Heber, UT rainwater: 11,978 gallons off a roof

Heber, UT: gallons off the roof each year

11,978gallons a year

That is a 1,500 sq ft asphalt roof under Heber, UT's normal 15.1 inches of rain, about 795 gallons for every inch that falls.

Heber, UT has gaps between storms long enough to drain a single barrel. Around 165 gallons of storage catches most of what is worth catching.

Rainfall: NOAA 1991-2020 climate normals, the Heber station (4.0 mi away). Heber, UT ranks 58th wettest of the 67 cities covered in Utah.

Month by month in Heber

Month	Rain (in)	Off the roof (gal)	Garden shortfall (gal)
Jan	1.86	1,478
Feb	1.72	1,367
Mar	1.17	930
Apr	1.39	1,105	369
May	1.40	1,113	368
Jun	0.87	691	434
Jul	0.53	421	476
Aug	0.84	668	438
Sep	1.24	986	388
Oct	1.30	1,033	380
Nov	1.13	898
Dec	1.62	1,288

Jan is the wettest month (1.86 in, 1,478 gal off the roof); Jul the driest (0.53 in). Garden shortfall is what a 200 sq ft vegetable bed needs beyond the rain that lands on it, April to October.

What size rain barrel for Heber

Best fit: 3 linked 55-gallon barrels, which delivers about 2,460 gallons to the garden in a normal year (86.2% of its need).

Before you buy, link barrels with a short hose at the base so they fill and drain together, and check the overflow points away from the house.

Tank	Water used (gal/yr)	Spills over (gal/yr)
55 gal	1,339	9,964
110 gal	2,183	9,120
165 gal	2,460	8,842
275 gal	2,539	8,763
550 gal	2,539	8,763
1,000 gal	2,539	8,763
1,500 gal	2,539	8,763
2,500 gal	2,539	8,763
5,000 gal (over cap)	2,539	8,763

Simulated storm by storm through a normal year using the station's count of days with 0.1 in or more of rain each month.

Is rainwater collection legal in Utah?

Up to 2 covered containers of max 100 gal each with no registration; with free registration at the Utah Division of Water Rights, total storage up to 2,500 gal. Use limited to the same parcel where captured.

Checked against the current source on 2026-11-06. Source