SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — After a pleasant Mother’s Day weekend in the 70s and 80s, Monday brings record-breaking temperatures. The Wasatch Front should expect low 90s and sunshine.
A high of 91 degrees in Salt Lake City would tie the record of 91 set in 2007 for May 11.
The reason temperatures are so hot so early in the season is a ridge of high pressure building overhead across Utah on Monday and Tuesday. Tuesday gets even hotter, with Salt Lake City reaching a high of 94 degrees. The record for that date is 92, set in 1960…