Salt Lake City, Utah is located in a warm desert like area where there are little to no bodies of water for evaporation. New York City however, is located right on the east coast next to an ocean which allows for water to evaporate and fall over New York more than in Utah. This is also why New York gets more snow in the winter. This is known as the lake effect.
Lake Erie, Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, Lake Huron, Lake Ontario
the river empties into the Atlantic Ocean
