Salt Lake City International Airport

KSLC · Utah, United States

Climate Salt Lake City International Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Salt Lake City International Airport (KSLC) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 78.9 76 69 82 89 86
February 89.9 82 82 94 88 93
March 89.5 85 81 91 95 95
April 93.3 90 86 95 92 100
May 97.9 96 100 97 100 100
June 99.8 100 100 100 100 99
July 99.9 100 100 100 100 100
August 98.6 99 99 100 91 100
September 98.5 99 100 100 100 100
October 97.2 94 98 95 99
November 92.7 87 87 98 96
December 81.0 80 73 89 92
Average 93.6 92.2 90.1 93.8 94.8 96.8

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 mi or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 86.2 83 80 87 93 91
February 94.2 94 88 96 93 94
March 94.7 93 88 94 99 97
April 97.3 97 90 98 97 100
May 99.5 98 100 100 100 100
June 99.9 100 100 100 100 99
July 100.0 100 100 100 100 100
August 99.2 100 100 100 95 100
September 99.8 99 100 100 100 100
October 99.2 98 100 100 100
November 96.4 97 92 99 97
December 86.4 85 80 92 96
Average 96.4 96.1 93.9 96.1 97.4 97.9

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 3⅛ mi or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 4.4 6 4 4 5 6
February 7.1 10 5 7 6 7
March 12.7 13 8 14 13 13
April 17.5 19 17 17 18 18
May 23.4 22 26 23 24 25
June 30.9 33 28 32 35 29
July 36.0 36 37 37 37 35
August 33.6 34 32 35 32 36
September 28.6 30 28 31 29 29
October 18.2 20 21 17 21
November 10.7 11 7 12 11
December 4.4 6 3 7 3
Average 19.4 22.3 18.5 19.7 19.5 19.3

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January -3.2 -2 -2 -4 -4 -1
February -2.7 1 -3 -4 -1 -3
March 2.9 3 1 3 2 4
April 6.1 7 5 5 5 7
May 11.1 9 14 10 11 13
June 17.2 19 16 17 20 15
July 22.5 22 23 24 23 21
August 20.4 20 21 22 19 22
September 15.1 16 16 17 15 14
October 6.4 8 8 7 7
November 1.2 2 -1 3 1
December -3.3 -1 -3 -2 -5
Average 8.4 10.7 8.3 8.2 8.2 7.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 14.1 22 26 3 8 15
February 12.2 20 14 8 18 9
March 12.8 14 20 11 8 9
April 9.8 10 16 8 8 2
May 5.5 9 6 6 2 3
June 2.0 1 2 3 1 6
July 1.0 1 1 1 1 1
August 1.7 2 3 2 4 0
September 2.8 3 3 2 1 1
October 4.7 8 4 10 2
November 8.1 9 17 2 7
December 9.9 7 19 6 7
Average 6.8 8.7 9.3 6.5 5.4 4.8

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 6.0 6 7 5 6 6
February 8.2 8 8 7 7 7
March 8.9 11 9 10 9 9
April 8.3 8 9 8 8 8
May 8.0 9 8 8 8 8
June 8.2 8 8 8 8 8
July 7.7 7 8 10 7 7
August 7.5 10 7 7 8 7
September 7.8 8 9 7 7 7
October 7.1 6 7 8 7
November 6.1 5 7 6 7
December 6.0 5 7 9 6
Average 7.6 8.1 7.5 7.6 7.5 7.3

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 246° 232° 301° 177° 165°
February 187° 239° 288° 287° 282°
March 196° 195° 254° 218° 181°
April 248° 270° 292° 324° 299°
May 310° 208° 315° 308° 298°
June 279° 222° 237° 216° 186°
July 320° 166° 168° 181° 256°
August 172° 159° 260° 196° 330°
September 190° 171° 175° 312° 353°
October 262° 304° 168° 333°
November 303° 274° 309° 225°
December 300° 230° 178° 289°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.