Utah snow day predictor
Nothing in the Utah forecast this week that closes schools · Ogden averages 108 in a year, Layton 23 in
Utah towns, ranked
- Ogdenaverages 108 inches a year · snow belt0%no chance
- Sandyaverages 82 inches a year · heavy snow0%no chance
- South Jordanaverages 82 inches a year · heavy snow0%no chance
- West Jordanaverages 56 inches a year · regular snow0%no chance
- West Valley Cityaverages 52 inches a year · regular snow0%no chance
- Salt Lake Cityaverages 49 inches a year · regular snow0%no chance
- Provoaverages 45 inches a year · regular snow0%no chance
- Oremaverages 45 inches a year · regular snow0%no chance
- Lehiaverages 26 inches a year · moderate snow0%no chance
- Laytonaverages 23 inches a year · moderate snow0%no chance
How snow days work in Utah
There is no single Utah snow day threshold, which is why this page scores each town separately. Ogden averages 108 inches of snow a year against Layton’s 23, and a district that plans for the first amount does not close for weather that would shut the second one down.
Each score compares what the National Weather Service is forecasting against that town’s own NOAA 1991-2020 snowfall normal, then adds weight for ice, wind and dangerous cold. Every number on this page links through to the full factor breakdown, because the reasoning is the part worth checking.
Sources: National Weather Service forecasts, one per town. Snowfall normals from NOAA’s 1991-2020 US Climate Normals. County lines from the US Census Bureau.