Ricardo Weather Records (USC00417580)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Ricardo (USC00417580), Texas, United States, with 67 years of record.

Key Facts for Ricardo

Ricardo (USC00417580) is a weather station in Texas, United States at 27.42 latitude and -97.82 longitude, 18 m (59 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1909 to 1975, 67 years of record.
1,464 records set at Ricardo still stand.
Records are tracked for prcp, snow, snwd: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Ricardo set a daily record precipitation of 19.1 mm (0.8 in) on 15 October 1974.

About the Station

Location: Texas, United States, 27.42 latitude, -97.82 longitude.
Elevation: 18 m (59 ft).
Period of record: 1909 to 1975, 67 years.
Eligible elements: prcp, snow, snwd.

Daily Record Envelope and 2026

0 days at or beyond a record

The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Ricardo. The lines show the 2026 daily maximum and minimum. 0 days in 2026 matched or passed a record. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius.

Daily record high and record low at Ricardo, with 2026 drawn through them
Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
Jan	34.4 C (93.9 F)	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	n/a	n/a
Feb	36.1 C (97.0 F)	-7.8 C (18.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Mar	40.0 C (104.0 F)	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Apr	41.1 C (106.0 F)	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	n/a	n/a
May	42.2 C (108.0 F)	5.0 C (41.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Jun	40.6 C (105.1 F)	12.2 C (54.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Jul	42.2 C (108.0 F)	13.9 C (57.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Aug	41.7 C (107.1 F)	16.7 C (62.1 F)	n/a	n/a
Sep	41.1 C (106.0 F)	6.1 C (43.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Oct	38.3 C (100.9 F)	-1.1 C (30.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Nov	35.0 C (95.0 F)	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Dec	36.1 C (97.0 F)	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	n/a	n/a

Which Years Hold Standing Records

1,464 standing records

1,464 records at Ricardo still stand. 1927 holds the most, with 100.

Standing records at Ricardo by the year they were set
Year set	Standing records
1909	56
1910	90
1911	90
1912	38
1913	70
1914	92
1915	77
1916	88
1917	83
1918	69
1919	69
1920	72
1921	74
1922	63
1923	52
1924	70
1925	70
1926	56
1927	100
1928	85

All-Time Record Progression

1 new records

1 all-time records were set at Ricardo between 10 January 1967 and 10 January 1967. Each dot is a new record.

Wettest Day of Each Month

Jun: 287.0 mm (11.3 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Ricardo. The most was 287.0 mm (11.3 in) on 21 June 1924.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Ricardo
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	142.2 mm (5.6 in)	5 January 1958
Feb	103.9 mm (4.1 in)	23 February 1941
Mar	91.9 mm (3.6 in)	15 March 1931
Apr	189.0 mm (7.4 in)	30 April 1921
May	222.3 mm (8.8 in)	1 May 1922
Jun	287.0 mm (11.3 in)	21 June 1924
Jul	146.1 mm (5.8 in)	25 July 1934
Aug	168.4 mm (6.6 in)	27 August 1938
Sep	224.8 mm (8.9 in)	14 September 1919
Oct	188.7 mm (7.4 in)	12 October 1973
Nov	69.9 mm (2.8 in)	12 November 1914
Dec	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	15 December 1929

Period of Record Coverage

1909 to 1928

20 years of record at Ricardo, 1909 to 1928. 7 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1909, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1922, 1927, 1928.

Days with data per year at Ricardo
Year	Days with data	Share of year	Complete
1909	214	59%	No
1910	351	96%	Yes
1911	264	72%	No
1912	151	41%	No
1913	304	83%	No
1914	358	98%	Yes
1915	353	97%	Yes
1916	355	97%	Yes
1917	355	97%	Yes
1918	349	96%	Yes
1919	350	96%	Yes
1920	349	95%	Yes
1921	354	97%	Yes
1922	324	89%	No
1923	350	96%	Yes
1924	358	98%	Yes
1925	358	98%	Yes
1926	338	93%	Yes
1927	268	73%	No
1928	291	80%	No

