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South Salt Lake, Utah

City in Salt Lake County, Utah

Air quality

The air at South Salt Lake

Index 34, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Salt Lake City (UT), 6 miles off.

34Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)34Good-
  • Ozone30Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)18Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 34, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 6 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at South Salt Lake

None in the last 24 hours; 0.89 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.89in

Visibility

How far you can see at South Salt Lake, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 6 PM.

FriSat

On the radar over South Salt Lake, UtahReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest South Salt Lake, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Zion NP EastZPKU1

At a river or reservoir gauge/6.0 mi away/4,226 ft/30 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank981of 998

MorganS2133

At a soil climate station/23.1 mi away/5,113 ft/857 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank527of 998

measured daily2 instruments

South Salt Lake 1.6 ESEUT-SL-48

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/4,279 ft/23 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Salt Lake Triad CenterSLCU1

At a cooperative observer's station/4.7 mi away/4,331 ft/75 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Salt Lake City INTL, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.9 mi from South Salt Lake, Utah. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 8:54 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Salt Lake City INTL, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SLCFIG. A THE SKY OVER SALT LAKE CITY INTLSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESalt Lake City INTL, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SLCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SLC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

55.0 F with a dew point of 43.0 F, 64 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Salt Lake City INTL: temperature 55.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 43.0, 64 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SLCFIG. B THE AIR AT SALT LAKE CITY INTLTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 2,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 40.4 FTEMPERATURE 55.0 FDEW POINT 43.0 FSPREAD 12.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 64 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLESalt Lake City INTL, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SLCTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SLC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Salt Lake City INTL, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SLCFIG. C THE WIND AT SALT LAKE CITY INTLPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESalt Lake City INTL, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SLCTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SLC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Salt Lake City INTL, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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Near South Salt Lake

River and lake gauges