Provo is located in Utah Valley, 38 miles south of Salt Lake City, 263 miles northeast of St. George, and 80 miles south of Ogden. It is situated on the Provo River between Utah Lake to the west and the Wasatch Mountain Range to the east. It sits on a shelf along the famous shoreline of prehistoric Lake Bonneville and is nurtured by the Provo River.
The area experiences four seasons with low humidity that makes the air cool rapidly after sunset, resulting in comfortably cool evenings. The temperature dips below zero on only three days per year on average. Generally 57 days of the year are above 90 degrees and 15 days are below freezing. The wettest month of the year is usually May while June is the driest month.
Area: 41.79 square miles (2000)
Elevation: 4,540 feet above sea level
Mean Temperatures: January, 30.7° F; July, 76.4° F; annual average, 53.3° F
Average Annual Precipitation: 20.13 inches of rain; 60.40 inches of snow