Salt Lake City, UT: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 35.3°F in Salt Lake City, UT, the warmest January since 2020, 16th warmest of 152.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 35.3°F; Warmest since 2020; 16th warmest of 152
Precipitation: 0.42 in; Driest since 2010; 9th driest of 152

A normal January in Salt Lake City, UT (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 30.8°F, between 23.8°F and 36.9°F in eight years of ten and 1.33 in of precipitation, between 0.64 in and 2.18 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Salt Lake City, UT since 1875: 35.3°F in 2026; the highest is 39.5°F, in 1953.

Normal range, 23.8 to 36.9°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Salt Lake City, UT from 1875 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	35.3	16	43.4	11	27.2	22	0.42	144	0
2025	32.4	42	39.8	49	25	40	0.51	137	1
2024	34.8	21	42.4	23	27.2	22	1.28	64	0
2023	33.5	33	39	54	28	16	2.71	10	0
2022	31.9	51	40.3	42	23.6	55	0.47	140	0
2021	33	39	41.6	36	24.4	42	0.85	104	0
2020	35.7	11	42.5	20	28.9	7	1.78	34	0
2019	30.9	56	37.5	70	24.3	44	1.76	35	0
2018	39	2	47.8	3	30.2	3	0.82	107	0
2017	27.1	102	33.5	115	20.8	90	1.97	24	0
2016	30.4	65	36.8	77	23.9	53	1.94	26	0
2015	34.3	26	42	30	26.5	28	0.86	102	0
2014	30.4	65	39	54	21.8	76	1.20	77	0
2013	19.4	147	26.6	150	12.3	136	1.52	45	0
2012	33.2	37	43.2	12	23.2	62	1.79	33	0
2011	27.6	96	34.4	109	20.8	90	0.64	124	0
2010	29	79	36.6	79	21.3	79	0.38	147	0
2009	30.6	59	38.3	60	23	63	2.15	19	0
2008	23.9	126	32.6	121	15.1	126	1.30	62	0
2007	21.1	139	30.8	134	11.4	142	0.73	118	0
2006	34.4	23	41.9	32	26.8	24	1.36	58	0
2005	34.4	23	40.3	42	28.6	11	1.44	53	0
2004	22.4	131	28.5	149	16.3	123	0.46	141	0
2003	38.3	3	47.9	2	28.7	10	0.64	124	0
2002	26	111	34.1	112	17.9	111	1.19	78	0
2001	27.3	101	33.4	116	21.2	83	0.78	112	0
2000	35.1	18	42.8	13	27.4	21	2.17	18	0
1999	35.8	10	43.7	9	27.9	17	1.29	63	0
1998	37.9	5	46.9	4	28.8	9	1.63	41	0
1997	32.2	44	40.5	41	24	51	2.27	16	0
1996	33	39	41.8	34	24.2	45	3.09	4	0
1995	34.9	20	42.2	28	27.6	18	1.81	30	0
1994	36.8	6	45.5	5	28.1	14	0.62	129	0
1993	24.9	118	33.2	117	16.6	119	3.23	2	0
1992	25.5	116	35.3	103	15.8	124	0.78	112	0
1991	24.4	122	33.8	113	14.9	127	1.11	83	0
1990	33.4	35	42.8	13	24	51	0.57	133	0
1989	22.3	132	32.4	125	12.2	138	0.56	134	0
1988	25	117	33	119	16.9	116	1.06	86	0
1987	26.5	109	35.8	92	17.2	115	1.53	44	0
1986	29	79	37	76	20.9	86	0.86	102	0
1985	24.1	125	31.9	129	16.4	120	0.91	96	0
1984	23.8	127	29.5	143	18.1	106	0.50	138	0
1983	35.1	18	42.8	13	27.5	19	1.19	78	0
1982	29.7	74	37.7	68	21.8	76	1.08	84	0
1981	32	49	35.8	92	28.3	13	0.64	124	0
1980	33.6	32	41.1	38	26.2	31	2.87	8	0
