Climate averages 1991–2020
Salt Lake City weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Salt Lake City: daytime highs average 17.0°C and nights cool to about 5.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 09 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is West Valley City (12 km away). In October its highs average 17.0°C, about as warm as Salt Lake City, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Salt Lake City ranks joint 362nd of 498 for the warmest October highs and joint 157th of 498 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 498 cities is 21.4°C; Salt Lake City is 4.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 8.3°C to 8.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 45 mm to 44 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- West Valley City in OctoberUnited States · 12 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 5.4°C · 45 mm rain
- West Jordan in OctoberUnited States · 17 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 4.8°C · 41 mm rain
- Layton in OctoberUnited States · 34 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 4.9°C · 43 mm rain
- Ogden in OctoberUnited States · 52 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 5.0°C · 45 mm rain
- Orem in OctoberUnited States · 54 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 5.7°C · 39 mm rain
- Provo in OctoberUnited States · 62 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 6.2°C · 39 mm rain
- Saint George in OctoberUnited States · 432 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 11.8°C · 25 mm rain
- Boise in OctoberUnited States · 476 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 6.3°C · 22 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.