Rchardson, a residential and electronic manufacturing suburb of Dallas, is on U.S. Highway 75 and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, the Southern Pacific, and the St. Louis and Southwestern railroads, ten miles north of downtown Dallas in northern Dallas and southern Collin counties.
Right around twilight at Richardson's Cottonwood Park -- preferably on a day that won't melt your Reeboks -- you can get a clear sense of the pleasures of diverse park life. Cute-as-a-button, exuberant kids mill around the playground. Casual leaguers play intense futbol on the soccer fields. Families laugh and argue around the grills in the picnic area or hang out in the pavilion. Looks like fun. It may not be A River Runs Through It, but these 25 acres of tall trees and assorted flora do have Cottonwood Creek ribboning its way past the swimming pools, tennis courts, volleyball pits and softball diamonds. -- Jim Magary
Richardson is a clean and stable city with a progressive city government looking to the needs and desires of its citizens. A number of the city main thoroughfares burst to vivid color in the springtime with wildflowers. Richardson is one of the densest high tech areas in the nation, with Telecom Corridor, where Nortel (among other companies) houses its U.S. headquarters.
Housing Cost
Average Home Price: $220,000.
Richardson's price range is from $120,000 to $400,000
Demographics
Estimated population in July 2005: 99,187. Richardson covers 28.6 square miles. It sits at an elevation of 630 feet above sea level.
Zip codes: 75080, 75081, 75082
Climate
Richardson, TX climate is hot during summer when temperatures tend to be in the 80's and cold during winter when temperatures tend to be in the 40's.
The warmest month of the year is August with an average maximum temperature of 93.40 degrees Fahrenheit, while the coldest month of the year is January with an average minimum temperature of 31.20 degrees Fahrenheit.
Temperature variations between night and day tend to be moderate during summer with a difference that can reach 22 degrees Fahrenheit, and moderate during winter with an average difference of 22 degrees Fahrenheit.
The annual average precipitation at Richardson is 43.70 Inches. Rainfall in is fairly evenly distributed throughout the year. The wettest month of the year is May with an average rainfall of 5.47 Inches.
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