What is the hottest month in Richards?

July is the warmest month in Richards, with an average high of 90.7°F.

What is the coldest month in Richards?

January is the coldest month in Richards, with an average low of 21.9°F.

What month does Richards get the most rain?

May is typically the wettest month in Richards, with about 6.19 inches of precipitation.

What plant hardiness zone is Richards in?

Richards is approximately in USDA plant hardiness Zone 7b, based on the average annual extreme minimum temperature.

Richards, MO

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from FT SCOTT, KS US.

Dfa Hot-summer humid continental climate 7b USDA hardiness Zone 7b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Richards has an annual average temperature of 57°F with about 44.5 inches of precipitation per year and 8.4 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 90.7°F), and the coldest is January (average low 21.9°F). May is typically the wettest month (6.19 in) and January the driest (1.44 in). Snow typically falls from November through March.

Pleasant months

1 / 12

avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F

Annual swing

48.3°F

warmest to coldest month

Heating need

4,275

HDD/yr

Cooling need

1,392

CDD/yr

Best time to visit Richards

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

23 of 366 (6.3%) of Richards's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.

1890s		2
1900s		23
1910s		49
1920s		20
1930s		74
1940s		22
1950s		67
1960s		31
1970s		12
1980s		21
1990s		7
2000s		8
2010s		17
2020s		13

Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.

Monthly averages

Month	Avg High	Avg Low	Avg Temp	Precipitation	Snow	Rainy days
January	42.0°F	21.9°F	32.0°F	1.44 in	3.9 in	6
February	47.6°F	26.4°F	37.0°F	1.75 in	1.0 in	5
March	57.8°F	35.3°F	46.5°F	2.92 in	0.7 in	7
April	67.7°F	45.3°F	56.5°F	4.85 in	0.1 in	9
May	76.5°F	56.0°F	66.3°F	6.19 in	—	10
June	85.9°F	65.4°F	75.6°F	5.74 in	—	9
July	90.7°F	70.0°F	80.3°F	4.63 in	—	7
August	89.8°F	68.0°F	78.9°F	3.98 in	—	6
September	81.6°F	59.0°F	70.3°F	4.46 in	—	6
October	69.9°F	46.6°F	58.3°F	3.64 in	—	7
November	56.6°F	35.5°F	46.1°F	2.84 in	0.4 in	6
December	45.7°F	26.5°F	36.1°F	2.05 in	2.3 in	5