Utah Test Range, UT Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Utah Test Range's primary NOAA station, UTAH TEST RANGE.
The climate verdict for Utah Test Range
Dryness leads the climate profile for Utah Test Range, Utah, with 11.0 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 50°F. At 54/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 31% of scores.
- 50°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 54/100
- comfort score, above 31% of station-mapped location scores
- 11.0"
- annual precipitation · 13" snow
- 140 days
- frost-free growing season
Utah Test Range: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00428978 · Utah Test Range, UT 50°F mean · 11.0" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-ARID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 50°F
- RANK-COOL #2,676
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Madrid
- PRCP-ARID 11.0"
- SWING-WIDE 50°F
- COMF-LOW 54/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,406 HDD
- STN-1 USC00428978
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Madrid, NE (+ 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.
- Utah Test Range (this station) 50°F
- Cold Mt Ayr, IA 50°F
- Hot Madrid, NE 50°F
- Near Princeton, IL 50°F
- Near Friend, NE 50°F
Climate Living Index · Utah Test Range
Utah Test Range: 26/100 · grade F
Utah Test Range publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Utah Test Range, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 54/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Snowfall burden | 12.9 inches/year | 59/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 49.8°F · 17.7° from 67.5°F | 39/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 140 days/year | 18/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 11.0 in · 24.0 from 35 in | 15/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 211 calendar days | 9/100 · F |
Utah Test Range · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Utah Test Range'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
- 76.2°F
- Coldest month
- 25.8°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 Utah Test Range sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Utah Test Range's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 39th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 92%
- Utah Test Range's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Wider than 82%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Utah Test Range is large versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Utah Test Range compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Utah Test Range's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
54 31st percentile score exceeds 31% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Above this entry.
- 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 | 35°F (2°C) | 17°F (-8°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 1.1" | 2.5" | 30.3 | 0.0 |
| February | 43°F (6°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 1.0" | 4.0" | 24.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 54°F (12°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 1.0" | 0.7" | 20.8 | 0.0 |
| April | 62°F (17°C) | 35°F (1°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 1.3" | 0.3" | 10.7 | 0.0 |
| May | 72°F (22°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 1.4" | 0.0" | 2.8 | 1.1 |
| June | 84°F (29°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 67°F (20°C) | 0.8" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 11.8 |
| July | 93°F (34°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 76°F (25°C) | 0.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 25.3 |
| August | 91°F (33°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 0.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 23.2 |
| September | 80°F (27°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 0.9" | 0.0" | 0.9 | 4.4 |
| October | 65°F (18°C) | 35°F (1°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 1.2" | 0.1" | 11.5 | 0.0 |
| November | 48°F (9°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 0.6" | 1.3" | 25.0 | 0.0 |
| December | 36°F (2°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 0.7" | 4.0" | 29.7 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Utah Test Range works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 94°F by July 24 and hold at or above 90°F on 49 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 162 dates, bottoming at 15°F around December 23.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 3 through August 20, covering 49 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs May 11 to October 5.
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 April 1, then returns to freezing around October 23, covering 162 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 April 23, when 26% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 11 at 7%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 60 wet dates a year.
The widest day
June 25 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 Utah Test Range.
Where Utah Test Range Stands Nationally
Aridity defines the water calendar: about 11 inches in a normal year lands this among the driest tenth of ranked stations.
Daily temperature swings run wider than most of the country, peaking near 33°F between the normal high and low.
Utah Test Range earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 2.5"
6.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 4.0"
5.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.7"
5.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.3"
7.6 days with precipitation
7.6 days with precipitation
3.9 days with precipitation
2.3 days with precipitation
2.4 days with precipitation
4.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
4.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.3"
4.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 4.0"
6.2 days with precipitation
Utah Test Range spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 14% of the annual total and December through February 26%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Utah Test Range has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 50.4°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 1.4" and July 0.4". The three wettest months together take 36% 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.
Utah Test Range is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 60 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 17% of the calendar, and they carry 11.0" between them. At roughly 0.18 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 April at about 8 wet days; the driest is July at about 2.
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 Utah Test Range
Utah Test Range averages 12.9 inches of snowfall a year, with February the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 8 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: 12.9 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 8 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 12% 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
October 2
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 15
50% probability date
Growing Season
140 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,406
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
884
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside UT closest to Utah Test Range 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 (50°F here).
- Allerton, IA 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Blowing Rock, NC 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Boswell, IN 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Cambridge City, IN 50°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (11.0" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Moro, OR 11.0" · 0.0" off
- Porterville, CA 11.0" · 0.0" off
- McNeal, AZ 11.0" · 0.0" off
- Snowflake, AZ 11.0" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Utah Test Range
heating led · dry · mid swing
Utah Test Range's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,406 annual heating degree days against 884 for cooling. Its 50.4°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 140 days are frost-free in a normal year. That short interval is consistent with the cold-season signal, but the measure does not predict the exact first or last freeze in any one year.
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1. Utah Test Range coldest normal
December
The monthly mean of 26°F (-3°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Utah Test Range typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Utah Test Range snow peak
February
Utah Test Range averages 12.9 inches of snow a year, with February 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 Utah Test Range's primary station: UTAH TEST RANGE (USC00428978). 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 Utah Test Range; 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 Utah Test Range 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.