Panguitch, Utah climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Panguitch's normal year runs from 7°F December nights to 86°F July afternoons, with 10.4 inches of precipitation and 25 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 6.6°C, December lows of −14°C, July highs of 30°C, 263 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationPanguitch
- Station IDUSC00426601
- Location37.82°N 112.44°W
- Elevation6,647 ft (2,026 m)
- Population1,788
On October 23, the normal high in Panguitch is 61°F and the normal low 23°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 Panguitch.
- Jan 39° 8°
- Feb 44° 11°
- Mar 52° 19°
- Apr 60° 23°
- May 69° 31°
- Jun 82° 39°
- Jul 86° 47°
- Aug 83° 44°
- Sep 77° 35°
- Oct 64° 25°
- Nov 50° 16°
- Dec 39° 7°
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 Panguitch each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 86°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 7°F. The most precipitation falls in August (1.72 in), the least in June (0.42 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39°F | 8°F | 23.7°F | 0.57 | 7.8 | 6 | <1 | 31 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 44°F | 11°F | 27.5°F | 0.70 | 6.1 | 5 | <1 | 27 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 52°F | 19°F | 35.6°F | 0.66 | 3.3 | 5 | <1 | 30 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 60°F | 23°F | 41.5°F | 0.57 | 1.1 | 4 | <1 | 26 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 69°F | 31°F | 50.4°F | 0.68 | 0.1 | 6 | <1 | 16 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 82°F | 39°F | 60.2°F | 0.42 | 0.0 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 86°F | 47°F | 66.4°F | 1.40 | 0.0 | 8 | 12 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 83°F | 44°F | 63.8°F | 1.72 | 0.0 | 9 | 5 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 77°F | 35°F | 56.0°F | 1.27 | 0.0 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 64°F | 25°F | 44.6°F | 1.18 | 0.2 | 5 | <1 | 25 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 50°F | 16°F | 32.9°F | 0.67 | 2.1 | 4 | <1 | 29 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 39°F | 7°F | 23.1°F | 0.52 | 4.0 | 4 | <1 | 31 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 62°F | 26°F | 43.8°F | 10.36 | 24.7 | 63 | 24 | 226 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4°C | −13°C | −4.6°C | 14 mm | 20 cm |
| February | 7°C | −11°C | −2.5°C | 18 mm | 15 cm |
| March | 11°C | −7°C | 2.0°C | 17 mm | 8 cm |
| April | 15°C | −5°C | 5.3°C | 14 mm | 3 cm |
| May | 21°C | 0°C | 10.2°C | 17 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 28°C | 4°C | 15.7°C | 11 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 30°C | 8°C | 19.1°C | 36 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 28°C | 7°C | 17.7°C | 44 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 25°C | 2°C | 13.3°C | 32 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 18°C | −4°C | 7.0°C | 30 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 10°C | −9°C | 0.5°C | 17 mm | 5 cm |
| December | 4°C | −14°C | −4.9°C | 13 mm | 10 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00426601; 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 Panguitch?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, August and September. Of those, June has the fewest days with rain (3).
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 USC00426601.
When is the last frost in Panguitch?
In Panguitch, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after June 12 in half of years and after June 27 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before September 12 in half of years and before August 31 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
- June 121 year in 10 after June 27; 9 in 10 after May 31
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- September 121 year in 10 before August 31; 9 in 10 before September 23
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 90 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 114 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after May 29 in half of springs and before September 22 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Panguitch in zone 6a in ZIP code 84759, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Panguitch's NOAA station is in zone 5b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −13°F (17 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 USC00426601; 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 Panguitch?
In a normal year in Panguitch, 24 days a year reach 90°F, 226 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 63 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 24a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 226a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 15high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 63a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 10a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1911) is 101°F, on July 18, 1998; the lowest is −38°F, on January 9, 1937.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1967, with 17.06 in; the snowiest season is 2022–23, with 59.4 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00426601; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00426601. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Panguitch?
Over a year 84% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Panguitch, 5.3 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (91%) and December the cloudiest (77%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 80% | 2.9 |
| February | 78% | 3.7 |
| March | 81% | 5.1 |
| April | 83% | 6.5 |
| May | 85% | 7.4 |
| June | 91% | 8.3 |
| July | 82% | 7.1 |
| August | 84% | 6.5 |
| September | 87% | 5.8 |
| October | 86% | 4.4 |
| November | 83% | 3.2 |
| December | 77% | 2.5 |
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 Panguitch need?
A normal year in Panguitch brings 7,838 heating degree days, 46% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 129 cooling degree days, 86% 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 1,570 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,282 | 0 |
| February | 1,050 | 0 |
| March | 911 | 0 |
| April | 707 | 0 |
| May | 456 | 1 |
| June | 163 | 18 |
| July | 32 | 74 |
| August | 72 | 35 |
| September | 273 | 1 |
| October | 632 | 0 |
| November | 963 | 0 |
| December | 1,297 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 7,838 | 129 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00426601. 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 Panguitch been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 47.6°F, 3.8°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 43.8°F. 3 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 45.7°F | +1.9°F | 12.05 | 31.0 |
| 2023 | 42.3°F | −1.5°F | 8.23 | 37.9 |
| 2024 | 46.3°F | +2.5°F | 12.65 | 28.5 |
| 2025 | 47.6°F | +3.8°F | 9.24 | 17.5 |
Over 48 complete years from 1927 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.4°F per century (+0.13°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00426601; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Panguitch's climate compare?
Panguitch is warmer than 8 of the other 96 places with their own NOAA record in Utah, and wetter than 30. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 43.8°F is warmer than 15%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Panguitch 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.
Questions about Panguitch's climate
What is the coldest month in Panguitch?
December, with a normal high of 39°F and a normal low of 7°F. The warmest is July (86°F by day, 47°F at night).
Does it snow in Panguitch?
Yes: 25 inches in a normal year, falling on 14 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (7.8 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Panguitch?
August, with 1.72 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is June with 0.42 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Panguitch in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Panguitch in zone 6a in ZIP code 84759, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Panguitch's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −13°F (17 years, 1991-2020): zone 5b.
How late can frost come in Panguitch?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after June 12; in one year in ten it comes after June 27. Waiting until June 27 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Utah climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Hatch, UT11 miles from this station, 43.9°F a year
- Bryce Canyon Airport, UT17 miles from this station, 41.0°F a year
- Bryce Canyon National Park Headquarters, UT19 miles from this station, 44.4°F a year
- Brian Head, UT24 miles from this station, 36.5°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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