CLIMATIC SUMMARY FOR SALT LAKE CITY/UTAH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT
1200 PM MDT MON APR 4 2005

SALT LAKE CITY CLIMATE DATA FOR MARCH 2005

          ...NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND WET...

                   ...TEMPERATURE...
AVERAGE MONTHLY HIGH..........     52.4 (NORMAL 52.8)
AVERAGE MONTHLY LOW...........     33.0 (NORMAL 33.4)
MEAN MONTHLY..................     42.7 (NORMAL 43.1)
DEPARTURE FROM MONTHLY MEAN...      0.4 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL
THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS...     65 DEGREES ON THE 9TH AND 12TH
THE LOWEST  TEMPERATURE WAS...     23 DEGREES ON THE 14TH
WARMEST EVER FOR ANY MARCH....     78 ON THE 31ST/2004
COLDEST EVER FOR ANY MARCH....      2  ON THE 4TH/1966

HEATING DEGREE DAYS...  684    103% OF NORMAL (NORMAL IS 665)
COOLING DEGREE DAYS...    0      0% OF NORMAL (NORMAL IS   0)

                   ...PRECIPITATION (INCHES)...
TOTAL FOR MARCH.........           2.44..  128 PERCENT OF NORMAL
NORMAL FOR MARCH........           1.91
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL...           0.53.. ABOVE NORMAL
MAXIMUM FOR ANY 24-HOUR PERIOD...  0.81.. ON THE 24TH
RECORD MAXIMUM 24-HOUR PRECIP FOR CALENDAR DAY... 1.56 (12TH/1944)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH .01 OR MORE..........  13 DAYS
NORMAL NUMBER OF DAYS OF .01 OR MORE.....  10 DAYS
GREATEST NUMBER OF DAYS OF .01 OR MORE...  17 DAYS/1975
WETTEST MARCH ON RECORD..................  3.97/1983
DRIEST MARCH ON RECORD...... ............  0.10/1956

                    ...SNOWFALL (INCHES)...
TOTAL FOR MARCH...............      2.8..  30 PERCENT OF NORMAL
NORMAL FOR MARCH..............      9.2..
GREATEST EVER FOR MARCH.......     41.9.. IN 1977
LEAST EVER FOR MARCH..........        0.. IN 1993
SEASONAL TOTAL (SEP-MARCH)....     27.9..  50 PERCENT OF NORMAL
NORMAL SEASON TOTAL (SEP-MARCH)..  56.3..

SUNSHINE FOR THE MONTH 15077 MINUTES... 68 PERCENT OF THE POSSIBLE
SUNSHINE FOR MARCH (POSSIBLE 22233).

                     ...PRESSURE...
HIGHEST FOR MARCH.............  30.55 INCHES ON THE 31ST
RECORD HIGHEST................  30.78 INCHES ON THE 11TH 1951
LOWEST FOR MARCH..............  29.38 INCHES ON THE 23RD
RECORD LOWEST.................  29.07 INCHES ON THE 2ND/1989

PEAK WIND FOR MARCH WAS 38 MPH (SOUTH) ON THE 22ND.
PEAK WIND FOR ANY MARCH WAS 62 MPH (SOUTH) ON THE 2ND/1974.

                ...RECORDS FOR THE MONTH...
NO RECORDS WERE TIED OR BROKEN.

IT WAS A TALE OF TWO SEASONS IN SALT LAKE CITY IN MARCH...EXCEPT THAT
THE USUAL PROGRESSION WAS REVERSED. MARCH STARTED OUT VERY MILD AND
DRY WITH A BAD CASE OF SPRING FEVER INFECTING THE AREA. IT WAS NOT TO
LAST HOWEVER AS THE LAST HALF OF THE MONTH RETURNED TO WINTER WITH
COOLER TEMPERATURES AND RAINY AND SNOWY WEATHER.

