Cottonwood Heights, UT
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from COTTONWOOD WEIR, UT US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Cottonwood Heights has an annual average temperature of 53.2°F with about 24.3 inches of precipitation per year and 81.9 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 90.7°F), and the coldest is January (average low 22.8°F). April is typically the wettest month (3.34 in) and July the driest (0.60 in). Snow typically falls from October through May.
Best time to visit Cottonwood Heights
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →34 of 366 (9.3%) of Cottonwood Heights'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.
| 1910s | 0 | |
| 1920s | 0 | |
| 1930s | 0 | |
| 1940s | 58 | |
| 1950s | 123 | |
| 1960s | 45 | |
| 1970s | 17 | |
| 1980s | 26 | |
| 1990s | 35 | |
| 2000s | 21 | |
| 2010s | 17 | |
| 2020s | 24 |
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 | 38.1°F | 22.8°F | 30.4°F | 2.16 in | 17.0 in | 9 |
| February | 44.1°F | 27.0°F | 35.6°F | 2.31 in | 18.4 in | 8 |
| March | 53.9°F | 34.2°F | 44.1°F | 2.66 in | 7.6 in | 9 |
| April | 60.7°F | 39.5°F | 50.1°F | 3.34 in | 5.6 in | 10 |
| May | 70.6°F | 48.2°F | 59.4°F | 2.83 in | 0.3 in | 9 |
| June | 81.9°F | 57.3°F | 69.6°F | 1.36 in | — | 5 |
| July | 90.7°F | 67.5°F | 79.1°F | 0.60 in | — | 3 |
| August | 88.6°F | 65.9°F | 77.3°F | 0.91 in | — | 5 |
| September | 78.7°F | 56.4°F | 67.6°F | 1.62 in | — | 6 |
| October | 64.2°F | 43.4°F | 53.8°F | 2.09 in | 1.5 in | 8 |
| November | 49.1°F | 31.5°F | 40.3°F | 2.10 in | 8.2 in | 8 |
| December | 38.3°F | 23.1°F | 30.7°F | 2.36 in | 23.3 in | 9 |
Climate twins of Cottonwood Heights
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).