Sandy City climate — normals and trends
Sandy City (United States) has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Dsa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.7 °C and it receives 479 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 (25.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Sandy City averages 135 frost days, 61 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 91 rainy days per year.
Sandy City has warmed by +3.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.42 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 154 to 116 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.1 °C (on 13 July 2002) and the coldest -29.1 °C (on 13 January 1963).
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
Sandy CityUtah
- coords
- 40.59°, -111.88°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.7°C
Average daily high
15.7°C
Average daily low
3.7°C
Annual rainfall
479mm
Sunshine / day
10.7h
Mean relative humidity
55%
Average peak wind
12.1km/h
Seasonal range
29.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
135 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
61 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
91 d/yr
Annual snowfall
133.3 cm
Average feels-like high
13.1 °C
Average feels-like low
0.7 °C
Average peak gust
32.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
10 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.6 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.60 · 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
40.1 °C
13 July 2002
Coldest day
-29.1 °C
13 January 1963
Wettest day
36 mm
6 June 2007
Windiest day
38.2 km/h
15 April 2002
Strongest gust
102.6 km/h
15 April 2002
Hottest feels-like
39.0 °C
12 July 2002
Coldest feels-like
-33.9 °C
13 January 1963
Snowiest day
18.6 cm
10 April 1974
Sunniest day
14.9 h
24 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0.5 °C | +0.2 °C | 25 mm | -26 mm |
| Feb | 6.2 °C | +2.8 °C | 44 mm | -1 mm |
| Mar | 12.1 °C | +3.8 °C | 68 mm | +13 mm |
| Apr | 16.4 °C | +2.5 °C | 26 mm | -33 mm |
| May | 22.8 °C | +2.7 °C | 39 mm | -8 mm |
| Jun | 30.6 °C | +3.8 °C | 3 mm | -22 mm |
| Jul | 33.9 °C | +1.7 °C | 7 mm | -4 mm |
| Aug | 32.1 °C | +1.2 °C | 22 mm | +6 mm |
| Sep | 27.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 19 mm | -10 mm |
| Oct | 17.6 °C | +0.3 °C | 53 mm | +12 mm |
| Nov | 13.8 °C | +5.8 °C | 14 mm | -34 mm |
| Dec | 8.6 °C | +7.0 °C | 29 mm | -21 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sandy City?
Sandy City has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate (Köppen Dsa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.7 °C and it receives 479 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sandy City?
The hottest day measured in Sandy City between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 2002, reaching 40.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sandy City?
The coldest day measured in Sandy City between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1963, at -29.1 °C.
Does it snow in Sandy City?
Yes. Sandy City gets on average 133.3 cm of snow per year and has around 135 frost days.
Has the climate of Sandy City warmed?
Yes: Sandy City warmed by +3.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sandy City?
The wettest day measured in Sandy City between 1940 and 2025 was 6 June 2007, with 36 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sandy City?
The windiest day measured in Sandy City between 1940 and 2025 was 15 April 2002, with winds reaching 38.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sandy City?
The warmest month in Sandy City is July (25.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Sandy City?
Sandy City receives on average 479 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 91 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sandy City?
Sandy City gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Sandy City?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Sandy City between 1940 and 2025 was 10 April 1974, with 18.6 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Sandy City?
Yes: Sandy City has on average 10 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sandy City?
In Sandy City, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.0 °C on 12 July 2002, and the lowest was -33.9 °C on 13 January 1963.
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