Peter Sinks in Utah (near Logan summit) has hit -62F this morning! Link to the current temperature at http://weather.gov/wrh/timeseries?site=PSINK The on-minute average low occurred between the 15 minutes observations listed. This is the lowest temperature recorded in Utah since -62F at Middle Sinks (very close to Peter Sinks) on January 30th 2002.
Peter Sinks is a natural sink hole at 8,164 feet in elevation, it is about 1/2 mile in diameter. Cold air sinks at night and pools into this natural sink hole making it much colder than nearby areas, also no one lives there. On February 1st 1985 Peter Sinks was -69.3F which is the record low for Utah. More information about Peter Sinks at https://climate.usu.edu/PeterSinks/index.php
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