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    When is the first snow in 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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    Snow in the next 5 days?

    No. There’s no snow in the Salt Lake City forecast for the next 5 days.

    Live 5-day forecast and current temperature from OpenWeatherMap, refreshed about every half hour. Winter warnings from the National Weather Service.

    Salt Lake City’s first measurable snow usually lands around November 5.

    Salt Lake City watches the first snow hit the mountains and quietly does the maths on ski days.

    Snow’s coming. Heads-up or surprise?

    Tomorrow’s roast for Salt Lake CityFree, no account, and you pick how rude I get.

    Cities on the same snow schedule

    Salt Lake City is number 15 of 76 for the earliest first snow. Is your city earlier?

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    First snow across Utah, city by city

    The fastest way back here when the snow gets close.

    In 8 winters out of 10 it arrives between October 20 and November 26. A typical Salt Lake City winter adds up to about 51 inches of snow.

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    How much snow Salt Lake City gets in a year

    Source: NOAA daily snowfall records for the Salt Lake City area, winters 1991 to 2020 (30 with complete records), via the Applied Climate Information System. First snow here means the first day with at least a tenth of an inch.