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Fruita, Colorado

Fruita weather

Elevation 4,514 ftObserved 9:40 PMNearest station Grand Junction, 12 miForecast grid GJT 89,107

Right now

Station 9:40 PM

Temperature

75°F

Feels like 75°

Wind

5 mph S

Wind to 15 mph by 1 AM

Humidity

32%

Dew point 43°

UV index

0

Low

Air quality

42

Good, PM2.5 4.2

Pressure

29.7 in

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 1h ago
86°59°now
Rain chance4%
9 PM5 AM1 PM9 PM5 AM1 PM8 PM
Hour by hour temperature and chance of precipitation
HourTemperatureChance of precipitation
9 PM76 degrees1 percent
10 PM73 degrees1 percent
11 PM70 degrees1 percent
12 AM69 degrees1 percent
1 AM66 degrees1 percent
2 AM65 degrees2 percent
3 AM64 degrees2 percent
4 AM62 degrees2 percent
5 AM61 degrees2 percent
6 AM60 degrees3 percent
7 AM59 degrees2 percent
8 AM62 degrees2 percent
9 AM68 degrees2 percent
10 AM74 degrees2 percent
11 AM77 degrees3 percent
12 PM80 degrees4 percent
1 PM82 degrees4 percent
2 PM84 degrees4 percent
3 PM86 degrees4 percent
4 PM84 degrees3 percent
5 PM84 degrees3 percent
6 PM83 degrees2 percent
7 PM80 degrees2 percent
8 PM76 degrees2 percent
9 PM74 degrees2 percent
10 PM71 degrees2 percent
11 PM70 degrees1 percent
12 AM68 degrees1 percent
1 AM65 degrees1 percent
2 AM64 degrees1 percent
3 AM63 degrees1 percent
4 AM61 degrees1 percent
5 AM60 degrees0 percent
6 AM59 degrees0 percent
7 AM59 degrees0 percent
8 AM62 degrees0 percent
9 AM67 degrees0 percent
10 AM73 degrees0 percent
11 AM76 degrees0 percent
12 PM79 degrees1 percent
1 PM81 degrees1 percent
2 PM82 degrees1 percent
3 PM83 degrees1 percent
4 PM82 degrees1 percent
5 PM82 degrees1 percent
6 PM80 degrees1 percent
7 PM77 degrees1 percent
8 PM74 degrees1 percent

Next seven days

Open a day for what the forecaster wrote
TonightSep 3Mostly ClearLow 59°2%
Mostly clear, with a low around 59. Southeast wind 5 to 15 mph.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
FriSep 4Mostly Sunny86° 59°4%
Mostly sunny, with a high near 86. South wind around 10 mph.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
SatSep 5Mostly Sunny83° 60°7%
Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. West southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
SunSep 6Partly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms83° 58°55%
A chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 83. Chance of precipitation is 30%.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
MonSep 7Chance Rain Showers then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms81° 57°40%
A chance of rain showers before noon, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 81.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
TueSep 8Sunny84° 59°7%
Sunny, with a high near 84.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
WedSep 9Chance Rain Showers then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms86° 60°26%
A chance of rain showers before noon, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 86.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction

What today means in Fruita

Each line names the number behind it

Cool window: 59° at 7 AM

The day climbs about 27 degrees from there, so anything outside is easier before the middle of the morning.

Around Fruita today

Rivers

Gunnison River near Grand Junction

791 cfs and steady, water 70°. 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

The long view

Fruita weather in September

The record

September is when the valley lets go of summer, a few degrees at a time. Normal for September here is a high near 82 and a low near 55, with about 1.0 inches of precipitation. Tonight's forecast low of 59 is running 2 degrees below the normal 61.

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. Through 3 days of September, the warmest afternoon has been 86° and the coolest morning 57°. The month is averaging 1 degree cooler than the thirty year normal.

When it rains in Fruita

September normally brings 1.0 inches of precipitation. So far this month 2 days have measured precipitation, 0.1 inches in total. 2 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.