Monticello, UT Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Monticello's primary NOAA station, MONTICELLO 2E - 2 stations mapped to the area.
The climate verdict for Monticello
Dryness leads the climate profile for Monticello, Utah, with 15.1 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 47°F. At 44/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 10% of scores.
- 47°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 44/100
- comfort score, above 10% of station-mapped location scores
- 15.1"
- annual precipitation · 64" snow
- 136 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Monticello: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00425805 · Monticello, UT 47°F mean · 15.1" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-MULTI · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 47°F
- RANK-COOL #1,852
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Holter Dam
- PRCP-DRY 15.1"
- SWING-MID 44°F
- COMF-LOW 44/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,877 HDD
- STN-MULTI USC00425805
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Holter Dam, MT ( -0.1 °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.
- Monticello (this station) 47°F
- Cold Holter Dam, MT 47°F
- Hot Strontia Spring…, CO 47°F
- Near Troy, MT 47°F
- Near Lakeview, OR 47°F
Climate Living Index · Monticello
Monticello: 24/100 · grade F
Monticello publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Monticello, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 44/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 15.1 in · 19.9 from 35 in | 29/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 46.9°F · 20.6° from 67.5°F | 27/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 182 calendar days | 24/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 136 days/year | 16/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 64.2 inches/year | 13/100 · F |
Monticello · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Monticello is a continental Köppen climate: Dsb
Coldest-month mean 25.7°F and warmest-month mean 69.5°F place this station in continental, dry-summer, warm summer climates (Dsb). Class Dsb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, dry-summer, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Dsb
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 69.5°F
- Coldest month
- 25.7°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 Monticello sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Monticello's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 73%
- Among 6,861 stations, Monticello sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 82%
- Monticello's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 52nd percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Monticello compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Monticello's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
44 10th percentile score exceeds 10% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Above this entry.
- 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 | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36°F (2°C) | 15°F (-9°C) | 26°F (-4°C) | 1.6" | 13.4" | 30.3 | 0.0 |
| February | 41°F (5°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 1.5" | 13.5" | 26.9 | 0.0 |
| March | 50°F (10°C) | 26°F (-4°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 1.1" | 7.4" | 26.3 | 0.0 |
| April | 59°F (15°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 0.9" | 6.1" | 19.0 | 0.0 |
| May | 69°F (21°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 0.9" | 1.1" | 5.7 | 0.1 |
| June | 81°F (27°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 0.5" | 0.1" | 0.6 | 1.2 |
| July | 85°F (30°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 1.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 5.7 |
| August | 82°F (28°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 1.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.1 |
| September | 75°F (24°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 1.7" | 0.1" | 1.3 | 0.0 |
| October | 62°F (16°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 1.3" | 1.3" | 13.7 | 0.0 |
| November | 48°F (9°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 1.2" | 7.3" | 26.3 | 0.0 |
| December | 36°F (2°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 1.3" | 13.9" | 30.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 86°F around July 10, short of 90°F on every date, while 182 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 15°F near January 1.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 19, then returns to freezing around October 21, covering 182 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.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is August 8, when 33% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is June 16 at 14%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 76 wet dates a year.
The widest day
June 18 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 Monticello.
Where Monticello Stands Nationally
Freezing is routine here by normals standards — the normal low reaches 32°F or colder on about 182 nights a year, more than most ranked stations.
A drier-than-most normal water year — around 15 inches, below what four out of five ranked stations collect.
Monticello earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 13.4"
6.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 13.5"
6.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 7.4"
5.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 6.1"
5.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.1"
5.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
4.1 days with precipitation
7.5 days with precipitation
9.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
7.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.3"
6.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 7.3"
5.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 13.9"
5.7 days with precipitation
Monticello spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 24% of the annual total and December through February 29%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Monticello has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 43.8°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: August averages 1.8" and June 0.5". The three wettest months together take 33% 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.
Monticello is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 76 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 21% of the calendar, and they carry 15.1" between them. At roughly 0.20 inches on an average wet day, this is not the damp drizzle of a marine climate; it is an arid record in which precipitation is both uncommon and light when it appears.
The wettest month by count is August at about 10 wet days; the driest is June at about 4.
A low per-event average in a dry record is a statement about typical days only. Arid regions can still take a large share of a year's total from a single convective storm, which a normal cannot show.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, not the extremes within it.
Winter brings real snow to Monticello
Monticello averages 64.2 inches of snowfall a year, with December the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 25 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.
- Annual snowfall: 64.2 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 25 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 43% of the year's precipitation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 2
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 19
50% probability date
Growing Season
136 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,877
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
315
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside UT closest to Monticello 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 (47°F here).
- Bath, NY 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Battle Creek, IA 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Bayard, WV 47°F · 0.0°F off
- Bellevue, ID 47°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (15.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Bly, OR 15.1" · 0.0" off
- Guernsey, WY 15.1" · 0.0" off
- Lee Vining, CA 15.1" · 0.0" off
- Potomac, MT 15.1" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Monticello
heating led · dry · mid swing
Monticello's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,877 annual heating degree days against 315 for cooling. Its 43.8°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 136 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.
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1. Monticello coldest normal
January
The monthly mean of 26°F (-4°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Monticello typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Monticello snow peak
December
Monticello averages 64.2 inches of snow a year, with December the snowiest month on the normals.
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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 Monticello's primary station: MONTICELLO 2E (USC00425805). 2 NOAA stations are mapped to the Monticello area; the primary station's record is used for consistency. For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 4951580). Match rule for Monticello: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Monticello 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.