Salt Lake City, UT: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 81.7°F in Salt Lake City, UT, the warmest August since 2022, tied 4th warmest of 153 (with 2012).

August 2026

Mean temperature: 81.7°F; Warmest since 2022; 4th warmest of 153
Precipitation: 1.84 in; Wettest since 2023; 15th wettest of 153

A normal August in Salt Lake City, UT (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 77.9°F, between 75.4°F and 81.3°F in eight years of ten and 0.50 in of precipitation, between 0.10 in and 1.00 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in Salt Lake City, UT since 1874: 81.7°F in 2026; the highest is 83°F, in 2020.

Normal range, 75.4 to 81.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August in Salt Lake City, UT from 1874 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	81.7	4	93.8	8	69.5	4	1.84	15	0
2025	79.6	13	91.7	28	67.6	9	0.76	64	1
2024	80	11	93	16	67	12	1.15	40	0
2023	78.9	16	90.2	51	67.5	10	2.75	5	0
2022	82.1	3	94.2	6	70.1	2	1.13	41	0
2021	76.8	47	89.6	71	63.9	39	2.29	8	0
2020	83	1	96.5	1	69.6	3	0.10	138	0
2019	80.3	9	93.3	14	67.4	11	0.49	94	0
2018	77.7	32	90.2	51	65.2	28	0.50	92	0
2017	81.3	6	93.3	14	69.3	5	0.07	141	0
2016	80.2	10	93.5	9	66.9	13	0.15	134	0
2015	77.6	34	90	60	65.2	28	0.89	52	0
2014	74.3	104	86	126	62.5	68	1.77	18	0
2013	82.7	2	94.6	4	70.8	1	0.16	133	0
2012	81.7	4	94.3	5	69.1	6	0.29	113	0
2011	79	14	92.2	21	65.8	22	0.52	90	0
2010	76.1	61	89.4	78	62.8	64	1.70	22	0
2009	75.5	74	89.6	71	61.4	94	0.40	105	0
2008	77.8	28	91.9	26	63.7	42	0.83	57	0
2007	80.6	8	93.5	9	67.8	7	0.10	138	0
2006	76.5	52	89.6	71	63.3	54	0.92	45	0
2005	77	44	90.1	58	63.9	39	0.72	67	0
2004	74.2	105	87.2	110	61.3	98	0.19	130	0
2003	80	11	92.2	21	67.8	7	0.67	75	0
2002	75.5	74	89.7	68	61.2	103	0.03	146	0
2001	79	14	92.4	20	65.7	23	0.53	89	0
2000	78.9	16	91.6	30	66.2	17	2.00	12	0
1999	77.2	40	89.5	76	65	31	0.70	71	0
1998	77.6	34	90.7	44	64.5	35	0.46	99	0
1997	78.7	18	91.8	27	65.5	24	0.63	77	0
1996	77.8	28	93.4	12	62.1	77	0.02	150	0
1995	78	23	92.6	17	63.4	51	0.21	127	0
1994	80.8	7	95.3	3	66.2	17	0.61	81	0
1993	72.5	141	86.6	118	58.4	136	0.46	99	0
1992	77.2	40	91.5	32	63	59	0.35	107	0
1991	78.4	21	91.7	28	65.1	30	0.86	56	0
1990	76.1	61	90	60	62.3	75	0.46	99	0
1989	75.1	87	89.2	81	61	106	0.90	50	0
1988	76.5	52	91.1	41	61.9	80	0.22	125	0
1987	74.6	96	88.6	90	60.7	113	0.36	106	0
1986	77.9	24	90.7	44	65	31	1.32	34	0
1985	76.5	52	90.5	48	62.4	70	0.03	146	0
1984	77.2	40	89	83	65.4	26	1.49	28	0
1983	77.8	28	89.6	71	66	19	2.64	6	0
1982	78.4	21	91.4	34	65.3	27	0.56	87	0
1981	77.9	24	92.2	21	63.7	42	0.23	121	0
1980	74.1	109	88.3	95	59.9	126	0.26	116	0
1979	75.5	74	90.2	51	60.9	108	0.63	77	0
1978	73.9	115	89.4	78	58.5	135	0.92	45	0
