Richards weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Richards, Missouri: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Fort Scott, 16 km from Richards; records cover 1896–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 44.5 in1130 mm
- Snow a year
- 8 in21 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 4
- First fall freeze
- Oct 27
- Heating degree days
- 4,514
- Cooling degree days
- 1,628
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 5°−15° (heating, 99%) and 100°38° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Richards in January
Highs average 42°6° and lows 22°−6°, with 1.4 in37 mm of precipitation and 4 in10 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 77°25° (1950)
- Record low
- −19°−28° (1918)
- Heating degree days
- 1024
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Richards in February
Highs average 48°9° and lows 26°−3°, with 1.8 in44 mm of precipitation and 1 in2.5 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 84°29° (1911)
- Record low
- −24°−31° (1905)
- Heating degree days
- 784
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Richards in March
Highs average 58°14° and lows 35°2°, with 2.9 in74 mm of precipitation and 0.7 in1.8 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1907)
- Record low
- −6°−21° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 578
- Cooling degree days
- 6
Richards in April
Highs average 68°20° and lows 45°7°, with 4.9 in123 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 97°36° (1972)
- Record low
- 16°−9° (1920)
- Heating degree days
- 283
- Cooling degree days
- 28
Richards in May
Highs average 77°25° and lows 56°13°, with 6.2 in157 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1934)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (1907)
- Heating degree days
- 85
- Cooling degree days
- 123
Richards in June
Highs average 86°30° and lows 65°19°, with 5.7 in146 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 107°42° (1918)
- Record low
- 41°5° (1946)
- Heating degree days
- 6
- Cooling degree days
- 325
Richards in July
Highs average 91°33° and lows 70°21°, with 4.6 in118 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 120°49° (1954)
- Record low
- 48°9° (1915)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 476
Richards in August
Highs average 90°32° and lows 68°20°, with 4 in101 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 113°45° (1946)
- Record low
- 42°6° (1915)
- Heating degree days
- 1
- Cooling degree days
- 431
Richards in September
Highs average 82°28° and lows 59°15°, with 4.5 in113 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 110°43° (1947)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (1908)
- Heating degree days
- 39
- Cooling degree days
- 198
Richards in OctoberThis month
Highs average 70°21° and lows 47°8°, with 3.6 in92 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 99°37° (1963)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 247
- Cooling degree days
- 38
Richards in November
Highs average 57°14° and lows 36°2°, with 2.8 in72 mm of precipitation and 0.4 in1 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 85°29° (1915)
- Record low
- 0°−18° (1959)
- Heating degree days
- 571
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Richards in December
Highs average 46°8° and lows 27°−3°, with 2.1 in52 mm of precipitation and 2.3 in5.8 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 79°26° (2025)
- Record low
- −18°−28° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 896
- Cooling degree days
- 0