All-time weather records — Richland, OR

Record high
113.0°F
July 20, 1996
Record low
-27.0°F
January 31, 1979
Wettest day
4.00 in
November 28, 2001

Climate change signal in Richland

0%

of Richland's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

0%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 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
20
47
1900s
9
50
1910s
27
39
1920s
9
9
1940s
24
27
1950s
90
68
1960s
86
30
1970s
23
27
1980s
33
35
1990s
17
22
2000s
28
9
2010s
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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 1893, the latest in 2008. Period of observation: 1893-2015.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 62.1°F — Jan 7, 1962 -27.0°F — Jan 31, 1979 3.00 in — Jan 25, 1984
February 75.9°F — Feb 11, 1961 -26.0°F — Feb 5, 1989 1.75 in — Feb 2, 1916
March 84.9°F — Mar 29, 1966 -9.0°F — Mar 16, 1906 1.35 in — Mar 27, 1983
April 91.9°F — Apr 28, 1987 12.9°F — Apr 9, 1900 1.29 in — Apr 21, 2010
May 98.1°F — May 18, 2008 12.0°F — May 1, 1954 1.60 in — May 26, 1998
June 105.1°F — Jun 20, 1918 19.0°F — Jun 10, 1897 2.03 in — Jun 12, 1993
July 113.0°F — Jul 20, 1996 19.9°F — Jul 4, 1983 1.48 in — Jul 2, 1982
August 109.0°F — Aug 4, 1961 30.9°F — Aug 30, 1912 1.60 in — Aug 7, 2009
September 105.1°F — Sep 4, 1955 18.0°F — Sep 26, 1900 1.70 in — Sep 23, 1917
October 91.9°F — Oct 2, 1992 6.1°F — Oct 29, 1971 1.24 in — Oct 29, 1985
November 78.1°F — Nov 2, 1962 -7.1°F — Nov 27, 1896 4.00 in — Nov 28, 2001
December 64.9°F — Dec 2, 1950 -22.0°F — Dec 13, 1919 4.00 in — Dec 28, 2003

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