Moab, UT

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

BWk Desert (cold) climate 7b USDA hardiness Zone 7b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Moab has an annual average temperature of 57.6°F with about 9.1 inches of precipitation per year and 9.3 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 99.2°F), and the coldest is January (average low 21.4°F). October is typically the wettest month (1.03 in) and June the driest (0.35 in). Snow typically falls from November through March.

Annual swing
50.3°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
4,236
Cooling need
1,560

Best time to visit Moab

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

23 of 366 (6.3%) of Moab'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.

1890s
16
1900s
18
1910s
17
1920s
18
1930s
21
1940s
9
1950s
53
1960s
6
1970s
18
1980s
49
1990s
66
2000s
46
2010s
16
2020s
13

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 43.5°F 21.4°F 32.4°F 0.65 in 1.7 in 5
February 52.1°F 27.2°F 39.6°F 0.66 in 1.4 in 6
March 64.6°F 35.6°F 50.1°F 0.70 in 0.2 in 6
April 72.3°F 42.6°F 57.4°F 0.77 in 5
May 82.6°F 50.7°F 66.7°F 0.82 in 5
June 93.9°F 58.9°F 76.4°F 0.35 in 3
July 99.2°F 66.3°F 82.7°F 0.92 in 5
August 95.9°F 64.1°F 80.0°F 0.88 in 6
September 87.7°F 54.7°F 71.2°F 0.89 in 5
October 73.5°F 41.7°F 57.6°F 1.03 in 0.1 in 5
November 57.1°F 30.3°F 43.7°F 0.70 in 1.0 in 4
December 43.9°F 22.0°F 33.0°F 0.76 in 4.9 in 6

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