Cottonwood Heights, UT

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

Dsa Mediterranean continental (hot summer) climate 7b USDA hardiness Zone 7b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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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.

Pleasant months
1 / 12
avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F
Annual swing
48.7°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
5,268
Cooling need
1,008

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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

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