Price, Utah climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Price's normal year runs from 16°F January nights to 90°F July afternoons, with 8.4 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 9.7°C, January lows of −9°C, July highs of 32°C, 213 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationPrice Carbon County Airport
- Station IDUSW00093141
- Location39.61°N 110.75°W
- Elevation5,921 ft (1,805 m)
- Population8,278
On October 14, the normal high in Price is 64°F and the normal low 38°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 18%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Price.
- Jan 35° 16°
- Feb 42° 21°
- Mar 53° 29°
- Apr 61° 34°
- May 71° 44°
- Jun 83° 52°
- Jul 90° 60°
- Aug 87° 58°
- Sep 77° 49°
- Oct 63° 38°
- Nov 47° 26°
- Dec 35° 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 in Price each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 90°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 16°F. The most precipitation falls in September (1.26 in), the least in November (0.41 in).
Each month has its own page with the day-by-day normals, the month's records and its recent years:
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35°F | 16°F | 25.5°F | 0.66 | 5 | <1 | 31 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 42°F | 21°F | 31.5°F | 0.69 | 5 | <1 | 27 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 53°F | 29°F | 40.9°F | 0.61 | 5 | <1 | 22 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 61°F | 34°F | 47.5°F | 0.60 | 6 | <1 | 11 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 71°F | 44°F | 57.4°F | 0.77 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 83°F | 52°F | 67.7°F | 0.66 | 4 | 10 | <1 | 15 h |
| July | 90°F | 60°F | 74.9°F | 0.48 | 6 | 21 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 87°F | 58°F | 72.2°F | 0.67 | 7 | 12 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 77°F | 49°F | 63.3°F | 1.26 | 5 | 1 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 63°F | 38°F | 50.1°F | 0.98 | 6 | <1 | 7 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 47°F | 26°F | 36.5°F | 0.41 | 4 | <1 | 24 | 10 h |
| December | 35°F | 17°F | 26.1°F | 0.61 | 5 | <1 | 31 | 9 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 62°F | 37°F | 49.5°F | 8.40 | 63 | 45 | 154 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2°C | −9°C | −3.6°C | 17 mm |
| February | 5°C | −6°C | −0.3°C | 18 mm |
| March | 12°C | −2°C | 4.9°C | 15 mm |
| April | 16°C | 1°C | 8.6°C | 15 mm |
| May | 22°C | 6°C | 14.1°C | 20 mm |
| June | 28°C | 11°C | 19.8°C | 17 mm |
| July | 32°C | 15°C | 23.8°C | 12 mm |
| August | 30°C | 14°C | 22.3°C | 17 mm |
| September | 25°C | 10°C | 17.4°C | 32 mm |
| October | 17°C | 3°C | 10.1°C | 25 mm |
| November | 8°C | −4°C | 2.5°C | 10 mm |
| December | 2°C | −8°C | −3.3°C | 15 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Wellington (6 miles away), gets 22 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00093141; 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 Price?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June and September. Of those, June 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 USW00093141.
When is the last frost in Price?
In Price, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 3 in half of years and after May 21 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 12 in half of years and before September 29 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
- May 31 year in 10 after May 21; 9 in 10 after April 20
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 121 year in 10 before September 29; 9 in 10 before October 25
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 160 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 180 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 22 in half of springs and before October 22 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Price in zone 6a in ZIP code 84501, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Price's NOAA station is in zone 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −2°F (22 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 USW00093141; 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 Price?
In a normal year in Price, 45 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 154 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 63 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 45a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 154a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 26high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 63a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1998) is 103°F, on July 9, 2021; the lowest is −9°F, on January 1, 2011.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2005, with 13.05 in.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00093141; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USW00093141. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How humid and windy is Price, and how clear are its skies?
The summer (June-August) dew point averages 37°F. The muggiest month is July, with an average dew point of 42°F; the driest air comes in December (13°F). March is the windiest month (8.3 mph on average).
| Month | Dew point | Humidity | Afternoon humidity | Wind | Clear or few clouds | Overcast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16°F | 62% | 47% | 5.2 mph | – | – |
| February | 18°F | 52% | 36% | 6.4 mph | – | – |
| March | 20°F | 40% | 25% | 8.3 mph | – | – |
| April | 25°F | 36% | 23% | 8.2 mph | – | – |
| May | 31°F | 31% | 19% | 7.8 mph | – | – |
| June | 33°F | 24% | 15% | 7.4 mph | – | – |
| July | 42°F | 33% | 21% | 6.7 mph | – | – |
| August | 37°F | 31% | 19% | 6.6 mph | – | – |
| September | 29°F | 35% | 22% | 6.6 mph | – | – |
| October | 23°F | 47% | 30% | 6.2 mph | – | – |
| November | 15°F | 55% | 38% | 5.6 mph | – | – |
| December | 13°F | 64% | 50% | 4.5 mph | – | – |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 hourly normals, station USW00093141. Monthly averages of all hours; afternoon humidity at 3 p.m. local standard time; sky as the share of hours NOAA's observations rate clear or few clouds (a dash where NOAA publishes no sky value).
How sunny is Price?
Over a year 82% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Price, 5.1 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (87%) and December the cloudiest (74%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 76% | 2.5 |
| February | 75% | 3.4 |
| March | 80% | 4.9 |
| April | 80% | 6.2 |
| May | 82% | 7.1 |
| June | 87% | 7.9 |
| July | 84% | 7.2 |
| August | 84% | 6.5 |
| September | 87% | 5.6 |
| October | 85% | 4.2 |
| November | 82% | 2.9 |
| December | 74% | 2.2 |
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 Price need?
A normal year in Price brings 6,379 heating degree days, 19% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 744 cooling degree days, 18% fewer 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 2,814 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,224 | 0 |
| February | 939 | 0 |
| March | 747 | 0 |
| April | 524 | 0 |
| May | 254 | 20 |
| June | 54 | 133 |
| July | 1 | 308 |
| August | 6 | 227 |
| September | 106 | 54 |
| October | 461 | 1 |
| November | 857 | 0 |
| December | 1,206 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,379 | 744 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00093141. 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 Price been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 52.6°F, 3.1°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 49.5°F. 3 of the 3 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 51.2°F | +1.7°F | 9.51 |
| 2022 | 50.0°F | +0.5°F | 6.38 |
| 2025 | 52.6°F | +3.1°F | – |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00093141. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Price's climate compare?
Price is warmer than 46 of the other 96 places with their own NOAA record in Utah, and wetter than 16. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 49.5°F is warmer than 38%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Price 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.
Which places near Price share this climate record?
5 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.
- Helper, UT2,126 people · 8 mi NW
- Carbonville, UT1,410 people · 4 mi W
- Spring Glen, UT925 people · 6 mi NW
- West Wood, UT833 people · 5 mi W
- Kenilworth, UT175 people · 6 mi NW
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 Price's climate
What is the coldest month in Price?
January, with a normal high of 35°F and a normal low of 16°F. The warmest is July (90°F by day, 60°F at night).
Does it snow in Price?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Price's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Wellington (6 miles away), records 22 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Price?
September, with 1.26 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is November with 0.41 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Price in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Price in zone 6a in ZIP code 84501, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Price's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −2°F (22 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come in Price?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 3; in one year in ten it comes after May 21. Waiting until May 21 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Price in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- Utah climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Wellington, UT6 miles from this station, 47.0°F a year
- Sunnyside City, UT20 miles from this station, 50.5°F a year
- Electric Lake, UT24 miles from this station, 34.3°F a year
- Scofield, UT24 miles from this station, 38.7°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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