Utah, 2007

Frost and Freeze in Utah, March 29, 2007

March 29, 2007 · NWS GJT · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A cold spring-time airmass brought freezing temperatures to extreme southeast Utah.

Where it happened

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  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
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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 cold spring-time airmass brought freezing temperatures to extreme southeast Utah.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Grand Junction, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 29, 2:57 AM MST, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 2:57 AM MST, 2 hours 3 minutes before
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The radar

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Event by event

1 frost/freeze. Local standard time, as filed.

Frost/Freeze, Southeast Utah

When
March 29, 5:00 AM MST to 8:30 AM MST
Where
Southeast Utah forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
37.626, -109.805 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Minimum temperatures ranged from 24 to 32 degrees Fahrenheit.

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

More

Every storm in Utah in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, March 2007

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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 22966.