FOR SALT LAKE CITY THE WATER YEAR PRECIPITATION NUMBERS REMAINED
ABOVE NORMAL EVEN THOUGH THE SNOW TOTAL HAS BEEN ONE OF THE LOWEST ON
RECORD. IF 2.1 INCHES OR LESS ADDITIONAL SNOW FALLS AT THE AIRPORT...
THIS SNOW SEASON WILL END UP AS THE FOURTH LEAST SNOWY SNOW SEASON ON
RECORD. THE LEAST SNOWFALL IN A SEASON AT THE AIRPORT WAS 16.6 INCHES
IN 1933-34. NEXT LEAST SNOWY WAS 1939-40 WITH 18.5 INCHES.. FOLLOWED
BY 2002-03 WITH 22.3 INCHES.

                        ...UTAH...

EVEN WITH A DRY START...MANY PLACES IN UTAH CAME IN WITH ABOVE TO
WELL ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION TOTALS FOR THE MONTH. DELTA WAS THE
HIGHEST WITH 272 PERCENT.. FOLLOWED BY ALTA AT 200 PERCENT AND
SCIPIO AT 196 PERCENT OF NORMAL. SEVERAL PLACES IN EASTERN AND
NORTHEASTERN UTAH COULD NOT MAKE UP FOR THE DRY START HOWEVER. CASTLE
DALE 25 PERCENT.. CAPITOL REEF 38 PERCENT AND LAKETOWN AT 43 PERCENT
OF NORMAL WERE THE DRIEST SPOTS.

SNOWFALL WAS COPIOUS OVER THE MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS DURING MARCH. ALTA
APPROACHED THE MARCH RECORD SNOWFALL OF 164 INCHES SET IN 1982. THE
153.6 INCHES THAT FELL WAS 169 PERCENT OF THE NORMAL 90.7 INCHES.
LOWER DOWN THE CANYON AT SNOWBIRD THE TOTAL WAS VERY CLOSE TO THE
NORMAL 93.6 INCHES. AT BRIAN HEAD...SNOWFALL WAS 141 PERCENT OF THE
NORMAL 67.4 INCHES. WITH ONE MONTH LEFT...ALTA SEASONAL SNOWFALL
TOTALS REMAINED BEHIND RECORD SEASONS OF NOV 1982-APR 1983 AND
NOV 1994-APR 1995 WHEN 744 AND 745 INCHES WERE MEASURED
RESPECTIVELY.

