All-time weather records — Richards, MO

Record high
120.0°F
July 13, 1954
Record low
-24.0°F
February 13, 1905
Wettest day
12.50 in
September 15, 1998

Climate change signal in Richards

6.3%

of Richards's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (23 of 366 records since 2015).

3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (11 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1890s
2
17
1900s
23
50
1910s
49
67
1920s
20
35
1930s
74
30
1940s
22
38
1950s
67
22
1960s
31
19
1970s
12
18
1980s
21
22
1990s
7
22
2000s
8
12
2010s
17
5
2020s
13
9

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1897, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1895-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 77.0°F — Jan 24, 1950 -18.9°F — Jan 12, 1918 2.70 in — Jan 2, 1897
February 84.0°F — Feb 1, 1911 -24.0°F — Feb 13, 1905 3.38 in — Feb 14, 2026
March 95.0°F — Mar 19, 1907 -6.0°F — Mar 12, 1948 3.20 in — Mar 13, 2021
April 97.0°F — Apr 12, 1972 16.0°F — Apr 3, 1936 7.18 in — Apr 28, 2024
May 100.9°F — May 31, 1934 25.0°F — May 4, 1907 3.90 in — May 12, 1955
June 107.1°F — Jun 21, 1918 41.0°F — Jun 4, 1946 6.34 in — Jun 25, 1897
July 120.0°F — Jul 13, 1954 48.0°F — Jul 1, 1924 6.30 in — Jul 12, 1924
August 113.0°F — Aug 8, 1946 42.1°F — Aug 31, 1915 5.71 in — Aug 5, 2013
September 109.9°F — Sep 3, 1947 28.9°F — Sep 29, 1908 12.50 in — Sep 15, 1998
October 99.0°F — Oct 7, 1963 17.1°F — Oct 30, 1917 8.60 in — Oct 3, 1986
November 84.9°F — Nov 1, 1937 0.0°F — Nov 17, 1959 4.75 in — Nov 8, 2011
December 79.0°F — Dec 26, 2025 -18.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 3.25 in — Dec 18, 1895

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Richards.