Weather in Fairmount, Colorado
High country wildflowers peak. Day 59 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Fairmount, CO
Sunday, May 17 at 1:01 AM
73
°
Clear
Feels like
69°
Humidity
27%
Wind
2 mph
Sunrise
5:44 AM
Sunset
8:09 PM
Fairmount, CO
Hour by hour · 24h
82°
7p
78°
8p
77°
9p
73°
10p
71°
11p
68°
12a
64°
1a
61°
2a
59°
3a
59°
4a
58°
5a
55°
6a
61°
7a
67°
8a
72°
9a
74°
10a
78°
11a
79°
12p
81°
1p
83°
2p
84°
3p
82°
4p
82°
5p
79°
6p
Fairmount, CO
7-day forecast
- TodayMay 16Light Drizzle25%76°57°
- SundayMay 17Light Drizzle38%71°52°
- MondayMay 18Light Snow Shwrs99%50°34°
- TuesdayMay 19Light Snow Shwrs87%50°34°
- WednesdayMay 20Overcast87%67°42°
- ThursdayMay 21Light Rain48%58°46°
- FridayMay 22Overcast30%70°44°
Fairmount, CO
Next 24 hours · Warm now
Fairmount, CO
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
From · True
NE
053° · veering 117°
Direction
NE
053°
Sustained
2
mph
Gust
6
mph
Peak 24h
20
avg 7
Beaufort · 1 · LIGHT AIR
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fairmount, CO
Air quality
88
AQI
Moderate
- PM 2.5
- 4.5 μg/m³
- PM 10
- 5.8 μg/m³
- NO₂
- 6.7 μg/m³
- Ozone
- 109.0 μg/m³
- UV Index
- 0.2 Low
Fairmount, CO
Almanac · Sunday, May 17
When the dew is on the grass, rain will never come to pass.
Civil dawn
11:15 AM
Sunrise
5:44 AM
Daylight
14h 25m
Sunset
8:09 PM
Civil dusk
2:41 AM
Planting note
Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Fairmount, CO
The moon
New Moon
0% illuminated
- Moonrise
- 11:53 AM
- Moonset
- 2:42 AM
- In sign
- ♉︎ Taurus
Fairmount, CO
Microseason · 28 of 72
May 16–20
High country wildflowers peak
bird
Fairmount at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 73°F — typical for the season
- Last frost: April 15 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: 28 of 72, May 16–20
- Planting window: Direct sow okra, melons, and southern peas. Thin carrot rows.
Right now in the garden
Warm-season window is open
As of May 17, the last spring frost has passed for most years. Transplant tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, basil, and cucurbits (cucumbers, squash, melons) now. Direct-sow beans and corn into warm soil.