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June 15 in Salt Lake City

Weather forecasts run out after about two weeks. For any date further out than that, the honest answer isn't a single number — it's the range Salt Lake City actually delivers on this date, and how often.

On June 15, Salt Lake City, UT typically reaches 86°F, but has run anywhere from 71°F to 97°F in eight years out of ten. About 84% of June 15s see no measurable precipitation.

Daytime high86°F
71°F8 years in 10 land in here97°F
Overnight low59°F
50°F8 years in 10 land in here69°F

The odds on June 15

84%
Dry day
No measurable precipitation
28%
90°F or hotter
Daytime high

Odds computed from the last 30 years (19972026).

This date is moving

Highs around June 15 have warmed about 0.5°F per decade since 1970 — roughly 2.9°F across the record. The figures above are shifted along that trend to 2026, so they describe today's climate rather than the average of the last 56 years.

Where this comes from: 855 daily observations from SALT LAKE CITY INTL AP, covering 19702026. We pool every day within 7 days of June 15 — a single calendar date has only about 56 readings, far too few to place a 10th percentile you'd want to trust.

Why it's not a plain average: A climatology computed straight across 19702026 describes the middle of that period, not today, so as a statement about the present it runs cold. We fit a trend on year and shift each observation to 2026 before taking the range. The probabilities use the last 30 years instead — shifting a temperature along a trend is well defined, shifting “did it rain” is not.

What this is not: Not a forecast. It is what Salt Lake City, UT has actually done on this date, which is the only defensible answer once you're past the two-week horizon where real forecasts stop. Data: NOAA NCEI GHCN-Daily.

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