All-time weather records — Richmond, MO

Record high
104.0°F
July 8, 2012
Record low
-20.0°F
February 16, 2021
Wettest day
6.60 in
June 25, 2021

Climate change signal in Richmond

48.6%

of Richmond's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (178 of 366 records since 2015).

50.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (184 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 #
2000s
55
73
2010s
223
215
2020s
88
78

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 2006, the latest in 2024. Period of observation: 2006-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.0°F — Jan 29, 2013 -16.1°F — Jan 15, 2024 1.44 in — Jan 30, 2013
February 80.1°F — Feb 28, 2024 -20.0°F — Feb 16, 2021 1.45 in — Feb 17, 2008
March 82.9°F — Mar 17, 2012 -11.9°F — Mar 3, 2014 1.85 in — Mar 29, 2009
April 89.1°F — Apr 4, 2011 17.1°F — Apr 4, 2018 3.45 in — Apr 27, 2016
May 93.9°F — May 28, 2018 32.0°F — May 3, 2023 3.15 in — May 16, 2009
June 102.0°F — Jun 29, 2012 44.1°F — Jun 3, 2013 6.60 in — Jun 25, 2021
July 104.0°F — Jul 8, 2012 50.0°F — Jul 28, 2013 4.36 in — Jul 30, 2008
August 104.0°F — Aug 2, 2011 46.0°F — Aug 18, 2012 4.14 in — Aug 7, 2014
September 98.1°F — Sep 1, 2011 34.0°F — Sep 23, 2012 5.96 in — Sep 1, 2012
October 93.0°F — Oct 2, 2023 18.0°F — Oct 19, 2022 4.42 in — Oct 8, 2018
November 80.1°F — Nov 2, 2016 3.0°F — Nov 12, 2019 2.85 in — Nov 6, 2008
December 73.9°F — Dec 16, 2021 -11.9°F — Dec 19, 2016 1.87 in — Dec 14, 2015

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