Climate averages 1991–2020
Richmond weather
in February.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Richmond: daytime highs average 9.8°C and nights cool to about -0.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 75 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 47 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Newport News (111 km away). In February its highs average 10.8°C, 1.0°C warmer than Richmond, with 79 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Richmond ranks 282nd of 498 for the warmest February highs and joint 259th of 498 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; Richmond is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.4°C to 14.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 75 mm to 101 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Richmond climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.9°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 85 | 9.2 | 9.910 h |
| February, selected | 9.8°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 75 | 8.3 | 10.811 h |
| March | 14.1°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 101 | 10.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.9°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 82 | 9.5 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.4°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 82 | 11.0 | 14.214 h |
| June | 28.8°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 97 | 11.2 | 14.715 h |
| July | 31.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 106 | 13.0 | 14.514 h |
| August | 29.9°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 109 | 10.8 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.3°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 112 | 9.3 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.5°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 93 | 7.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.4°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 82 | 7.8 | 10.210 h |
| December | 9.7°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 89 | 8.8 | 9.610 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
February in nearby cities
- Newport News in FebruaryUnited States · 111 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 1.7°C · 79 mm rain
- East Hampton in FebruaryUnited States · 115 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 1.9°C · 83 mm rain
- Suffolk in FebruaryUnited States · 120 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 1.9°C · 78 mm rain
- Portsmouth Heights in FebruaryUnited States · 126 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 1.6°C · 77 mm rain
- Norfolk in FebruaryUnited States · 130 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 1.7°C · 77 mm rain
- Centreville in FebruaryUnited States · 143 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -1.5°C · 71 mm rain
- Alexandria, United States in FebruaryUnited States · 144 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low -1.3°C · 72 mm rain
- Lynchburg in FebruaryUnited States · 149 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low -0.6°C · 81 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Richmond) is explained once on the Richmond year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.