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Richmond, VA 37.511°N, 77.323°W · station RICthr · 130 years of record
99°F
HOTTEST JUL 16 SINCE 1976
forecast high · Jul 16
NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Richmond.
85° MON 7/13 89° TUE 7/14 97° WED 7/15 99° THU 7/16 97° FRI 7/17 96° SAT 7/18 94° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 16
Today ranks #2 / 129
warmest Jul 16 in 129 yrs of record
Hottest Jul 16 ever 100°F
set in 1976
Coolest Jul 16 ever 71°F
set in 1945
Hottest Jul 16 — Year by Year
Every year's high on Jul 16 at Richmond. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the hottest on record.
71 86 100 1897: 88°F 1898: 93°F 1899: 96°F 1900: 99°F 1901: 87°F 1902: 88°F 1903: 79°F 1904: 88°F 1905: 90°F 1906: 90°F 1907: 89°F 1908: 90°F 1909: 90°F 1910: 91°F 1911: 90°F 1912: 92°F 1913: 85°F 1914: 88°F 1915: 99°F 1916: 89°F 1917: 88°F 1918: 89°F 1919: 87°F 1920: 88°F 1921: 84°F 1922: 85°F 1923: 92°F 1924: 84°F 1925: 96°F 1926: 82°F 1927: 88°F 1928: 86°F 1929: 79°F 1930: 79°F 1931: 97°F 1932: 94°F 1933: 88°F 1934: 95°F 1935: 84°F 1936: 96°F 1937: 98°F 1938: 92°F 1939: 83°F 1940: 83°F 1941: 85°F 1942: 88°F 1943: 93°F 1944: 83°F 1945: 71°F 1946: 79°F 1947: 87°F 1948: 74°F 1949: 78°F 1950: 90°F 1951: 93°F 1952: 95°F 1953: 97°F 1954: 83°F 1955: 94°F 1956: 86°F 1957: 88°F 1958: 93°F 1959: 81°F 1960: 84°F 1961: 93°F 1962: 89°F 1963: 92°F 1964: 89°F 1965: 85°F 1966: 82°F 1967: 82°F 1968: 94°F 1969: 90°F 1970: 93°F 1971: 87°F 1972: 90°F 1973: 83°F 1974: 87°F 1975: 85°F 1976: 100°F 1977: 96°F 1978: 73°F 1979: 90°F 1980: 92°F 1981: 76°F 1982: 88°F 1983: 96°F 1984: 90°F 1985: 91°F 1986: 94°F 1987: 84°F 1988: 97°F 1989: 75°F 1990: 89°F 1991: 91°F 1992: 95°F 1993: 91°F 1994: 86°F 1995: 94°F 1996: 86°F 1997: 95°F 1998: 88°F 1999: 87°F 2000: 84°F 2001: 91°F 2002: 95°F 2003: 92°F 2004: 86°F 2005: 93°F 2006: 94°F 2007: 95°F 2008: 89°F 2009: 91°F 2010: 98°F 2011: 86°F 2012: 91°F 2013: 96°F 2014: 86°F 2015: 83°F 2016: 93°F 2017: 91°F 2018: 93°F 2019: 94°F 2020: 93°F 2021: 95°F 2022: 89°F 2023: 88°F 2024: 97°F 2025: 91°F 99° forecast 1897 2025 1976 Forecast high · Jul 16 99°F Hottest this date since 1976 This-date record 100°F This-date rank #2 of 129
Hottest at any time since 2026 All-time record 107°F (1918) Odds to tie/break 50.0% (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 3 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F
Longest ever 27 days
record run, ended Aug 6 1995
So far in 2026 27 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year
Normal high & low by month, from Richmond's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 90°F · forecast is +9° 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 high 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 high, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
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.
How many days a year hit a given high at Richmond — counted through Jul 16 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
70° 75° 80° 85° 90° 95° 100° 105° 110°
27 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 13th most in 130 years. Normal for this point: 17 . Record: 35 in 2010.
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