Park City’s getting hot!

I have kept tab of our local temperatures since 2006, and yesterday, our daily temperature in Park City broke the record I had noted two years ago from 90 to 92 degrees!

According to the National Weather Service, the state of Utah has been keeping temperature records since 1874. In that time, it has seen a full range of extremes temperatures from 117 degrees (St George, July 5, 1985) in summer, to -60 degrees in winter at Peter Sinks, in the Bear Mountains area.

Closer to home, Salt Lake has seen twice a record heat of 107 degrees, on July 13, 2002 and July 26, 1960. At the same time, our own Park City jumped to a sizzling 96.5 degrees, so it seems that we’re still far from our previous record, but suffice to say that I don’t particularly like it and long for much cooler days.

The good news is that our nights have kept in the low 50s, which helps us cool off the house and minimizes air-conditioning use. This say, there’s no denying that, alas, warmers days are here to stay...