Latest Records

Latest records at Ricardo
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
15 October 1974	Ricardo, US	daily rain	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	6.9 mm (0.27 in)	32 years	18 of 100 (Routine)
10 May 1974	Ricardo, US	daily rain	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	7.8 mm (0.31 in)	27 years	17 of 100 (Routine)
25 January 1974	Ricardo, US	daily rain	17.8 mm (0.7 in)	5.9 mm (0.23 in)	12 years	12 of 100 (Routine)
13 October 1973	Ricardo, US	daily rain	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	50 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
12 October 1973	Ricardo, US	monthly rain	188.7 mm (7.4 in)	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	42 years	60 of 100 (Major)
28 September 1973	Ricardo, US	daily rain	36.3 mm (1.4 in)	12.2 mm (0.5 in)	62 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
26 June 1973	Ricardo, US	daily rain	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	4 years	10 of 100 (Routine)
24 June 1973	Ricardo, US	daily rain	136.7 mm (5.4 in)	110.8 mm (4.4 in)	4 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
14 June 1973	Ricardo, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
13 June 1973	Ricardo, US	daily rain	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	2.5 mm (0.10 in)	52 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
24 November 1972	Ricardo, US	daily rain	18.8 mm (0.7 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	3 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
23 July 1972	Ricardo, US	daily rain	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	53 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 July 1972	Ricardo, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	1.7 mm (0.07 in)	53 years	21 of 100 (Routine)
29 February 1972	Ricardo, US	daily rain	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
1 February 1972	Ricardo, US	daily rain	55.1 mm (2.2 in)	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	12 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
13 December 1971	Ricardo, US	daily rain	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
11 September 1971	Ricardo, US	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	41 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
7 August 1971	Ricardo, US	daily rain	65.5 mm (2.6 in)	51.0 mm (2.0 in)	42 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
3 August 1971	Ricardo, US	daily rain	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	61 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
5 April 1971	Ricardo, US	daily rain	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	8 years	12 of 100 (Routine)

Climate Trend

11 complete years, 1914 to 1926

One stripe for each of 11 complete years at Ricardo, 1914 to 1926. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 21.4 C (70.5 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1920, at 20.5 C (68.9 F), and the warmest was 1916, at 22.0 C (71.5 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 0.9 C (1.6 F).

Annual mean temperature at Ricardo as warming stripes, 1914 to 1926
Year	Annual mean temperature	Difference from the station mean
1914	21.3 C	-0.05 C
1915	21.5 C	+0.13 C
1916	22.0 C	+0.59 C
1917	21.2 C	-0.16 C
1918	21.5 C	+0.16 C
1919	20.8 C	-0.54 C
1920	20.5 C	-0.86 C
1921	21.8 C	+0.44 C
1924	20.9 C	-0.46 C
1925	21.7 C	+0.32 C
1926	21.8 C	+0.41 C

This station does not have enough complete years (30 are needed) to fit a temperature trend.

A year is complete when all 12 months have at least 20 days of both daily maximum and daily minimum readings. The annual mean is the mean of the monthly means. The trend describes this one station over this period; it does not say what caused the change.

Extremes by Year

1909 to 1975

Yearly extremes at Ricardo: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)	42.2 C (108.0 F)	1928	40.3 C (104.5 F)	20
Coldest night (TNn)	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	1918	-5.3 C (22.5 F)	20
Wettest day (Rx1day)	287.0 mm (11.3 in)	1924	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	67
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	329.7 mm (13.0 in)	1922	118.0 mm (4.6 in)	67
Longest dry spell (CDD)	111 days	1950	49 days	67

Hottest day (TXx)

The hottest day of the year at Ricardo, 1909 to 1975. The record is 42.2 C (108.0 F) in 1928, marked on the chart; the median year is 40.3 C (104.5 F).

