Climate averages 1991–2020
Richmond weather
in October.
A mild, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Richmond: daytime highs average 20.5°C and nights cool to about 11.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 93 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes October a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 15 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Newport News (111 km away). In October its highs average 21.1°C, 0.6°C warmer than Richmond, with 95 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Richmond ranks joint 274th of 498 for the warmest October highs and joint 355th of 498 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 498 cities is 21.4°C; Richmond is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.1°C to 14.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 93 mm to 82 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Newport News in OctoberUnited States · 111 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 13.1°C · 95 mm rain
- East Hampton in OctoberUnited States · 115 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 13.7°C · 98 mm rain
- Suffolk in OctoberUnited States · 120 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 12.9°C · 93 mm rain
- Portsmouth Heights in OctoberUnited States · 126 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 12.9°C · 94 mm rain
- Norfolk in OctoberUnited States · 130 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 13.2°C · 94 mm rain
- Centreville in OctoberUnited States · 143 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 10.5°C · 85 mm rain
- Alexandria, United States in OctoberUnited States · 144 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 10.8°C · 85 mm rain
- Lynchburg in OctoberUnited States · 149 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 10.3°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.