All-time weather records — South Salt Lake, UT

Record high
102.0°F
August 4, 1994
Record low
-6.0°F
December 23, 1990
Wettest day
1.86 in
April 3, 2011

Climate change signal in South Salt Lake

9.3%

of South Salt Lake's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (34 of 366 records since 2015).

7.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (26 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1980s
75
112
1990s
181
182
2000s
20
6
2010s
82
63
2020s
8
3

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1985, the latest in 2020. Period of observation: 1985-2020.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 61.0°F — Jan 9, 1990 3.9°F — Jan 14, 2013 0.96 in — Jan 17, 1996
February 66.9°F — Feb 25, 1986 -2.9°F — Feb 6, 1989 1.28 in — Feb 24, 1998
March 78.1°F — Mar 31, 2012 16.0°F — Mar 4, 1989 1.68 in — Mar 29, 2019
April 87.1°F — Apr 23, 2012 26.1°F — Apr 11, 1991 1.86 in — Apr 3, 2011
May 96.1°F — May 29, 2020 30.0°F — May 1, 1988 1.82 in — May 4, 1993
June 100.0°F — Jun 26, 1990 39.0°F — Jun 1, 1990 1.52 in — Jun 17, 1998
July 100.9°F — Jul 17, 1998 50.0°F — Jul 1, 1992 1.28 in — Jul 21, 1987
August 102.0°F — Aug 4, 1994 45.0°F — Aug 25, 1989 1.49 in — Aug 21, 1986
September 96.1°F — Sep 1, 2019 37.0°F — Sep 23, 2000 1.42 in — Sep 25, 1986
October 87.1°F — Oct 1, 2011 18.0°F — Oct 30, 2019 1.76 in — Oct 10, 2018
November 75.0°F — Nov 1, 2012 12.0°F — Nov 25, 1993 1.17 in — Nov 2, 1992
December 68.0°F — Dec 1, 1995 -6.0°F — Dec 23, 1990 0.85 in — Dec 8, 1997

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in South Salt Lake.