Definition of DIAPIR. : an anticlinal fold in which a mobile core has broken through brittle overlying rocks.â diÂ·aÂ·pirÂ·ic \ËdÄ«-É-Ëpir-ik\ adjective. ADVERTISEMENT.efinition of DIAPIR. : an anticlinal fold in which a mobile core has broken through brittle overlying rocks. â diÂ·aÂ·pirÂ·ic \ËdÄ«-É-Ëpir-ik\ adjective.
Utah-Climate. The climate of Utah is generally semiarid to arid. Temperatures are favorable along the Wasatch Front, where there are relatively mild winters. At Salt Lake City, the normal daily mean temperature is 52Â°F (11Â°C), ranging from 28Â°F (â2Â°C) in January to 78Â°F (26Â°C) in July. The record high temperature, 117Â°F (47Â°C), was set at St. George on 5 July 1985; the record low temperature, â69Â°F (â56Â°C), in Peter's Sink, on 1 February 1985.
OTHER CLIMATIC FEATURES Sunny skies prevail most of the year in Utah. There is an average of about 65 to 75 percent of the possible amount of sunshine at Salt Lake City during spring, summer, and fall. In winter Salt Lake City has about 50 percent of the possible sunshine.