Weather

Southeast Utah is part of the Colorado Plateau, a "high desert" region that experiences wide temperature fluctuations, sometimes over 40 degrees in a single day. The temperate (and most popular) seasons are spring (April through May) and fall (mid-September through October), when daytime highs average 60 to 80 F and lows average 30 to 50 F.

Summer temperatures often exceed 100 F, making strenuous exercise difficult. Late summer monsoon season brings violent storm cells which often cause flash floods.

Winters are cold, with highs averaging 30 to 50 F, and lows averaging 0 to 20 F. Though large snowfalls are uncommon (except in nearby mountains), even small amounts of snow or ice can make local trails and roads impassable.

Local weather conditions and forecasts are available by phone at [phone] (recorded information), and on the Web at www.wrh.noaa.gov/slc.

Sunrise/sunset times may be found at www.discovermoab.com/sunshine.htm.

Temperatures By Month

Month	Average High	Average Low	Extreme High	Extreme Low	Days Above 100	Days Below 32
Jan	44	22	63	-1	0	28
Feb	52	28	73	9	0	22
March	64	35	87	13	0	10
April	71	42	93	25	0	3
May	82	51	105	33	1	0
June	93	60	110	43	6	0
July	100	67	116	51	16	0
Aug	97	66	109	44	12	0
Sept	88	55	105	36	1	0
Oct	74	42	106	23	0	2
Nov	56	30	79	12	0	18
Dec	45	23	69	5	0	26

(Temperatures measured in degrees Fahrenheit)

Precipitation By Month/Year

Month	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997	AVG
Jan	0.16	0.11	0.24	0.89	0.80	0.54	0.13	1.09	0.60
Feb	0.84	1.19	0	0.76	0.31	0.18	0.74	0.36	0.63
March	0.14	1.03	0.13	0.76	1.09	0.14	0.71	0.36	0.77
April	2.09	0.01	0.02	0.50	0.09	2.04	1.54	1.10	0.79
May	0.28	1.10	0.17	0.81	0.34	0.20	0.41	0.59	0.76
June	0.76	0.29	0.44	0.23	0.27	1.48	0.43	0.57	0.47
July	0	0.15	0.28	2.05	0.10	1.48	0.43	1.06	0.68
Aug	0.14	0.36	0.38	1.34	0.86	1.76	0.24	1.21	0.81
Sept	1.19	0.52	2.48	0.07	0.25	0.71	1.23	2.15	0.89
Oct	0.77	0.36	0.26	0.30	1.26	0	2.93	0.83	1.15
Nov	1.14	0.28	0.47	0.79	0.21	0	0.28	0.37	0.57
Dec	0.57	0.80	0.08	0.50	0.60	0.64	0.18	0.33	0.44
TOTAL	8.08	6.20	4.95	9.00	6.18	9.17	9.54	10.02	8.56

(Precipitation measured in Inches)