Weather in Salt Lake City in December 2024
Average weather
Average temperature in Salt Lake City in December
Going from a maximum of +14°C during the day to a minimum of -11°C during the night, the temperature in December averages around +7°C.
The average maximum temperature goes up 20% by the end of the month, compared with the beginning of the month, from +2°C to +7°C.
Is Salt Lake City warm or cold in December?
Salt Lake City is typically cool in December.
Maximum temperatures go down compared to the previous month from +9°C to +3°C. The minimum temperature also goes down from -1°C to -5°C.
Pack a sweater and a jacket as there will be cooler temperatures.
December is one of the coolest months in Salt Lake City, here is the comparison with other months:
Climate in Salt Lake City in December
| November | December | January | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg. temperature | ||||||
| +9°C | +3°C | +2°C | ||||
| Min. temperature | ||||||
| -19°C | -27°C | -25°C | ||||
| Max. temperature | ||||||
| +23°C | +16°C | +13°C | ||||
| Rainfall | ||||||
| 38 mm | 25 mm | 27 mm | ||||
| Wind | ||||||
| 2 m/s | 2 m/s | 2 m/s | ||||
| Humidity | ||||||
| 69% | 75% | 76% | ||||
| Air pressure | ||||||
| 1019 HPa | 1021 HPa | 1022 HPa | ||||
| Sunny days | ||||||
| 5 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Cloudy days | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | 13 | ||||
| Rainy days | ||||||
| 7 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| Snowy days | ||||||
| 6 | 11 | 11 | ||||
December weather is still as ok as in November. It’s getting colder in December. From +9°C in the day, the average maximum temperature lowers to +3°C. As December arrives, the amount of rainfall goes down. On average, the rainfall volume decreases from 38 mm to 25 mm. Humidity rises from 69% to 75%. The average wind speed doesn’t change much during December, staying around 2 m/s. The days becoming less sunny, going from 5 sunny days in November to 3 in December.
January brings much the same weather, it remains ok.
Wind
The average wind speed is 2 m/s getting up to 4 m/s which is a light breeze; barely moving the tree leaves.
The average wind speed in Salt Lake City is gradually decreasing during December, going from 2 m/s to 1 m/s over the course of the month.
Rain
Snow
December is one of the snowiest months in Salt Lake City.
Here’s how December is compared with other months in the amount of snow, total mm:
How was the weather last December in Salt Lake City?
Climate Change over Years
The climate in Salt Lake City in December has not changed much over the last 43 years.
The average temperature was the lowest in 1984 (+14°C) and the highest in 2021 (+20°C). The driest year was 2008 with only 265 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 2019 with 885 mm.
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Source of the data
For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Salt Lake City, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2023.
For past dates, we show actual recorded data at the location at that time. Forecasts are based on recorded weather during that day of the year, averaged over the total years for which we have records (unless stated otherwise). The daily temperature is the highest recorded temperature in the shadow during that day.