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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September16ON THIS DAY
FROM THE UTAH WEATHER ALMANAC · 1847–2006
There’s history in the forecast.
In 1946, Salt Lake City saw its earliest snowfall on record - a trace. In 2002, thunderstorms produced severe winds across Utah. Some peak wind gusts included 73 mph on Gunnison Island and 72 mph on I-80. A funnel cloud was spotted over Yuba Lake. Payson and Santaquin received an inch of rainfall.
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PHOTO OF THE DAY · September 16
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
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