Salt Lake City area sees second wettest day in history, National Weather Service says

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Saturday, Oct. 4, was the second wettest day in Salt Lake City area’s history, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). The wettest day was recorded in 1901.

A deep, moisture-rich low pressure system brought widespread rainfall across much of the area, especially across northern Utah where rainfall was persistent through much of the day on Saturday. The rain caused flooding in the Salt Lake area, particularly in Tooele County and Salt Lake City’s Rose Park neighborhood.

Rainfall totaled 2.47″ (2.61″ storm total) in the Salt Lake City area. This is the most one-day rain ever recorded at the airport location because the instrumentation in 1901 was located in downtown Salt Lake City, according to the NWS.

Maximum one-day total precipitation totals for the Salt Lake City area can be seen below, courtesy of the NWS:

Precipitation totals covering the period from 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 3, 2025, through Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025 throughout Utah are available here.

A number of Tooele residents’ homes were flooded on Saturday. Heavy rainfall — around 2.5″ — beats out the city’s average rainfall for the entire month of October, and more than what the city received in June, July, and August.

“I am just, literally at a loss of words, flabbergasted, with how much water came down so fast and just started pooling into our house,” one Tooele resident, Clarissa Crockett, said.

The record rainfall left a foot of water in her basement.

“All of our bookshelves, the bedding, all of the walls, baseboards, up on the bathroom cabinets …all the flooring, everything is gone,” Crockett said.

Another Tooele resident, Robert Macfarlane, said, “The streets are filled with flood evidence, a bunch of rocks and debris from water flowing across the road.” He continued, “Coming down, it looked like 50-cent pieces from how big around they were. And when it hit you, you could feel it, it hurt.”

Macfarlane’s neighborhood saw broken fences, lifted storm drains, and debris-littered yards from the heavy precipitation.

Drier air arrives during the day on Sunday, and while most of us will be drying out, a few isolated showers will be possible north of I-80. The beginning of next week looks to remain on the cooler side of things, with plenty of sunshine in the area.

Residents are asked to self-report flooding or other storm concerns here.