". . . But, It's A Dry Heat!"

It is well documented that the three modern innovations responsible for the world’s discovery of St. George as a great place to live and raise a family . . . or to retire are: (1) the I-15 freeway, (2) golf, and (3) air conditioning.

OK, we admit it! It gets plenty HOT here in July and August! J. Golden Kimball, an early Mormon church leader expressed it best after a visit to the area when he told local residents, "if I had property in St. George and property in Hell, I’d sell my property in St. George and live in Hell." In fact, we hold the state’s record high temperature set July 4, 2007 when the thermostat hit an official 118 degrees - but it also gets cold (although we don’t get much sympathy from our friends to the north). The lowest temperature on record for St. George was -11 degrees in 1937, but usually the area boasts mild winters and infrequent traces of snowfall which rarely stays on the ground for more than a day (and NEVER needs to be shoveled off the driveway).

In the summertime - beyond that frequent and irritating question . . ."is it hot enough for you?" - local residents don’t complain much about the weather because in this semi-arid climate, we enjoy 300 days of bright sunshine, low annual precipitation (our low humidity makes our high summer temperatures almost bearable), clean air and a wide daily temperature range.

In the month of May, Utah Rotary District Conference attendees should find the weather comfortably in the mid-80 degree range during the day, dropping to a mild 65-70 degrees in the evening. If its warmer than that during your visit on May 13-15, 2010 . . . just remember, it’s a dry heat!