Climate averages 1991–2020
Richmond weather
in January.
A cold, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Richmond: daytime highs average 7.9°C and nights cool to about -0.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 85 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 53 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Newport News (111 km away). In January its highs average 9.1°C, 1.3°C warmer than Richmond, with 87 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Richmond ranks joint 277th of 498 for the warmest January highs and joint 318th of 498 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; Richmond is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 9.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 85 mm to 75 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 7.9°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 85 | 9.2 | 9.910 h |
| February | 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
January in nearby cities
- Newport News in JanuaryUnited States · 111 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 0.9°C · 87 mm rain
- East Hampton in JanuaryUnited States · 115 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 1.2°C · 91 mm rain
- Suffolk in JanuaryUnited States · 120 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 1.1°C · 88 mm rain
- Portsmouth Heights in JanuaryUnited States · 126 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 0.8°C · 87 mm rain
- Norfolk in JanuaryUnited States · 130 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low 1.0°C · 87 mm rain
- Centreville in JanuaryUnited States · 143 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low -2.2°C · 77 mm rain
- Alexandria, United States in JanuaryUnited States · 144 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low -1.9°C · 77 mm rain
- Lynchburg in JanuaryUnited States · 149 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -1.4°C · 94 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.