Hottest day (TXx) at Ricardo by year
Year	Hottest day (TXx)
1909	41.7 C (107.1 F)
1910	40.6 C (105.1 F)
1911	38.9 C (102.0 F)
1912	37.2 C (99.0 F)
1913	40.0 C (104.0 F)
1914	41.1 C (106.0 F)
1915	41.1 C (106.0 F)
1916	40.6 C (105.1 F)
1917	40.0 C (104.0 F)
1918	40.6 C (105.1 F)
1919	36.1 C (97.0 F)
1920	37.8 C (100.0 F)
1921	37.8 C (100.0 F)
1922	36.7 C (98.1 F)
1923	38.9 C (102.0 F)
1924	38.9 C (102.0 F)
1925	41.1 C (106.0 F)
1926	41.1 C (106.0 F)
1927	41.7 C (107.1 F)
1928	42.2 C (108.0 F)
1929	n/a
1930	n/a
1931	n/a
1932	n/a
1933	n/a
1934	n/a
1935	n/a
1936	n/a
1937	n/a
1938	n/a
1939	n/a
1940	n/a
1941	n/a
1942	n/a
1943	n/a
1944	n/a
1945	n/a
1946	n/a
1947	n/a
1948	n/a
1949	n/a
1950	n/a
1951	n/a
1952	n/a
1953	n/a
1954	n/a
1955	n/a
1956	n/a
1957	n/a
1958	n/a
1959	n/a
1960	n/a
1961	n/a
1962	n/a
1963	n/a
1964	n/a
1965	n/a
1966	n/a
1967	n/a
1968	n/a
1969	n/a
1970	n/a
1971	n/a
1972	n/a
1973	n/a
1974	n/a
1975	n/a

Coldest night (TNn)

The coldest night of the year at Ricardo, 1909 to 1975. The record is -10.6 C (12.9 F) in 1918, marked on the chart; the median year is -5.3 C (22.5 F).

Coldest night (TNn) at Ricardo by year
Year	Coldest night (TNn)
1909	-1.1 C (30.0 F)
1910	-5.6 C (21.9 F)
1911	-10.0 C (14.0 F)
1912	-7.8 C (18.0 F)
1913	-1.7 C (28.9 F)
1914	-5.0 C (23.0 F)
1915	-3.9 C (25.0 F)
1916	-6.7 C (19.9 F)
1917	-8.9 C (16.0 F)
1918	-10.6 C (12.9 F)
1919	-4.4 C (24.1 F)
1920	-2.8 C (27.0 F)
1921	-4.4 C (24.1 F)
1922	-4.4 C (24.1 F)
1923	-3.9 C (25.0 F)
1924	-5.6 C (21.9 F)
1925	-5.6 C (21.9 F)
1926	-3.9 C (25.0 F)
1927	-5.6 C (21.9 F)
1928	-6.7 C (19.9 F)
1929	n/a
1930	n/a
1931	n/a
1932	n/a
1933	n/a
1934	n/a
1935	n/a
1936	n/a
1937	n/a
1938	n/a
1939	n/a
1940	n/a
1941	n/a
1942	n/a
1943	n/a
1944	n/a
1945	n/a
1946	n/a
1947	n/a
1948	n/a
1949	n/a
1950	n/a
1951	n/a
1952	n/a
1953	n/a
1954	n/a
1955	n/a
1956	n/a
1957	n/a
1958	n/a
1959	n/a
1960	n/a
1961	n/a
1962	n/a
1963	n/a
1964	n/a
1965	n/a
1966	n/a
1967	n/a
1968	n/a
1969	n/a
1970	n/a
1971	n/a
1972	n/a
1973	n/a
1974	n/a
1975	n/a

