Utah snow storm totals8/30/2023 ![]() ![]() “The restaurants are running out of food, there’s not enough employees to staff the restaurant," he said. He and other guests have not been allowed to leave the buildings they are in since Monday. ![]() Stone said he has been interlodged countless times, but never for this long. “Everyone’s kind of antsy, there’s definitely some cabin fever," said Luke Stone, who is stuck at Cliff Lodge at Snowbird. Meanwhile, Alta and Snowbird are still closed down with no end in sight. "The end of the 5 day storm is almost here!" the NWS tweeted.Īvalanche mitigation crews have been working around the clock for days working to decrease avalanche hazards but Big Cottonwood Canyon will be closed the entire day Wednesday due to conditions.īecause of the road closure, Brighton and Solitude announced the resorts would be closed for the entirety of Wednesday. There is light at the end of the tunnel with sunshine and warmer temperatures in the forecast, however, managing several feet of snow has proved challenging for crews to contain. #utwx /dxWyv5tdpG- NWS Salt Lake City April 5, 2023 It's only April 5 and we've already had the most snow in April at SLC since 1984. While it may not seem as much compared to the other totals, the National Weather Service reports Salt Lake City has seen the most snow in April since 1984. In North Salt Lake, 21.1 inches of snow hammered the city.Īt the Salt Lake City Airport, nine inches of snow fell as of 6 a.m. For an April storm, that's a somewhat shocking total. The storm also had a significant impact on valleys with Sandy receiving 28.6 inches of snow. That's more than five feet of snow and as of Wednesday morning, even more snow was falling down in the area.Īlta Collins wasn't far behind with 63 inches of snow. Snowbird received 67 inches of fresh powder. TRACK THE STORM: Get real-time storm information by downloading the FREE Utah Weather Authority app Safe travels, all! /OvLupKuaGI- UDOT Cottonwood Canyons April 5, 2023 ‼️Expect delays, you may be in stopped traffic after the road opens until the queues clear. Way ahead of normal and if mountain temperatures stay we likely stay that way.□ #RoadClosureUpdate □ #SR190 OPEN: avalanche mitigation & roadway operations complete. Here we are in terms of mountain snowpack. Don't have to set a record for a good year. ![]() December gave the state a huge head start, making an unimpressive January just fine and readings are already ahead of the average February.īut as monthly records go, numbers are nowhere near record totals for any winter month. In this current water year, December was the star with 22 1/2 inches, more than doubling January and February as of Tuesday. Water-wise, it's more important to zoom out to the big picture. The all-time one day Salt Lake City record of 14 inches was set in November of 1908. But the city saw more just two years ago on February 17, 2021. The one day numbers for Salt Lake City itself are good with 5.8 inches on Tuesday. Now that online learning days are so simple, snow days don't infringe on summer vacation plans.īelow are some of the snow totals in the Salt Lake and Tooele areas: Snow days were extraordinarily rare before the pandemic, but a Salt Lake Tribune report showed that Salt Lake area school districts had a snow day in 2019, the first in 20 to 30 years.Īnyone who grew up in Utah or other snowy states in previous generations know a snow day meant arranging an extra day of classes later in the year, so they seldom happened. While not a record, there are some things that stand out. But while it was a big one, it did not break any records in the Salt Lake area.īased on 2-day totals, the 16.9 inches of snow measured at the airport makes it the second-snowiest February storm in Salt Lake City history and the ninth largest in any month in history. SALT LAKE CITY - The storm that has caused havoc throughout Utah is one of the biggest ever. ![]()
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