Scipio, Utah climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Scipio's normal year runs from 16°F January nights to 91°F July afternoons, with 13.2 inches of precipitation and 30 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 9.7°C, January lows of −9°C, July highs of 33°C, 335 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationScipio
- Station IDUSC00427714
- Location39.25°N 112.11°W
- Elevation5,314 ft (1,620 m)
- From the centerunder 1 mile
- Population370
On October 23, the normal high in Scipio is 62°F and the normal low 32°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 Scipio.
- Jan 38° 16°
- Feb 43° 21°
- Mar 54° 28°
- Apr 61° 33°
- May 72° 40°
- Jun 84° 50°
- Jul 91° 59°
- Aug 88° 57°
- Sep 80° 46°
- Oct 65° 34°
- Nov 50° 24°
- Dec 38° 16°
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 Scipio each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 91°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 16°F. The most precipitation falls in December (1.37 in), the least in July (0.52 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38°F | 16°F | 27.0°F | 1.35 | 6.4 | 7 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 43°F | 21°F | 32.4°F | 1.27 | 4.8 | 7 | <1 | 25 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 54°F | 28°F | 41.1°F | 1.29 | 3.9 | 7 | <1 | 24 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 61°F | 33°F | 46.7°F | 1.34 | 1.2 | 8 | <1 | 17 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 72°F | 40°F | 55.9°F | 1.33 | 0.1 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 84°F | 50°F | 66.5°F | 0.55 | 0.0 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 91°F | 59°F | 75.1°F | 0.52 | 0.0 | 4 | 22 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 88°F | 57°F | 72.9°F | 0.84 | 0.0 | 5 | 16 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 80°F | 46°F | 62.5°F | 1.02 | 0.0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 65°F | 34°F | 49.4°F | 1.24 | 0.3 | 6 | <1 | 15 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 50°F | 24°F | 37.3°F | 1.06 | 3.5 | 6 | <1 | 25 | 10 h |
| December | 38°F | 16°F | 27.1°F | 1.37 | 9.4 | 6 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 64°F | 35°F | 49.5°F | 13.18 | 29.6 | 69 | 51 | 175 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3°C | −9°C | −2.8°C | 34 mm | 16 cm |
| February | 6°C | −6°C | 0.2°C | 32 mm | 12 cm |
| March | 12°C | −2°C | 5.1°C | 33 mm | 10 cm |
| April | 16°C | 0°C | 8.2°C | 34 mm | 3 cm |
| May | 22°C | 5°C | 13.3°C | 34 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 29°C | 10°C | 19.2°C | 14 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 33°C | 15°C | 23.9°C | 13 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 31°C | 14°C | 22.7°C | 21 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 26°C | 8°C | 16.9°C | 26 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 18°C | 1°C | 9.7°C | 31 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 10°C | −4°C | 2.9°C | 27 mm | 9 cm |
| December | 4°C | −9°C | −2.7°C | 35 mm | 24 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00427714; 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 Scipio?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, September and October. 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 USC00427714.
When is the last frost in Scipio?
In Scipio, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 22 in half of years and after June 10 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before September 25 in half of years and before September 9 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 221 year in 10 after June 10; 9 in 10 after May 5
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- September 251 year in 10 before September 9; 9 in 10 before October 8
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 122 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 146 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after May 7 in half of springs and before October 4 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Scipio in zone 5b in ZIP code 84656. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Scipio's NOAA station is in zone 5b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −13°F (20 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Utah · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00427714; 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 Scipio?
In a normal year in Scipio, 51 days a year reach 90°F (2 of them 100°F or more), 175 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 69 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 51a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 2a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 175a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 22high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 69a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 10a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1895) is 107°F, on July 18, 1998; the lowest is −40°F, on January 22, 1937.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1906, with 19.99 in; the snowiest season is 1948–49, with 101.2 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00427714; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00427714. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Scipio?
Over a year 83% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Scipio, 5.0 kWh per square metre a day. September is the sunniest month (89%) and December the cloudiest (69%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 72% | 2.4 |
| February | 72% | 3.2 |
| March | 77% | 4.7 |
| April | 79% | 6.0 |
| May | 83% | 7.1 |
| June | 89% | 8.0 |
| July | 88% | 7.5 |
| August | 88% | 6.8 |
| September | 89% | 5.7 |
| October | 85% | 4.1 |
| November | 78% | 2.7 |
| December | 69% | 2.0 |
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 Scipio need?
A normal year in Scipio brings 6,387 heating degree days, 19% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 763 cooling degree days, 16% 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 2,758 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,178 | 0 |
| February | 914 | 0 |
| March | 741 | 0 |
| April | 551 | 0 |
| May | 298 | 16 |
| June | 74 | 121 |
| July | 3 | 316 |
| August | 7 | 252 |
| September | 130 | 56 |
| October | 485 | 2 |
| November | 833 | 0 |
| December | 1,173 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,387 | 763 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00427714. 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 Scipio been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 52.1°F, 2.6°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 49.5°F. 2 of the 3 complete years since 2022 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 49.3°F | −0.3°F | 11.98 | 24.0 |
| 2024 | 51.9°F | +2.4°F | 17.71 | 30.0 |
| 2025 | 52.1°F | +2.6°F | 9.91 | 22.0 |
Over 82 complete years from 1897 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 0.4°F per century (+0.02°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00427714; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Scipio's climate compare?
Scipio is warmer than 46 of the other 96 places with their own NOAA record in Utah, and wetter than 48. 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, Scipio is Dfa: continental, no dry season, hot summer. 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 Scipio's climate
What is the coldest month in Scipio?
January, with a normal high of 38°F and a normal low of 16°F. The warmest is July (91°F by day, 59°F at night).
Does it snow in Scipio?
Yes: 30 inches in a normal year, falling on 12 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in December (9.4 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Scipio?
December, with 1.37 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is July with 0.52 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Scipio in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Scipio in zone 5b in ZIP code 84656. By the same method at Scipio's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −13°F (20 years, 1991-2020): zone 5b.
How late can frost come in Scipio?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 22; in one year in ten it comes after June 10. Waiting until June 10 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Utah climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Oak City, UT14 miles from this station, 52.3°F a year
- Fillmore, UT23 miles from this station, 51.3°F a year
- Levan, UT25 miles from this station, 50.5°F a year
- Manti, UT25 miles from this station, 49.2°F a year
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