Snow in September????
09.30.09 by Robyn Orme
UVH truck in garage of Salt Lake City home
It’s not unusual for Utah to get snow in September, in fact this year it snowed in the mountains on August 15. What is unusual is for Salt Lake City to get snow in September. What makes this even more eventful is on Monday Salt Lake City’s high was over 90 degrees and today, Wednesday, it is snowing.
Earlier this week my plan was to write a post on autumn and how much I love it. I had gone up Big Cottonwood and Mill Creek Canyons to take pictures of the leaves for the post, and had it all but posted. Well…. that has changed. I still love autumn and I’ll post the pictures anyway, but autumn in Utah, at least momentarily, has been shortened.
Forecast calls for 12 inches of snow in the mountains, but there is potential for 20. I would be amazed if we didn’t hit 20, because temperatures dropped faster than anticipated. Weather forecast said Salt Lake benches had a chance of snow later this evening. However, due to plummeting temperatures it started earlier, around 9:30 this morning. That means it’s probably been snowing in the mountains all night and will continue all day and through tomorrow morning!
Roof of home in Park City
Keep doing your snow dance and I’ll keep doing mine, with any luck the snow will continue and the resorts will open sooner than anticipated!
