Paria Ranger Station, 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 Paria Ranger Station's primary NOAA station, PARIA RS.
The climate verdict for Paria Ranger Station
Dryness leads the climate profile for Paria Ranger Station, Utah, with 10.1 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 56°F. Its climate comfort score of 68/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 56% of station-mapped location scores.
- 56°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 68/100
- comfort score, above 56% of station-mapped location scores
- 10.1"
- annual precipitation
- 187 days
- frost-free growing season
Paria Ranger Station: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00426640 · Paria Ranger Station, UT 56°F mean · 10.1" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-ARID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 56°F
- RANK-UPPER #4,391
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ St Louis Sprt o…
- PRCP-ARID 10.1"
- SWING-WIDE 47°F
- COMF-MID 68/100
- LOAD-HEAT 4,645 HDD
- STN-1 USC00426640
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: St Louis Sprt of S L, MO (+ 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.
- Paria Ranger St… (this station) 56°F
- Hot Cahokia, IL 56°F
- Near St Louis Sprt o…, MO 56°F
- Near Eldon, MO 56°F
- Near Nevada Wtp, MO 56°F
Climate Living Index · Paria Ranger Station
Paria Ranger Station: 34/100 · grade F
Paria Ranger Station publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Paria Ranger Station, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 68/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 56.1°F · 11.4° from 67.5°F | 63/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 187 days/year | 55/100 · C |
| Precipitation balance | 10.1 in · 24.9 from 35 in | 12/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 208 calendar days | 10/100 · F |
Paria Ranger Station · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Paria Ranger Station'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
- 80.7°F
- Coldest month
- 33.3°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 Paria Ranger Station sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Paria Ranger Station's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 64th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 94%
- Paria Ranger Station's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 70%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Paria Ranger Station is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Paria Ranger Station compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Paria Ranger Station's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
68 Top 44% score exceeds 56% 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%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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 | 46°F (8°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 1.0" | 29.3 | 0.0 |
| February | 52°F (11°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 1.0" | 22.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 61°F (16°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 0.8" | 14.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 69°F (21°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 0.6" | 5.6 | 0.1 |
| May | 79°F (26°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 0.6" | 0.3 | 4.1 |
| June | 91°F (33°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 0.3" | 0.1 | 21.2 |
| July | 96°F (36°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 0.7" | 0.0 | 28.2 |
| August | 94°F (34°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 1.2" | 0.0 | 24.5 |
| September | 86°F (30°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 1.2" | 0.0 | 11.7 |
| October | 72°F (22°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 1.3" | 3.8 | 0.6 |
| November | 57°F (14°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 0.7" | 19.8 | 0.0 |
| December | 46°F (8°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 0.8" | 28.9 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Paria Ranger Station works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 97°F by July 14 and hold at or above 90°F on 83 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 125 dates, bottoming at 20°F around December 25.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 13 through September 3, covering 83 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs April 20 to October 20.
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 March 12, then returns to freezing around November 9, covering 125 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 9 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 33°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Paria Ranger Station.
Where Paria Ranger Station Stands Nationally
Aridity defines the water calendar: about 10 inches in a normal year lands this among the driest tenth of ranked stations.
Heat is a defining feature of the normals calendar — the normal daily high reaches 90°F on roughly 83 days a year, more than four out of five ranked stations record.
Paria Ranger Station earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Paria Ranger Station spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 22% of the annual total and December through February 27%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Paria Ranger Station has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 47.4°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: October averages 1.3" and June 0.3". The three wettest months together take 37% 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 23
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 19
50% probability date
Growing Season
187 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,645
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,449
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside UT closest to Paria Ranger Station 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 (56°F here).
- Bushland, TX 56°F · 0.0°F off
- Colorado City, AZ 56°F · 0.0°F off
- Cullowhee, NC 56°F · 0.0°F off
- Eldon, MO 56°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (10.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Homedale, ID 10.1" · 0.0" off
- Dillon, MT 10.1" · 0.0" off
- Shell, WY 10.1" · 0.0" off
- Santa Teresa, NM 10.1" · 0.0" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Paria Ranger Station's limited precipitation lands
heating led · dry · mid swing
Paria Ranger Station's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,645 annual heating degree days against 1,449 for cooling. Its 47.4°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Paria Ranger Station's frost-free season lasts about 187 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Paria Ranger Station's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 47.4°F. The annual average is 56°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Paria Ranger Station's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 10.1 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.
Paria Ranger Station wettest normal
October
October concentrates the scarce annual total (10.1 inches).
Paria Ranger Station driest normal
June
June 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 Paria Ranger Station's primary station: PARIA RS (USC00426640). 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 Paria Ranger Station; 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 Paria Ranger Station 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.