Salt Lake City, UT: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 40.6°F in Salt Lake City, UT, the warmest winter on record, in 152 years since 1875; provisional.

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 40.6°F; Warmest on record; Warmest of 152, provisional
Precipitation: 2.23 in; Driest since 2010; 13th driest of 152

A normal winter in Salt Lake City, UT (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 32.6°F, between 27.6°F and 36.1°F in eight years of ten and 4.07 in of precipitation, between 2.41 in and 5.84 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Salt Lake City, UT since 1875: 40.6°F in 2026, the highest of them all.

Normal range, 27.6 to 36.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter 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	40.6	1	49.3	1	31.9	1	2.23	139	0
2025	36.5	8	44.7	10	28.3	8	2.99	113	1
2024	37.3	5	45.1	6	29.5	5	5.59	27	0
2023	33	52	39.5	82	26.6	29	6.45	7	0
2022	33.3	44	42	31	24.6	61	2.58	127	0
2021	33	52	41	54	25	55	2.94	114	0
2020	34.9	17	42	31	27.7	11	4.66	45	0
2019	32.4	65	38.9	94	25.9	40	4.30	60	0
2018	36.8	7	45.3	4	28.3	8	2.66	124	0
2017	32	74	39.3	86	24.6	61	5.64	24	0
2016	32.8	59	40.3	67	25.3	53	4.69	43	0
2015	38.3	2	46.8	3	29.8	4	2.57	128	0
2014	32	74	40.4	63	23.7	80	4.42	52	0
2013	27.6	128	34.6	138	20.6	120	3.58	86	0
2012	33.2	47	42.2	29	24.2	69	2.94	114	0
2011	31.7	82	38.7	97	24.7	58	4.75	42	0
2010	29.5	109	37	113	22	99	2.23	139	0
2009	32.1	71	40.3	67	23.9	73	4.26	63	0
2008	27.9	125	35.9	124	19.9	127	5.89	12	0
2007	29.3	113	38.2	101	20.4	123	3.17	101	0
2006	33.1	49	41.7	37	24.5	65	3.88	72	0
2005	34	36	41.3	47	26.7	26	3.19	100	0
2004	27.6	128	34.5	141	20.7	119	6.68	6	0
2003	36.2	10	44.6	11	27.7	11	2.24	138	0
2002	26.7	138	34.7	136	18.6	134	2.93	116	0
2001	30.7	95	37.9	109	23.4	85	3.52	91	0
2000	35.2	15	43.2	19	27.2	21	5.81	15	0
1999	34.1	33	42.7	24	25.6	46	3.52	91	0
1998	34.3	29	42.5	27	26.1	36	7.16	2	0
1997	34.8	18	42.9	22	26.8	25	5.62	25	0
1996	33.7	39	43.2	19	24.2	69	5.83	13	0
1995	36.1	11	45	7	27.1	23	4.32	59	0
1994	34.5	26	43.5	16	25.5	50	3.03	111	0
1993	27.1	135	35.3	131	18.9	131	5.65	23	0
1992	31.4	85	40.1	71	22.7	91	2.42	133	0
1991	27	136	37.2	112	16.8	142	2.28	137	0
1990	32.5	63	41.2	49	23.8	78	1.05	152	0
1989	25.2	144	34.3	143	16.1	144	2.75	121	0
1988	30	106	38.9	94	21	113	2.29	136	0
1987	30.6	96	39.1	91	22.1	98	3.04	110	0
1986	32.4	65	39.4	84	25.4	52	3.56	88	0
1985	26.5	139	34.5	141	18.6	134	2.56	129	0
1984	27.2	133	33.7	145	20.6	120	5.82	14	0
1983	34.7	21	42.8	23	26.6	29	4.47	51	0
1982	32.8	59	41.8	34	23.9	73	3.50	93	0
1981	34.5	26	41.3	47	27.7	11	1.82	148	0
1980	34.1	33	43.3	17	24.9	57	5.67	20	0
1979	26.9	137	35.1	133	18.7	133	2.35	134	0
1978	37.9	3	45.3	4	30.6	2	5.71	17	0
