Salt Lake City climate

Name: Salt Lake City
Address: Utah, United States

United States · Utah · 40.761° N, 111.891° W

Köppen Dfahumid continentalContinental

Dry mountain valley with hot summers, snowy winters and lake-effect storms.

Big seasonal swing: properly cold winters, warm summers, usually far from an ocean.

What the year looks like

Average monthly temperature — °F / °C

Average high Average low

Average monthly precipitation — in / mm

Rain Snowfall

Warmest month

July, 95°F / 35°C

Coldest month

January, 23°F / -5°C

Annual swing

72°F / 40°C

Wettest month

March

Driest month

July

Rain per year

15.1" / 383 mm

Snow per year

50.6" / 1286 mm

Elevation

4272 ft / 1302 m

Time zone

America/Denver

2019-2023 averages from Open-Meteo Historical Weather API (ERA5 reanalysis). Imperial / metric.
Month	High °F/°C	Low °F/°C	Rain in/mm	Snow in/mm	Humidity	Wind mph/km/h	Cloud
January	38 / 3	23 / -5	0.99 / 25	10.4 / 263	67%	5.8 / 9.3	63%
February	40 / 4	23 / -5	0.50 / 13	9.9 / 251	57%	7.1 / 11.4	56%
March	50 / 10	30 / -1	1.83 / 46	11.0 / 280	57%	7.1 / 11.4	61%
April	59 / 15	36 / 2	2.41 / 61	4.0 / 102	49%	6.8 / 10.9	53%
May	70 / 21	46 / 8	1.61 / 41	0.3 / 9	43%	6.7 / 10.8	52%
June	83 / 28	56 / 13	0.88 / 22	0.0 / 0	35%	7.0 / 11.3	43%
July	95 / 35	68 / 20	0.16 / 4	0.0 / 0	26%	7.5 / 12.1	29%
August	90 / 32	65 / 18	1.17 / 30	0.0 / 0	33%	6.6 / 10.6	28%
September	81 / 27	56 / 13	1.35 / 34	0.0 / 0	36%	6.8 / 10.9	25%
October	63 / 17	40 / 4	1.65 / 42	1.7 / 42	47%	5.9 / 9.5	35%
November	49 / 10	31 / -1	1.37 / 35	3.6 / 91	59%	5.6 / 9.0	52%
December	39 / 4	23 / -5	1.17 / 30	9.7 / 247	68%	5.9 / 9.5	67%

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