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Richmond, VA 37.511°N, 77.323°W · station RICthr · 130 years of record
64°F
COLDEST JUL 14 SINCE 2018
forecast low · Jul 14
NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Richmond.
64° TUE 7/14 68° WED 7/15 74° THU 7/16 75° FRI 7/17 74° SAT 7/18 74° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 14
Today ranks #19 / 129
coldest Jul 14 in 129 yrs of record
Coldest Jul 14 ever 53°F
set in 1976
Mildest Jul 14 ever 78°F
set in 1954
Coldest Jul 14 — Year by Year
Every year's low on Jul 14 at Richmond. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.
53 66 78 1897: 70°F 1898: 69°F 1899: 70°F 1900: 67°F 1901: 70°F 1902: 66°F 1903: 63°F 1904: 65°F 1905: 69°F 1906: 67°F 1907: 68°F 1908: 72°F 1909: 71°F 1910: 70°F 1911: 68°F 1912: 68°F 1913: 74°F 1914: 69°F 1915: 71°F 1916: 72°F 1917: 66°F 1918: 60°F 1919: 69°F 1920: 66°F 1921: 72°F 1922: 68°F 1923: 69°F 1924: 73°F 1925: 68°F 1926: 61°F 1927: 72°F 1928: 72°F 1929: 67°F 1930: 63°F 1931: 73°F 1932: 59°F 1933: 54°F 1934: 68°F 1935: 69°F 1936: 67°F 1937: 70°F 1938: 71°F 1939: 68°F 1940: 55°F 1941: 68°F 1942: 72°F 1943: 70°F 1944: 71°F 1945: 69°F 1946: 63°F 1947: 69°F 1948: 70°F 1949: 71°F 1950: 70°F 1951: 72°F 1952: 66°F 1953: 59°F 1954: 78°F 1955: 60°F 1956: 70°F 1957: 76°F 1958: 69°F 1959: 71°F 1960: 65°F 1961: 70°F 1962: 68°F 1963: 64°F 1964: 69°F 1965: 66°F 1966: 73°F 1967: 68°F 1968: 68°F 1969: 67°F 1970: 67°F 1971: 69°F 1972: 72°F 1973: 70°F 1974: 61°F 1975: 69°F 1976: 53°F 1977: 72°F 1978: 70°F 1979: 71°F 1980: 66°F 1981: 76°F 1982: 72°F 1983: 68°F 1984: 67°F 1985: 67°F 1986: 75°F 1987: 68°F 1988: 73°F 1989: 67°F 1990: 72°F 1991: 70°F 1992: 76°F 1993: 73°F 1994: 72°F 1995: 70°F 1996: 69°F 1997: 67°F 1998: 63°F 1999: 62°F 2000: 65°F 2001: 60°F 2002: 69°F 2003: 65°F 2004: 74°F 2005: 75°F 2006: 75°F 2007: 63°F 2008: 65°F 2009: 61°F 2010: 72°F 2011: 65°F 2012: 66°F 2013: 73°F 2014: 77°F 2015: 71°F 2016: 72°F 2017: 74°F 2018: 61°F 2019: 73°F 2020: 70°F 2021: 72°F 2022: 72°F 2023: 71°F 2024: 74°F 2025: 72°F 64° forecast 1897 2025 1976 Forecast low · Jul 14 64°F Coldest this date since 2018 This-date record 53°F This-date rank #19 of 129
Coldest at any time since 2026 All-time record -12°F (1940) Odds to tie/break 0.0% (daily) Period of record 1897–2026
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Richmond in each calendar month, and for the whole 1897–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month Record High Record Low Jan 81°F 2002 -12°F 1940 Feb 83°F 1930 -10°F 1936 Mar 94°F 1907 10°F 2009 Apr 96°F 1915 19°F 1923 May 100°F 1941 31°F 1956 Jun 104°F 1952 40°F 1967 Jul 105°F 1977 51°F 1940 Aug 107°F 1918 46°F 1934 Sep 103°F 1954 35°F 1974 Oct 99°F 1941 21°F 1962 Nov 86°F 1950 10°F 1930 Dec 81°F 1998 -2°F 1917 All-time 107°F 1918 -12°F 1940
Records set or tied at Richmond so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026 5 broke
plus 2 tied — daily record highs set this year
Record Lows in 2026 0 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year
Current run 0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F
Longest ever 51 days
record run, ended Jan 24 1918
So far in 2026 49 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year
Normal low & low by month, from Richmond's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 70°F · forecast is -6° vs normal .
Jan: 48°F Jan: 29°F Feb: 52°F Feb: 31°F Mar: 60°F Mar: 38°F Apr: 71°F Apr: 47°F May: 78°F May: 56°F Jun: 86°F Jun: 65°F Jul: 90°F Jul: 70°F Aug: 88°F Aug: 68°F Sep: 82°F Sep: 62°F Oct: 71°F Oct: 49°F Nov: 61°F Nov: 39°F Dec: 52°F Dec: 33°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 4:59 AM Sunset 7:31 PM Solar noon 12:15 PM Daylight 14h 33m · losing 6 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 37.51°N, 77.32°W Richmond's observed daily low for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Every day this year against Richmond's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Each cell is one day's low at Richmond, coloured by temperature — 130 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
How many days a year hit a given low at Richmond — counted through Jul 14 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
40° 32° 20° 10° 0° -10° -20°
49 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 76th most in 130 years. Normal for this point: 51 . Record: 75 in 1940.
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