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Weather extremes
How extreme does South Salt Lake's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days South Salt Lake has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.
The four kinds of extreme
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days South Salt Lake has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.
That is about 13°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in South Salt Lake (typical high near 94°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 40°F colder than a normal December night in South Salt Lake (typical low near 25°F).
The three most extreme on record
More rain in a single day than South Salt Lake usually gets in the whole month of October (typical October total about 1.3 in).
The three most extreme on record
Close to a whole typical October's snow in one day (South Salt Lake averages about 1 in across the month).
The three most extreme on record
How hot and cold it gets, month by month
The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.
South Salt Lake's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 107°F is about 13°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.
In plain terms
Methodology & sources
Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Salt Lake City Intl AP (NOAA GHCN station USW00024127), about 9 km from the city centre.