After record-breaking heat on Sunday, temperatures plummeted this week in Utah as a cold front moves through the state.
According to the National Weather Service, the forecast high Monday in Salt Lake City was just 66 — a drop of 36 degrees from Sunday, when it hit 102, which was 29 degrees above normal. That broke a record of 101 set in 1918.
Utah came close to the all-time record on Saturday as well. It was 15 degrees above normal at 97, just short of the record of 98, also set in 1918. Salt Lake City did set a record with the highest minimum temperature ever recorded on June 11 at 71.
The normal high for Monday’s date (June 13) is 83 degrees. Temperatures are expected remain considerably cooler than normal on Tuesday, with a forecast high of 68, and Wednesday, with a forecast high of 74.
But highs are expected to bounce back above normal to 94 on Thursday and 97 on Friday, before dipping to 89 on Saturday and 82 on Sunday.
(National Weather Service) High winds are expected in eastern and southern Utah.
In southern Utah, temperatures also dropped from the triple digits to the low 90s. In that region, a red flag warning was in effect until 10 p.m. Monday, bringing high-speed gusts and low humidity, which created “critical fire conditions,” according to the weather service.
Temperatures are expected to climb to the upper 90s on Wednesday in southern Utah and the mid-100s on Thursday and Friday before falling back to the mid-90s on Saturday and the low 90s on Sunday.
There’s no precipitation in the forecast for southern Utah until Saturday, when there’s a slight chance of rain.
