Frost/Freeze, Eastern Uinta Basin
- When
- September 18, 5:00 AM MST to 7:00 AM MST
- Where
- Eastern Uinta Basin forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 40.125, -109.518 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Frost and Freeze in Utah, September 18, 2003
A dry and cold air mass settled over northeast Utah resulting in widespread freezing temperatures across the eastern Uinta Basin. The minimum temperature at the Vernal ASOS was 30 degrees.
Where it happened
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- 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.
A dry and cold air mass settled over northeast Utah resulting in widespread freezing temperatures across the eastern Uinta Basin. The minimum temperature at the Vernal ASOS was 30 degrees.
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
- Tropical Storm in Maryland, September 18 to 19, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Virginia, September 18 to 21, 2003
- Tropical Storm in Virginia, September 18 to 19, 2003
- Hurricane in Virginia, September 18 to 19, 2003
- Tropical Storm and Storm Surge in New Jersey, September 18 to 20, 2003
- Hurricane in Virginia, September 18 to 19, 2003
- Tropical Storm in Virginia, September 18 to 19, 2003
- Hurricane in North Carolina, September 18 to 19, 2003
- Hurricane in North Carolina, September 18, 2003
- Tropical Storm in District of Columbia, September 18 to 19, 2003
- Tropical Storm and Storm Surge in Maryland, September 18 to 19, 2003
- Storm Surge and Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, September 18 to 19, 2003
More
Every storm in Utah in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, September 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: 5371950.