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Fort Point National Historic Site visitation by month and year

August is the busiest month at Fort Point, when the average temperature nearby is 62 degrees. January is the quietest, and the average temperature then is 52 degrees. The gap between them is narrow, 99,180 against 59,975. The temperature changes little from month to month here. Annual visits fell 28.9 percent, from 1,421,349 in 2019 to 1,010,870 in 2025.

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Visits by month, with temperature and precipitation

Visits by month with average temperature, precipitation, Fort Point030k60k90k120kJanuary: 59,975 visits on average, 52.2°FJanFebruary: 67,491 visits on average, 54.2°FFebMarch: 78,092 visits on average, 55.5°FMarApril: 78,171 visits on average, 56.4°FAprMay: 85,547 visits on average, 57.8°FMayJune: 89,250 visits on average, 59.7°FJunJuly: 94,669 visits on average, 60.3°FJulAugust: 99,180 visits on average, 61.7°FAugSeptember: 94,141 visits on average, 62.9°FSepOctober: 90,969 visits on average, 62.1°FOctNovember: 80,234 visits on average, 57.2°FNovDecember: 83,712 visits on average, 52.5°FDecJanuary: 52.2°F averageFebruary: 54.2°F averageMarch: 55.5°F averageApril: 56.4°F averageMay: 57.8°F averageJune: 59.7°F averageJuly: 60.3°F averageAugust: 61.7°F averageSeptember: 62.9°F averageOctober: 62.1°F averageNovember: 57.2°F averageDecember: 52.5°F average50°F60°F70°FVisitsRain, inches0.0 in2.0 in4.0 in6.0 inJanuary: 4.40 in precipitationFebruary: 4.37 in precipitationMarch: 3.15 in precipitationApril: 1.60 in precipitationMay: 0.70 in precipitationJune: 0.20 in precipitationJuly: 0.01 in precipitationAugust: 0.06 in precipitationSeptember: 0.10 in precipitationOctober: 0.94 in precipitationNovember: 2.60 in precipitationDecember: 4.76 in precipitation
Bars are the average recreation visits in each month over 2021 to 2025. The line is the average temperature at San Francisco Dwtn, 4 miles from the park's reference point at 150 feet, station USW00023272 in the NOAA 1991 to 2020 climate normals. The lower panel is monthly rain from the same station, which publishes no snowfall normal.

Annual visits, 1979 to 2025

Annual recreation visits, Fort Point01M2M198019902000201020201979: 872,1771980: 792,6941981: 1,073,2651982: 1,222,8731983: 961,3941984: 1,176,1351985: 1,075,0041986: 1,274,6671987: 1,796,7551988: 1,427,9581989: 1,292,6271990: 1,335,8881991: 1,351,5351992: 1,366,3931993: 1,479,5121994: 1,506,3061995: 1,403,9931996: 1,483,0891997: 1,648,4501998: 1,669,6081999: 1,682,9032000: 1,607,7262001: 1,203,0232002: 1,617,8242003: 1,596,9332004: 1,660,0072005: 1,682,0412006: 1,613,8532007: 1,552,1412008: 1,390,1872009: 1,385,1342010: 1,315,2412011: 1,338,5082012: 1,502,7862013: 1,591,3122014: 1,677,4572015: 1,610,4662016: 2,264,1542017: 1,532,5412018: 1,400,4912019: 1,421,3492020: 884,5382021: 947,2382022: 955,4542023: 903,6852024: 1,189,9082025: 1,010,8702025: 1.0M
Recreation visits per calendar year. A year with a missing month is left blank rather than estimated.

The last ten years

YearRecreation visitsChange on prior year
20251,010,870-15.0%
20241,189,908+31.7%
2023903,685-5.4%
2022955,454+0.9%
2021947,238+7.1%
2020884,538-37.8%
20191,421,349+1.5%
20181,400,491-8.6%
20171,532,541-32.3%
20162,264,154+40.6%

Visitation at other parks

Source: NPS Visitor Use Statistics, monthly recreation visits, as compiled for Publicopia Labs. A year is shown only when all twelve months were reported. Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals are the 1991 to 2020 monthly averages published by NOAA NCEI for station USW00023272, 150 feet above sea level. Data refreshed October 14, 2026.