1977	30.5	98	41.4	44	19.6	128	1.48	150	0
1976	31.5	83	40.4	63	22.7	91	3.56	88	0
1975	31.4	85	39.2	90	23.6	82	3.86	75	0
1974	30.4	100	39.1	91	21.8	105	5.71	17	0
1973	24.6	146	33.8	144	15.4	146	5.62	25	0
1972	31.3	87	40.7	59	21.9	102	3.05	108	0
1971	32.1	71	40.8	57	23.3	87	5.99	11	0
1970	35.6	13	44.1	14	27.2	21	3.87	74	0
1969	29.3	113	38	107	20.5	122	6.80	5	0
1968	29.1	118	38.9	94	19.3	129	4.42	52	0
1967	31.9	77	40	74	23.7	80	3.58	86	0
1966	30.1	105	39.3	86	20.9	115	3.41	96	0
1965	32.4	65	41	54	23.8	78	7.08	3	0
1964	23.9	148	33.1	147	14.8	148	2.08	144	0
1963	28.5	121	39.3	86	17.7	140	1.48	150	0
1962	26.5	139	34.6	138	18.4	138	3.15	103	0
1961	31.9	77	43	21	20.9	115	2.54	130	0
1960	27.3	131	36.5	120	18.1	139	3.59	85	0
1959	35.4	14	44.3	12	26.4	34	3.55	90	0
1958	35	16	44.2	13	25.8	43	4.68	44	0
1957	31.8	81	41.6	39	22	99	3.76	79	0
1956	33.1	49	41.6	39	24.5	65	4.58	46	0
1955	25.2	144	34.6	138	15.7	145	3.34	97	0
1954	33.3	44	41.8	34	24.7	58	2.62	126	0
1953	36.1	11	44.8	9	27.4	19	4.28	62	0
1952	27.2	133	35.8	126	18.5	137	6.94	4	0
1951	33.7	39	41.2	49	26.1	36	2.82	119	0
1950	30.8	92	40	74	21.5	109	4.40	56	0
1949	19.7	151	29.5	152	10	151	5.58	28	0
1948	31	89	40	74	21.9	102	1.99	146	0
1947	31.9	77	41.2	49	22.6	93	3.67	82	0
1946	30.3	103	39.6	79	21	113	2.05	145	0
1945	33	52	42.1	30	23.9	73	2.09	143	0
1944	26.5	139	35.8	126	17.3	141	3.61	84	0
1943	32.6	62	40.1	71	25.1	54	4.13	69	0
1942	27.3	131	35.9	124	18.8	132	4.18	67	0
1941	33.8	38	41.6	39	25.9	40	3.63	83	0
1940	34.7	21	43.3	17	26	39	5.39	31	0
1939	29.3	113	37	113	21.6	108	4.42	52	0
1938	36.3	9	45	7	27.6	16	2.71	122	0
1937	25.7	143	34.7	136	16.7	143	4.76	41	0
1936	30.6	96	39.5	82	21.8	105	6.00	10	0
1935	33.3	44	42.7	24	23.9	73	2.53	131	0
1934	37.8	4	47.1	2	28.5	6	3.77	76	0
1933	19.6	152	31.1	151	8.2	152	3.77	76	0
1932	23.9	148	33.4	146	14.3	149	3.09	107	0
1931	23.1	150	32.2	150	14	150	1.51	149	0
1930	30.9	91	40.6	62	21.3	111	3.77	76	3
1929	24	147	32.8	149	15.2	147	2.13	142	0
1928	31.2	88	37.7	110	24.7	58	3.03	111	0
1927	33.6	41	40.1	71	27	24	4.42	52	0
1926	34.2	31	40.7	59	27.7	11	4.49	49	0
1925	30.8	92	38.1	104	23.5	84	5.67	20	0
1924	31	89	38.2	101	23.9	73	2.19	141	0
1923	32.1	71	38.3	100	25.9	40	5.17	32	0
1922	29.5	109	36.9	115	22	99	6.07	9	0
1921	34.7	21	41.6	39	27.7	11	3.88	72	0
1920	30.8	92	38.1	104	23.4	85	3.76	79	0
1919	32.4	65	39.4	84	25.5	50	2.63	125	0
1918	34.8	18	41.8	34	27.8	10	5.68	19	0
1917	25.8	142	33	148	18.6	134	4.77	40	0
1916	33	52	39.9	77	26.1	36	4.85	37	0
1915	31.5	83	38.5	98	24.6	61	3.11	105	0
1914	33.4	43	40.2	69	26.5	33	5.41	30	0
1913	29.7	108	36.8	117	22.6	93	3.28	98	0
1912	33	52	40.2	69	25.8	43	3.21	99	0
1911	34.1	33	41	54	27.3	20	4.34	58	0
1910	28	123	35	134	20.9	115	3.49	94	0
