SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Salt Lake City has seen three of its hottest December days this month, making Utahns put their coats away — even on Christmas Day.
The Salt Lake Valley broke a record high Monday of 67 degrees and on Tuesday with 61 degrees, which surpassed the 59 degrees recorded on that date in 1933, according to the National Weather Service. On Dec. 17, the office also registered a high of 67 degrees, the warmest on record.
“We have reached 67 degrees on more than one occasion already this month in Salt Lake City,” said Alex DeSmet, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service, “and that ties for the second-warmest December and also second-warmest winter temperature ever recorded.”…