Is Richardson safe? United States travel risk
Is Richardson safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Richardson scores 37/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. The US State Department does not issue advice for United States. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Richardson scores 37/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and United States (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Richardson: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and natural hazards (54/100).
A score of 37 is higher than 35% of the cities we score.
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Territorial & Position Context
In the Texas territory, Richardson is established at 32.9716° N, 96.7093° W. It lies 1,887.0 km ENE relative to Washington. Time zone observed: America/Chicago.
Texas
32.9716° N, 96.7093° W
192 m
America/Chicago
118,269
Critical Services & Regional Transit
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Climate by Month
Hottest: July (36 °C avg high); Wettest: May (119 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 13° | 16° | 20° | 25° | 28° | 33° | 36° | 35° | 32° | 26° | 19° | 14° |
| Low °C | 4° | 5° | 10° | 14° | 19° | 23° | 26° | 26° | 23° | 16° | 10° | 5° |
| Rain mm | 71 | 59 | 94 | 116 | 119 | 55 | 37 | 60 | 52 | 82 | 82 | 71 |
Normals: Dallas (20.5 km away).
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Richardson happened in October (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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