National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Forecasters expect an El Niño weather pattern to emerge this summer, which could influence how hot or wet Utah’s weather gets.

Record 2025 temperatures show how climate change is affecting Utah, including the state’s water supply.

The warm autumn put Salt Lake City on track for its second-warmest year on record. It’s running 3.3 degrees hotter than its historical average.

October set the stage for Utah to have a solid spring snowmelt runoff. That is, if the state can catch enough snow this winter.

A Salt Lake City kid born in 2005 lived through hundreds more days of extreme heat during childhood than one born in 1975, says a new analysis. That’s changing the experience of growing up.

After a promising forecast, monsoon rains ghosted Utah for most of the summer. While the recent showers were a welcome relief, they couldn’t help the state climb out of its precipitation deficit.

Since 2000, heat has become the primary force behind how severe and widespread Western droughts get.

While officials in Kerr County, Texas, face scrutiny over the timeliness of flood alerts, an expert in Utah says the state is prepared when it comes to natural disasters.

Climate change is driving more dangerous summer heat across the U.S. Las Vegas, which reached 120 degrees last summer, is planting thousands of trees to help cool its hottest neighborhoods.

The timing and intensity of desert monsoons are notoriously hard to predict. But signs point toward some rainy relief for Utah communities in the grip of drought.

La Niña is over, but its counterpart, El Niño, hasn’t started either. The in-between conditions expected this summer may make predicting Utah’s seasonal weather extra tricky.

Utah’s drought conditions could deteriorate even more as temperatures start to climb. NOAA’s latest seasonal outlook expects above-average heat through July.