Wanship Dam, UT Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Wanship Dam's primary NOAA station, WANSHIP DAM.
The climate verdict for Wanship Dam
Dryness leads the climate profile for Wanship Dam, Utah, with 16.4 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 45°F. At 44/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 10% of scores.
- 45°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 44/100
- comfort score, above 10% of station-mapped location scores
- 16.4"
- annual precipitation · 72" snow
- 93 days
- frost-free growing season
Wanship Dam: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00429165 · Wanship Dam, UT 45°F mean · 16.4" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 45°F
- RANK-COOL #1,372
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Skq Dam
- PRCP-DRY 16.4"
- SWING-MID 44°F
- COMF-LOW 44/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,437 HDD
- STN-1 USC00429165
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Skq Dam, MT (+ 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.
- Wanship Dam (this station) 45°F
- Cold Glen Hazel 2 NE…, PA 45°F
- Hot Liberty, NY 45°F
- Near Skq Dam, MT 45°F
- Near S Fork State Re…, NV 45°F
Climate Living Index · Wanship Dam
Wanship Dam: 17/100 · grade F
Wanship Dam publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Wanship Dam, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 44/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 16.4 in · 18.6 from 35 in | 33/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 45.2°F · 22.3° from 67.5°F | 20/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 201 calendar days | 13/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 72.2 inches/year | 9/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 93 days/year | 0/100 · F |
Wanship Dam · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Wanship Dam is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 24.2°F and warmest-month mean 68.3°F place this station in continental, no dry season, warm summer climates (Dfb). Class Dfb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfb
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 68.3°F
- Coldest month
- 24.2°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 Wanship Dam sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Wanship Dam's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 80%
- Among 6,861 stations, Wanship Dam sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 79%
- Wanship Dam's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 54th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Wanship Dam compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Wanship Dam's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
44 10th percentile score exceeds 10% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Above this entry.
- 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
Wanship Dam's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 51 complete annual observations from 1956 to 2021, WANSHIP DAM warmed at a fitted rate of 0.25°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Wanship Dam primary station fitted change +0.25 °C/decade
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) | 13°F (-11°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 1.2" | 14.9" | 30.1 | 0.0 |
| February | 39°F (4°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 1.1" | 13.1" | 26.4 | 0.0 |
| March | 49°F (10°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 1.4" | 10.0" | 26.4 | 0.0 |
| April | 57°F (14°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 44°F (6°C) | 1.9" | 6.2" | 19.7 | 0.0 |
| May | 67°F (20°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 2.0" | 1.1" | 8.1 | 0.2 |
| June | 79°F (26°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 1.1" | 0.1" | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| July | 87°F (31°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 0.9" | 0.0" | 0.3 | 15.5 |
| August | 86°F (30°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 1.1" | 0.0" | 0.4 | 11.3 |
| September | 76°F (25°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 1.5" | 0.3" | 5.8 | 1.1 |
| October | 62°F (17°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 1.6" | 2.7" | 18.9 | 0.0 |
| November | 47°F (8°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 1.4" | 10.5" | 25.7 | 0.0 |
| December | 36°F (2°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 1.2" | 13.3" | 29.3 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 89°F around July 21, short of 90°F on every date, while 201 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 13°F near January 2.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 27, then returns to freezing around October 10, covering 201 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 28, when 38% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 2 at 16%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 102 wet dates a year.
The widest day
July 6 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 39°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Wanship Dam.
Where Wanship Dam Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 201 nights a year, placing this among the most frost-prone tenth of ranked stations.
Day-to-night contrast is extreme by national standards — the widest normal daily swing reaches about 39°F, sharper than nine in ten ranked stations see.
Wanship Dam 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: 14.9"
9.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 13.1"
9.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 10.0"
9.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 6.2"
10.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.1"
11.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
5.9 days with precipitation
5.4 days with precipitation
6.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.3"
7.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.7"
8.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 10.5"
8.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 13.3"
9.8 days with precipitation
Wanship Dam spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 18% of the annual total and December through February 22%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Wanship Dam has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 44.1°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 2.0" and July 0.9". The three wettest months together take 34% 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.
Wanship Dam is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 102 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 28% of the calendar, and they carry 16.4" between them. At roughly 0.16 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 May at about 11 wet days; the driest is July at about 5.
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 Wanship Dam
Wanship Dam averages 72.2 inches of snowfall a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 41 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: 72.2 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 41 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 44% 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
September 12
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
June 11
50% probability date
Growing Season
93 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,437
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
260
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside UT closest to Wanship Dam 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 (45°F here).
- Albert Lea, MN 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Brillion, WI 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Easton, WA 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Freeville, NY 45°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (16.4" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Cheyenne Wells, CO 16.4" · 0.0" off
- Roy, NM 16.4" · 0.0" off
- Hinsdale, MT 16.3" · 0.0" off
- Colstrip, MT 16.4" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Wanship Dam
heating led · dry · mid swing
Wanship Dam's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 7,437 annual heating degree days against 260 for cooling. Its 44.1°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 93 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. Wanship Dam coldest normal
January
Averaging 24°F (-4°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Wanship Dam typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Wanship Dam snow peak
January
Wanship Dam averages 72.2 inches of snow a year, with January 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 Wanship Dam's primary station: WANSHIP DAM (USC00429165). 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 Wanship Dam; 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 Wanship Dam 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.