All-time weather records — Richmond, LA

Record high
106.0°F
August 31, 2000
Record low
-11.9°F
February 2, 1951
Wettest day
10.23 in
August 9, 1948

Climate change signal in Richmond

6.8%

of Richmond's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (25 of 366 records since 2015).

1.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (4 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
15
6
1910s
94
35
1920s
33
41
1930s
36
58
1940s
18
43
1950s
47
54
1960s
24
38
1970s
11
27
1980s
27
32
1990s
7
17
2000s
26
6
2010s
27
9
2020s
1
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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 1907, the latest in 2021. Period of observation: 1907-2022.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 84.0°F — Jan 23, 1943 -8.0°F — Jan 27, 1940 5.42 in — Jan 20, 1927
February 84.9°F — Feb 9, 2017 -11.9°F — Feb 2, 1951 8.37 in — Feb 10, 1966
March 93.0°F — Mar 9, 1911 10.9°F — Mar 3, 1980 7.45 in — Mar 28, 1951
April 95.0°F — Apr 30, 1915 28.0°F — Apr 4, 1987 6.92 in — Apr 3, 2017
May 99.0°F — May 28, 1911 37.0°F — May 2, 1925 5.86 in — May 19, 1983
June 104.0°F — Jun 20, 1936 46.9°F — Jun 3, 1956 5.32 in — Jun 1, 1990
July 104.0°F — Jul 12, 1930 51.1°F — Jul 23, 1947 4.40 in — Jul 28, 2016
August 106.0°F — Aug 31, 2000 45.0°F — Aug 29, 2015 10.23 in — Aug 9, 1948
September 105.1°F — Sep 1, 2000 34.0°F — Sep 29, 1967 5.65 in — Sep 12, 1982
October 95.0°F — Oct 1, 1907 21.0°F — Oct 29, 1910 6.91 in — Oct 31, 1941
November 90.0°F — Nov 1, 2016 15.1°F — Nov 19, 1951 7.00 in — Nov 16, 1987
December 87.1°F — Dec 28, 1907 3.9°F — Dec 23, 1989 6.35 in — Dec 12, 1998

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