Air Quality and Pollution
The valleys of the Wasatch Front of northern Utah experience their greatest concentrations of nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide and particulates from November through February. Ozone reaches …
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October1ON THIS DAY
FROM THE UTAH WEATHER ALMANAC
There’s history in the forecast.
In 1906, Provo experienced its warmest October day ever at 91 degrees. In 1984, lightning hit a tree in southwest Provo, causing the tree to explode into pieces. One of the large fragments went through the front window of a nearby house. In 1992, Delta reached a record high temperature of 92 degrees. In 2003, a man was struck and killed by lightning at Strawberry Reservoir. The man was taking a boat out of…
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Allergies
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PHOTO OF THE DAY · October 1
A wash becomes a flood
Flashflood near Devil’s Canyon at the Globe Copper Mine in Emery County, Utah, on August 26, 2006. The wash was completely dry before the photographer arrived –and this picture was taken thirty minutes after his/her arrival. Photograph by D&J (savy@etv.net); courtesy of ABC4-KTVX Television
D&J
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