Modena, Utah

Modena, Utah
Modena, Utah
Census-designated place
	Abandoned buildings in Modena
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	Coordinates: 37°47′41″N 113°55′39″W / 37.79472°N 113.92750°W
Country	United States
State	Utah
County	Iron
Named for	Modena, Italy
Elevation	5,466 ft (1,666 m)
Time zone	UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP codes	84753
GNIS feature ID	2629951

Modena is an unincorporated community and Census-designated place in far western Iron County, near the Nevada border in southwestern Utah, United States.

Geography

The settlement lies along State Route 56 west of the city of Parowan, the county seat of Iron County.^[2] Its elevation is 5,476 feet (1,669 m).^[1]

Modena has a post office with the ZIP code of 84753.^[3]

The settlement was established as a railroad town in 1899 by the Utah and Nevada Railway. By 1905 it was on the Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad route between Salt Lake City and Southern California.

According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Modena has a cold semi-arid climate, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps.^[4]

Climate data for Modena, Utah
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °F (°C)	42.4 (5.8)	47.6 (8.7)	55.5 (13.1)	64.7 (18.2)	74.2 (23.4)	85.1 (29.5)	91.4 (33.0)	88.7 (31.5)	81.3 (27.4)	69.7 (20.9)	54.0 (12.2)	44.0 (6.7)	66.5 (19.2)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C)	14.6 (−9.7)	19.6 (−6.9)	23.8 (−4.6)	29.6 (−1.3)	37.1 (2.8)	45.3 (7.4)	53.2 (11.8)	52.0 (11.1)	43.1 (6.2)	32.2 (0.1)	22.4 (−5.3)	15.3 (−9.3)	32.4 (0.2)
Average precipitation inches (mm)	0.80 (20)	0.88 (22)	1.01 (26)	0.79 (20)	0.70 (18)	0.39 (9.9)	1.06 (27)	1.37 (35)	0.89 (23)	1.02 (26)	0.69 (18)	0.66 (17)	10.26 (261)
Source: Western Regional Climate Center^[5]