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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FROM THE UTAH WEATHER ALMANAC · 1847–2006
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In 1998, a tornado touched down in Emigration Canyon. Two waterspouts were also photographed over the Great Salt Lake near Syracuse. In 2002, tornadoes were seen near Ephraim and Hanksville. About 40 homes below the Santaquin burn area were damaged by mudflows as a result of heavy rains. In 2005, Mt. Ogden had 2 inches of snow.
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PHOTO OF THE DAY · September 12
Snow at the St. George Temple
Snow fell on the grounds of the LDS Temple in St. George, Utah, on March 10, 2006 Photograph by Rex Winterton; courtesy of ABC4-KTVX Television
Rex Winterton
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