Utah Climatic Summary August 2015 Precipitation Reports for the Month of August Station Precipitation Normal % of Snowfall Normal % of Normal Normal Alpine 1.18 1.04 113 - - - Alta 2.62 1.82 144 - - - Altamont 2.79 0.88 317 - - - Alton 2.60 1.75 149 - - - Bear Lake State Park 0.81 - - - - - Beaver Canyon 1.03 2.02 51 - - - Big Water 1.48 0.78 190 - - - Boulder 1.84 1.72 107 - - - Bountiful Bench 2.39 - - - - - Brigham City 0.69 0.69 100 - - - Bryce Canyon 2.61 1.99 131 - - - Bullfrog Basin 0.82 0.60 137 - - - Capitol Reef Nat’l Park 2.02 1.33 152 - - - Castle Dale 1.35 1.03 131 - - - Cedar Break Nat’l Mon 1.21 - - - - - Cedar City Airport 0.98 1.13 87 - - - Centerville 3.14 - - - - - City Creek 2.11 0.90 234 - - - Clearfield 1.17 - - - - - Cottonwood Weir 2.32 1.05 221 - - - Deer Creek Dam 1.23 1.09 113 - - - Duchesne 1.49 1.27 117 - - - Eden 2 N 1.07 - - - - - Ephraim 0.60 0.85 71 - - - Escalante 2.51 1.66 151 - - - Ferron 1.07 0.98 109 - - - Fillmore 0.42 0.81 52 - - - Fremont Indian S.P. 0.72 1.54 47 - - - Station Precipitation Normal % of Snowfall Normal % of Normal Normal Hanksville 0.85 0.67 127 - - - Hans Flat 1.46 1.21 121 - - - Helper-Carbon 1.95 1.35 144 - - - Kamas 2.38 1.20 198 - - - Kanab 2.65 1.51 175 - - - Kodachrome Basin 2.42 1.63 148 - - - Levan 0.68 0.82 83 - - - Loa 1.26 0.82 154 Logan Radio 0.87 0.77 113 - - - Logan USU 1.12 0.82 137 - - - Manti 1.42 0.90 158 - - - Milford 0.45 0.95 47 - - - Mountain Dell 1.78 1.02 175 - - - Myton 0.85 0.66 129 - - - Neola 1.45 0.84 173 - - - Nephi 1.50 0.91 165 - - - Ogden NE Bench 1.79 - - - - - Panguitch 1.10 1.88 59 - - - Paria Ranger Station 2.67 1.36 196 - - - Pineview Dam 1.54 1.16 133 - - - Plymouth 0.65 0.80 81 - - - Provo BYU 1.74 0.99 176 - - - Randolph 0.76 1.16 66 - - - Salt Lake Int’l Airport 0.89 0.69 129 - - - Salt Lake Triad Center 0.88 0.71 124 - - - Salina 24 E 1.65 1.52 109 - - - Santaquin 0.97 0.88 110 - - - Scipio 0.94 1.00 94 - - - Scofield-Skyline Mine 3.95 1.47 269 - - - South Ogden 2.59 - - - - - South Salt Lake 0.48 - - - - - Trenton 1.31 0.71 185 - - - Upper Millcreek 1.83 - - - - - Utah Lake Lehi 0.71 0.87 82 - - - Wanship Dam 1.76 1.07 164 - - - Weber Basin Pump 3 2.60 1.02 255 - - - Wellington 3 E 1.58 1.03 153 - - - Aug 2nd-3rd - Very strong thunderstorms produced heavy downpours across much of the Beehive State. Especially hard hit were portions of Davis and Weber county, where widespread street flooding occurred. Several homes in Fruit Heights had basement flooding as well. In Southern Utah, heavy rain over a large area produced flash flooding in the Wahweap drainage north of Big Water. Courtesy Utah Highway Patrol Courtesy Utah Highway Patrol Courtesy Jaycee Taylor Courtesy Brett Benson