...SOME PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENTS ACROSS UTAH FOR MARCH 2005...
             ...ALL AMOUNTS IN INCHES...
                    PRECIP   SNOW
STATION             TOTAL    TOTAL    NORMAL  PERCENT OF NORMAL
ALPINE               3.67     18.0     1.92   191 PCT OF NORMAL
ALTA                13.21    153.6     6.62   200 PCT OF NORMAL
          ...SEASONAL SNOWFALL TOTAL (OCT-MAR) 575.1...
ALTAMONT             0.55      3.5     0.64    86 PCT OF NORMAL
ALTON                2.78     36.6     1.75   159 PCT OF NORMAL
BRIAN HEAD           6.78     95.0     5.06   134 PCT OF NORMAL
          ...SEASONAL SNOWFALL TOTAL (OCT-MAR) 455.0...
BRIGHAM CITY         2.44      4.0     1.75   140 PCT OF NORMAL
BULLFROG             0.57              0.63    90 PCT OF NORMAL
CAPITOL REEF N.P.    0.24              0.64    38 PCT OF NORMAL
CASTLE DALE          0.17              0.68    25 PCT OF NORMAL
CEDAR CITY           2.38     15.0     1.93   123 PCT OF NORMAL
CEDAR CITY AIRPORT   1.87        M     1.34   140 PCT OF NORMAL
CENTERVILLE          5.51     11.5     3.08   179 PCT OF NORMAL
CITY CREEK CANYON    5.77     27.5     3.35   172 PCT OF NORMAL
COALVILLE            1.36      5.0     1.62    84 PCT OF NORMAL
DEER CREEK DAM       3.13      5.0     2.42   129 PCT OF NORMAL
DELTA                2.31      4.0     0.85   272 PCT OF NORMAL
DUCHESNE             0.55      3.6     0.69    80 PCT OF NORMAL
EAST LAYTON          4.69      8.0
EPHRAIM              1.06      5.0     1.39    76 PCT OF NORMAL
FAIRFIELD            2.00      1.5     1.19   168 PCT OF NORMAL
FARMINGTON           3.80        M     2.62   145 PCT OF NORMAL
FILLMORE             3.28     16.0     1.98   166 PCT OF NORMAL
HANKSVILLE           0.68              0.55   124 PCT OF NORMAL
HEBER CITY           1.67     10.7     1.47   114 PCT OF NORMAL
HOLLADAY             3.58      9.0     2.49   144 PCT OF NORMAL
HUNTSVILLE           2.95      3.0     2.21   133 PCT OF NORMAL
KAMAS                2.38     10.5     1.59   150 PCT OF NORMAL
LAKETOWN             0.49      4.0     1.14    43 PCT OF NORMAL
LAYTON               3.50      1.9
LAYTON BENCH         5.08     11.5
LEHI                 1.91        M     1.12   171 PCT OF NORMAL
LOGAN USU            3.60        M     2.15   167 PCT OF NORMAL
MIDWAY/SNAKE CREEK   1.47        M     1.90    77 PCT OF NORMAL
MILFORD              1.10      2.0     1.21    91 PCT OF NORMAL
MORGAN               2.11      2.8     1.88   112 PCT OF NORMAL
MYTON                0.66      1.0     0.50   132 PCT OF NORMAL
NORTH SLC BENCH      5.84     24.0
OREM NW              3.97        M
PLEASANT GROVE       3.39     10.0     1.87   181 PCT OF NORMAL
PROVO BYU            2.78      3.5     2.02   138 PCT OF NORMAL
RANDOLPH             0.66      6.2     0.75    88 PCT OF NORMAL
ROOSEVELT            0.96        M     0.54   178 PCT OF NORMAL
ST. GEORGE           0.99              1.20    83 PCT OF NORMAL
SALT LAKE AIRPORT    2.44      2.8     1.91   128 PCT OF NORMAL
SANDY                3.34     16.2
SANTAQUIN            2.89        M     1.91   151 PCT OF NORMAL
SCIPIO               2.61        M     1.33   196 PCT OF NORMAL
SILVER LAKE BRIGHTON X.XX    XXX.X     5.28   XXX PCT OF NORMAL
           ...SEASONAL SNOWFALL TOTAL (OCT-MAR) XXX.X...
SNOWBIRD             8.35     94.3     8.09   103 PCT OF NORMAL
           ...SEASONAL SNOWFALL TOTAL (NOV-MAR) 318.9...
SNYDERVILLE          2.56     33.0
SOUTH OGDEN          4.29      7.5
SPANISH FORK         3.71      5.0     2.35   158 PCT OF NORMAL
SPRINGVILLE          2.72      6.5     2.54   107 PCT OF NORMAL
SPRUCES CAMPGROUND   6.83     93.0
           ...SEASONAL SNOWFALL TOTAL (NOV-MAR) 278.9...
STANSBURY PARK       1.70    TRACE
TOOELE               2.93     12.0     2.48   118 PCT OF NORMAL
UPPER MILLCREEK      4.06     15.5
WENDOVER             0.29        M     0.44    66 PCT OF NORMAL
ZION PARK            2.09              2.05   102 PCT OF NORMAL


        ...UTAH WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS FOR MARCH 2005...

MAR 19TH-25TH.. AFTER A DRY START TO MARCH A STEADY STREAM OF
PACIFIC STORMS BLASTED ACROSS UTAH BRINGING HEAVY MOUNTAIN SNOW...
HIGH WINDS AND RAIN...SNOW AND HAIL TO THE VALLEYS. THE STORMS
SENT WATER OVER A TEMPORARY BRIDGE TO GUNLOCK AND WASHED OUT THAT
ROAD. INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS DROPPED HAIL WHICH PILED UP ON I-15
NEAR SCIPIO ON 24TH. THE ROAD BECAME SO SLICK THAT SEVERAL MULTIPLE
CAR ACCIDENTS INVOLVING A TOTAL OF NEARLY 20 VEHICLES KILLED ONE
PERSON AND CLOSED THAT STRETCH OF FREEWAY FOR NEARLY FOUR HOURS.
ANOTHER PERSON WAS KILLED IN TOOELE COUNTY ON THE 24TH WHEN THE
VEHICLE THEY WERE RIDING IN LOST CONTROL ON WET ROADS AND ROLLED.
AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING SEVEN CARS ALSO OCCURRED ON SLICK ROADS ON US-
89 IN FARMINGTON.

