Dry, dry, dry as Utah looks at breaking snowfall season record

Jan 20, 2026, 11:30 AM

A shot of the Utah State Capitol building overlooking Salt Lake City on January 15, 2026. (Scott Taylor)

(Scott Taylor)

BY TAMMY KIKUCHI

KSLNewsRadio

SALT LAKE CITY – Utah is dry, dry, dry.

While the winter season is far from over, the snowfall outlook remains grim.

The lowest snowfall for winter was recorded in 1933-1934 at 14.3 inches in the Salt Lake Valley. That least snowy record could be broken this year. By mid-January, only 0.1 inches of snow has fallen in the Salt Lake Valley, according to meteorologist Hayden Mahan with the Salt Lake office of the National Weather Service.

Mahan said this could be the third year in a row of low snowfall, following the record breaking 30 inches of snowfall statewide in 2022-23. There were 18.5 inches of snow in 2024-25 and 28.3 inches of snow in 2023-2024.

While the current snowfall is far from those record breaking years, the Utah snowpack has historically peaked around the beginning of April. Additional storms have yet to materialize, hopefully bringing more rain and snowfall to add to the current level.

Contributing: Joe Wirthlin, KSL

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