Courtesy KSL Courtesy KSL Courtesy Amy O’Donoghue Courtesy Justin Johnson Top (Left): Heavy rain caused a mudslide in Spanish Fork Canyon. (Right): Crews clearing the mudslide. Middle (Left): Flooding in Farmington from very heavy rain. (Right): Parking lot flooding in Farmington. Bottom (Left): Flooded roads in Layton. (Right): Intersection flooding on Harrison Blvd in Ogden. Precipitation Totals (inches) Fruit Heights 3.27 Bruin Point 2.46 Layton 2.30 Kaysville 2.09 Beus Canyon 1.94 Sunnyside 1.93 South Ogden 1.82 Alta-Base 1.70 Farmington 1.67 Eyring Science Center 1.50 Provo BYU 1.47 Centerville 1.34 South Weber 1.31 Hill A.F.B. 1.30 Springville 1.24 Alta-Collins 1.23 NE Ogden Bench 1.22 Price Airport 1.20 Bountiful Bench 1.18 Yellowstone Drainage 1.14 Orem 1.14 Spanish Fork 1.14 Moon Lake 1.10 Aspen Mountain 1.08 Ogden 1.08 Sundance 1.07 Salt Lake City 1.05 Heber City 6 E 1.04 City Creek 1.00 Wellington 3 E 0.98 West Valley City 0.98 Harrisville-UDOT 0.95 Holladay 0.95 Olympus Cove 0.95 Hanna 0.95 Weber River/Morgan 0.94 Altamont 0.90 Norway 0.90 Chepeta 0.88 Spring City 0.88 Tabiona 0.86 Morgan 0.82 Duchesne 0.81 Manti 0.81 Olympus Hills 0.81 Oakley 0.80 Henry Mountain 0.80 Emigration Canyon 0.79 Flattop Mountain 0.79 Ogden Airport 0.78 Bountiful 0.78 Nephi 0.75 Weber Rvr/Echo Dam 0.75 Mount Pleasant 0.75 Oak City 10 ESE 0.75 Sandy 0.74 Helper Carbon Plant 0.72 Brigham City 0.71 Saratoga Springs 0.71 Draper 0.70 Pleasant Grove 0.70 Garden City 0.70 Huntsville 0.69 Bullfrog Marina 0.68 Logan 0.68 Fountain Green 4 ENE 0.68 Logan Airport 0.65 Signal Peak 0.64 Heber City 0.63 LBW Southfork 0.61 Clinton 0.61 Eden 0.61 Timpanogos Cave 0.61 Hans Flat RS 0.61 Otter Creek 0.61 Clearfield 0.60 Tickville 0.60 Croyden 0.58 Coalville 0.56 Sevier Reservoir 0.56 Alpine 0.55 Laketown 0.55 Mud Spring 0.55 Loa 0.55 Roy 0.54 Deer Creek Dam 0.54 Vernon 0.53 North Holladay 0.49 Lehi 0.49 Salt Lake Int’l Airport 0.44 Aug 5th - Gusty winds blew ahead of a cold front as it approached Utah. Isolated severe thunderstorms formed along the front in Box Elder county, producing damaging winds that destroyed a barn in Bothwell (right) and dropping ping pong ball sized hail along Interstate 84. Peak Wind Gusts (MPH) Windy Peak 62 Lakeside Mountain 60 Lofty Lake Peak 59 Ogden Peak 57 Flux 55 Badger Island 55 Diddle Knoll 55 G.S.L. Minerals 54 Groome 54 I-80 @ Silver Creek Jct 54 Portable RWIS 5 54 Bothwell 52 Hat Island 52 Emigrant Pass Obs 52 Eagle Range 51 I-80 @ MP 29 50 UTTR Oasis Compound 50 I-80 @ Kimball Jct 50 Salt Lake Int’l Airport 49 Locomotive Springs 49 Park City-Jupiter 49 SR-72 @ Hogan Pass 49 I-15 @ Scipio Summit 49 I-15 @ Plymouth 48 Flight Park South 48 I-80 @ Grassey 48 Dry Ridge 48 Brigham