Tropic weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Tropic, Utah: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Bryce Canyon Airport, 9 km from Tropic; records cover 1948–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 11.6 in294 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- Jun 22
- First fall freeze
- Sep 2
- Heating degree days
- 8,777
- Cooling degree days
- 37
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −14°−26° (heating, 99%) and 89°32° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Tropic in January
Highs average 36°2° and lows 6°−14°, with 0.69 in18 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 58°14° (1956)
- Record low
- −32°−36° (1963)
- Heating degree days
- 1367
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Tropic in February
Highs average 38°3° and lows 10°−12°, with 0.77 in20 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 61°16° (1954)
- Record low
- −28°−33° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 1158
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Tropic in March
Highs average 45°7° and lows 18°−8°, with 0.85 in22 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 78°26° (2026)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (1952)
- Heating degree days
- 1037
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Tropic in April
Highs average 54°12° and lows 24°−4°, with 0.7 in18 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 77°25° (1981)
- Record low
- −5°−21° (1975)
- Heating degree days
- 778
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Tropic in May
Highs average 64°18° and lows 31°−1°, with 0.8 in20 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 87°31° (2002)
- Record low
- 4°−16° (1951)
- Heating degree days
- 541
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Tropic in June
Highs average 76°25° and lows 37°3°, with 0.39 in9.9 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 94°34° (2013)
- Record low
- 18°−8° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 258
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Tropic in July
Highs average 81°27° and lows 45°7°, with 1.4 in34 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 95°35° (2021)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (2010)
- Heating degree days
- 76
- Cooling degree days
- 24
Tropic in August
Highs average 79°26° and lows 45°7°, with 1.5 in37 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 94°34° (2020)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 116
- Cooling degree days
- 10
Tropic in September
Highs average 71°22° and lows 37°3°, with 1.7 in42 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 92°33° (2020)
- Record low
- 13°−11° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 335
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Tropic in OctoberThis month
Highs average 59°15° and lows 26°−3°, with 1.5 in38 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 80°27° (2024)
- Record low
- −2°−19° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 693
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Tropic in November
Highs average 46°8° and lows 15°−9°, with 0.78 in20 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 68°20° (1980)
- Record low
- −23°−31° (2010)
- Heating degree days
- 1036
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Tropic in December
Highs average 35°2° and lows 6°−15°, with 0.64 in16 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 61°16° (1958)
- Record low
- −31°−35° (2009)
- Heating degree days
- 1382
- Cooling degree days
- 0