Your nature year
Cedar City, Utahthrough the year
When do frost, green-up and fall color come to Cedar City?
The closest place we follow is Cedar Breaks, 15 miles away, for fall foliage, Sep 11–Oct 31 (regional timing). Cedar City sits at about 5,669 feet. At NOAA's Cedar City station, 1.4 miles away, the average first fall frost is Oct 13 and the last spring frost May 4, which leaves Cedar City some 162 growing days. Spring takes about 6 weeks to go from leaf to bloom. Spring green-up reaches town around Mar 25, with first blooms around May 4. We follow 5 places within 150 miles of Cedar City; the nearest lies 15 miles to the east.
Updated Sep 27. Sources: US Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer (places) ↗ (opens in a new tab), US Census Bureau, city and town population estimates, 2024 ↗ (opens in a new tab), NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (annual/seasonal) ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Cedar City's year at a glance
- Frost possible
- Frost-free, ~May 4 to ~Oct 13
- First leaf ~Mar 25
- First bloom ~May 4
- Today
Near Cedar City right now
- First fall frost usually around Oct 13 · last spring frost around May 4NOAA 1991–2020 normals, Cedar City (1.4 mi, 50% dates)~2 weeks
- Cedar Breaks · 15 mi · Regional timing: Sep 11–Oct 31Fall foliage · in its window now
- Bryce Canyon · 51 mi · Regional timing: Sep 11–Oct 31Fall foliage · in its window now
Cedar City's nature year
- Spring green-upMar
- Last spring frostMay
- Fall foliage · Cedar BreaksNowSep–Oct
- First fall frostOct
Nearby, season by season
Fall foliage
- Cedar Breaks · 15 miRegional timing: Sep 11–Oct 31
- Zion · 35 miusually Oct 21–Nov 10~3 weeks
- Bryce Canyon · 51 miRegional timing: Sep 11–Oct 31
Snow in Cedar City
Snow usually becomes possible around Nov 22 (our calculation from NOAA's daily snow chances: the first day the chance of 0.1" or more of snow reaches 10%). NOAA's normals at Cedar City (1.4 mi away): 60 inches of snow in an average year, about 16.8 days with 1 inch or more.
NOAA's chance of at least 0.1 inch of snow on each date (one value per week, September to May), averaged over 1991–2020. A typical year, not a forecast.
Frost and green-up
Last spring frost
May 4
Average (50% date)
First fall frost
Oct 13
About 162 days without frost between
Spring green-up
Mar 25
First bloom around May 4
Frost: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals at Cedar City (1.4 mi from Cedar City), the day a 32 °F night is as likely as not. Green-up: the USA-NPN Spring Index, 1991–2020 average at the town.
Questions people ask
When is the first frost in Cedar City?
On average around Oct 13, and the last spring frost around May 4: about 162 days without frost between. These are NOAA's 1991–2020 normals at Cedar City, 1.4 miles away (the day a 32 °F night is as likely as not).
When does spring green-up reach Cedar City?
The USA-NPN Spring Index puts first leaf around Mar 25 and first bloom around May 4, on average for 1991–2020 at the town.
Where can I see fall foliage near Cedar City?
Cedar Breaks, 15 miles (regional timing: Sep 11–Oct 31); Zion, 35 miles (usually Oct 21–Nov 10); Bryce Canyon, 51 miles (regional timing: Sep 11–Oct 31). Distances are straight-line.
When does it start snowing in Cedar City?
Snow usually becomes possible around Nov 22: our calculation from NOAA's daily snow chances: the first day the chance of 0.1" or more of snow reaches 10%, at Cedar City. An average year brings 60 inches (NOAA 1991–2020). A typical year, not a forecast.Sources: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (annual/seasonal snowfall) ↗ (opens in a new tab), NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (daily snowfall probabilities) ↗ (opens in a new tab)
How we know
US Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer (places) (opens in a new tab) (Sep 27) · US Census Bureau, city and town population estimates, 2024 (opens in a new tab) (Sep 27) · NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (annual/seasonal) (opens in a new tab) (Sep 27) · USA National Phenology Network, Spring Index 1991–2020 averages (opens in a new tab) (Sep 27)