Power outages hit Salt Lake Valley as cold front settles in

A motorist drives as snow is piled high in Suncrest in Draper on Jan. 18. Over 2,000 customers reported power outages across the Salt Lake Valley Monday morning amid frigid temperatures, according to Rocky Mountain Power.

A motorist drives as snow is piled high in Suncrest in Draper on Jan. 18. Over 2,000 customers reported power outages across the Salt Lake Valley Monday morning amid frigid temperatures, according to Rocky Mountain Power. (Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News)


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SALT LAKE CITY — Over 2,000 customers reported power outages across the Salt Lake Valley Monday morning amid frigid temperatures, according to Rocky Mountain Power's outage map.

The map said that 13 outages in Utah were affecting 2,240 customers. That changed to 19 outages affecting 205 customers along the Wasatch Front by 10 a.m.

The outage came as the latest cold front brought snow and wind chill dangers.

The National Weather Service of Salt Lake City said that Monday's cold front has brought some of the coldest air into Utah since around 2017.

A record-cold of 29 degrees below zero was recorded at the Logan Airport Monday morning and the temperature at Salt Lake City International Airport was recorded at 11 degrees, good for the lowest temperature recorded at the airport this winter, according to the National Weather Service of Salt Lake City.

The National Weather Service of Salt Lake City issued a wind chill warning for the Wasatch Front early Sunday and said that it expects the dangerously cold temperatures to last into Monday morning.

The temperatures pose an extreme risk of hypothermia and frostbite. Wind chill values from Brigham City to Cache Valley and the Idaho border could reach 20 degrees below zero. On the northern Wasatch Front, it could feel like 10 below. Salt Lake and Utah counties could reach zero and in the Great Salt Lake desert, the wind chill factor could go as low as 30 below near the Idaho border and 10 below near Wendover.

The cold front passing through Utah brought snow across the mountains and valleys through Sunday evening.

Snow totals listed by the National Weather Service as of Sunday morning included:

  • 8 to 15 inches across Cache Valley
  • 11.5 inches in Garland
  • 10.1 inches in Bear River City
  • 7 inches in Mantua
  • 5.8 inches in Brigham City
  • 4.5 inches in Randolph
  • 3 inches in Eden
  • 9 inches in Smithfield
  • 7 inches at Power Mountain
  • 11 inches in Logan

The National Weather Service of Salt Lake said on its website that it expects the cold temperatures to continue through Tuesday morning.

It encouraged people to cover their skin when outside, wear appropriate clothing, limit time spent outside and pack an emergency supply kit containing warm clothing and blankets in vehicles.

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