Salt Lake Triad Ctr, UT Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Salt Lake Triad Ctr's primary NOAA station, SALT LAKE TRIAD CTR.
The climate verdict for Salt Lake Triad Ctr
Dryness leads the climate profile for Salt Lake Triad Ctr, Utah, with 17.7 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 56°F. Its climate comfort score of 63/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 46% of station-mapped location scores.
- 56°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 63/100
- comfort score, above 46% of station-mapped location scores
- 17.7"
- annual precipitation · 49" snow
- 222 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Salt Lake Triad Ctr: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00427606 · Salt Lake Triad Ctr, UT 56°F mean · 17.7" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-WIDE · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 56°F
- RANK-UPPER #4,322
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Howard
- PRCP-DRY 17.7"
- SWING-WIDE 47°F
- COMF-MID 63/100
- LOAD-HEAT 4,724 HDD
- STN-1 USC00427606
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Howard, KS (+ 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.
- Salt Lake Triad… (this station) 56°F
- Cold Lawrenceville, IL 56°F
- Hot Yates Ctr, KS 56°F
- Near Howard, KS 56°F
- Near Chanute, KS 56°F
Climate Living Index · Salt Lake Triad Ctr
Salt Lake Triad Ctr: 56/100 · grade C
Salt Lake Triad Ctr publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Salt Lake Triad Ctr, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 63/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Frost-free season | 222 days/year | 78/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 121 calendar days | 64/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 55.8°F · 11.7° from 67.5°F | 62/100 · C |
| Precipitation balance | 17.7 in · 17.3 from 35 in | 39/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 49.0 inches/year | 22/100 · F |
Salt Lake Triad Ctr · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Salt Lake Triad Ctr is a temperate Köppen climate: Csa
Coldest-month mean 33.7°F and warmest-month mean 80.6°F place this station in temperate, dry-summer, hot summer climates (Csa). Class Csa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, dry-summer, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Csa
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 80.6°F
- Coldest month
- 33.7°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 Salt Lake Triad Ctr sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Salt Lake Triad Ctr's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 63rd percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 76%
- Salt Lake Triad Ctr's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 68th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Salt Lake Triad Ctr compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Salt Lake Triad Ctr's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
63 46th percentile score exceeds 46% 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 | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40°F (4°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 1.5" | 10.7" | 22.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 46°F (8°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 1.4" | 9.8" | 16.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 56°F (13°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 2.0" | 6.4" | 6.2 | 0.0 |
| April | 62°F (17°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 2.5" | 3.2" | 2.4 | 0.0 |
| May | 72°F (22°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 2.1" | 0.2" | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| June | 83°F (28°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 1.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 6.3 |
| July | 91°F (33°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 0.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 18.0 |
| August | 90°F (32°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 0.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 18.0 |
| September | 80°F (27°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 1.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.7 |
| October | 66°F (19°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 1.4" | 0.4" | 1.7 | 0.0 |
| November | 52°F (11°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 1.6" | 7.3" | 9.9 | 0.0 |
| December | 41°F (5°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 1.6" | 11.0" | 22.7 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Salt Lake Triad Ctr works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 93°F by July 25 and hold at or above 90°F on 40 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 81 dates, bottoming at 27°F around January 1.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 8 through August 16, covering 40 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs May 10 to October 7.
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 February 18, then returns to freezing around November 30, covering 81 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 January 18, when 36% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 6 at 12%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 94 wet dates a year.
The widest day
June 14 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 22°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Salt Lake Triad Ctr.
Where Salt Lake Triad Ctr Stands Nationally
Days and nights track unusually close together; the widest normal swing, about 22°F, is narrower than most stations record.
Salt Lake Triad Ctr earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 10.7"
11.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 9.8"
10.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 6.4"
9.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.2"
10.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.2"
7.8 days with precipitation
5.4 days with precipitation
4.2 days with precipitation
4.3 days with precipitation
5.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.4"
6.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 7.3"
8.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 11.0"
10.7 days with precipitation
Salt Lake Triad Ctr spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 13% of the annual total and December through February 26%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Salt Lake Triad Ctr has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 46.9°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: April averages 2.5" and July 0.6". The three wettest months together take 38% 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.
Salt Lake Triad Ctr is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 94 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 26% of the calendar, and they carry 17.7" between them. At roughly 0.19 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 January at about 11 wet days; the driest is July 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 Salt Lake Triad Ctr
Salt Lake Triad Ctr averages 49.0 inches of snowfall a year, with December the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 27 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: 49.0 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 27 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 28% 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
November 8
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 31
50% probability date
Growing Season
222 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,724
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,402
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside UT closest to Salt Lake Triad Ctr 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).
- Bryson City, NC 56°F · 0.0°F off
- Cassville, MO 56°F · 0.0°F off
- Covelo, CA 56°F · 0.0°F off
- Elnora, IN 56°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (17.7" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Jerome, AZ 17.7" · 0.0" off
- Afton, WY 17.7" · 0.0" off
- Dumas, TX 17.7" · 0.0" off
- Hart, TX 17.7" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Salt Lake Triad Ctr
heating led · dry · mid swing
Salt Lake Triad Ctr's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,724 annual heating degree days against 1,402 for cooling. Its 46.9°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Salt Lake Triad Ctr's frost-free season lasts about 222 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
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1. Salt Lake Triad Ctr coldest normal
January
The monthly mean of 34°F (1°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Salt Lake Triad Ctr typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Salt Lake Triad Ctr snow peak
December
Salt Lake Triad Ctr averages 49.0 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 Salt Lake Triad Ctr's primary station: SALT LAKE TRIAD CTR (USC00427606). 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 Salt Lake Triad Ctr; 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 Salt Lake Triad Ctr 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.