ALSO ON THE 24TH.. TWO SEPARATE AVALANCHES CARRIED AND INJURED SIX
PEOPLE IN THE WASATCH MOUNTAINS. THE FIRST SLIDE WAS IN BIG
COTTONWOOD CANYON AND CAUGHT THREE BACKCOUNTRY SKIERS. THE SECOND
SLIDE WAS ON MOUNT OLYMPUS AND CAUGHT THREE SNOWSHOERS.

TO GO ALONG WITH THE HEAVY SNOW...WIND GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH WERE
RECORDED IN THE WASATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET.

SNOWFALL TOTALS FOR THE PERIOD WERE (INCHES)..
 ALTA LIFTS         87  ALTA UDOT          78  BRIGHTON CREST     78
 FARMINGTON CYN     65  SOLITUDE           65  BRIGHTON LOOP      62
 BRIAN HEAD         60  SNOWBIRD           58  OQUIRRH MTNS       55
 SNOWBASIN          48  SUNDANCE           48  TIMP DIVIDE        48
 CEDAR BREAKS       43  BEN LOMOND PEAK    42  TONY GROVE LAKE    42
 PARRISH CREEK      40  SPRUCES            40  PARK CITY RIDGE    37
 PINE VALLEY MTS    36  MONTE CRISTO       33  KOLOB-ZION NP      32
 PARLEYS SUMMIT     28  BRYCE CANYON       28  CHALK CREEK        27
 EDEN               25  LIBERTY            25  WASATCH PLATEAU    24
 LONG VALLEY JCT    23  TRIAL LAKE         17  PARK CITY          13
 NORTH SLC BENCH    12  TOOELE              9  FILLMORE            7
 CEDAR CITY          6  DUCHESNE            4  LAYTON BENCH        4
 SOUTH OGDEN         4  TAYLORSVILLE        4  EAST LAYTON         3
 CENTERVILLE         2

PRECIPITATION TOTALS FOR THE PERIOD WERE (INCHES)..
 FARMINGTON CYN   8.10  ALTA UDOT        7.28  ALTA LIFTS       7.10
 BRIGHTON CREST   6.30  PARRISH CREEK    6.20  OQUIRRH MTNS     5.90
 SOLITUDE         5.41  SNOWBIRD         5.25  BRIGHTON LOOP    4.97
 SNOWBASIN        4.60  TIMP DIVIDE      4.60  BRIAN HEAD       4.42
 BEN LOMOND PEAK  4.40  TONY GROVE LAKE  4.40  SUNDANCE         3.93
 NORTH SLC BENCH  3.90  LIBERTY          3.85  LAYTON BENCH     3.65
 SPRUCES          3.52  PARLEYS SUMMIT   3.40  PINE VALLEY MTS  3.40
 FARMINGTON BENCH 3.35  EAST LAYTON      3.23  CEDAR BREAKS     3.20
 BOUNTIFUL BENCH  3.14  SOUTH OGDEN      3.13  NORTH HOLLADAY   3.10
 CENTERVILLE      3.05  N OGDEN BENCH    3.05  LONG VALLEY JCT  3.00
 ZION NP          2.83  U OF U           2.65  CHALK CREEK      2.60
 CEDAR HILLS      2.57  BRYCE CANYON     2.50  TOOELE           2.29
 SANDY            2.11  ENTERPRISE       2.07  PROVO BYU        2.01
 HILL AFB         1.99  SUGARHOUSE       1.91  PLEASANT GROVE   1.82
 FILLMORE         1.80  SLC AIRPORT      1.63  LOGAN            1.44
 LEEDS            1.43  OGDEN            1.40  TRIAL LAKE       1.40
 PROVO AIRPORT    1.08  DELTA             .99  HANKSVILLE        .68
 RICHFIELD         .68  CEDAR CITY ARPT   .57  DUCHESNE          .55
 SAINT GEORGE      .48  FERRON            .08

MAR 26TH.. RECORD COLD TEMPERATURES WERE MEASURED AT CEDAR CITY 15
(18/1961) AND RANDOLPH 10 (13/1991).

