Summer

From Salt Lake City to Brigham City to Cedar City, average temperatures were up both day and night over the summer. And according to forecasts, the above-average heat may not be over yet.

On one of the hottest days during the heatwave, some Utahns braved the outdoors, but before long were itching to be back inside.

“It's happening now. We're experiencing it,” said a Utah researcher. Heat higher than historical averages is another sign of how climate change is impacting the state one step at a time.

Utah State University is partnering with the National Integrated Heat Health Information System to continue to provide heat mapping data and improve forecasting accuracy.

Thunderstorms are hopscotching around the Southwestern U.S., bringing much-needed moisture to a region where every drop counts.

Besides fire risks and a bump in fire department calls, the air quality on the Wasatch Front also takes a hit over the holiday.

The hot, dry outlook for this summer’s rainy season shows Utah’s recent string of wetter-than-average years may be coming to an end.

The latest outlook from the National Interagency Fire Center predicts above-normal potential for significant fires in southwest and northwest Utah this summer.

Here’s what the end of the school year looked like for one group of Eagle Mountain students as they finished their last full day of elementary school.

Forecasters expect a quick transition from El Niño to La Niña in the coming months, which could impact southern Utah’s monsoon season and next winter’s snowpack.

Utah leads the nation for rates of melanoma of the skin. Immediate neighbors like Idaho, Arizona, Colorado and Wyoming don’t even come close.

Relentless heat waves across Utah set new records for daytime highs and overnight lows, creating dangerous health risks and speeding the return of drought.