Utah Home Buyers Agent

Froerer Real Estate Inc. has been a real estate brokerage in Utah since 1914. Our focus has always been individual representation in any real estate transaction. We represent buyers for: Utah homes for sale, land for sale, commercial property for sale or lease.

The state's name, Utah, comes from a Native American word meaning those who dwell high up. Settling Europeans guessed that the name referred to the Ute people, later applying the word to the state. The state’s original name was Deseret, which is a word from the Book of Mormon meaning, honey bee. Utah's nickname, the beehive state, came from that original state name.

Utah was always known for its agricultural and mining industries followed by a period of manufacturing for many different industries. The central location and great access to railroads made Utah's Salt Lake City and Ogden centers for western business. Once the rail yards were phased out Utah needed to find a new identity and tourism has become a major element that in the economy. The number of visitors each year continually increases thanks to the state's recreational capabilites and many natural landmarks. Salt Lake City is Utah’s capital and largest city.

Utah ranks 13th in size among the states and has an area of 84,904 square miles, including 2,736 square miles of inland water. The state has an overall distance from north to south of 345 miles and a maximum extent from east to west of 277 miles. The approximate mean elevation is 6,100 feet. The states tallest peak is Kings Peak at 13,528 ft.

Temperatures are warmer in the South and Colder in the North. Snow fall in the winter is far more significant in Northern Utah, many locals spend their winter in Southern Utah to avoid driving in the snow. In the mountains the average temperature drops about 1° for every about about 1000 feet rise in elevation. Average July temperatures range from less than 60° in the mountains to more than 80° in a few locations in southern Utah. At Salt Lake City the average July temperature is 78°. There is a great variation between daytime and nighttime temperatures, and although daytime highs are often in the lower 90°s, summer nights are usually quite cool. Average January temperatures range from more than 35° in southwestern Utah to less than 20° in mountainous northeastern Utah. The average January temperature in Salt Lake City is 29°.

In most of Utah the annual precipitation is between about 8 inches and 16 inches, but in the Great Salt Lake Desert it is less than 5 inches annually. In the highest parts of the mountains the precipitation averages more than 40 inches per year, mostly in the form of heavy winter snow. The winter snow or snow pack is what allows the state to continue watering lawns and maintain city reservior levels to a comfortable level all year long. It takes months into the summer season to melt the snow pack built up in the Utah mountains over the previous winter season.

Winter precipitation is mostly in the form of storms that originate over the Pacific Ocean. They bring large amounts of rain and snow to the southern and western slopes of the mountains but leave the leeward slopes and valleys relatively dry. Winter snows are particularly heavy in the Wasatch Mountains where single storms can bring several feet of snow and annual snowfall can reach 30 feet. Most rain in summer occurs as local thunderstorms, which drop large quantities of rain on small areas, often creating flash floods. The weather in Utah can be as much of an adventure as the nature's surrounding beauty, often it can be as dangerous if not more so when an adventurer goes on a day hike wearing shorts and sandals and ends up in a blizzard with no escape.

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