Climate and average weather in Fountain
In Fountain, the summers are warm, showery, and partly cloudy and the winters are cold, snowy, and mostly clear.
Over the course of the year, the temperature in Fountain typically varies from 16°F to 82°F, and is rarely below -0°F or above 90°F. July is the hottest month of the year, while December is the coldest.
Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Fountain for warm-weather activities are from late May to early July and early August to mid October.
- Hottest
- Jul
- 82°
- Coldest
- Dec
- 16°
- Wettest
- Jul
- 2.8 in
- Driest
- Dec
- 0.5 in
- Rain / yr
- 19.2 in
- 93 wet days
- Daylight
- 9.3–14.7 h
- shortest–longest
- Elevation
- 5,545 ft
- 38.7°N
- Clearest
- Nov
- 37% cloud
Fountain is city in El Paso County, Colorado, United States.
- Density
- 446/km²
- people per km²
- Founded
- 1859
Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.
Fountain weather by month, at a glance
The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.
Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around early August to mid October.
Temperature through the year
Daily average highs and lows in Fountain, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.
The hot season lasts 3.7 months, from May 31 to September 20, with daily high temperatures above 72°F. The hottest month of the year in Fountain is July, with an average high of 82°F and low of 55°F.
The cool season lasts 3.5 months, from November 19 to March 5, with daily high temperatures below 48°F. The coldest month of the year in Fountain is December, with an average low of 16°F and high of 40°F.
Days typically run about 26°F warmer than nights year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high (°F) | 41 | 43 | 51 | 57 | 67 | 78 | 82 | 80 | 73 | 61 | 49 | 40 |
| Avg low (°F) | 16 | 18 | 24 | 30 | 40 | 49 | 55 | 53 | 46 | 34 | 23 | 16 |
| Avg high (°F) | Avg low (°F) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 41 | 16 |
| Feb | 43 | 18 |
| Mar | 51 | 24 |
| Apr | 57 | 30 |
| May | 67 | 40 |
| Jun | 78 | 49 |
| Jul | 82 | 55 |
| Aug | 80 | 53 |
| Sep | 73 | 46 |
| Oct | 61 | 34 |
| Nov | 49 | 23 |
| Dec | 40 | 16 |
How hot and cold Fountain really feels
The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.
On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about 6°F (around December 24), with roughly 209 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 32°F) — 102 of them bitterly cold — worst in December.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feels-like high (°F) | 41 | 43 | 50 | 57 | 67 | 78 | 82 | 80 | 73 | 61 | 49 | 40 |
| Air high (°F) | 41 | 43 | 51 | 57 | 67 | 78 | 82 | 80 | 73 | 61 | 49 | 40 |
| Feels-like low (°F) | 8 | 10 | 17 | 24 | 36 | 48 | 55 | 53 | 44 | 29 | 17 | 8 |
| Air low (°F) | 16 | 18 | 24 | 30 | 40 | 49 | 55 | 53 | 46 | 34 | 23 | 16 |
| Feels-like high (°F) | Air high (°F) | Feels-like low (°F) | Air low (°F) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 41 | 41 | 8 | 16 |
| Feb | 43 | 43 | 10 | 18 |
| Mar | 50 | 51 | 17 | 24 |
| Apr | 57 | 57 | 24 | 30 |
| May | 67 | 67 | 36 | 40 |
| Jun | 78 | 78 | 48 | 49 |
| Jul | 82 | 82 | 55 | 55 |
| Aug | 80 | 80 | 53 | 53 |
| Sep | 73 | 73 | 44 | 46 |
| Oct | 61 | 61 | 29 | 34 |
| Nov | 49 | 49 | 17 | 23 |
| Dec | 40 | 40 | 8 | 16 |
Average hourly temperature in Fountain
A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on July afternoons, near 82°F, and coldest before dawn in December, near 16°F.
Fountain weather by month
Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.
| Month | High / Low (°F) | Rainfall (inches) | Wet days | Snow days | Daylight (hours) | Travel score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 41° / 16° | 0.6 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 9.6 | 0.0 |
| Feb | 43° / 18° | 0.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 10.5 | 0.5 |
| Mar | 51° / 24° | 1.6 | 7.3 | 5.7 | 11.7 | 2.6 |
| Apr | 57° / 30° | 2.5 | 9.8 | 5.4 | 13 | 4.1 |
| May | 67° / 40° | 2.7 | 12 | 1.4 | 14.1 | 5.9 |
| Jun | 78° / 49° | 2.0 | 10.8 | 0 | 14.7 | 6.7 |
| Jul | 82° / 55° | 2.8 | 12.2 | 0 | 14.4 | 6.0 |
| Aug | 80° / 53° | 2.5 | 11.8 | 0 | 13.5 | 6.6 |
| Sep | 73° / 46° | 1.3 | 6.3 | 0.4 | 12.3 | 7.6 |
| Oct | 61° / 34° | 1.2 | 5.5 | 2 | 11 | 6.0 |
| Nov | 49° / 23° | 0.8 | 5 | 4.4 | 9.9 | 2.3 |
| Dec | 40° / 16° | 0.5 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 9.3 | 0.1 |
Chance of rain
How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.
