Weather For Frisco In General Per Season

I hope these help those of you from other climates and nations understand what sort of weather your Pioneer would be getting into.

• Topography: Utah is a Desert. There are many canons and plateaus, as well as low valleys and some small patches of fertile green land around water sources, but in general it is flat and desolate. Farming is nearly impossible as rainfall in the area is next to nil and water is rare and hard to find. If that was not hard enough, some of the weather can be so violent and suddenly extreme that it can cause mass devastation of both livestock and people alike. This includes sudden and torrential rainfall that can cause flash flooding with no way to stop the torrent. Others are freak stones of hale and other large frozen items that cause massive property damage and can kill a man if they get large enough. These storms do not come with warnings or slight shifts in the weather, it is simply an angry green black or red mass on the horizon that rolls over like a wave of stampeding bulls that leaves nothing but chaos in it's wake. As you can imagine, this leads for some incredibly drastic weather patters, of which are listed below. 

• Spring: Is cold at night, even freezing at times, which if you are caught out doors? You could very well catch hypothermia and die if not huddled up tight in a blanket and with a fire to keep you warm. The average temperature for the spring months over night was around 15-30 degrees fahrenheit. So that means about -9 Celsius. This remains constant for the season. The days average a high of 40-70 degrees fahrenheit, or 4 to 21 Celsius. Over the entire spring season, you might if lucky, see one to two inches of rainfall spread over the months. That is total. High winds are not uncommon, and dust storms are as common as the dirt devils that run through the open spaces. 

• Summer: The weather is a bit kinder at night, but not by much. Deserts are known for having extreme temperatures, intense highs and lows, as different as day at night to each other in the most literal sense. The summer nights will find you outdoors at 38 to 55 Fahrenheit, or 3 to 12 Celsius. Surprisingly, summer finds almost more rainfall than the spring in this arid landscape, coming up to an inch to almost two. The winds are softer which is in a way worse as a stifling, dry heat tends to permeate everything, and the strong winds that do come can cause devastating sand storms. Fires are also an issue in this season as very little rain falls the plants often wither and dry out, leaving perfect fodder for a blaze.

• Fall: The shortest season in Utah, it lasts for only two months, and very little can be seen in it's change. Two inches of rainfall in those months seems like a torrent for the season, though it barely touches the dryness that pervades the summer months. The weather begins to cool down finally, offering a much needed relief for anyone in the arid wasteland, averaging 35-40 Fahrenheit at night, or 1-4 Celsius. The average is 65-80 Fahrenheit at night, or 18-26 Celsius. 

• Winter: The Coldest Time. You would think a desert would be hot, but during the winter, few places are colder. During this season an average of three inches of rain fall occurs, which is the most out of them all, though it can at times turn to snow in the cold. (Yes, surprisingly, it can snow in the Desert.) The night time temperatures drop to 10-15 Fahrenheit at night, or -9 Celsius. The day time temperatures aren't much kinder, ranging from 40-52 degrees Fahrenheit or 4-11 degrees Celsius.  

This land is not kind. Farming is hard, if not impossible, and the living is rough. Keep that in mind!