2003 was the Second Warmest Calendar Year on Record for Salt Lake City, Utah
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UTAH
300 PM MST SUN JAN 4 2004
...SALT LAKE CITY 2003 CALENDAR YEAR TOTALS...
IT WAS THE SECOND WARMEST CALENDAR YEAR EVER MEASURED IN SALT LAKE
CITY. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR 2003 WAS 54.9 DEGREES. THIS WAS
ONLY 0.3 DEGREES FROM THE WARMEST YEAR RECORDED IN 1934. THE TOP
FIVE WARMEST YEARS IN SALT LAKE CITY WEATHER HISTORY ARE...
YEAR AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
1934 55.2
2003 54.9
1994 54.5
1996 54.2
1981 54.2
THE SUMMER MONTHS OF JUNE...JULY AND AUGUST REGISTERED AS THE SECOND
WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE. THE MONTH OF JULY 2003 WAS THE HOTTEST
MONTH...AT 83.4 DEGREES...EVER RECORDED IN SALT LAKE CITY.
THE GROWING SEASON...OR FREEZE FREE PERIOD...WAS 200 DAYS FOR 2003.
THIS RANKED AS THE SEVENTH LONGEST IN HISTORY. THE LONGEST WAS IN
1992 WHEN THE FREEZE FREE PERIOD WAS 236 DAYS. THE LAST SPRING
FREEZE OCCURRED ON APRIL 8TH AND THE FIRST FREEZE IN THE FALL WAS
OCTOBER 26TH. THE NORMAL FREEZE FREE PERIOD IS 167 DAYS.
PRECIPITATION FOR 2003 TOTALED CLOSE TO NORMAL THANKS TO NOVEMBER
AND DECEMBER. DECEMBER 2003 WAS THE SECOND WETTEST DECEMBER ON
RECORD WITH OVER THREE TIMES THE NORMAL AMOUNT OF WATER. THE TOTAL
FOR THE 2003 CALENDAR YEAR WAS 15.95 INCHES. THIS WAS 97 PERCENT OF
THE NORMAL ANNUAL AMOUNT OF 16.50 INCHES.
SNOWFALL TOTALS WERE ALSO VERY CLOSE TO NORMAL FOR 2003...AGAIN
THANKS TO DECEMBER WHICH WAS THE FIFTH SNOWIEST EVER MEASURED. THE
2003 SNOWFALL TOTAL WAS 61.6 INCHES. THIS WAS 98 PERCENT OF THE
NORMAL ANNUAL SNOWFALL OF 62.7 INCHES.