United States

Natural disasters in Salt Lake, United States

Right now

No events recorded here in the last 24 hours.

The most recent data we hold from Iowa Environmental Mesonet (Iowa State University) arrived 4 minutes ago. We record detections, not passes: an absence is not proof that nothing is there.

23, recorded here, since 25 May 2026

3 in the last 30 days. Most recent: 11 October 2026 (18 days ago).

The 21st strongest of the 23 recorded here since 25 May 2026.

By month

  • February 20241 detections
  • March 20241 detections
  • April 20243 detections
  • May 20242 detections
  • June 20246 detections
  • July 202411 detections
  • August 20246 detections
  • September 20247 detections
  • October 20242 detections
  • November 20241 detections
  • March 20258 detections
  • April 202511 detections
  • May 202511 detections
  • June 20253 detections
  • July 20258 detections
  • August 20258 detections
  • September 20258 detections
  • October 202514 detections
  • November 20252 detections
  • December 20251 detections
  • January 20261 detections
  • May 20261
  • June 20263
  • July 20268
  • August 20263
  • September 20265
  • October 20263

July 2026 is the most active month of the 6 in our series here, with 8 events.

The months before live collection count satellite fire detections imported from the NASA FIRMS archive, one for each cell of about 110 m on each day, not fires: they cannot be compared with the months after.

Hazards recorded here

Recent events

FloodsHigh

Flash flood, 3 WSW Big Cottonwood -, Salt Lake Co., UT

11 October 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 44 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherHigh

Wind gust (76 MPH), 1 S Snowbird, Salt Lake Co., UT

11 October 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 58 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Wind gust (62 MPH), 2 N Big Cottonwood - Sp, Salt Lake Co., UT

11 October 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 46 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

22 September 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 46 · version not recorded2 independent sources
Severe WeatherHigh

Severe Hail, UT

19 September 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 58 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherHigh

Severe Hail, UT

19 September 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 58 · version not recorded
Air QualityCritical

Hazardous Air Quality (AQI 310)

10 September 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 55 · version not recorded
Air QualityMedium

Unhealthy Air Quality (AQI 155)

2 September 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 29 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

29 August 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 52 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

29 August 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 52 · version not recorded
Air QualityCritical

Hazardous Air Quality (AQI 999)

5 August 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 26 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Wind, UT

30 July 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 46 · version not recorded2 independent sources
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

30 July 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 52 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

30 July 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 52 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

30 July 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 52 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Wind, UT

30 July 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 46 · version not recorded2 independent sources
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Wind, UT

30 July 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 46 · version not recorded2 independent sources
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

22 July 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 52 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

22 July 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 52 · version not recorded
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

25 June 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 52 · version not recorded3 independent sources
Severe WeatherMedium

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

25 June 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 46 · version not recorded
WildfiresLow

Satellite heat detection

21 June 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 48 · version not recorded
WildfiresMedium

Extended satellite heat detection

25 May 2026time not reported by the sourceIndex 63 · version not recorded

Other areas

Series begins 8 March 2026 for live collection; the monthly chart also counts backfilled detections from 10 February 2024. Collection gap: 14-26 August 2026.

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