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Mount Olympus, Utah Climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Cottonwood Weir, 7.5 km from Mount Olympus

The warmest month is July, with an average high of 91°F; the coldest is January, with an average low of 23°F. A normal year brings 24.3 in of precipitation and 81.9 in of snow.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low and the record for every date at Salt Lake City International (SLC), since 1941. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Mount Olympus through the year, in °F, with the record for each date.-50050100150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

Normals for Sep 24

Normal high
75°F
Normal low
53°F
Record high
92°Fin 2001
Record low
32°Fin 1961
Chance of a wet day
21%
Daylight
12 h 04 min

Month by month

Averages for 1991-2020. Wet days have at least 0.01 inch of precipitation. Freeze nights have a low of 32°F or colder; degree days are on a 65°F base. Each month links to its own page.

MonthAvg highAvg lowRecord highRecord lowPrecipitationWet daysSnowfallFreeze nightsHeating DDCooling DD
January38°F23°F63°F (2003)-22°F (1949)2.16 in9.217.0 in26.61,0710
February44°F27°F69°F (2025)-14°F (1989)2.31 in8.318.4 in20.48250
March54°F34°F84°F (2026)2°F (1966)2.66 in8.97.6 in12.56500
April61°F40°F89°F (2007)15°F (1955)3.34 in9.95.6 in5.94525
May71°F48°F99°F (2003)25°F (1965)2.83 in9.20.3 in0.721945
June82°F57°F107°F (2021)35°F (1954)1.36 in5.10.0 in0.052190
July91°F68°F109°F (2026)40°F (1968)0.60 in3.20.0 in0.02438
August89°F66°F106°F (1994)37°F (1964)0.91 in4.70.0 in0.03383
September79°F56°F107°F (2022)27°F (1965)1.62 in6.00.0 in0.071147
October64°F43°F92°F (2024)14°F (2019)2.09 in7.61.5 in3.136114
November49°F32°F75°F (2009)-14°F (1955)2.10 in8.18.2 in16.27410
December38°F23°F69°F (1995)-15°F (1972)2.36 in8.823.3 in26.21,0630
Year63°F43°F24.34 in8981.9 in1125,5091,223

Precipitation

Rain and melted snow together. The chance of a wet day is the share of days with at least 0.01 inch of precipitation.

24.3 in in a normal year, most in April.

Chance of a wet day

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Mount Olympus, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Snow

NOAA 1991-2020 snowfall normals for Cottonwood Weir.

81.9 in of snow in a normal year.

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for Cottonwood Weir. A median date has an even chance of a later freeze in spring, or an earlier one in fall.

The last spring freeze typically comes around April 29 and the first fall freeze around October 22, a growing season of about 174 days.

Median at 36°F
last May 13, first October 11
Median at 32°F
last April 29, first October 22
Median at 28°F
last April 12, first November 1

Frost dates, growing season and degree days

Humidity and comfort

NASA POWER reanalysis, 1991-2020, for the grid cell around Mount Olympus.

Days with a mean dew point of 65°F or more are rare here in every month.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January19°F80%100%0%0%0%0%0%
February22°F74%100%0%0%0%0%0%
March26°F64%100%0%0%0%0%0%
April29°F59%100%0%0%0%0%0%
May36°F52%100%0%0%0%0%0%
June39°F43%100%0%0%0%0%0%
July44°F37%95%5%0%0%0%0%
August42°F37%97%3%0%0%0%0%
September36°F41%100%0%0%0%0%0%
October29°F50%100%0%0%0%0%0%
November23°F64%100%0%0%0%0%0%
December18°F77%100%0%0%0%0%0%

Comfort is judged by the day's mean dew point: dry below 55°F, comfortable to 60°F, humid to 65°F, muggy to 70°F, oppressive to 75°F, miserable above.

Clouds

Average share of the sky covered, from satellite (CERES and GEWEX SRB) by way of NASA POWER, 1991-2020.

The clearest month is September, with the sky 39 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is April, at 63 percent.

Wind

The mean wind speed over the whole day, from the MERRA-2 reanalysis by way of NASA POWER. Gusts run well above it.

The windiest month is April, averaging 7.2 mph at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 20, with 15 h 06 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 19, with 9 h 15 min.

Hours of daylight at Mount Olympus through the year.0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Day length

Solar energy

Average daily sunshine reaching the ground on a flat surface, in kilowatt-hours per square meter, clouds included.

Sunrise and sunset calendar

How Salt Lake County is running

NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, from the nClimGrid analysis of every station, updated early each month. A rank of 1 is the highest or lowest of all years since 1895.

August 2026 in Salt Lake County: 75.5°F (+3.5 °F against 1991-2020), the 2nd warmest in 132 years on record.

August 2026 in Salt Lake County: 2.14 in (+1.23 in against 1991-2020), the 14th wettest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Salt Lake County: 56.1°F (+4.3 °F against 1991-2020), the warmest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Salt Lake County: 11.64 in (-3.09 in against 1991-2020), the 29th driest in 132 years on record.

Warmest August
76.5°F in 2020
Coolest August
64.4°F in 1968
Wettest August
3.61 in in 1968
Driest August
0.01 in in 1944

Every year since 1895

Each year's average temperature in Salt Lake County against the 1991-2020 average, in °F, 1895 to 2025.-6-4-20+2+4+61900192019401960198020002020NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance

Utah climate and rankings

Month pages

The weather in Mount Olympus in each month, day by day.

What this means

A normal is the average of the thirty years 1991 to 2020, the period the World Meteorological Organization and NOAA use for comparison. It is an average, not a forecast: most days depart from it, and some by a long way.

A record is the highest or lowest value on the date in every year the station has reported, back to 1941. It rests on one station, so a neighbor a few miles away can hold different ones.

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine come from a reanalysis: a weather model run over the past with every observation fed in, averaged over a grid cell about 50 km across. It is consistent everywhere on Earth; it smooths local detail such as a lake shore or a valley.

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Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00421759 (Cottonwood Weir), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00024127, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus. Rankings: NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, public domain.