Thistle, UT Weather Forecast and Current Conditions
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Forecast at a Glance
This Date in Weather History
1967 - Hurricane Beulah deluged Brownsville, TX, with 12.19 inches of rain in 24 hours, to establish a record for that location. Hurricane Beulah made landfall on the 20th near the mouth of the Rio Grande River, where a wind gust to 135 mph was reported by a ship in the port.
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Thistle 7 Day Weather Forecast Details
Friday Sep 19
Day: A slight chance of rain showers after 3pm. Mostly cloudy. High near 77, with temperatures falling to around 75 in the afternoon. Southwest wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Partly cloudy. Low around 47, with temperatures rising to around 50 overnight. South southeast wind around 3 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Saturday Sep 20
Day: A chance of showers and thunderstorms between noon and 3pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 76. South southwest wind 1 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 47. Southeast wind around 3 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Sunday Sep 21
Day: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 45.
Monday Sep 22
Day: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before noon, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 71.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 39.
Tuesday Sep 23
Day: Sunny, with a high near 74.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 43.
Wednesday Sep 24
Day: Sunny, with a high near 79.
Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Mostly clear, with a low around 46.
Thursday Sep 25
Day: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 78.
Sun & Moon Monthly
Sunrise 7:12 AM
Sunset 7:29 PM
Last Light 7:56 PM
Moonset 6:43 PM
Contiguous United States Extremes
Thu's High Temperature
101 at 4 Miles South Of Tolleson, AZ
Thu's Low Temperature
18 at Peter Sinks, UT
Weather Folklore
The hooting of the owl brings rain.
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About Thistle, Utah
Thistle is a ghost town in Spanish Fork Canyon in southeastern Utah County, Utah, United States. During the era of steam locomotives, the town's primary industry was servicing trains for the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (often shortened to D&RG, D&RGW, or Rio Grande). The fortunes of the town were closely linked with those of the railroad until the changeover to diesel locomotives, when the town started to decline.
In April 1983, a massive landslide (specifically a complex earthflow) dammed the Spanish Fork River. The residents were evacuated as nearly 65,000 acre-feet (80,000,000 m3) of water backed up, flooding the town. Thistle was destroyed; only a few structures were left partially standing. Federal and state government agencies have said this was the most costly landslide in United States history, the economic consequences of which affected the entire region. The landslide resulted in the first presidentially declared disaster area in Utah.
U.S. Route 6 (US‑6), U.S. Route 89 (US‑89) and the railroad (now part of Union Pacific Railroad's Central Corridor) were closed for several months, until they were rebuilt on a higher alignment overlooking the area. The remains of Thistle are visible from a view area along US‑89 or from the California Zephyr passenger train.
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