Salt Lake City climate
Salt Lake City is warmest in July, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average -6.6 °C. April is the wettest month (70 mm) and July the driest (11 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Salt Lake City averages 500 mm of rain, 113 days above 25 °C and 121 days below freezing.
United States · 1,299 m elevation · population 215,548 · 1991–2020 normals
Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month
- Warmest month July 33 °C
- Coldest month January -6.6 °C
- Driest month July 11 mm
- Wettest month April 70 mm
- Least cloud September 29 % cloud
- Hottest on record August 40 °C
- Coldest on record January -24 °C
What to expectSalt Lake City through the year
Salt Lake City has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 2.5 °C in January to 33 °C in July, a swing of 28 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 113 days a year reach 25 °C, 71 of them reach 30 °C, 121 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in August.
Rain is strongly seasonal. April averages 70 mm against 11 mm in July — 6.3 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.5 °C | 54 mm | 59 % |
| February | 5.1 °C | 46 mm | 58 % |
| March | 10.7 °C | 53 mm | 55 % |
| April | 15.3 °C | 70 mm | 56 % |
| May | 21.2 °C | 56 mm | 50 % |
| June | 27.7 °C | 27 mm | 34 % |
| July | 33.1 °C | 11 mm | 29 % |
| August | 32.2 °C | 11 mm | 30 % |
| September | 26.2 °C | 35 mm | 29 % |
| October | 17.8 °C | 46 mm | 41 % |
| November | 9.3 °C | 44 mm | 55 % |
| December | 2.8 °C | 49 mm | 60 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.5 °C | -6.6 °C | -2.5 °C | 14.8 °C | -24.3 °C | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| February | 5.1 °C | -4.6 °C | -0.3 °C | 16.8 °C | -21.3 °C | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| March | 10.7 °C | -0.8 °C | 4.3 °C | 24.4 °C | -15.0 °C | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| April | 15.3 °C | 3.0 °C | 8.7 °C | 28.7 °C | -11.1 °C | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| May | 21.2 °C | 7.9 °C | 14.4 °C | 35.3 °C | -2.2 °C | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| June | 27.7 °C | 13.0 °C | 20.5 °C | 38.5 °C | 2.5 °C | 21 | 11 | 0 |
| July | 33.1 °C | 17.9 °C | 26.0 °C | 39.3 °C | 8.2 °C | 30 | 26 | 0 |
| August | 32.2 °C | 17.5 °C | 25.0 °C | 39.7 °C | 7.5 °C | 30 | 25 | 0 |
| September | 26.2 °C | 12.3 °C | 19.0 °C | 36.6 °C | 1.4 °C | 19 | 7 | 0 |
| October | 17.8 °C | 5.7 °C | 11.1 °C | 30.8 °C | -13.7 °C | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| November | 9.3 °C | -1.1 °C | 3.4 °C | 23.0 °C | -19.3 °C | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| December | 2.8 °C | -6.4 °C | -2.2 °C | 16.4 °C | -23.2 °C | 0 | 0 | 27 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54 mm | 10 | 9.6 h/day | 59 % | 75 % | 11 km/h |
| February | 46 mm | 8 | 11 h/day | 58 % | 72 % | 12 km/h |
| March | 53 mm | 9 | 12 h/day | 55 % | 65 % | 14 km/h |
| April | 70 mm | 11 | 13 h/day | 56 % | 62 % | 15 km/h |
| May | 56 mm | 9 | 14 h/day | 50 % | 58 % | 14 km/h |
| June | 27 mm | 4 | 15 h/day | 34 % | 47 % | 15 km/h |
| July | 11 mm | 3 | 15 h/day | 29 % | 40 % | 14 km/h |
| August | 11 mm | 3 | 14 h/day | 30 % | 41 % | 15 km/h |
| September | 35 mm | 5 | 12 h/day | 29 % | 50 % | 14 km/h |
| October | 46 mm | 6 | 11 h/day | 41 % | 60 % | 13 km/h |
| November | 44 mm | 8 | 9.9 h/day | 55 % | 70 % | 12 km/h |
| December | 49 mm | 9 | 9.3 h/day | 60 % | 75 % | 11 km/h |
Where Salt Lake City ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Places with the best weather in North America in September | 7thof 50 | 93/100 |
| Places with the best weather in North America in June | 24thof 50 | 89/100 |
| The coolest places in North America in December | 34thof 50 | 2.8 °C |
| Places with the best weather in North America in May | 36thof 50 | 88/100 |
| The coolest places in North America in November | 41stof 50 | 9.3 °C |
| The driest places in North America in August | 42ndof 50 | 11 mm |
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QuestionsCommon questions about Salt Lake City’s climate
When is the best time to visit Salt Lake City?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, August, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Salt Lake City get?
In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 71 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average -6.6 °C in January, the coldest month. A normal year has 121 nights below freezing.
Which month is wettest in Salt Lake City?
April, averaging 70 mm over 11 days with rain. The driest month is July with 11 mm. The year as a whole averages 500 mm.
Are these figures a forecast?
No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Salt Lake City rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.
Data sources and method
- ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
- Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
- NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
- GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0
- Normal period
- 1991–2020
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.