All-time weather records — Richwood, LA

Record high
108.0°F
August 31, 2000
Record low
3.0°F
December 23, 1989
Wettest day
11.50 in
May 5, 1989

Climate change signal in Richwood

0%

of Richwood'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 #
1970s
33
47
1980s
90
135
1990s
110
76
2000s
133
107
2010s
·
1

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 1977, the latest in 2009. Period of observation: 1977-2017.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 81.0°F — Jan 5, 1997 3.9°F — Jan 11, 1982 4.65 in — Jan 29, 1999
February 86.0°F — Feb 26, 1977 10.0°F — Feb 4, 1996 4.52 in — Feb 12, 1984
March 89.1°F — Mar 23, 1995 17.1°F — Mar 5, 2002 9.25 in — Mar 10, 2016
April 95.0°F — Apr 22, 1987 32.0°F — Apr 4, 1987 7.11 in — Apr 27, 2011
May 98.1°F — May 26, 2000 43.0°F — May 1, 2005 11.50 in — May 5, 1989
June 102.9°F — Jun 30, 1988 48.9°F — Jun 8, 1977 2.71 in — Jun 28, 1984
July 105.1°F — Jul 17, 2000 57.0°F — Jul 2, 2005 4.11 in — Jul 29, 2016
August 108.0°F — Aug 31, 2000 52.0°F — Aug 15, 2004 3.75 in — Aug 20, 1984
September 108.0°F — Sep 1, 2000 41.0°F — Sep 26, 2001 10.30 in — Sep 15, 1978
October 98.1°F — Oct 3, 2006 28.0°F — Oct 31, 1993 5.30 in — Oct 17, 1994
November 89.1°F — Nov 5, 2003 19.9°F — Nov 28, 2002 5.30 in — Nov 16, 1987
December 84.0°F — Dec 10, 2007 3.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 6.82 in — Dec 26, 1982

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