All-time weather records — Ritzville, WA

Record high
111.9°F
August 5, 1961
Record low
-40.0°F
May 16, 1954
Wettest day
5.70 in
December 18, 2015

Climate change signal in Ritzville

8.7%

of Ritzville's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (32 of 366 records since 2015).

4.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (15 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
·
·
1900s
·
·
1910s
18
20
1920s
47
55
1930s
69
35
1940s
41
24
1950s
27
63
1960s
37
36
1970s
18
41
1980s
26
33
1990s
22
22
2000s
23
18
2010s
20
13
2020s
18
6

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 1916, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1899-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 60.1°F — Jan 1, 1918 -23.1°F — Jan 26, 1957 1.05 in — Jan 18, 2015
February 66.0°F — Feb 21, 1995 -24.0°F — Feb 1, 1950 1.10 in — Feb 1, 1963
March 77.0°F — Mar 29, 1923 0.0°F — Mar 3, 1989 0.97 in — Mar 27, 2005
April 91.9°F — Apr 25, 1977 10.9°F — Apr 20, 1927 0.90 in — Apr 17, 1925
May 99.0°F — May 27, 1936 -40.0°F — May 16, 1954 1.62 in — May 10, 2005
June 109.9°F — Jun 30, 2021 28.9°F — Jun 1, 1984 1.55 in — Jun 1, 1923
July 111.0°F — Jul 26, 1928 33.1°F — Jul 2, 1955 1.74 in — Jul 23, 1993
August 111.9°F — Aug 5, 1961 32.0°F — Aug 23, 1992 1.39 in — Aug 21, 1959
September 102.9°F — Sep 4, 1988 19.9°F — Sep 24, 1926 1.48 in — Sep 7, 1900
October 93.0°F — Oct 11, 1934 5.0°F — Oct 31, 1935 3.40 in — Oct 31, 1996
November 70.0°F — Nov 1, 1988 -14.1°F — Nov 24, 1985 0.93 in — Nov 23, 2024
December 62.1°F — Dec 18, 1917 -20.9°F — Dec 12, 1919 5.70 in — Dec 18, 2015

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