Altamont, UT

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from ALTAMONT, UT US.

BSk Semi-arid (cold) climate 6a USDA hardiness Zone 6a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Altamont has an annual average temperature of 42.2°F with about 9.4 inches of precipitation per year and 38.7 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 82.4°F), and the coldest is January (average low 6.7°F). September is typically the wettest month (1.24 in) and November the driest (0.51 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.

Annual swing
49.1°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
8,259
Cooling need
57

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

66 of 366 (18%) of Altamont's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.

1950s
55
1960s
55
1970s
24
1980s
60
1990s
36
2000s
46
2010s
49
2020s
41

Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.

Monthly averages

Month Avg High Avg Low Avg Temp Precipitation Snow Rainy days
January 28.9°F 6.7°F 17.8°F 0.69 in 10.8 in 5
February 34.8°F 11.5°F 23.1°F 0.62 in 7.5 in 5
March 47.0°F 20.9°F 33.9°F 0.53 in 3.0 in 4
April 55.1°F 27.2°F 41.1°F 0.83 in 3.2 in 5
May 64.2°F 36.2°F 50.2°F 1.08 in 0.1 in 7
June 75.1°F 44.0°F 59.5°F 0.77 in 5
July 82.4°F 51.5°F 66.9°F 0.60 in 5
August 80.1°F 49.9°F 65.0°F 0.96 in 7
September 71.0°F 41.2°F 56.1°F 1.24 in 0.1 in 6
October 57.4°F 29.9°F 43.6°F 0.99 in 0.8 in 5
November 42.6°F 18.4°F 30.5°F 0.51 in 4.2 in 4
December 29.4°F 8.4°F 18.9°F 0.62 in 9.0 in 5

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