Climate averages 1991–2020
Richmond weather
in June.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a hot month in Richmond: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 18.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 97 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes June a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 43 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Newport News (111 km away). In June its highs average 28.3°C, 0.5°C cooler than Richmond, with 95 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Richmond ranks joint 201st of 498 for the warmest June highs and joint 314th of 498 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 498 cities is 27.9°C; Richmond is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 31.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 97 mm to 106 mm.
The annual picture
June 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 | 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Newport News in JuneUnited States · 111 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.8°C · 95 mm rain
- East Hampton in JuneUnited States · 115 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.2°C · 82 mm rain
- Suffolk in JuneUnited States · 120 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.7°C · 103 mm rain
- Portsmouth Heights in JuneUnited States · 126 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 19.6°C · 103 mm rain
- Norfolk in JuneUnited States · 130 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 19.7°C · 103 mm rain
- Centreville in JuneUnited States · 143 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 18.4°C · 87 mm rain
- Alexandria, United States in JuneUnited States · 144 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 18.7°C · 89 mm rain
- Lynchburg in JuneUnited States · 149 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 18.3°C · 84 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.