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Richmond, VA

37.511°N, 77.323°W · station RICthr · 130 years of record
68°F
forecast high · Oct 23

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Richmond.
56°SAT10/1759°SUN10/1860°MON10/1965°TUE10/2065°WED10/2165°THU10/2268°FRI10/23

This Day in History

Every year's high 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 hottest on record.

Ranks

#76 / 129
warmest Oct 23 in 129 yrs of record

Warmest Oct 23 ever

87°F
set in 1947

Coolest Oct 23 ever

49°F
set in 1923
Forecast high 68°F — 76th warmest Oct 23 of 129 years · record 87°F (1947) · warmest since 2025.
1897: 59°F1898: 61°F1899: 72°F1900: 80°F1901: 83°F1902: 75°F1903: 68°F1904: 64°F1905: 62°F1906: 65°F1907: 75°F1908: 67°F1909: 77°F1910: 65°F1911: 62°F1912: 75°F1913: 64°F1914: 70°F1915: 69°F1916: 59°F1917: 63°F1918: 64°F1919: 61°F1920: 86°F1921: 79°F1922: 71°F1923: 49°F1924: 56°F1925: 55°F1926: 60°F1927: 84°F1928: 73°F1929: 66°F1930: 53°F1931: 75°F1932: 73°F1933: 63°F1934: 69°F1935: 84°F1936: 83°F1937: 55°F1938: 68°F1939: 70°F1940: 59°F1941: 86°F1942: 73°F1943: 67°F1944: 61°F1945: 66°F1946: 73°F1947: 87°F1948: 56°F1949: 73°F1950: 65°F1951: 75°F1952: 65°F1953: 75°F1954: 73°F1955: 68°F1956: 70°F1957: 75°F1958: 70°F1959: 76°F1960: 59°F1961: 63°F1962: 74°F1963: 66°F1964: 68°F1965: 69°F1966: 76°F1967: 69°F1968: 80°F1969: 52°F1970: 76°F1971: 66°F1972: 67°F1973: 70°F1974: 74°F1975: 83°F1976: 61°F1977: 66°F1978: 86°F1979: 81°F1980: 73°F1981: 75°F1982: 50°F1983: 63°F1984: 84°F1985: 73°F1986: 79°F1987: 69°F1988: 62°F1989: 70°F1990: 71°F1991: 80°F1992: 62°F1993: 64°F1994: 73°F1995: 72°F1996: 73°F1997: 55°F1998: 62°F1999: 58°F2000: 74°F2001: 83°F2002: 70°F2003: 57°F2004: 61°F2005: 67°F2006: 58°F2007: 84°F2008: 60°F2009: 80°F2010: 73°F2011: 66°F2012: 73°F2013: 64°F2014: 70°F2015: 73°F2016: 63°F2017: 78°F2018: 72°F2019: 69°F2020: 81°F2021: 72°F2022: 60°F2023: 66°F2024: 81°F2025: 68°F68° forecast455055606570758085901900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast high · Oct 2368°F
Hottest this date since2025
This-date record87°F
This-date rank#76 of 129
Hottest at any time since2026
All-time record107°F (1918)
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 Oct 15.

Record Highs in 2026

6 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

Hot Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F

Longest ever

27 days
record run, ended Aug 6 1995

So far in 2026

56 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year

Climate Normals

Normal high & low by month, from Richmond's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 68°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

Sunrise6:18 AM
Sunset5:31 PM
Solar noon11:55 AM
Daylight11h 13m · 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 high 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 high

2026 So Far

Every day this year against Richmond's own record — the record high, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Richmond, VA — 2026 daily high trace
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Every Day Since 1897

Each cell is one day's high at Richmond, coloured by temperature — 130 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
Richmond, VA daily high heat map 1897–2026

Days Above the Mark

How many days a year hit a given high at Richmond — counted through Oct 23 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
56 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — the 15th most in 130 years. Normal for this point: 41. Record: 78 in 2010.

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