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Typical January weather
Salt Lake City
Utah · January
39° days
24° nights
about 8 snowy days · 9½ hours of daylight
What to pack
- Warm coat
- Gloves & beanie
- Snow boots
What January feels like
January is inversion season: cold air settles on the valley floor, the pollution stacks up beneath it, and the air quality index becomes daily reading. The move is to go up — Alta and Snowbird sit above the murk, and driving out of it is one of the more startling things any American city offers.
Winter is doing its thing: 12.7 in of snow in a typical January, with fresh snow on about 8 days. Nearly every night dips below freezing.
The numbers
| Typical high | 39° |
|---|---|
| Typical low | 24° |
| Days with snow | 8 |
| Rain and melted snow | 1.4 in |
| Snowfall | 12.7 in |
| Humidity | dry air |
| Sunrise / sunset (mid-month) | 7:49 am / 5:24 pm |