An ideal climate

It takes a trip abroad to make me appreciate the inherent advantages of our Utah mountain weather; especially after spending two week in France’s humid environment. The reasons for Utah’s dry climate is not just because we live at high elevation (close to 7,000 feet) where the thinner air has less water contents, but also because the air masses get dry as they travel East from the Pacific Coast over the Sierras and Cascade mountains and through the desert of Nevada. In fact, after Nevada, Utah is the second driest state in the United States! The East Coast is more like South-East Asia as far as humidity goes, Western Europe is less humid, but more so than the state of California. I’ve learned that the Atacama desert located along the coast of Chile next to the Pacific Ocean boasts the driest weather on earth, but which other part of the world has a weather similar to Utah? Iran, perhaps, does someone know?Living in a high desert means cool nights, warm days and beautiful blue skies from June through November. In winter, because of the long distances storms have to travel and the many mountains they must cross to reach Utah, the snow that falls is generally light and fluffy. This powder snow, when deep enough, gives skiers the feeling they’re floating on air. This is the main reason why Utah's snow is nicknamed “the greatest snow on earth.” Of course with a weather like that, there's plenty of dust that get inside the house, you need to drink a lot of water and it can be a problem if your skin tends to be dry, but it beats a humid and sticky weather any day!