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Doors off in
Salt Lake City.
Salt Lake City averages 110 doors-off days a year. Here's which months deliver, which don't and why, from 10 years of daily weather. Plus this week's call.
Jun–Sep
Prime season
Months that average doors-off weather on at least half their days.
Jul
Best month
25 doors-off days on average, feels-like high 91°F.
This week in Salt Lake City
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Scored with our fair-weather defaults (68–100°F feels-like, wind under 18 mph, low rain odds). Forecast from Open-Meteo.
Month by month
Doors-off days in Salt Lake City, by month
| Month | Doors-off days | Feels-like high | Wet days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 31°F | 11 | |
| Feb | 35°F | 8.9 | |
| Mar | 45°F | 11 | |
| Apr | 55°F | 9.5 | |
| May | 66°F | 9 | |
| Jun | 81°F | 2.4 | |
| Jul | 91°F | 1.9 | |
| Aug | 87°F | 2.6 | |
| Sep | 76°F | 3.9 | |
| Oct | 58°F | 6 | |
| Nov | 42°F | 7.6 | |
| Dec | 31°F | 10 |
Averages per month over 2015–2024. Highlighted rows are prime months.
When to take it off in Salt Lake City
Prime season in Salt Lake City runs Jun–Sep: those months average doors-off weather on at least half their days.
January, February, March, April, May, October, November and December are the cold side: the average feels-like high sits under 68°F.
Your limits aren't ours. If you run doors-off at 55°F in a hoodie, or bail the second it hits 85, set your own thresholds in the forecast tool and it'll call each day for Salt Lake City against them.
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Doors off in Utah: legal once you bolt on a side mirror
The UT mirror and fender rules, in plain English with the statute cited.
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Salt Lake City doors-off FAQ.
- When is doors-off season in Salt Lake City?
- Prime season in Salt Lake City runs Jun–Sep: those months average doors-off weather on at least half their days. Counted from 10 years (2015–2024) of daily weather, where a doors-off day means a feels-like high between 68 and 100°F, wind under 18 mph and no real rain.
- How many doors-off days does Salt Lake City get a year?
- About 110 on average, which ranks #26 of the 56 US metros we track. The best month, July, averages 25 doors-off days.
- What's the best month to run doors-off in Salt Lake City?
- July, then August and June, by average doors-off days. Check this week's forecast before you pull them; averages don't drive.
- Is it legal to drive with the doors off in Utah?
- Legal once you bolt on a side mirror. The full Utah mirror and fender rules, cited to the statute, are on our Utah doors-off law page.
How we count: daily weather for Salt Lake City (40.7608, -111.8911) from the Open-Meteo historical archive (ERA5 reanalysis, a gridded model of past weather, not a single airport station), 2015–2024. A doors-off day has a feels-like high of 68–100°F, max wind of 18 mph or less and under 0.04 in of rain. Those are the same fair-weather limits the forecast tool starts with. Averages smooth out good and bad years; the forecast is what you drive on.