Salt Lake City Snowfall Totals & Accumulation Averages

How Often it Snows in Salt Lake City

The next two tables list monthly and yearly totals for amount of snow and how many days it snows at least 0.1 inches (0.25 centimetres).

10-year snowfall averages at Salt Lake City, 2010 to 2019

Days		Inches	Centi­metres
2.9	January	9.9	25.2
2.3	February	7.6	19.4
2.1	March	5.2	13.3
0.9	April	2.3	5.9
0.0	May	0.0	0.1
0.1	October	0.2	0.5
1.7	November	6.5	16.5
3.1	December	10.0	25.5
13.1	Year	41.9	106.4

30-year snowfall averages at Salt Lake City, 1991 to 2020

Days		Inches	Centi­metres
7.6	January	12.7	32.3
6.0	February	10.7	27.2
4.0	March	5.9	15.0
2.2	April	2.9	7.4
0.2	May	0.1	0.3
0.7	October	0.5	1.3
3.6	November	7.0	17.8
7.1	December	12.1	30.7
31.4	Year	51.9	131.8

These averages don't show how much the snowfall in Salt Lake City varies from year to year.

In December, for instance, one in four years totals over 16.9 inches of snow. Another 25 percent of years receive less than 6.6 inches for the month.

Similarly in January, fresh snowfall in the heaviest years amounts to over 14.3 inches, while the lightest years get less than 6.6 inches.

New snow for February ranges from over 13.9 inches in heavy snowfall years to under 5.1 inches in light years.

When Salt Lake City Has Its First & Last Snowfalls

The first snowfall of winter for Salt Lake City usually arrives in November, although about one in four Octobers also get some snow.

The season's last snowfall typically happens in April. Very rarely a few snowflakes also land in May.

Salt Lake City is normally free of snow every year from June to September.

How Many Snowstorms Salt Lake City Gets

About half the days with snowfall in Salt Lake City leave just a skiff, amounting to less than an inch, of fresh snow on the ground. For 16 days a year on average, the amount of new snow totals at least an inch.

Snowstorms of over five inches a day normally occur a couple times annually. But major blizzards that dump ten inches or more in one day are rare events that don't happen every year.

Number of days per month and year on average in Salt Lake City with a total snowfall of at least 1, 3, 5 or 10 inches

1 inch 2.5 cm	3 inches 7.6 cm		5 inches 12.7 cm	10 inches 25.4 cm
3.6	1.3	January	0.6	0.1
3.0	1.2	February	0.5	0.0
2.3	0.5	March	0.1	0.0
1.0	0.3	April	0.1	0.0
0.0	0.0	May	0.0	0.0
0.3	0.0	October	0.0	0.0
2.1	0.9	November	0.4	0.0
3.8	1.2	December	0.4	0.0
16.1	5.4	Year	2.1	0.1

How Much Snow Normally Accumulates in Salt Lake City

For nearly half of winter days, Salt Lake City has at least an inch of snow on the ground.

Typically on nine days a year, the snow covering Salt Lake City gets to five or more inches deep. On one or two of those days, the snowpack builds up over ten inches.

Average total days per month and year in Salt Lake City with snow depth of at least 1, 3, 5 or 10 inches on the ground

1 inch 2.5 cm	3 inches 7.6 cm		5 inches 12.7 cm	10 inches 25.4 cm
16.1	10.2	January	3.7	1.0
9.1	5.0	February	2.4	0.4
2.8	1.0	March	0.4	0.1
0.6	0.1	April	0.0	0.0
0.1	0.0	October	0.0	0.0
3.4	2.1	November	1.2	0.0
12.9	5.7	December	1.7	0.1
45.0	24.1	Year	9.4	1.6