Climate averages 1991–2020

Richmond weather
in July.

A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 10th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 31.1°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 21.6°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall 106 mm 13 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a hot month in Richmond: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 21.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 106 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes July a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 29 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Newport News (111 km away). In July its highs average 30.5°C, 0.7°C cooler than Richmond, with 116 mm of rain.

Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Richmond ranks joint 184th of 498 for the warmest July highs and joint 412th of 498 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 498 cities is 30.3°C; Richmond is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 106 mm to 109 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Richmond, 1991–2020
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	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, selected	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

July in nearby cities

Distance from Richmond

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 limits

How 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.