1979	22	135	29.8	140	14.3	129	0.72	120	0
1978	36.3	7	42.5	20	30.1	4	2.33	14	0
1977	26.8	107	35.6	97	18	109	0.76	115	0
1976	27.9	95	36.1	89	19.7	99	0.63	127	0
1975	27.4	100	36.2	86	18.6	105	1.28	64	0
1974	26.7	108	35.4	102	18	109	1.80	31	0
1973	19.6	145	29.1	146	10	146	1.49	48	0
1972	29.8	72	38.9	56	20.6	94	1.22	74	0
1971	32.4	42	40.7	40	24.1	48	1.06	86	0
1970	34.6	22	42.5	20	26.7	26	1.24	68	0
1969	32.2	44	40.3	42	24.1	48	1.69	38	0
1968	24.5	121	35.5	99	13.5	133	0.46	141	0
1967	29.4	77	37.5	70	21.3	79	2.05	22	0
1966	30.6	59	39.9	48	21.3	79	0.41	145	0
1965	31	54	38.5	58	23.5	58	2.13	20	0
1964	21.9	136	31.8	130	11.9	139	0.94	95	0
1963	19.5	146	31.3	132	7.7	149	0.53	136	0
1962	20.5	142	29.2	145	11.8	140	0.84	105	0
1961	28.7	86	41.9	32	15.5	125	0.09	151	0
1960	25.6	115	33.1	118	18.1	106	0.96	91	0
1959	33.9	29	42.7	17	25.1	39	1.60	43	0
1958	30.7	58	39.5	51	21.9	73	0.87	99	0
1957	26	111	35.5	99	16.4	120	1.37	57	0
1956	35.5	15	44.7	7	26.2	31	2.39	12	0
1955	21.1	139	31.2	133	11	144	1.34	59	0
1954	34	27	42.7	17	25.3	37	0.90	98	0
1953	39.5	1	48.1	1	30.9	1	2.73	9	0
1952	27	105	35.2	105	18.7	104	2.20	17	0
1951	29.6	75	37.8	64	21.3	79	1.69	38	0
1950	26.5	109	35.8	92	17.3	114	1.80	31	0
1949	11.5	152	21.7	152	1.4	152	2.31	15	0
1948	30.1	69	39.3	53	20.9	86	0.34	148	0
1947	22.1	134	32.6	121	11.5	141	0.95	92	0
1946	27.1	102	36.6	79	17.6	112	1.01	88	0
1945	32.1	46	42.3	25	21.9	73	0.39	146	0
1944	19.2	148	30	137	8.4	147	1.67	40	0
1943	31	54	38.4	59	23.6	55	0.95	92	0
1942	20.5	142	29.7	142	11.2	143	1.18	81	0
1941	30.6	59	37.8	64	23.5	58	0.98	90	0
1940	30.1	69	36.8	77	23.5	58	3.14	3	0
1939	30.5	63	37.6	69	23.4	61	1.23	72	0
1938	35.7	11	44.6	8	26.8	24	0.55	135	0
1937	13.2	151	23.3	151	3.1	151	1.76	35	0
1936	29	79	37.2	72	20.7	93	2.02	23	0
1935	32.1	46	42	30	22.1	68	0.17	150	0
1934	33.9	29	42.3	25	25.5	35	1.22	74	0
1933	24.3	123	34.4	109	14.2	130	1.44	53	0
1932	18.8	149	29.3	144	8.4	147	0.87	99	0
1931	18.7	150	29.8	140	7.7	149	0.61	130	0
1930	20.4	144	30.7	135	10.1	145	1.28	64	0
1929	22.5	130	31.4	131	13.5	133	0.77	114	0
1928	30.1	69	36.2	86	24.1	48	0.81	109	0
1927	32.5	41	39.8	49	25.3	37	1.46	51	0
1926	28.7	86	35.6	97	21.9	73	1.21	76	0
1925	28.9	83	35.7	95	22.1	68	0.60	131	0
1924	24.9	118	32.3	126	17.6	112	0.49	139	0
1923	36	9	42.8	13	29.3	5	1.90	28	0
1922	22.2	133	29.9	138	14.6	128	1.42	56	0
1921	35.7	11	42.4	23	29	6	1.44	53	0
1920	30.8	57	38	62	23.6	55	1.24	68	0
1919	32.1	46	40.3	42	23.9	53	trace	152	0
1918	30.5	63	36.5	83	24.4	42	3.89	1	0
1917	21.2	138	28.6	148	13.8	131	0.91	96	0
1916	29.4	77	36.6	79	22.2	67	1.96	25	0
1915	28.2	93	35.5	99	20.9	86	0.72	120	0
1914	35.2	17	42.3	25	28.1	14	3.08	5	0
1913	26.9	106	34.2	111	19.6	100	0.81	109	0
1912	34.4	23	42.2	28	26.6	27	0.74	116	0
