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Temperatures in Salt Lake City tied an 84-year-old record and two other locales hit new record highs on Friday as a warming trend blanketed the state.
Thermometers at Salt Lake City International Airport read 66, tying a record set in 1932, the National Weather Service reported.
Also Friday a high of 63 in Alpine eclipsed a 2012 record of 61 and at the Utah Test and Training range in the west desert, a high of 64 beat the old record of 55 set in 1998, NWS data shows.
With normal highs around 43 degrees, the heat wave was exceptional and likely to warm the state for several days, said meteorologist Mike Seaman.
"We can enjoy some nice, late Novemeber weather," he said.
Across the Wasatch Front and elsewhere statewide, most communities saw highs reach into the 60s. In southern Utah, highs were in the upper 60s, with Zion National Park recording the statewide high of 72.
A small cool front was expected to drop temperatures slightly on Sunday, but next week warm temperatures are likely to return.
"We're still looking to stay above normal well in to next week," Seaman said. "Statewide, it's dry and mild."