All-time weather records — Richfield, WI

Record high
104.0°F
July 6, 2012
Record low
-27.0°F
January 31, 2019
Wettest day
7.18 in
August 10, 2025

Climate change signal in Richfield

75.7%

of Richfield's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (277 of 366 records since 2015).

68.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (252 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 #
2010s
203
231
2020s
163
135

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 2011, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 2010-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 57.0°F — Jan 30, 2013 -27.0°F — Jan 31, 2019 1.48 in — Jan 13, 2024
February 73.0°F — Feb 28, 2024 -27.0°F — Feb 1, 2019 1.31 in — Feb 21, 2011
March 86.0°F — Mar 22, 2012 -11.0°F — Mar 4, 2019 1.69 in — Mar 21, 2011
April 84.0°F — Apr 15, 2023 12.0°F — Apr 7, 2018 2.00 in — Apr 14, 2014
May 93.0°F — May 28, 2018 21.9°F — May 9, 2020 2.30 in — May 18, 2020
June 96.1°F — Jun 8, 2011 37.0°F — Jun 1, 2015 3.20 in — Jun 29, 2017
July 104.0°F — Jul 6, 2012 45.0°F — Jul 8, 2015 4.60 in — Jul 23, 2010
August 98.1°F — Aug 24, 2023 41.0°F — Aug 11, 2012 7.18 in — Aug 10, 2025
September 95.0°F — Sep 23, 2017 30.9°F — Sep 29, 2022 4.32 in — Sep 12, 2022
October 87.1°F — Oct 1, 2019 21.0°F — Oct 21, 2018 2.25 in — Oct 2, 2019
November 75.0°F — Nov 10, 2020 1.9°F — Nov 13, 2019 2.81 in — Nov 5, 2022
December 64.0°F — Dec 16, 2021 -15.0°F — Dec 31, 2013 1.67 in — Dec 21, 2012

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