Frost/Freeze, Grand Flat and Arches
- When
- March 28, 8:28 PM MST to March 29, 7:00 AM MST
- Where
- Grand Flat and Arches forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.982, -109.570 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Frost and Freeze in Utah, March 28 to 29, 2003
After an early start to the growing season, a cold airmass settled over the area allowing overnight temperatures to fall well below freezing across the lower valleys of extreme east central Utah. Minimum temperatures ranged from the upper teens to middle 20s.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS GJT wrote it up.
After an early start to the growing season, a cold airmass settled over the area allowing overnight temperatures to fall well below freezing across the lower valleys of extreme east central Utah. Minimum temperatures ranged from the upper teens to middle 20s.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 frost/freeze. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Frost/Freeze
- Frost or temperatures at or below freezing during the growing season, usually filed for crop damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Strong Wind in Nebraska, March 28, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, March 28, 2003
- High Wind in California, March 28 to 29, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, March 28, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, March 28, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, March 28 to 29, 2003
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Erie, March 28, 2003
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Michigan, March 28, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, March 28, 2003
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake St. Clair, March 28, 2003
- Frost and Freeze in Colorado, March 28 to 29, 2003
More
Every storm in Utah in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, March 2003
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5348973.