All-time weather records — Richmond, KS

Record high
116.1°F
July 14, 1954
Record low
-23.1°F
December 23, 1989
Wettest day
6.87 in
August 17, 1996

Climate change signal in Richmond

7.9%

of Richmond's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (29 of 366 records since 2015).

9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (33 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 #
1900s
25
23
1910s
45
23
1920s
·
·
1930s
·
·
1940s
11
9
1950s
89
50
1960s
39
54
1970s
23
36
1980s
36
59
1990s
24
37
2000s
32
21
2010s
22
34
2020s
20
20

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 1906, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1906-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.9°F — Jan 8, 2003 -18.9°F — Jan 12, 1912 3.23 in — Jan 19, 1907
February 82.0°F — Mar 1, 1972 -20.9°F — Feb 17, 2021 3.10 in — Feb 21, 1997
March 91.9°F — Mar 19, 1907 -2.9°F — Mar 3, 2014 3.94 in — Mar 4, 2004
April 91.9°F — Apr 21, 1963 15.1°F — Apr 3, 1975 4.27 in — Apr 19, 1970
May 100.0°F — May 30, 1913 25.0°F — May 4, 1907 5.33 in — May 21, 2019
June 107.1°F — Jun 27, 1980 42.1°F — Jun 5, 1993 5.30 in — Jun 22, 1998
July 116.1°F — Jul 14, 1954 46.0°F — Jul 3, 2013 5.65 in — Jul 1, 2007
August 108.0°F — Aug 1, 1980 44.1°F — Aug 29, 1988 6.87 in — Aug 17, 1996
September 107.1°F — Sep 2, 2000 28.0°F — Sep 30, 1984 6.04 in — Sep 21, 1947
October 96.1°F — Oct 1, 1976 18.0°F — Oct 19, 2022 5.50 in — Oct 1, 1927
November 86.0°F — Nov 4, 1978 1.9°F — Nov 17, 1959 6.68 in — Nov 16, 1928
December 75.0°F — Dec 7, 1966 -23.1°F — Dec 23, 1989 2.35 in — Dec 15, 1971

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