All-time Record Hottest and Coldest Temperatures Ever Recorded in Salt Lake City, Utah

Weather temperatures have been officially kept in Salt Lake City, Utah since 1874. These are the all-time record hottest and coldest temperatures ever recorded in Salt Lake City since 1874.

Located near the Great Salt Lake in northern Utah, Salt Lake City has a much milder climate than the extremes that can be found in the Beehive State. This is born out by the differences between the all-time hottest and coldest temperatures ever recorded in Salt Lake City, compared to the all-time hottest and coldest temperatures recorded in Utah.

The difference between the all-time hottest and coldest temperatures ever recorded in Salt Lake City is 137 degrees. The difference between the all-time hottest and coldest temperatures ever recorded in the state of Utah is 187 degrees; a big difference of 50 degrees.

Record Hottest and Coldest Temperatures Ever Recorded in Salt Lake City, Utah

All-time Record Hottest Temperature Ever Recorded in Salt Lake City is 107 Degrees

The hottest temperature ever officially recorded in Salt Lake City is 107 degrees, which has occurred on two different dates. The first time it was 107 degrees in the city was on July 26, 1960, and the second time was on July 13, 2002.

Days when the temperature reaches or exceeds 100 degrees are not at all rare in Salt Lake City. The last time it was really hot in the city was on both June 28th and June 29th of 2013, when the temperature soared to 105 degrees.

I've been to Salt Lake City a couple of times, and it's an interesting place to visit. With the Rocky Mountains as a backdrop, the city is beautiful to see and has great places to visit like the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Great Salt Lake, which is not too far away.

As a bit of weather trivia some might find hard to believe, the record hottest temperature in Salt Lake City of 107 degrees is exactly seven degrees hotter than the all-time hottest temperature ever recorded in Miami, Florida. Salt Lake City is close to 2,500 miles northwest of Miami.

• Hottest Temperature Ever Recorded in Utah is 118 Degrees 

The all-time record hottest temperature ever recorded in the state of Utah is 118 degrees, which occurred on July 4, 2007, near St. George. The city of St. George is located in the extreme southwest corner of Utah near the Arizona border, over 300 miles south of Salt Lake City.

The difference between the all-time hottest temperature ever recorded in Salt Lake City (107) and the all-time hottest temperature ever recorded in the state of Utah (118) is 11 degrees. A big statistical difference.

All-time Record Coldest Temperature Ever Recorded in Salt Lake City is -30 Degrees

The coldest temperature ever officially recorded in Salt Lake City is -30 degrees, which occurred on February 9, 1933.

Below zero temperature readings are not at all rare in Salt Lake City. Since 1874, there have been 10 days when the temperature dropped to -18 degrees or colder. Salt Lake City averages 122 days a year when the temperature drops below freezing.

• Coldest Temperature Ever Recorded in Utah is -69 Degrees 

The coldest temperature ever officially recorded in the state of Utah is -69 degrees, which occurred on February 1, 1985, in Peter Sinks. Located about 100 miles north of Salt Lake City, Peter Sinks is a natural sinkhole in the Bear River Mountains in northeastern Utah, near Bear Lake and the Idaho border.

The -69 degree temperature reading is the third coldest state record in the United States, and is the second coldest temperature ever recorded in the continental United States. The only colder temperature reading in the lower 48 states is a -70 degree reading at Rogers Pass in Montana, while Alaska's state record for the coldest temperature is -80 degrees.

The difference between the all-time coldest temperature ever recorded in Salt Lake City (-30) and the all-time coldest temperature ever recorded in the state of Utah (-69) is 39 degrees. A huge statistical difference.

Overall, even though it can get very hot and very cold in Salt Lake City, the city has a milder climate than the extremes found in the state of Utah.