1977	75	88	88.5	92	61.5	90	1.85	13	0
1976	72.2	145	87.3	107	57.2	143	0.82	58	0
1975	73.4	125	88.4	93	58.4	136	0.10	138	0
1974	74.2	105	89.7	68	58.6	133	0.32	111	0
1973	76.5	52	91.4	34	61.7	85	1.16	39	0
1972	75.8	68	91.4	34	60.2	123	0.21	127	0
1971	76.9	46	91.4	34	62.4	70	2.15	10	0
1970	77.6	34	92.5	19	62.8	64	0.57	86	0
1969	77.6	34	93.5	9	61.7	85	0.34	108	0
1968	69.3	153	82.3	152	56.4	148	3.66	1	0
1967	78.5	19	95.7	2	61.4	94	0.07	141	0
1966	74.1	109	91.6	30	56.6	145	0.22	125	0
1965	70.9	150	85.5	135	56.3	150	2.08	11	0
1964	71.9	146	88.2	97	55.6	152	0.17	132	0
1963	77.9	24	91.5	32	64.3	37	0.54	88	0
1962	73.1	130	90.2	51	56	151	0.26	116	0
1961	77.8	28	92.1	24	63.5	48	1.20	38	0
1960	74.2	105	91.3	38	57.1	144	1.33	33	0
1959	74.1	109	88.9	86	59.3	128	1.76	20	0
1958	77.7	32	93.4	12	62.1	77	0.23	121	0
1957	76.5	52	90.4	49	62.6	67	1.69	23	0
1956	72.7	138	88.8	87	56.6	145	0.03	146	0
1955	76.3	59	90.7	44	61.9	80	0.44	103	0
1954	73.2	129	88.8	87	57.6	140	1.77	18	0
1953	75.7	71	89.7	68	61.7	85	0.88	53	0
1952	76.3	59	89.9	64	62.7	66	0.19	130	0
1951	73.5	123	86.3	122	60.7	113	1.79	17	0
1950	73.8	117	89.6	71	57.9	138	0.03	146	0
1949	76	65	91.2	40	60.8	110	0.70	71	0
1948	75.5	74	90.9	42	60.1	125	0.49	94	0
1947	74.1	109	87.6	103	60.6	116	1.38	31	0
1946	75.3	84	90.2	51	60.5	119	0.95	44	0
1945	73.5	123	86.8	115	60.2	123	3.28	2	0
1944	73.8	117	90.1	58	57.6	140	trace	152	0
1943	75.7	71	89.9	64	61.5	90	0.47	97	0
1942	74.4	101	90	60	58.8	131	0.20	129	0
1941	73.8	117	85.7	132	61.8	82	1.12	42	0
1940	77.2	40	93.9	7	60.5	119	0.23	121	0
1939	74.5	100	91.3	38	57.6	140	0.14	137	0
1938	74	113	89	83	59.1	130	0.23	121	0
1937	76.4	57	92.1	24	60.8	110	0.48	96	0
1936	75.5	74	90.2	51	60.8	110	0.67	75	0
1935	75.7	71	90.7	44	60.6	116	0.80	62	0
1934	76.7	48	92.6	17	60.7	113	0.81	60	0
1933	72.4	143	88.1	98	56.6	145	0.15	134	0
1932	72.7	138	89	83	56.4	148	2.94	4	0
1931	75	88	90.4	49	59.5	127	0.91	49	0
1930	73.3	126	86	126	60.6	116	3.06	3	0
1929	76.4	57	90.9	42	61.8	82	0.51	91	0
1928	70.6	151	88	99	53.3	153	0.25	118	0
1927	73.1	130	83.9	147	62.4	70	0.87	54	0
1926	75	88	86.5	120	63.4	51	1.22	36	0
1925	73	132	83.8	148	62.2	76	1.83	16	0
1924	75.4	82	87.4	106	63.4	51	0.30	112	0
1923	73	132	84.6	140	61.4	94	2.41	7	0
1922	76.1	61	86.3	122	66	19	1.85	13	0
1921	74.6	96	85.6	134	63.7	42	0.82	58	0
1920	73.7	120	84.4	142	63	59	1.31	35	0
1919	77.4	38	89.3	80	65.5	24	0.50	92	0
1918	72.4	143	84	146	60.9	108	0.61	81	0
1917	73.9	115	86	126	61.8	82	0.71	69	0
1916	72.9	135	84.3	144	61.5	90	0.60	83	0
1915	77.9	24	90	60	65.9	21	trace	152	0
1914	75.5	74	87.2	110	63.9	39	0.24	120	0
1913	75.9	67	87.1	112	64.6	34	0.47	97	0
1912	72.5	141	83.7	149	61.3	98	0.70	71	0
1911	74.8	92	86.5	120	63.1	57	0.05	144	0