1911	36.3	7	43.6	10	28.9	7	1.24	68	0
1910	28.6	89	36.3	85	20.9	86	0.99	89	0
1909	38.2	4	45.5	5	30.8	2	2.70	11	0
1908	31.2	53	38.2	61	24.2	45	0.63	127	0
1907	30.6	59	37.1	74	24.2	45	1.75	37	0
1906	28.3	91	34.8	107	21.8	76	1.19	78	0
1905	33.3	36	40	46	26.5	28	0.65	123	0
1904	25.8	113	33.6	114	18.1	106	1.45	52	0
1903	32	49	39.4	52	24.5	41	2.11	21	0
1902	27.5	99	32.9	120	22.1	68	0.80	111	0
1901	33.5	33	41.4	37	25.6	33	0.95	92	0
1900	35.6	14	42.6	19	28.5	12	0.44	143	0
1899	33.8	31	40	46	27.5	19	0.84	105	0
1898	20.6	141	28.9	147	12.3	136	0.58	132	0
1897	28.8	84	36.5	83	21.1	84	1.16	82	0
1896	34	27	41.7	35	26.3	30	1.26	67	0
1895	29.8	72	37.1	74	22.5	66	1.32	60	0
1894	29	79	35.9	91	22	71	1.31	61	0
1893	27.6	96	35.7	95	19.5	101	0.82	107	0
1892	25.7	114	32.5	124	19	102	1.61	42	0
1891	28.8	84	34.9	106	22.7	65	0.74	116	0
1890	24.7	120	32.6	121	16.9	116	3.07	6	0
1889	21.4	137	29.9	138	12.9	135	0.73	118	0
1888	22.9	129	32.2	127	13.7	132	1.52	45	0
1887	33.2	37	41	39	25.4	36	2.36	13	0
1886	28.7	86	37.2	72	20.2	96	1.91	27	0
1885	27.6	96	34.8	107	20.5	95	1.48	49	0
1884	28.4	90	36	90	20.8	90	0.71	122	0
1883	24.3	123	32	128	16.7	118	1.47	50	0
1882	23.5	128	30.6	136	16.4	120	1.50	47	0
1881	31.8	52	38	62	25.6	33	1.24	68	0
1880	28.1	94	36.2	86	20.1	97	0.29	149	0
1879	28.3	91	36.6	79	20	98	1.87	29	0
1878	30.3	67	38.6	57	22	71	1.07	85	0
1877	27.1	102	35.3	103	19	102	0.87	99	0
1876	30.3	67	37.8	64	22.8	64	1.23	72	0
1875	29.5	76	37.8	64	21.1	84	3.05	7	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1953	39.5
2018	39
2003	38.3
1909	38.2
1998	37.9
1994	36.8
1978	36.3
1911	36.3
1923	36
1999	35.8

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1949	11.5
1937	13.2
1931	18.7
1932	18.8
1944	19.2
2013	19.4
1963	19.5
1973	19.6
1930	20.4
1962	20.5
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1918	3.89
1993	3.23
1940	3.14
1996	3.09
1914	3.08
1890	3.07
1875	3.05
1980	2.87
1953	2.73
2023	2.71

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1919	trace
1961	0.09
1935	0.17
1880	0.29
1948	0.34
2010	0.38
1945	0.39
1966	0.41
2026	0.42
1900	0.44

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 54°F; 4 January 2026
Coldest night: 18°F; 25 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.22 in; 1 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 0.42 in of precipitation in Salt Lake City, UT, the driest January since 2010, 9th driest of 152.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Salt Lake City, UT: 54°F on Sunday 4 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Salt Lake City, UT: a low of 18°F on Sunday 25 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Salt Lake City, UT: 0.22 in on Thursday 1 January 2026.