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Salt Lake City sets record low for date, month at 14 degrees

Salt Lake City’s official temperature of 14 degrees at 3:37 a.m. Wednesday set a record low for Oct. 30 and for the month of October.

The National Weather Service’s office in Utah’s most populous city says the previous record was 16 degrees (-8.89 Celsius) on Oct. 30, 1971. The office says its records date back to 1874. Visit the Salt Lake Tribune’s weather page for the forecast.

Here’s a look at how temperatures dropped in the middle of the night, and remain cold throughout the morning:

[6 am] It's a cold ud83eudd76 one as you head out the door this morning, and temperatures aren't going far by this afternoon.