All-time weather records — Richardton, ND

Record high
113.0°F
July 6, 1936
Record low
-47.9°F
February 2, 1917
Wettest day
30.00 in
March 12, 1982

Climate change signal in Richardton

8.7%

of Richardton's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (32 of 366 records since 2015).

2.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (9 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 #
1910s
12
60
1920s
35
71
1930s
70
54
1940s
35
35
1950s
36
37
1960s
33
37
1970s
18
19
1980s
31
18
1990s
25
15
2000s
21
7
2010s
27
8
2020s
23
5

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 1917, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1916-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 61.0°F — Jan 23, 1981 -43.1°F — Jan 31, 1917 1.10 in — Jan 18, 1932
February 66.0°F — Feb 25, 1958 -47.9°F — Feb 2, 1917 1.50 in — Feb 15, 2004
March 93.0°F — Mar 26, 1918 -27.0°F — Mar 2, 1916 30.00 in — Mar 12, 1982
April 93.0°F — Apr 21, 1980 -8.0°F — Apr 1, 1975 2.09 in — Apr 27, 1989
May 102.9°F — May 28, 1934 8.1°F — May 3, 1967 3.83 in — May 31, 1963
June 106.0°F — Jun 24, 1936 3.9°F — Jun 1, 2011 3.57 in — Jun 15, 1922
July 113.0°F — Jul 6, 1936 34.0°F — Jul 6, 1934 3.60 in — Jul 2, 1966
August 106.0°F — Aug 7, 1949 33.1°F — Aug 23, 1928 5.00 in — Aug 1, 1922
September 104.0°F — Sep 1, 1929 16.0°F — Sep 25, 1926 2.90 in — Sep 6, 1916
October 95.0°F — Oct 1, 1953 -9.0°F — Oct 26, 1919 2.12 in — Oct 7, 1994
November 78.1°F — Nov 2, 1965 -27.9°F — Nov 30, 1919 1.93 in — Nov 1, 2000
December 64.0°F — Dec 4, 1979 -36.0°F — Dec 31, 2017 1.04 in — Dec 26, 2009

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