Salt Lake City his all-time record with a high temperature of 109

 

Headline:  ABC 4, 7/12/2026

Ryan Bittan reports:

As of 2:58 p.m., Salt Lake City has reached a new all-time high temperature record of 109 degrees. This shatters the previous record of 107 degrees, previously set in 1960, 2002, 2021, and twice in 2022.  [emphasis added]

 

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