Mon, Oct 19
Overcast
3% precip
72°F
rec 82°F '58
49°F
rec 26°F '76
avg 0.06", rec 0.66" '21
avg 0.01", rec 0.00" '28
Tue, Oct 20
Overcast
5% precip
73°F
rec 81°F '47
53°F
rec 24°F '32
avg 0.07", rec 1.14" '04
avg 0.01", rec 2.50" '96
Wed, Oct 21
Light drizzle
4% precip
75°F
rec 79°F '67
58°F
rec 25°F '96
avg 0.03", rec 0.40" '43
avg 0.01", rec 2.00" '61
Record High
82°F
set 1958
Record Low
26°F
set 1976
Record Rain
0.66"
set 2021
Record Snow
0.00"
set 1928
Hurricane Trudy brings heavy rain and strong winds to west-central Mexico
3 sourcesThe National Hurricane Center's 12 a.m. CST Sunday intermediate advisory said Hurricane Trudy was bringing heavy rains and strong winds to portions of the region. The 9 p.m. CST Saturday advisory said Trudy continued to affect portions of west-central Mexico with heavy rain, and the accompanying discussion noted changes in the convection in the storm's inner core over the previous several hours.
Thousands ordered to evacuate as Bryson Fire threatens Malibu
1 sourceThousands of people in California's Malibu beach area were ordered to evacuate as a wildfire that broke out this week threatened the area, UPI reported via Gephardt Daily. Firefighters on Friday battled the Bryson Fire, which was 17% contained, according to NBC News.
Tropical Storm Rachel drenches Utah with rain, waterfalls and early snow
2 sourcesTropical Storm Rachel brought Utah plenty of rain, along with ocean birds, KUER reported. St. George News reported that Rachel drenched Southern Utah, producing slot canyon waterfalls and early snow, as more rain approached.
Magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes near Khuzdar, Pakistan
2 sourcesA magnitude 5.7 earthquake hit 48 km west-northwest of Khuzdar, Pakistan, at 05:06 UTC Saturday at a shallow depth of 10 km. USGS rated the PAGER alert yellow with ShakeMap intensity VII, and GDACS estimated about 2,000 people in areas of intensity VII or higher.
NOAA winter outlook leaves Utah snowfall uncertain as El Niño strengthens
1 sourceUtah's coming winter could be shaped by a strong El Niño, but NOAA's latest seasonal outlook does not point to a clear precipitation outcome for the state, according to TownLift.
NOAA status: The Climate Prediction Center's October 8 discussion keeps an El Niño Advisory in place. El Niño is still strengthening, and NOAA puts the chance of a strong-to-very strong event lasting through January-March 2027 at greater than 83%.
What the ocean is doing: Niño-3.4 reached +2.1°C last month, with +3.0°C in Niño-3 and +3.9°C in Niño-1+2. Parts of the eastern equatorial Pacific ran more than +4.0°C above normal, and subsurface water at depth was more than +10.0°C warm. NOAA gives a 54% chance for September-November, 83% for October-December, and 70% for November-January that this becomes a historic event, stronger than any since 1950 (+2.5°C or more).
What that usually means for Utah: This part is general climate tendency, not a NOAA forecast for Utah. Strong El Niño winters tend to steer the storm track toward the southern tier of the U.S. Southern Utah often trends wetter, while northern Utah and the Wasatch are a toss-up and can come in near or below normal on snowpack. NOAA itself says impacts are more likely with an event this strong but are not guaranteed.
Practical impact: Plan for a winter that could tilt wet in the south and uncertain up north. Watch CPC's seasonal outlooks for actual probabilities, and don't bank on a big Wasatch snow year or a dry one yet. The next ENSO discussion is due November 12, 2026.
Grounded in NOAA CPC's ENSO Diagnostic Discussion, issued 8 October 2026 (source). General climatological tendency, not a day-specific forecast.
Are earthquakes increasing? Not the big ones. The jump is in small quakes we can now detect.
M7.0+ (major)
236 → 302
1926-45 vs. 2006-25 · +28%
M6.0+ (strong)
2,140 → 2,977
1926-45 vs. 2006-25 · +39%
M4.5+ (moderate)
4,436 → 147,818
1931-50 vs. 2006-25 · roughly 33x
USGS: “The ComCat earthquake catalog contains an increasing number of earthquakes in recent years -- not because there are more earthquakes, but because there are more seismic instruments and they are able to record more earthquakes.”
Counts queried directly from USGS's earthquake catalog (earthquake.usgs.gov/fdsnws/event/1/count) on 2026-10-05. Explanation quoted from USGS's own FAQ.