Fountain gets about 19.2 in of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is some rain, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.
The wetter season lasts 5.5 months, from around Mar 22 to Sep 3, peaking in July at about 43% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Dec 28.
July is the wettest month by volume, with 2.8 in over about 12 wet days; December is the driest, with 0.5 in. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain on a day (%) | 13 | 17 | 23 | 33 | 38 | 36 | 39 | 37 | 22 | 17 | 17 | 12 |
| Rain days | 4 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| Rain on a day (%) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13 | 4 |
| Feb | 17 | 5 |
| Mar | 23 | 7 |
| Apr | 33 | 10 |
| May | 38 | 12 |
| Jun | 36 | 11 |
| Jul | 39 | 12 |
| Aug | 37 | 12 |
| Sep | 22 | 6 |
| Oct | 17 | 6 |
| Nov | 17 | 5 |
| Dec | 12 | 4 |
Monthly rainfall
Over a full year, Fountain collects about 19.2 in of rain across 93 wet days — roughly 1.6 in in an average month.
It doesn’t fall evenly. July is the wettest month with 2.8 in, while December is the driest at just 0.5 in. The three wettest months alone bring about 42% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall (in) | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.5 |
| Rain days | 4 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| Snow days | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Rainfall (in) | Rain days | Snow days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0.6 | 4 | 4 |
| Feb | 0.6 | 5 | 5 |
| Mar | 1.6 | 7 | 6 |
| Apr | 2.5 | 10 | 5 |
| May | 2.7 | 12 | 1 |
| Jun | 2.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Jul | 2.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Aug | 2.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Sep | 1.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Oct | 1.2 | 6 | 2 |
| Nov | 0.8 | 5 | 4 |
| Dec | 0.5 | 4 | 4 |
Snow in Fountain
Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.
Fountain averages about 32 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Sep 25 to May 24 — about 8 months.
March is snowiest, with roughly 6 days of snow and an estimated 12 in of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 58 in of snow.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snow days | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Snowfall (in) | 5 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 6 |
| Snow days | Snowfall (in) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4 | 5 |
| Feb | 5 | 6 |
| Mar | 6 | 12 |
| Apr | 5 | 13 |
| May | 1 | 2 |
| Jun | 0 | 0 |
| Jul | 0 | 0 |
| Aug | 0 | 0 |
| Sep | 0 | 1 |
| Oct | 2 | 4 |
| Nov | 4 | 9 |
| Dec | 4 | 6 |
Clouds and sunshine
How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.
In Fountain, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows moderate seasonal variation over the course of the year.
The clearer part of the year begins around August 11 and lasts for 5.7 months, ending around January 29. The clearest month is September, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 75% of the time on average.
The cloudier part of the year begins around January 30 and lasts for 4.5 months, ending around June 14. The cloudiest month is May, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 48% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearer (%) | 68 | 64 | 59 | 53 | 52 | 65 | 64 | 68 | 75 | 74 | 72 | 71 |
| Cloudier (%) | 32 | 36 | 41 | 47 | 48 | 35 | 36 | 32 | 25 | 26 | 28 | 29 |
| Clearer (%) | Cloudier (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 68 | 32 |
| Feb | 64 | 36 |
| Mar | 59 | 41 |
| Apr | 53 | 47 |
| May | 52 | 48 |
| Jun | 65 | 35 |
| Jul | 64 | 36 |
| Aug | 68 | 32 |
| Sep | 75 | 25 |
| Oct | 74 | 26 |
| Nov | 72 | 28 |
| Dec | 71 | 29 |
Daylight, sunrise and sunset
Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.