1909	34.7	21	41.9	33	27.5	17	5.07	35	0
1908	34	36	41.2	49	26.7	26	4.08	70	0
1907	37.1	6	44.1	14	30.1	3	6.26	8	0
1906	29.4	112	36	123	22.8	89	3.98	71	0
1905	33.5	42	41.4	44	25.6	46	2.77	120	0
1904	30.3	103	38.4	99	22.2	97	4.21	65	0
1903	28.8	120	36.2	121	21.4	110	4.24	64	0
1902	32.9	58	39.3	86	26.4	34	3.13	104	0
1901	34.6	25	41.6	39	27.5	17	2.88	117	0
1900	33	52	40.4	63	25.6	46	2.35	134	0
1899	29.5	109	36.7	118	22.3	95	5.10	34	0
1898	27.6	128	35.8	126	19.3	129	2.43	132	0
1897	32	74	39.6	79	24.4	67	5.81	15	0
1896	32.3	70	40.4	63	24.3	68	2.84	118	0
1895	30.4	100	38	107	22.8	89	3.45	95	0
1894	30.4	100	37.3	111	23.6	82	4.51	48	0
1893	27.9	125	35.3	131	20.4	123	4.81	38	0
1892	29.2	117	36.2	121	22.3	95	4.48	50	0
1891	31.9	77	39.1	91	24.6	61	1.92	147	0
1890	32.7	61	39.7	78	25.6	46	9.49	1	0
1889	28.9	119	36.9	115	20.9	115	3.75	81	0
1888	30	106	38.1	104	21.8	105	4.29	61	0
1887	34.5	26	42.4	28	26.6	29	5.04	36	0
1886	34.3	29	42.7	24	25.8	43	4.19	66	0
1885	33.1	49	39.6	79	26.6	29	5.16	33	0
1884	30.5	98	38.2	101	22.9	88	4.14	68	0
1883	27.9	125	35.6	130	20.3	125	3.11	105	0
1882	28.1	122	35	134	21.2	112	3.16	102	0
1881	34.8	18	41.2	49	28.4	7	5.58	28	0
1880	28	123	35.7	129	20.2	126	4.39	57	0
1879	32.5	63	40.8	57	24.1	71	2.69	123	0
1878	33.2	47	41.4	44	25	55	5.67	20	0
1877	29.3	113	36.6	119	21.9	102	3.05	108	0
1876	34.2	31	41.7	37	26.7	26	4.78	39	0
1875	32.4	65	40.7	59	24.1	71	4.57	47	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2026	40.6
2015	38.3
1978	37.9
1934	37.8
2024	37.3
1907	37.1
2018	36.8
2025	36.5
1938	36.3
2003	36.2

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1933	19.6
1949	19.7
1931	23.1
1964	23.9
1932	23.9
1929	24
1973	24.6
1989	25.2
1955	25.2
1937	25.7

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1890	9.49
1998	7.16
1965	7.08
1952	6.94
1969	6.80
2004	6.68
2023	6.45
1907	6.26
1922	6.07
1936	6.00

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1990	1.05
1977	1.48
1963	1.48
1931	1.51
1981	1.82
1891	1.92
1948	1.99
1946	2.05
1964	2.08
1945	2.09

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 67°F; 22 December 2025, 17 December 2025
Coldest night: 18°F; 25 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.37 in; 27 December 2025

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 2.23 in of precipitation in Salt Lake City, UT, the driest winter since 2010, tied 13th driest of 152 (with 2010).
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Salt Lake City, UT: 67°F on Monday 22 December 2025 and Wednesday 17 December 2025.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Salt Lake City, UT: a low of 18°F on Sunday 25 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Salt Lake City, UT: 0.37 in on Saturday 27 December 2025.