Summer temps hitting triple-digits more than normal [Video]

Salt Lake City typically averages eight days a year with highs of 100 degrees or hotter, the National Weather Service’s Salt Lake City office shared Thursday on social media platform X.

“We have had 15 so far this year,” the post pointed out.

On Friday, amid blistering afternoon temperatures, NWS meteorologist Jon Wilson told The Salt Lake Tribune: “Add another one to that tally.”

This summer is following a trend of warming Salt Lake City summers, Wilson said. Three of the last four summers have been hotter than average.

“It doesn’t matter the metric you look at, whether it is the number of times we exceeded 100 [degrees], or the hottest temperature, or how warm overnight lows are staying,” said Wilson.

But this summer especially is climbing the temperature leaderboard. It’s already on pace to challenge the city’s all-time hottest summer, Wilson said.

The forecast highs for Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday are all expected to land …