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Ricardo, 1909 to 1975. The record is 287.0 mm (11.3 in) in 1924, marked on the chart; the median year is 80.8 mm (3.2 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Ricardo by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1909	145.0 mm (5.7 in)
1910	31.8 mm (1.3 in)
1911	55.4 mm (2.2 in)
1912	48.3 mm (1.9 in)
1913	80.0 mm (3.1 in)
1914	74.9 mm (2.9 in)
1915	57.2 mm (2.3 in)
1916	101.6 mm (4.0 in)
1917	101.6 mm (4.0 in)
1918	39.4 mm (1.6 in)
1919	224.8 mm (8.9 in)
1920	70.6 mm (2.8 in)
1921	189.0 mm (7.4 in)
1922	222.3 mm (8.8 in)
1923	114.8 mm (4.5 in)
1924	287.0 mm (11.3 in)
1925	116.8 mm (4.6 in)
1926	113.0 mm (4.4 in)
1927	32.8 mm (1.3 in)
1928	66.0 mm (2.6 in)
1929	130.0 mm (5.1 in)
1930	125.7 mm (4.9 in)
1931	95.8 mm (3.8 in)
1932	116.8 mm (4.6 in)
1933	77.5 mm (3.1 in)
1934	146.1 mm (5.8 in)
1935	87.6 mm (3.4 in)
1936	95.3 mm (3.8 in)
1937	91.4 mm (3.6 in)
1938	168.4 mm (6.6 in)
1939	44.5 mm (1.8 in)
1940	69.9 mm (2.8 in)
1941	142.2 mm (5.6 in)
1942	112.5 mm (4.4 in)
1943	85.9 mm (3.4 in)
1944	81.3 mm (3.2 in)
1945	78.2 mm (3.1 in)
1946	114.3 mm (4.5 in)
1947	96.8 mm (3.8 in)
1948	51.3 mm (2.0 in)
1949	75.9 mm (3.0 in)
1950	71.9 mm (2.8 in)
1951	102.9 mm (4.1 in)
1952	49.8 mm (2.0 in)
1953	96.8 mm (3.8 in)
1954	38.9 mm (1.5 in)
1955	35.6 mm (1.4 in)
1956	72.9 mm (2.9 in)
1957	77.0 mm (3.0 in)
1958	142.2 mm (5.6 in)
1959	47.0 mm (1.9 in)
1960	98.3 mm (3.9 in)
1961	35.1 mm (1.4 in)
1962	50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1963	33.3 mm (1.3 in)
1964	43.2 mm (1.7 in)
1965	56.6 mm (2.2 in)
1966	81.3 mm (3.2 in)
1967	203.2 mm (8.0 in)
1968	50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1969	40.1 mm (1.6 in)
1970	165.1 mm (6.5 in)
1971	80.8 mm (3.2 in)
1972	58.7 mm (2.3 in)
1973	188.7 mm (7.4 in)
1974	59.7 mm (2.4 in)
1975	41.1 mm (1.6 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Ricardo, 1909 to 1975. The record is 329.7 mm (13.0 in) in 1922, marked on the chart; the median year is 118.0 mm (4.6 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Ricardo by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1909	171.2 mm (6.7 in)
1910	60.7 mm (2.4 in)
1911	69.6 mm (2.7 in)
1912	104.9 mm (4.1 in)
1913	135.2 mm (5.3 in)
1914	138.4 mm (5.4 in)
1915	89.2 mm (3.5 in)
1916	105.7 mm (4.2 in)
1917	151.4 mm (6.0 in)
1918	61.2 mm (2.4 in)
1919	267.7 mm (10.5 in)
1920	91.2 mm (3.6 in)
1921	189.0 mm (7.4 in)
1922	329.7 mm (13.0 in)
1923	163.5 mm (6.4 in)
1924	314.5 mm (12.4 in)
1925	149.8 mm (5.9 in)
1926	160.8 mm (6.3 in)
1927	57.7 mm (2.3 in)
1928	132.0 mm (5.2 in)
1929	136.4 mm (5.4 in)
1930	125.7 mm (4.9 in)
1931	155.2 mm (6.1 in)
1932	158.8 mm (6.3 in)
1933	109.6 mm (4.3 in)
1934	146.1 mm (5.8 in)
1935	162.5 mm (6.4 in)
1936	95.3 mm (3.8 in)
1937	95.5 mm (3.8 in)
1938	168.4 mm (6.6 in)
1939	50.0 mm (2.0 in)
1940	93.0 mm (3.7 in)
1941	153.6 mm (6.0 in)
1942	200.4 mm (7.9 in)
1943	225.4 mm (8.9 in)
1944	129.6 mm (5.1 in)
1945	102.3 mm (4.0 in)
1946	205.7 mm (8.1 in)
1947	96.8 mm (3.8 in)
1948	118.0 mm (4.6 in)
1949	102.3 mm (4.0 in)
1950	108.5 mm (4.3 in)
1951	222.3 mm (8.8 in)
1952	66.6 mm (2.6 in)
1953	201.1 mm (7.9 in)
1954	48.6 mm (1.9 in)
1955	51.6 mm (2.0 in)
1956	72.9 mm (2.9 in)
1957	87.9 mm (3.5 in)
1958	212.6 mm (8.4 in)
1959	47.0 mm (1.9 in)
1960	126.5 mm (5.0 in)
1961	103.9 mm (4.1 in)
1962	63.5 mm (2.5 in)
1963	59.5 mm (2.3 in)
1964	53.4 mm (2.1 in)
1965	67.3 mm (2.6 in)
1966	169.4 mm (6.7 in)
1967	312.1 mm (12.3 in)
1968	64.0 mm (2.5 in)
1969	91.4 mm (3.6 in)
1970	189.7 mm (7.5 in)
1971	177.3 mm (7.0 in)
1972	68.6 mm (2.7 in)
1973	228.6 mm (9.0 in)
1974	116.4 mm (4.6 in)
1975	41.1 mm (1.6 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Ricardo, 1909 to 1975. The record is 111 days in 1950, marked on the chart; the median year is 49 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Ricardo by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1909	33 days
1910	41 days
1911	31 days
1912	37 days
1913	52 days
1914	41 days
1915	34 days
1916	93 days
1917	73 days
1918	40 days
1919	33 days
1920	36 days
1921	31 days
1922	41 days
1923	39 days
1924	70 days
1925	69 days
1926	36 days
1927	59 days
1928	28 days
1929	53 days
1930	70 days
1931	32 days
1932	49 days
1933	49 days
1934	87 days
1935	50 days
1936	70 days
1937	57 days
1938	45 days
1939	50 days
1940	43 days
1941	35 days
1942	39 days
1943	63 days
1944	53 days
1945	83 days
1946	64 days
1947	48 days
1948	36 days
1949	28 days
1950	111 days
1951	101 days
1952	52 days
1953	50 days
1954	69 days
1955	46 days
1956	33 days
1957	58 days
1958	46 days
1959	41 days
1960	42 days
1961	43 days
1962	54 days
1963	64 days
1964	50 days
1965	45 days
1966	57 days
1967	33 days
1968	48 days
1969	84 days
1970	59 days
1971	93 days
1972	57 days
1973	31 days
1974	57 days
1975	10 days

