Utah, 2025

Winter Weather in Utah, January 27, 2025

January 27, 2025 · NWS SLC · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A period of cold weather helped form ice on freezable bodies of water across the area, with a subsequent warmup leading to more instability on ice. Late in the month, two boys fell through ice, resulting in one fatality.

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The toll

Deaths
1
Injuries
2
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 SLC wrote it up.

A period of cold weather helped form ice on freezable bodies of water across the area, with a subsequent warmup leading to more instability on ice. Late in the month, two boys fell through ice, resulting in one fatality.

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Event by event

1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Northern Wasatch Front

When
January 27, 11:30 PM MST to 11:55 PM MST
Where
Northern Wasatch Front forecast zone
Deaths
0 direct, 1 indirect
Injuries
0 direct, 2 indirect
Reported by
Law Enforcement
Coordinates
41.131, -112.012 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Two boys fell through ice into Glasmann Pond in South Ogden while fishing, approximately around 4:30 pm LST. While one was able to get out, the other was rescued by divers and later passed from the injuries sustained. Temperatures nearby reported from the Ogden-Hinckley Airport ASOS (KOGD) around the time of the incident were 39F, with clear skies reported. The maximum temperature that day (1/27) was 40F, the prior day (1/26) was 40F, and one more day prior (1/25) was 35F.

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

EventDateAgeSexWhereKind
Winter Weather, Northern Wasatch Front2025-01-27MaleIn WaterIndirect

What these are

Winter Weather
Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.

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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: 1229116.