Climate averages 1991–2020
Salt Lake City weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Salt Lake City: daytime highs average 9.6°C and nights cool to about -1.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is West Valley City (12 km away). In March its highs average 9.9°C, about as warm as Salt Lake City, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Salt Lake City ranks 377th of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 92nd of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Salt Lake City is 5.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 14.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 50 mm to 67 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Salt Lake City climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.0°C-7.3°C | -7.3°C | 52 | 9.7 | 9.610 h |
| February | 4.2°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 45 | 8.2 | 10.611 h |
| March, selected | 9.6°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 50 | 9.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.1°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 67 | 11.2 | 13.313 h |
| May | 20.1°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 56 | 9.1 | 14.414 h |
| June | 26.6°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 27 | 4.4 | 15.015 h |
| July | 32.4°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 11 | 2.8 | 14.815 h |
| August | 31.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 12 | 3.4 | 13.814 h |
| September | 25.3°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 34 | 4.7 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.0°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 45 | 6.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 8.7°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 44 | 8.2 | 10.010 h |
| December | 2.3°C-7.3°C | -7.3°C | 49 | 8.9 | 9.39 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
March in nearby cities
- West Valley City in MarchUnited States · 12 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low -1.3°C · 50 mm rain
- West Jordan in MarchUnited States · 17 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low -1.7°C · 49 mm rain
- Layton in MarchUnited States · 34 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low -2.0°C · 46 mm rain
- Ogden in MarchUnited States · 52 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low -1.9°C · 50 mm rain
- Orem in MarchUnited States · 54 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low -2.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Provo in MarchUnited States · 62 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low -2.0°C · 47 mm rain
- Saint George in MarchUnited States · 432 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 5.8°C · 34 mm rain
- Boise in MarchUnited States · 476 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 0.9°C · 36 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Salt Lake City) is explained once on the Salt Lake City year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
West Valley City lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.