What climate zone is Utah located?

Answer 1

Utah has a climate typical of other arid, relatively high altitude locales (most of the state has an elevation nearly one mile high). Most of the state is desert due to the inland location and the rain shadow effect of the Sierra Nevada mountains, with some relatively lush regions at higher elevations (mountains) where more rain falls due to local updrafts extracting residual moisture from the air.

Temperatures are quite high in the desert regions during summers, but are moderated somewhat by the elevation. In the winter, deserts of this kind can also be quite cold due to the lack of cloud cover and low humidity, as well as the high elevation. The mountains of course are colder still, and can have some snow in spots for most of the year.

In Salt Lake City at an elevation of 4,222 feet, the average high in July is about 92 degrees, and the record is 107 degrees. In January, the average low is just under 20 degrees, and the record low (in Feb.) was -30 degrees. The high annual variation (72 degrees) is typical of dry upland climates, and is true throughout the state. The diurnal variation (daytime high to nighttime low) is also high as is typical of desert climates, being over 30 degrees in Summer.

Precipitation in Salt Lake City averages 15 inches a year, mostly in Winter, when it often falls as snow, averaging about 60 inches a year, with much more in the mountains.

Much of the rest of the state has more extreme conditions than Salt Lake City which is moderated somewhat by the nearby Great Salt Lake to the West, and Wasatch Mountains to the East.

For example, while Zion N.P., in the Southwest corner of the state, is similar to Salt Lake City, with average highs of 99 degrees and lows of 29 degrees and about 15 inches of rain (much of it in the form of thunderstorms), St. George, Utah, at only 2,936 feet elevation, has an average high of 116 degrees in June and an average low of 24 degrees in Jan., with only 8 inches of rain, while Bryce Canyon N.P. at an elevation of 7,589 feet, has an average high of 92 degrees in Summer and an average low of 4 degrees in Jan. due to the higher elevation, with only 9 inches of rain.

Most of the state has a large number of sunny days each year due primarily to the low humidity. Wind can be expected to be steady in the large flat expanses of much of the state.

(Data from "The USA Today Weather Almanac" for 1995)

Hot and dry some snow in the high desert areas.

Northern Utah which is Provo, Utah and up experiences winters with average temperatures in the thirties between November and March. In may temperatures rise to 60's and low 70's. Between June and August consistent 90 degree weather is not unusual but the temperature is ussually around 80.
Utah is arid and semi-arid

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