Cloudy skies · Utah
How cloudy is Salt Lake City?
Salt Lake City right now
44°FModerate rain
- Today47°F / 39°FRain
- Tomorrow55°F / 38°FClouds
- Monday58°F / 41°FClouds
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In a typical year, the sky over Salt Lake City is mostly cloudy or overcast about 47% of the time, and clear or nearly clear about 35%.
January is the cloudiest month, mostly cloudy about 64% of the time, and September the least cloudy, at about 28%. Across winter, December to February, it’s mostly cloudy about 62% of the time. That makes it the 42nd cloudiest sky of the 116 US cities we track.
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The forecast for the next 48 hours has the sky mostly cloudy about 19% of the time.
Salt Lake City is mostly cloudy about 62% of the winter, when the valley traps its cloud like a lid on a pot, then drops to about 28% in September.
Live 48-hour forecast from OpenWeatherMap, refreshed about every half hour. Alerts from the National Weather Service.
The sky at a glance
| Mostly cloudy or overcast, all year | 47% |
|---|---|
| Clear or nearly clear, all year | 35% |
| Mostly cloudy, December to February | 62% |
| Cloudiest month | January, 64% |
| Least cloudy month | September, 28% |
Shares of hours across a typical year. Mostly cloudy means at least five eighths of the sky covered; clear or nearly clear means two eighths or less.
Cities with about the same sky
- Binghamton, New York: mostly cloudy about 47% of the time
- San Antonio, Texas: mostly cloudy about 47% of the time
- Erie, Pennsylvania: mostly cloudy about 46% of the time
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Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, hourly, 1991 to 2020, station USW00024127. Airport sensors see cloud up to about 12,000 feet, so thin high cloud isn’t counted.