Each chart shows one value per year; the dot marks the record year. TXx is the hottest daily maximum, TNn the coldest daily minimum, Rx1day and Rx5day the largest one-day and five-day rain totals, and CDD the longest run of days with less than 1 mm of rain. A year with missing days can understate an extreme.

Rainfall Return Levels

55 years, 1910 to 1974

A day with at least 84.3 mm (3.3 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 296.5 mm (11.7 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Ricardo: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in	A day with at least	Note
2 years	84.3 mm (3.3 in)
5 years	131.6 mm (5.2 in)
10 years	166.4 mm (6.6 in)
25 years	214.8 mm (8.5 in)
50 years	254.2 mm (10.0 in)
100 years	296.5 mm (11.7 in)	Longer than the 55 years of record

The levels come from a generalised extreme value (GEV) distribution fitted by L-moments to the wettest-day total of each year, 55 years of values from 1910 to 1974.

A return level is an estimate. It is least reliable for the long periods, 50 and 100 years, and for any period longer than the record behind the fit, where the fit has to reach past the largest day actually observed. It is not a forecast.

The largest wettest-day totals in the fit: 287.0 mm (11.3 in) in 1924; 224.8 mm (8.9 in) in 1919; 222.3 mm (8.8 in) in 1922.

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Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2025-12-31. Last revised 31 December 2025 (2025-12-31).