What is the hottest month in Escalante?

July is the warmest month in Escalante, with an average high of 92.3°F.

What is the coldest month in Escalante?

January is the coldest month in Escalante, with an average low of 18.8°F.

What month does Escalante get the most rain?

August is typically the wettest month in Escalante, with about 1.64 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Escalante in?

Escalante is approximately in USDA plant hardiness Zone 7a, based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature.

Has the climate in Escalante changed recently?

25.7% of Escalante's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (since 2015), compared to roughly 5% if records were evenly distributed over time.

Escalante, UT

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

BSk Semi-arid (cold) climate 7a USDA hardiness Zone 7a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Escalante has an annual average temperature of 51.9°F with about 10.6 inches of precipitation per year and 25.5 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 92.3°F), and the coldest is January (average low 18.8°F). August is typically the wettest month (1.64 in) and June the driest (0.40 in). Snow typically falls from November through April.

Annual swing

43.8°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

5,343

HDD/yr

Cooling need

615

CDD/yr

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

94 of 366 (25.7%) of Escalante'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.

1900s		8
1910s		26
1920s		10
1930s		8
1940s		9
1950s		20
1960s		11
1970s		25
1980s		18
1990s		46
2000s		72
2010s		61
2020s		52

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	43.1°F	18.8°F	30.9°F	1.03 in	8.9 in	4
February	48.0°F	23.3°F	35.7°F	0.94 in	5.8 in	5
March	58.0°F	29.3°F	43.7°F	0.75 in	2.2 in	4
April	65.5°F	34.8°F	50.1°F	0.45 in	1.4 in	4
May	75.5°F	41.9°F	58.7°F	0.59 in	—	4
June	87.1°F	50.0°F	68.5°F	0.40 in	—	3
July	92.3°F	57.1°F	74.7°F	1.02 in	—	7
August	89.1°F	55.5°F	72.3°F	1.64 in	—	10
September	81.3°F	47.4°F	64.3°F	1.28 in	—	6
October	68.3°F	36.8°F	52.5°F	1.26 in	0.1 in	4
November	53.8°F	26.4°F	40.1°F	0.52 in	1.9 in	3
December	42.9°F	18.8°F	30.9°F	0.68 in	5.2 in	4