City Airport 47 University of Utah 47 Pioneer Crossing 47 Lehi 47 Wendover Airport 47 I-15 @ Tremonton 46 Logan Summit 46 Legacy Parkway 45 Ogden Airport 45 Dugway APG 45 Morgan 45 Weber Canyon Power 45 Milford Airport 45 Brian Head 2 S 45 Logan Airport 44 Centerville 44 Clinton 44 Grantsville Reservoir 43 Wellsville 42 Layton 42 Sevier Reservoir 42 Farmington 41 Olympus Hills 40 U.S. 6 @ Eureka 40 Aug 7th - Thunderstorms with damaging winds and heavy rain moved across much of Utah during the late afternoon and evening hours. A line of storms moved into the Salt Lake Valley just after the end of the Tour of Utah Bike Race, and 2 people were injured as thunderstorm winds knocked over a metal structure near the finish line. Storms also downed several large trees in Henefer, and produced street and yard flooding in Layton. Courtesy Ben Winslow Courtesy Sterling Poulson Above (Left): Damaged structure near bike race finish line. (Right): Shelf cloud in Box Elder County. Below (Left): Line of thunderstorms moving into Salt Lake Valley. (Right): Back yard flooded in Layton. Courtesy Ute Weather Courtesy Creighton Green Courtesy of Jordan Above: Impressive shelf cloud approaching downtown as severe thunderstorms move into Salt Lake City. Precipitation Totals (inches) Lava Point RAWS 1.28 Interstate 80 1.01 Moon Lake 1.01 New Harmony 0.98 Weber River/Oakley 0.98 Norway 0.98 Aspen Mountain 0.98 Henry Mountain 0.95 Centerville 0.92 Utah Test Range 0.86 Apple Valley 0.86 Weber River/Morgan 0.85 St. George 0.83 West Bountiful 0.82 Agua Canyon 0.82 Bountiful Bench 0.81 Logan 0.78 Cottonwood Heights 0.77 White Reef 0.75 Bryce Canyon 0.74 Veyo Powerhouse 0.73 Bountiful 0.71 Kaysville 0.71 North Salt Flats 0.71 Oakley 0.69 Telegraph Flat 0.67 Cedar City Airport 0.66 Milford 0.65 Alta-Base 0.64 Olympus Hills 0.62 Holladay 0.62 Lost Creek/Croyden 0.62 Hurricane 0.62 Springdale 0.62 St. George Airport 0.61 Washington 0.60 Olympus Cove 0.59 Emigration Canyon 0.58 Sandy 0.56 Corrinne 0.54 West Point 0.54 Park Valley 0.54 Zion National Park 0.54 Hewinta 0.53 West Valley City 0.53 Weber River/Echo Dam 0.52 Hill A.F.B. 0.51 Zion Canyon 0.51 Lewiston 0.50 Milford Airport 0.49 Heber City 6 E 0.47 Fruit Heights 0.45 Park City 0.45 South Weber 0.44 Layton 0.44 NE Ogden Bench 0.44 Clinton 0.43 Morgan 0.43 Coalville 0.43 Circleville 0.42 Salt Lake Int’l Airport 0.40 Spanish Fork 0.40 South Salt Lake 0.40 Duchesne 0.30 Muddy Creek/Emery 0.30 Boulder 0.26 Enterprise 0.25 Randolph-UDOT 0.25 Fillmore 0.14 Peak Wind Gusts (MPH) SR-65@ Big Mtn Pass 80 West Granite 79 Wendover Field 79 I-80 @ Lake Point 76 Lakeside Mountain 76 West of Wildcat Mtn 69 North Salt Flats 68 UTTR Oasis Compound 66 Farmington 65 G.S.L.