Utah's climate is determined by the following factors:

its latitude gives it a temperate climate, its distance from the sea makes the summers and winters colder, and the rain shadow effect makes it arid.
its latitude gives it a temperate climate, its distance from the sea makes the summers hotter and the winters colder and the rain shadow effect makes it arid.
its latitude gives it a temperate climate, its distance from the sea makes the summers hotter and the winters colder, and the rain shadow effect makes it humid.