All-time weather records — Richfield Springs, NY

Record high
99.0°F
July 9, 1936
Record low
-34.1°F
February 9, 1934
Wettest day
6.00 in
September 30, 2010

Climate change signal in Richfield Springs

6%

of Richfield Springs's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (22 of 366 records since 2015).

1.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (6 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
5
7
1900s
8
18
1910s
10
27
1920s
14
46
1930s
37
48
1940s
78
42
1950s
34
34
1960s
28
45
1970s
27
41
1980s
21
30
1990s
36
16
2000s
32
4
2010s
22
5
2020s
14
3

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 1895, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 66.0°F — Jan 12, 2008 -33.0°F — Jan 19, 1904 2.40 in — Jan 19, 2021
February 70.0°F — Feb 21, 2018 -34.1°F — Feb 9, 1934 4.34 in — Feb 5, 2014
March 87.1°F — Mar 31, 1998 -18.9°F — Mar 4, 1950 3.80 in — Mar 2, 2012
April 93.0°F — Apr 27, 2009 5.0°F — Apr 1, 1923 2.24 in — Apr 4, 2000
May 91.9°F — May 31, 2006 19.0°F — May 10, 1966 2.90 in — May 11, 2007
June 97.0°F — Jun 12, 2005 28.0°F — Jun 1, 1945 5.78 in — Jun 28, 2006
July 99.0°F — Jul 9, 1936 35.1°F — Jul 18, 1924 4.49 in — Jul 8, 1935
August 98.1°F — Aug 4, 1944 28.9°F — Aug 25, 1940 4.26 in — Aug 30, 1975
September 97.0°F — Sep 2, 1953 21.0°F — Sep 24, 1963 6.00 in — Sep 30, 2010
October 88.0°F — Oct 16, 1947 12.0°F — Oct 20, 1972 5.00 in — Oct 1, 2010
November 79.0°F — Nov 1, 1950 -11.9°F — Nov 26, 1938 3.33 in — Nov 28, 1959
December 66.0°F — Dec 6, 1982 -29.9°F — Dec 29, 1933 2.30 in — Dec 26, 2002

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