New weather normals show changing Utah climate
and last updated 2021-05-04 23:53:03-04
SALT LAKE CITY â Normal is changing and the change is accelerating. That s what the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration showed definitively with their once-a-decade update to the national climate normals of temperature and precipitation.
For the Wasatch Front and Southern Utah, we chose mountain and city locations to see how precipitation normals changed in the mountains, and how temperatures changed in the valleys.
For the Wasatch Front, Alta at the top of Little Cottonwood Canyon now shows markedly lower precipitation totals, especially at in the late fall months from Halloween to New Years. That a bad sign for the snow pack watering Utah s largest metro area.
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SALT LAKE CITY Salt Lake City International Airport has passed the previous daily precipitation record for April 26, set in 2012 at 0.79 inches, with 0.80 inches on Monday, according to the National Weather Service.
The traction law was lifted for Big and Little Cottonwood Canyon for all vehicles on Monday at about 5:30 p.m. after going into effect around 2:40 p.m. after heavy rain, according to the Utah Department of Transportation.
The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City warned drivers to be aware of slick conditions and water pooling on the road as the rain continued to fall in Salt Lake City and throughout southwest Utah.
SALT LAKE CITY Salt Lake City International Airport has passed the previous daily precipitation record for April 26, set in 2012 at 0.79 inches, with 0.80 inches on Monday, according to the National Weather Service.
The traction law was lifted for Big and Little Cottonwood Canyon for all vehicles on Monday at about 5:30 p.m. after going into effect around 2:40 p.m. after heavy rain, according to the Utah Department of Transportation.
The National Weather Service in Salt Lake City warned drivers to be aware of slick conditions and water pooling on the road as the rain continued to fall in Salt Lake City and throughout southwest Utah.
Photo: Salt Lake County Sheriff s Search and Rescue Facebook
Two stranded climbers in Little Cottonwood Canyon were able to climb to safety after a search and rescue team used high-powered lights to guide them to a safe descent Friday night.
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