1910	74.6	96	86.7	116	62.5	68	0.33	109	0
1909	75.5	74	87	114	64	38	1.74	21	0
1908	71	148	83.3	150	58.8	131	1.39	30	0
1907	71	148	82.7	151	59.2	129	1.69	23	0
1906	73	132	84.6	140	61.3	98	2.28	9	0
1905	75.8	68	88.7	89	62.9	62	0.58	85	0
1904	74.2	105	85.9	129	62.4	70	0.28	114	0
1903	76.6	51	89.5	76	63.6	46	0.43	104	0
1902	74.7	94	86.3	122	63	59	0.15	134	0
1901	76.1	61	87.6	103	64.5	35	1.22	36	0
1900	74	113	85.9	129	62.1	77	0.72	67	0
1899	69.8	152	81.7	153	57.9	138	1.06	43	0
1898	76.7	48	89.8	67	63.7	42	1.35	32	0
1897	75.2	85	88	99	62.4	70	0.33	109	0
1896	73.7	120	85.9	129	61.5	90	1.47	29	0
1895	74.8	92	88.4	93	61.3	98	0.02	150	0
1894	75.5	74	88	99	62.9	62	0.87	54	0
1893	73.3	126	85.5	135	61	106	0.71	69	0
1892	75.4	82	89.1	82	61.6	89	0.05	144	0
1891	74.4	101	87.3	107	61.4	94	0.46	99	0
1890	72.9	135	84.7	138	61.1	104	0.79	63	0
1889	77.4	38	89.9	64	64.8	33	0.92	45	0
1888	74.7	94	87.7	102	61.7	85	0.63	77	0
1887	73.3	126	86.1	125	60.5	119	0.69	74	0
1886	76	65	88.6	90	63.5	48	0.59	84	0
1885	73.7	120	87.1	112	60.4	122	0.90	50	0
1884	72.7	138	84.3	144	61.1	104	0.73	66	0
1883	76.7	48	86.6	118	66.8	14	0.62	80	0
1882	77	44	87.6	103	66.5	16	1.61	26	0
1881	74.4	101	85.1	137	63.6	46	1.61	26	0
1880	72.8	137	84.4	142	61.3	98	0.74	65	0
1879	75.2	85	87.3	107	63.1	57	0.06	143	0
1878	78.5	19	90.2	51	66.7	15	0.81	60	0
1877	75.8	68	88.3	95	63.3	54	0.28	114	0
1876	71.7	147	84.7	138	58.6	133	0.92	45	0
1875	75	88	86.7	116	63.3	54	0.25	118	0
1874	74.6	96	85.7	132	63.5	48	1.63	25	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2020	83
2013	82.7
2022	82.1
2026	81.7
2012	81.7
2017	81.3
1994	80.8
2007	80.6
2019	80.3
2016	80.2

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1968	69.3
1899	69.8
1928	70.6
1965	70.9
1908	71
1907	71
1876	71.7
1964	71.9
1976	72.2
1933	72.4
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1968	3.66
1945	3.28
1930	3.06
1932	2.94
2023	2.75
1983	2.64
1923	2.41
2021	2.29
1906	2.28
1971	2.15

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1944	trace
1915	trace
1996	0.02
1895	0.02
2002	0.03
1985	0.03
1956	0.03
1950	0.03
1911	0.05
1892	0.05

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 105°F; 1 August 2026
Coldest night: 60°F; 14 August 2026
Wettest day: 0.49 in; 14 August 2026

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August 2026 brought 1.84 in of precipitation in Salt Lake City, UT, the wettest August since 2023, 15th wettest of 153.
The hottest day of August 2026 in Salt Lake City, UT: 105°F on Saturday 1 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in Salt Lake City, UT: a low of 60°F on Friday 14 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in Salt Lake City, UT: 0.49 in on Friday 14 August 2026.