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Fruita, Colorado

Fruita weather

Elevation 4,514 ftObserved 3:40 PMNearest station Grand Junction, 12 miForecast grid GJT 89,107

Right now

Station 3:40 PM

Temperature

65°F

Feels like 65°

Wind

5 mph NW

Humidity

58%

Dew point 50°

UV index

–

Air quality

–

Pressure

–

Visibility

10 mi

Hour by hour

Through tomorrow evening

Temperature over rain chance, sharing one hour axis. Drag across it to read any hour.

NWS hourly grid · Updated 36m ago
69°45°now
Rain chance69%
4 PM12 AM8 AM4 PM12 AM8 AM3 PM
Hour by hour temperature and chance of precipitation
HourTemperatureChance of precipitation
4 PM64 degrees4 percent
5 PM64 degrees3 percent
6 PM63 degrees2 percent
7 PM60 degrees2 percent
8 PM55 degrees1 percent
9 PM53 degrees1 percent
10 PM51 degrees1 percent
11 PM50 degrees1 percent
12 AM49 degrees1 percent
1 AM48 degrees3 percent
2 AM47 degrees4 percent
3 AM46 degrees6 percent
4 AM45 degrees8 percent
5 AM45 degrees13 percent
6 AM45 degrees15 percent
7 AM45 degrees15 percent
8 AM46 degrees15 percent
9 AM50 degrees8 percent
10 AM56 degrees8 percent
11 AM60 degrees8 percent
12 PM63 degrees8 percent
1 PM66 degrees8 percent
2 PM67 degrees8 percent
3 PM68 degrees10 percent
4 PM69 degrees10 percent
5 PM68 degrees10 percent
6 PM66 degrees0 percent
7 PM63 degrees0 percent
8 PM58 degrees0 percent
9 PM55 degrees0 percent
10 PM53 degrees0 percent
11 PM52 degrees0 percent
12 AM52 degrees1 percent
1 AM50 degrees1 percent
2 AM49 degrees1 percent
3 AM48 degrees1 percent
4 AM47 degrees1 percent
5 AM47 degrees1 percent
6 AM47 degrees36 percent
7 AM47 degrees36 percent
8 AM49 degrees36 percent
9 AM52 degrees36 percent
10 AM56 degrees36 percent
11 AM59 degrees36 percent
12 PM63 degrees69 percent
1 PM64 degrees69 percent
2 PM65 degrees69 percent
3 PM66 degrees69 percent

Next seven days

Open a day for what the forecaster wrote
TodayOct 19Mostly Sunny66° 45°13%
Mostly sunny, with a high near 66. Northwest wind around 0 mph.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
TueOct 20Slight Chance Rain Showers then Mostly Sunny69° 46°15%
A slight chance of rain showers before 9am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 69. South wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
WedOct 21Showers And Thunderstorms Likely67° 51°80%
A chance of rain showers before noon, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 67. East southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
ThuOct 22Showers And Thunderstorms63° 48°93%
Rain showers before 9am, then showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 63.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
FriOct 23Showers And Thunderstorms Likely60° 40°55%
Showers and thunderstorms likely. Partly sunny, with a high near 60.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
SatOct 24Slight Chance Rain Showers then Mostly Sunny57° 38°15%
A slight chance of rain showers before noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 57.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
SunOct 25Sunny60° 39°6%
Sunny, with a high near 60.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction

What today means in Fruita

Each line names the number behind it

Cool window: 45° at 4 AM

The day climbs about 21 degrees from there, so anything outside is easier before the middle of the morning.

Around Fruita today

Rivers

Gunnison River near Grand Junction

1,220 cfs and steady, water 57°. About 19 miles from Fruita.

7 gauges on the Slope

Trails

The Edge Loop: Coal Gulch

Mountain Biking, in town.

8 spots within 25 miles

Roads

US-6E closed

Eastbound and westbound through lanes closed.

Road conditions

The long view

Fruita weather in October

The record

October is when the valley lets go of summer, a few degrees at a time. Normal for October here is a high near 67 and a low near 41, with about 1.2 inches of precipitation. Today's forecast high of 66 is running 2 degrees below the normal 68.

Desert singletrack west of town dries fast and turns to clay for a day after rain, and wind off the Book Cliffs picks up most afternoons.

When it rains in Fruita

October normally brings 1.2 inches of precipitation. In the current forecast the chance peaks around 12 PM at 69 percent. 3 of the next seven days carry a chance of 30 percent or better.

Normals 1995 to 2024 · Open-Meteo archive

Fruita readings come from the Grand Junction station 12 miles southeast of town. The forecast is the National Weather Service grid over Fruita itself, cell GJT 89,107. Air quality and the thirty year normals come from Open-Meteo.