median (908). Seven months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 3,883 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,145 | 0 |
| February | 816 | 0 |
| March | 592 | 0 |
| April | 360 | 3 |
| May | 135 | 70 |
| June | 15 | 287 |
| July | 0 | 500 |
| August | 1 | 402 |
| September | 45 | 145 |
| October | 344 | 7 |
| November | 765 | 0 |
| December | 1,157 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,376 | 1,415 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00093075. 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 Moab Canyonland Airport been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 56.7°F, 2.6°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 54.1°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 55.0°F | +0.9°F | 7.59 |
| 2022 | 54.2°F | +0.1°F | 6.70 |
| 2023 | 54.0°F | −0.1°F | 5.49 |
| 2024 | 56.3°F | +2.2°F | 5.86 |
| 2025 | 56.7°F | +2.6°F | 5.87 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00093075. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Moab Canyonland Airport's climate compare?
Moab Canyonland Airport is warmer than 84 of the 97 places with their own NOAA record in Utah, and wetter than 4. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 54.1°F is warmer than 57%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Moab Canyonland Airport is BWk: cold desert. 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 Moab Canyonland Airport 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.
- Green River, UT887 people · 28 mi NW
- Thompson Springs, UT0 people · 15 mi N
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 Moab Canyonland Airport's climate
What is the coldest month at Moab Canyonland Airport?
December, with a normal high of 39°F and a normal low of 17°F. The warmest is July (96°F by day, 66°F at night).
Does it snow at Moab Canyonland Airport?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for the station; the nearest record that keeps one, Arches National Park Headquarters (12 miles away), records 8 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month at Moab Canyonland Airport?
September, with 0.89 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is June with 0.33 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Moab Canyonland Airport in?
By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −3°F (21 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come at Moab Canyonland Airport?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 22; in one year in ten it comes after May 8. Waiting until May 8 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Utah climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Arches National Park Headquarters, UT12 miles from this station, 58.0°F a year
- Moab, UT17 miles from this station, 57.6°F a year
- Canyonlands-The Neck, UT21 miles from this station, 53.6°F a year
- Castle Valley, UT22 miles from this station, 54.7°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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