Fruita, CO
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from FRUITA, CO US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Fruita has an annual average temperature of 52.3°F with about 9.9 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 94.6°F), and the coldest is January (average low 14.9°F). October is typically the wettest month (1.18 in) and June the driest (0.55 in).
Best time to visit Fruita
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →61 of 366 (16.7%) of Fruita's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.
| 1890s | 1 | |
| 1900s | 11 | |
| 1910s | 11 | |
| 1920s | 19 | |
| 1930s | 69 | |
| 1940s | 20 | |
| 1950s | 36 | |
| 1960s | 21 | |
| 1970s | 16 | |
| 1980s | 18 | |
| 1990s | 22 | |
| 2000s | 58 | |
| 2010s | 29 | |
| 2020s | 35 |
Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.
Monthly averages
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Avg Temp | Precipitation | Snow | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39.0°F | 14.9°F | 27.0°F | 0.75 in | — | 6 |
| February | 47.2°F | 21.4°F | 34.3°F | 0.77 in | — | 5 |
| March | 59.0°F | 29.2°F | 44.1°F | 0.92 in | — | 6 |
| April | 67.3°F | 34.9°F | 51.1°F | 0.92 in | — | 5 |
| May | 78.3°F | 45.1°F | 61.7°F | 0.85 in | — | 5 |
| June | 89.1°F | 52.5°F | 70.8°F | 0.55 in | — | 3 |
| July | 94.6°F | 59.8°F | 77.2°F | 0.66 in | — | 4 |
| August | 91.5°F | 58.3°F | 74.9°F | 0.84 in | — | 6 |
| September | 83.0°F | 48.4°F | 65.7°F | 1.12 in | — | 5 |
| October | 68.8°F | 36.0°F | 52.4°F | 1.18 in | — | 6 |
| November | 53.9°F | 25.2°F | 39.5°F | 0.65 in | — | 4 |
| December | 40.4°F | 16.2°F | 28.3°F | 0.68 in | — | 5 |
Climate twins of Fruita
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