Climate averages 1991–2020
Richmond weather
in November.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cool month in Richmond: daytime highs average 14.4°C and nights cool to about 5.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 82 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 12 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Newport News (111 km away). In November its highs average 15.4°C, 1.0°C warmer than Richmond, with 85 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Richmond ranks joint 273rd of 498 for the warmest November highs and joint 343rd of 498 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 498 cities is 15.2°C; Richmond is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 4.8°C to 9.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 82 mm to 89 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Newport News in NovemberUnited States · 111 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 7.2°C · 85 mm rain
- East Hampton in NovemberUnited States · 115 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 7.8°C · 89 mm rain
- Suffolk in NovemberUnited States · 120 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 7.2°C · 87 mm rain
- Portsmouth Heights in NovemberUnited States · 126 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 7.0°C · 87 mm rain
- Norfolk in NovemberUnited States · 130 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 7.3°C · 87 mm rain
- Centreville in NovemberUnited States · 143 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 4.7°C · 75 mm rain
- Alexandria, United States in NovemberUnited States · 144 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 4.8°C · 73 mm rain
- Lynchburg in NovemberUnited States · 149 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 4.4°C · 86 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.