All-time weather records — Fruita, CO

Record high
111.0°F
July 14, 2002
Record low
-36.0°F
February 6, 1989
Wettest day
2.20 in
October 15, 1928

Climate change signal in Fruita

16.7%

of Fruita's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (61 of 366 records since 2015).

3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (11 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1890s
1
1
1900s
11
55
1910s
11
71
1920s
19
44
1930s
69
23
1940s
20
12
1950s
36
51
1960s
21
32
1970s
16
26
1980s
18
13
1990s
22
21
2000s
58
6
2010s
29
7
2020s
35
4

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1893, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1893-2025.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 62.1°F — Jan 31, 1965 -34.1°F — Jan 7, 1913 1.08 in — Jan 27, 1927
February 70.0°F — Feb 11, 1962 -36.0°F — Feb 6, 1989 1.00 in — Feb 12, 1903
March 82.9°F — Mar 21, 2004 -2.9°F — Mar 2, 1903 1.17 in — Mar 13, 2001
April 98.1°F — Apr 30, 2018 1.9°F — Apr 1, 1920 0.93 in — Apr 4, 2009
May 100.9°F — May 8, 2018 21.0°F — May 3, 1907 1.73 in — May 24, 1906
June 106.0°F — Jun 17, 2021 27.0°F — Jun 7, 1954 1.57 in — Jun 7, 1984
July 111.0°F — Jul 14, 2002 37.0°F — Jul 22, 1913 1.31 in — Jul 22, 1911
August 105.1°F — Aug 1, 2002 37.0°F — Aug 27, 1992 1.92 in — Aug 21, 1893
September 102.0°F — Sep 7, 2022 21.9°F — Sep 27, 1908 1.98 in — Sep 22, 1941
October 98.1°F — Oct 22, 1928 1.9°F — Oct 17, 1928 2.20 in — Oct 15, 1928
November 75.9°F — Nov 10, 1934 -7.1°F — Nov 30, 2006 1.03 in — Nov 2, 1992
December 68.0°F — Dec 24, 1955 -31.0°F — Dec 26, 1924 1.27 in — Dec 6, 1966

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Fruita.