Fruita, CO

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from FRUITA, CO US.

BSk Semi-arid (cold) climate 6b USDA hardiness Zone 6b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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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).

Annual swing
50.2°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
5,448
Cooling need
858

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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

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