The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 12, brings about 14 h 42 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 9 h 18 min — a swing of roughly 5 h 24 min.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.6 | 10.5 | 11.7 | 13.0 | 14.1 | 14.7 | 14.4 | 13.5 | 12.3 | 11.0 | 9.9 | 9.3 |
| Sunrise (AM) | 7:21 | 6:58 | 6:18 | 5:29 | 4:52 | 4:38 | 4:51 | 5:17 | 5:46 | 6:15 | 6:48 | 7:16 |
| Sunset (PM) | 4:55 | 5:28 | 5:59 | 6:29 | 6:58 | 7:20 | 7:18 | 6:48 | 6:01 | 5:13 | 4:40 | 4:34 |
| Daylight (h) | Sunrise (AM) | Sunset (PM) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9.6 | 7:21 | 4:55 |
| Feb | 10.5 | 6:58 | 5:28 |
| Mar | 11.7 | 6:18 | 5:59 |
| Apr | 13.0 | 5:29 | 6:29 |
| May | 14.1 | 4:52 | 6:58 |
| Jun | 14.7 | 4:38 | 7:20 |
| Jul | 14.4 | 4:51 | 7:18 |
| Aug | 13.5 | 5:17 | 6:48 |
| Sep | 12.3 | 5:46 | 6:01 |
| Oct | 11.0 | 6:15 | 5:13 |
| Nov | 9.9 | 6:48 | 4:40 |
| Dec | 9.3 | 7:16 | 4:34 |
Sunny days
How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.
Fountain averages about 14 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 8 and 18 days.
The sunnier stretch runs 6.3 months, from around Aug 31 to Mar 9. The sunniest month is October, with roughly 18 sunny days (bright).
The greyest month is May, down near 8 sunny days — about 54% fewer than the October peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny days | 17 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 18 |
| Sky | Bright | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright |
| Sunny days | Sky | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 17 | Bright |
| Feb | 13 | Mixed |
| Mar | 13 | Mixed |
| Apr | 10 | Mixed |
| May | 8 | Mixed |
| Jun | 10 | Mixed |
| Jul | 10 | Mixed |
| Aug | 12 | Mixed |
| Sep | 16 | Bright |
| Oct | 18 | Bright |
| Nov | 17 | Bright |
| Dec | 18 | Bright |
Humidity comfort
Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.
Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.
In Fountain, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in June, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 0% of the time — humidity is not something you need to plan around here.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 89 | 92 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Comfortable (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dry (%) | Comfortable (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 100 | 0 |
| Feb | 100 | 0 |
| Mar | 100 | 0 |
| Apr | 100 | 0 |
| May | 100 | 0 |
| Jun | 99 | 1 |
| Jul | 89 | 11 |
| Aug | 92 | 8 |
| Sep | 99 | 1 |
| Oct | 100 | 0 |
| Nov | 100 | 0 |
| Dec | 100 | 0 |
Wind
Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.
This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.
Wind in Fountain is steady company: average speeds sit near 5 mph — calm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind speed (mph) | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Feels | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm |
| Wind speed (mph) | Feels | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5 | calm |
| Feb | 5 | calm |
| Mar | 6 | calm |
| Apr | 6 | calm |
| May | 6 | calm |
| Jun | 5 | calm |
| Jul | 5 | calm |
| Aug | 5 | calm |
| Sep | 5 | calm |
| Oct | 5 | calm |
| Nov | 5 | calm |
| Dec | 5 | calm |
Best time to visit Fountain
To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Fountain throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.
Around early October, Fountain is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.
Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.
The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 64°F and 82°F. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Fountain for general outdoor tourist activities run from late May to early July and again from early August to mid October, with a peak score in the second week of September.
The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel score (0–10) | 0.0 | 0.6 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 5.8 | 6.7 | 6.0 | 6.6 | 7.6 | 6.0 | 2.3 | 0.1 |
| Rating | poor | poor | poor | fair | good | good | good | good | ideal | good | poor | poor |
| Travel score (0–10) | Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0.0 | poor |
| Feb | 0.6 | poor |
| Mar | 2.6 | poor |
| Apr | 4.1 | fair |
| May | 5.8 | good |
| Jun | 6.7 | good |
| Jul | 6.0 | good |
| Aug | 6.6 | good |
| Sep | 7.6 | ideal |
| Oct | 6.0 | good |
| Nov | 2.3 | poor |
| Dec | 0.1 | poor |
The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 75°F and 93°F. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Fountain for hot-weather activities is from early June to late September, with a peak score in the first week of July.
The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
What to pack for Fountain, by month
Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.
For a warm-season trip around July (highs near 82°F), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around December (highs near 40°F), pack a warm layer and a heavy coat.
In July, Fountain sees daytime highs around 82°F and nights near 55°F. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.
UV index (midday) in Fountain by month
Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.
Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Fountain peaks around July 16 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 23 at about 3 (moderate).
