All-time weather records — Richmond, VA

Record high
105.1°F
July 6, 1977
Record low
-11.9°F
January 29, 1940
Wettest day
8.79 in
August 12, 1955

Climate change signal in Richmond

11.5%

of Richmond's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (42 of 366 records since 2015).

3.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (12 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 #
1930s
7
5
1940s
38
62
1950s
60
43
1960s
25
104
1970s
52
71
1980s
46
39
1990s
37
18
2000s
37
11
2010s
44
10
2020s
20
3

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 1939, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1939-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 81.0°F — Jan 30, 2002 -11.9°F — Jan 29, 1940 3.31 in — Jan 6, 1962
February 82.9°F — Feb 23, 2023 -8.0°F — Feb 10, 1979 2.64 in — Feb 24, 1979
March 91.0°F — Mar 29, 1985 10.0°F — Mar 4, 2009 3.14 in — Mar 7, 1992
April 96.1°F — Apr 17, 1976 23.0°F — Apr 10, 1985 3.35 in — Apr 20, 2008
May 100.0°F — May 28, 1941 30.9°F — May 9, 1956 3.86 in — May 18, 2018
June 104.0°F — Jun 26, 1952 39.9°F — Jun 2, 1967 7.61 in — Jun 22, 2018
July 105.1°F — Jul 6, 1977 51.1°F — Jul 2, 1965 4.90 in — Jul 22, 1969
August 104.0°F — Aug 8, 2007 46.9°F — Aug 14, 1941 8.79 in — Aug 12, 1955
September 102.9°F — Sep 7, 1954 35.1°F — Sep 24, 1974 4.74 in — Sep 28, 2016
October 99.0°F — Oct 6, 1941 21.0°F — Oct 27, 1962 4.76 in — Oct 20, 1961
November 86.0°F — Nov 1, 1950 14.0°F — Nov 25, 1970 3.51 in — Nov 12, 2009
December 81.0°F — Dec 6, 1998 1.0°F — Dec 16, 1958 2.74 in — Dec 17, 2023

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