MAR 28TH-30TH.. MORE COLD AND WET STORM SYSTEMS HIT UTAH. ON THE
30TH...LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS DEVELOPED AND WALLOPED SALT LAKE...
DAVIS AND UTAH COUNTIES. OVER 100 ACCIDENTS OCCURRED DURING A MESSY
MORNING COMMUTE. A LARGE AVALANCHE OCCURRED EAST OF PAYSON ABOVE
THE TOWN OF WOODLAND HILLS. THE AVALANCHE WAS UP TO 30 FEET
DEEP AND TRAVELED 4000 VERTICAL FEET DOWN THE MOUNTAIN AND STOPPED
JUST 50 FEET FROM A HOME. LITTLE COTTONWOOD CANYON WAS CLOSED ALL
DAY AS SNOWFALL RATES AVERAGED BETWEEN 3-5 INCHES PER HOUR.

SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WERE (INCHES)..
 ALTA LIFTS         67  ALTA UDOT          64  SOLITUDE           43
 BRIGHTON           43  SPRUCES            42  FARMINGTON CYN     40
 SNOWBIRD           38  SILVER LAKE        34  SNOWBASIN          34
 TIMP DIVIDE        31  TONY GROVE LAKE    30  BRIAN HEAD         28
 BEN LOMOND PEAK    26  OQUIRRH MTNS       26  PARLEYS SUMMIT     20
 CEDAR BREAKS       15  NORTH SL BENCH     13  ALPINE             12
 VAL VERDA          11  BOUNTIFUL          10  PARK CITY G.C.     10
 PLEASANT GROVE      9  SANDY BENCH         9  UPPER MILLCREEK     9
 CENTERVILLE         8  COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS  8  SLC AVENUES         8
 PARK CITY           8  TAYLORSVILLE        7  SANDY               7
 PINTO JUNCTION      6  FORT UNION          5  LAYTON BENCH        5
 EAST LAYTON         4  FILLMORE            4  SOUTH OGDEN         3
 SLC AIRPORT         3  CEDAR CITY          3  HEBER CITY          3
 SPRINGVILLE         3  TOOELE              3  COALVILLE           2
 MORGAN              2  NEPHI               2  SPANISH FORK        2
 PROVO               1

PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WERE (INCHES)..
 ALTA UDOT        5.15  ALTA LIFTS       4.65  SOLITUDE         3.55
 FARMINGTON CYN   3.40  BRIGHTON         3.37  SPRUCES          3.02
 SNOWBIRD         2.90  SNOWBASIN        2.53  TONY GROVE LAKE  2.20
 BEN LOMOND PEAK  2.20  OQUIRRH MTNS     2.20  SILVER LAKE      2.10
 BRIAN HEAD       2.00  PARLEYS SUMMIT   1.90  VAL VERDA        1.76
 CENTERVILLE      1.61  EAST LAYTON      1.44  LAYTON BENCH     1.41
 SPANISH FORK     1.19  ALPINE           1.18  SOUTH OGDEN      1.14
 OGDEN            1.10  CEDAR BREAKS     1.10  DEER CREEK DAM    .92
 PLEASANT GROVE    .83  FILLMORE          .76  SPRINGVILLE       .75
 SLC AIRPORT       .74  PARK CITY         .66  PROVO             .66
 CEDAR CITY        .57  DELTA             .55  MORGAN            .47
 WEST JORDAN       .44  NEPHI             .43  MILFORD           .38
 COALVILLE         .31  HEBER CITY        .31  BULLFROG          .30
 TOOELE            .28  ZION NP           .23

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