Cedar City climate — normals and trends
Cedar City (United States) has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.3 °C and it receives 440 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (21.0 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Cedar City averages 181 frost days, 20 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 75 rainy days per year.
Cedar City has warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.37 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 197 to 165 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.1 °C (on 12 July 2002) and the coldest -32.8 °C (on 7 February 1989).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
Cedar CityUtah
- coords
- 37.68°, -113.06°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.3°C
Average daily high
14.4°C
Average daily low
0.1°C
Annual rainfall
440mm
Sunshine / day
11.1h
Mean relative humidity
51%
Average peak wind
14.2km/h
Seasonal range
25.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
181 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
20 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
75 d/yr
Annual snowfall
160.5 cm
Average feels-like high
11.2 °C
Average feels-like low
-3.6 °C
Average peak gust
39.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.1 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.61 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
36.1 °C
12 July 2002
Coldest day
-32.8 °C
7 February 1989
Wettest day
44 mm
21 December 2010
Windiest day
41.7 km/h
8 June 1944
Strongest gust
122.0 km/h
15 April 2002
Hottest feels-like
35.0 °C
16 July 1998
Coldest feels-like
-37.7 °C
7 February 1989
Snowiest day
24.2 cm
21 December 2010
Sunniest day
14.6 h
23 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.9 °C | +1.7 °C | 3 mm | -39 mm |
| Feb | 8.8 °C | +4.9 °C | 25 mm | -23 mm |
| Mar | 8.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 62 mm | +3 mm |
| Apr | 14.4 °C | +2.5 °C | 28 mm | -17 mm |
| May | 19.8 °C | +1.6 °C | 55 mm | +24 mm |
| Jun | 27.7 °C | +2.6 °C | 10 mm | -4 mm |
| Jul | 29.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 9 mm | -20 mm |
| Aug | 28.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 38 mm | +4 mm |
| Sep | 23.3 °C | +0.5 °C | 15 mm | -15 mm |
| Oct | 16.6 °C | +0.8 °C | 56 mm | +19 mm |
| Nov | 12.0 °C | +4.1 °C | 45 mm | +10 mm |
| Dec | 8.8 °C | +5.6 °C | 44 mm | +6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Cedar City?
Cedar City has a warm-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.3 °C and it receives 440 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Cedar City?
The hottest day measured in Cedar City between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 2002, reaching 36.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Cedar City?
The coldest day measured in Cedar City between 1940 and 2025 was 7 February 1989, at -32.8 °C.
Does it snow in Cedar City?
Yes. Cedar City gets on average 160.5 cm of snow per year and has around 181 frost days.
Has the climate of Cedar City warmed?
Yes: Cedar City warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Cedar City?
The wettest day measured in Cedar City between 1940 and 2025 was 21 December 2010, with 44 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Cedar City?
The windiest day measured in Cedar City between 1940 and 2025 was 8 June 1944, with winds reaching 41.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Cedar City?
The warmest month in Cedar City is July (21.0 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Cedar City?
Cedar City receives on average 440 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 75 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Cedar City?
Cedar City gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Cedar City?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Cedar City between 1940 and 2025 was 21 December 2010, with 24.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Cedar City?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Cedar City.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Cedar City?
In Cedar City, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.0 °C on 16 July 1998, and the lowest was -37.7 °C on 7 February 1989.
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