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Richmond, VA

37.511°N, 77.323°W · station RICthr · 130 years of record
63°F
forecast low · Sep 7

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Richmond.
74°WED9/274°THU9/375°FRI9/471°SAT9/565°SUN9/663°MON9/764°TUE9/8

This Day in History

Every year's low on each of the next 7 forecast dates at Richmond — toggle a day below. The forecast line shows where it lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.

Ranks

#53 / 129
coldest Sep 7 in 129 yrs of record

Coldest Sep 7 ever

48°F
set in 1924

Mildest Sep 7 ever

73°F
set in 1985
Forecast low 63°F — 53rd coldest Sep 7 of 129 years · record 48°F (1924) · coldest since 2025.
1897: 57°F1898: 68°F1899: 71°F1900: 69°F1901: 64°F1902: 61°F1903: 55°F1904: 58°F1905: 62°F1906: 64°F1907: 64°F1908: 66°F1909: 59°F1910: 71°F1911: 68°F1912: 71°F1913: 70°F1914: 69°F1915: 70°F1916: 69°F1917: 63°F1918: 57°F1919: 65°F1920: 69°F1921: 68°F1922: 66°F1923: 69°F1924: 48°F1925: 72°F1926: 70°F1927: 56°F1928: 56°F1929: 72°F1930: 68°F1931: 58°F1932: 69°F1933: 64°F1934: 65°F1935: 65°F1936: 50°F1937: 63°F1938: 58°F1939: 58°F1940: 57°F1941: 64°F1942: 68°F1943: 72°F1944: 62°F1945: 69°F1946: 66°F1947: 69°F1948: 63°F1949: 60°F1950: 56°F1951: 58°F1952: 57°F1953: 62°F1954: 71°F1955: 68°F1956: 69°F1957: 68°F1958: 63°F1959: 70°F1960: 63°F1961: 70°F1962: 49°F1963: 53°F1964: 58°F1965: 48°F1966: 56°F1967: 57°F1968: 70°F1969: 68°F1970: 59°F1971: 62°F1972: 54°F1973: 70°F1974: 60°F1975: 63°F1976: 49°F1977: 71°F1978: 65°F1979: 68°F1980: 66°F1981: 66°F1982: 58°F1983: 72°F1984: 51°F1985: 73°F1986: 57°F1987: 71°F1988: 53°F1989: 59°F1990: 71°F1991: 64°F1992: 70°F1993: 67°F1994: 57°F1995: 61°F1996: 73°F1997: 60°F1998: 69°F1999: 70°F2000: 54°F2001: 57°F2002: 59°F2003: 58°F2004: 68°F2005: 59°F2006: 64°F2007: 68°F2008: 69°F2009: 67°F2010: 63°F2011: 71°F2012: 67°F2013: 59°F2014: 67°F2015: 69°F2016: 64°F2017: 54°F2018: 73°F2019: 59°F2020: 58°F2021: 62°F2022: 70°F2023: 69°F2024: 61°F2025: 59°F63° forecast455055606570751900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast low · Sep 763°F
Coldest this date since2025
This-date record48°F
This-date rank#53 of 129
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record-12°F (1940)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1897–2026

Record Book

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.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan81°FJan 30, 2002-12°FJan 29, 1940
Feb83°FFeb 25, 1930-10°FFeb 8, 1936
Mar94°FMar 23, 190710°FMar 4, 2009
Apr96°FApr 27, 191519°FApr 1, 1923
May100°FMay 28, 194131°FMay 9, 1956
Jun104°FJun 26, 195240°FJun 2, 1967
Jul105°FJul 6, 197751°FJul 15, 1940
Aug107°FAug 6, 191846°FAug 31, 1934
Sep103°FSep 7, 195435°FSep 24, 1974
Oct99°FOct 6, 194121°FOct 27, 1962
Nov86°FNov 1, 195010°FNov 29, 1930
Dec81°FDec 6, 1998-2°FDec 30, 1917
All-time107°FAug 6, 1918-12°FJan 29, 1940

2026 Records So Far

Records set or tied at Richmond so far this year — through Aug 30.

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

Record Warm Nights & Cold Days

Two more daily records, kept separate from the rankings: the warmest a night has ever stayed (record high minimum) and the coldest a day has ever gotten (record low maximum) — the flip side of the usual record high and low.

Warmest low ever

81°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Jul 12, 2011

Coldest high ever

11°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Feb 11, 1899
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan62°FJan 8, 199812°FJan 9, 1970
Feb63°FFeb 6, 200811°FFeb 11, 1899
Mar68°FMar 26, 191321°FMar 1, 1980
Apr73°FApr 29, 201737°FApr 3, 1915
May74°FMay 31, 199147°FMay 8, 1917
Jun78°FJun 8, 189955°FJun 2, 1907
Jul81°FJul 12, 201165°FJul 21, 1939
Aug79°FAug 9, 190062°FAug 26, 1908
Sep77°FSep 3, 199352°FSep 28, 1984
Oct74°FOct 4, 198644°FOct 30, 1925
Nov70°FNov 2, 197124°FNov 30, 1929
Dec65°FDec 24, 201513°FDec 30, 1917
All-time81°FJul 12, 201111°FFeb 11, 1899

Cold Streaks

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

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from Richmond's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 64°F · forecast is -1° vs normal.
Jan: 48°FJan: 29°FFeb: 52°FFeb: 31°FMar: 60°FMar: 38°FApr: 71°FApr: 47°FMay: 78°FMay: 56°FJun: 86°FJun: 65°FJul: 90°FJul: 70°FAug: 88°FAug: 68°FSep: 82°FSep: 62°FOct: 71°FOct: 49°FNov: 61°FNov: 39°FDec: 52°FDec: 33°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:39 AM
Sunset6:39 PM
Solar noon12:09 PM
Daylight12h 59m · losing 16 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

37.51°N, 77.32°W

Nearby Stations

Norfolk, VA75 mi SECharlottesville, VA75 mi NWWashington, DC93 mi NSterling-Dulles Airport, VA98 mi NLynchburg, VA104 mi WWallops Island, VA105 mi E

The Last 6 Weeks

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.
Richmond, VA — last six weeks of daily low

2026 So Far

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.
Richmond, VA — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1897

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.
Richmond, VA daily low heat map 1897–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at Richmond — counted through Sep 7 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
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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