Environment in Salt Lake 13 indicators covering environment for Salt Lake. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Drought - Cities and FUAs — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.8 Percentage change 2025 up 72.8% 659th Greenhouse gas emissions - Cities and FUAs — GHG emissions from waste 0.59 Tonnes of CO2-equivalent 2024 down 1.7% 72nd Total and environment-related patents - FUAs — Patent applications 372.3 Patents 2022 up 13.6% 42nd Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Daytime summer land 34.87 Degrees celsius 2024 down 3.6% 306th Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Daytime winter land 4.09 Degrees celsius 2024 up 2.7% 996th Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Daytime yearly land 24.08 Degrees celsius 2024 down 5.5% 466th Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Nighttime summer land 17.51 Degrees celsius 2024 up 7.3% 552nd Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Nighttime winter land -4.98 Degrees celsius 2024 up 19.2% 1208th Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Nighttime yearly land 4.43 Degrees celsius 2024 up 28.0% 1271st Air pollution - Cities and FUAs — Population exposure to nitrogen 21.3 Microgrammes per cubic metre 2025 — 790th Air pollution - Cities and FUAs — Population exposure to ozone 66.83 Microgrammes per cubic metre 2025 — 913th Air pollution - Cities and FUAs — Population exposure to PM10 30.37 Microgrammes per cubic metre 2025 — 962nd Air pollution - Cities and FUAs — Population exposure to PM2.5 8.56 Microgrammes per cubic metre 2025 — 1181st