The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV index (midday) | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| Level | Moderate | Moderate | Very high | High | Very high | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Very high | High | Moderate | Moderate |
| UV index (midday) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3 | Moderate |
| Feb | 4 | Moderate |
| Mar | 7 | Very high |
| Apr | 7 | High |
| May | 8 | Very high |
| Jun | 11 | Extreme |
| Jul | 11 | Extreme |
| Aug | 11 | Extreme |
| Sep | 8 | Very high |
| Oct | 6 | High |
| Nov | 4 | Moderate |
| Dec | 3 | Moderate |
Average hourly UV index in Fountain
Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.
The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in July the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 9 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8.5 | 7 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 0 |
| UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0 | 0 |
| Feb | 4 | 0 |
| Mar | 6 | 3 |
| Apr | 7 | 3 |
| May | 8 | 4.5 |
| Jun | 9 | 6.5 |
| Jul | 9 | 6.5 |
| Aug | 8.5 | 6 |
| Sep | 7 | 4 |
| Oct | 5.5 | 0 |
| Nov | 3.5 | 0 |
| Dec | 0 | 0 |
Growing season
The growing season in Fountain typically lasts about 181 days, from around April 23 to October 20 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from May 14 to October 1.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frost-free chance (%) | 4 | 7 | 15 | 41 | 89 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 98 | 61 | 15 | 4 |
| Frost nights | 31 | 28 | 31 | 30 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 30 | 31 |
| Frost-free chance (%) | Frost nights | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4 | 31 |
| Feb | 7 | 28 |
| Mar | 15 | 31 |
| Apr | 41 | 30 |
| May | 89 | 13 |
| Jun | 100 | 0 |
| Jul | 100 | 0 |
| Aug | 100 | 0 |
| Sep | 98 | 0 |
| Oct | 61 | 31 |
| Nov | 15 | 30 |
| Dec | 4 | 31 |
Growing degree days
Growing degree days tally heat above 50°F: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Fountain banks about 1,903 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growing degree days (°F·days) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 402 | 571 | 510 | 285 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| Growing degree days (°F·days) | |
|---|---|
| Jan | 0 |
| Feb | 0 |
| Mar | 0 |
| Apr | 0 |
| May | 113 |
| Jun | 402 |
| Jul | 571 |
| Aug | 510 |
| Sep | 285 |
| Oct | 21 |
| Nov | 0 |
| Dec | 0 |
Solar energy
Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.
Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.
Fountain receives about 5.3 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.7 and 7.5 kWh/m².
The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.5 months, from around Mar 11 to Sep 24. The brightest month is June, averaging about 7.4 kWh/m² (intense).
The dimmest month is December, down near 2.7 kWh/m² — roughly 63% less than the June peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | 3.0 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 6.9 | 7.5 | 7.1 | 6.5 | 5.6 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 2.7 |
| Level | Moderate | Bright | Bright | Intense | Intense | Intense | Intense | Intense | Bright | Bright | Moderate | Moderate |
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.0 | Moderate |
| Feb | 4.1 | Bright |
| Mar | 5.5 | Bright |
| Apr | 6.5 | Intense |
| May | 6.9 | Intense |
| Jun | 7.5 | Intense |
| Jul | 7.1 | Intense |
| Aug | 6.5 | Intense |
| Sep | 5.6 | Bright |
| Oct | 4.3 | Bright |
| Nov | 3.2 | Moderate |
| Dec | 2.7 | Moderate |
Where is Fountain?
Fountain sits at 38.7°N, 104.7°W, 5,545 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Security-Widefield, 4.3 mi away.
Topography around Fountain
How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 2, 10 and 50 miles of Fountain.
Within 2 miles, the terrain around Fountain has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 289 ft around an average of 5,594 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,259 ft; within 50 miles, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 9,738 ft.
The land around Fountain is covered by grassland (62%) and artificial surfaces (26%) within 2 miles, grassland (78%) within 10 miles, and grassland (69%) and trees (25%) within 50 miles.
United States travel facts
- Power plugs
- Type A / B
- 120 V · 60 Hz
- Prices
- ≈ 100% of US
- price level, 2025
- GDP per capita
- $90,027
- 2025
- Happiness
- 6.8 / 10
- World Happiness, 2025
- Safe drinking water
- 98%
- of population, 2024
- Homicide rate
- 5.8
- per 100k, 2023
- Road deaths
- 12.7
- per 100k/yr, 2019
- Income group
- High
- World Bank
- Religion
Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.
Data sources
Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Fountain (38.6822°, -104.7008°, elevation 5,545 ft), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).