Richmond, VA: August

31 August 2026: August 2026 averaged 79.8°F in Richmond, VA, the warmest August since 2021, tied 11th warmest of 130 (with 1988 and 1977).

August 2026

Mean temperature: 79.8°F; Warmest since 2021; 11th warmest of 130
Precipitation: 5.89 in; Wettest since 2021; 46th wettest of 140

A normal August in Richmond, VA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 78.3°F, between 75.4°F and 80.3°F in eight years of ten and 3.91 in of precipitation, between 1.99 in and 7.68 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every August in Richmond, VA since 1897: 79.8°F in 2026; the highest is 82.9°F, in 1900.

Normal range, 75.4 to 80.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every August in Richmond, VA from 1887 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	79.8	11	89.2	25	70.4	6	5.89	46	0
2025	73.8	124	82.6	124	65.1	104	2.53	111	0
2024	78.3	32	88	41	68.5	27	5.05	57	0
2023	78.9	19	88.8	29	69	25	2.08	120	0
2022	78.5	26	88.4	36	68.7	26	4.07	67	0
2021	79.9	8	88.9	28	71	3	7.21	26	0
2020	79.2	16	87.6	49	70.9	4	15.34	2	0
2019	79	17	89.6	18	68.4	29	2.29	117	0
2018	79.5	14	89.1	26	69.8	16	3.35	87	0
2017	76.5	65	85.8	78	67.2	58	5.94	44	0
2016	80.3	6	90.4	6	70.3	8	0.53	138	0
2015	77.5	50	87.6	49	67.4	53	2.77	102	0
2014	76.4	66	85.5	84	67.2	58	3.61	84	0
2013	75.9	76	84.6	103	67.1	61	7.61	22	0
2012	78.2	38	87.1	58	69.3	21	3.50	85	0
2011	78.9	19	89.5	19	68.4	29	7.10	29	0
2010	79.9	8	89.9	9	69.9	14	3.92	73	0
2009	79.9	8	89.5	19	70.3	8	4.04	68	0
2008	77.2	57	88	41	66.4	74	5.73	49	0
2007	80.4	5	90.9	4	69.9	14	6.81	33	0
2006	80.6	3	90.9	4	70.4	6	5.99	43	0
2005	80.5	4	89.9	9	71.2	2	2.56	108	0
2004	75.6	87	84	113	67.3	56	16.30	1	0
2003	78.3	32	86.6	67	70	13	4.66	60	0
2002	79.3	15	90.3	7	68.3	33	3.18	93	0
2001	78.1	39	88.1	39	68.2	34	5.08	56	0
2000	74.9	112	83.8	115	66	87	8.28	17	0
1999	77.9	43	88	41	67.8	40	2.00	121	0
1998	78.3	32	89.5	19	67	63	1.89	122	0
1997	75.8	78	86.6	67	64.9	115	1.41	128	0
1996	74.2	119	83	121	65.5	93	4.40	63	0
1995	78.9	19	89.7	17	68	36	2.59	107	0
1994	75.4	92	85.7	80	65	108	2.54	110	0
1993	78.5	26	89.5	19	67.5	47	3.89	75	0
1992	73.7	125	83.1	120	64.3	119	6.40	40	0
1991	78.5	26	88.7	31	68.4	29	3.32	88	0
1990	76.3	71	84.9	95	67.6	43	5.76	47	0
1989	75.3	95	83.5	116	67.1	61	4.89	58	0
1988	79.8	11	89.9	9	69.6	17	2.95	97	0
1987	78.5	26	89.3	24	67.6	43	1.11	132	0
1986	74.2	119	83.2	119	65.2	102	6.75	34	0
1985	77.4	53	87.5	53	67.4	53	10.58	5	0
1984	77	59	87.8	46	66.1	85	4.58	62	0
1983	77.7	47	89.8	12	65.5	93	0.97	134	0
1982	75	107	84.1	108	65.9	89	4.39	64	0
1981	75	107	84.7	102	65.4	98	2.89	101	0
1980	80.7	2	92.1	2	69.3	21	2.15	119	0
1979	77.8	46	87.4	54	68.1	35	7.08	30	0
1978	80.1	7	90.1	8	70.1	11	5.93	45	0
1977	79.8	11	91.2	3	68.4	29	6.15	42	0
1976	75.6	87	88.1	39	63.2	127	1.35	130	0
1975	78.7	24	89.8	12	67.7	41	2.31	116	0
1974	75.7	83	84.8	99	66.6	69	6.84	32	0
1973	77.5	50	87.6	49	67.4	53	4.34	65	0
1972	75.2	100	85	90	65.3	99	3.84	77	0
1971	75.3	95	85	90	65.6	90	3.73	80	0
1970	78	40	89.5	19	66.5	70	1.69	125	0
1969	75	107	85.2	87	64.9	115	9.31	11	0
1968	78.8	23	89.8	12	67.9	37	3.71	81	0
1967	75.4	92	85.4	86	65.5	93	6.65	35	0
1966	74.6	114	84.1	108	65	108	1.31	131	0
1965	75.8	78	86.7	66	65	108	0.81	136	0
1964	73	128	82.1	127	64	123	9.88	7	0
1963	75.7	83	88	41	63.3	125	3.75	79	0
1962	74.6	114	86.3	72	62.9	128	2.37	114	0
1961	77	59	87.3	56	66.8	65	3.90	74	0
1960	77.5	50	87.1	58	67.9	37	7.20	27	0
1959	79	17	88.6	33	69.4	19	5.75	48	0
1958	76.4	66	85.6	83	67.2	58	9.77	9	0
1957	74.6	114	85	90	64.2	120	7.46	23	0
1956	76.4	66	86.5	69	66.4	74	2.28	118	0
1955	78.6	25	87	60	70.3	8	14.10	3	0
1954	76.8	62	87.4	54	66.2	83	3.95	72	0
1953	77.3	55	89	27	65.6	90	0.99	133	0
1952	76.4	66	86.3	72	66.5	70	6.41	38	0
1951	75.9	76	85.8	78	66.1	85	5.23	54	0
1950	75.4	92	85.9	77	65	108	3.32	88	0
1949	76.6	63	85.7	80	67.5	47	8.99	12	0
1948	75.6	87	86.3	72	65	108	7.78	20	0
1947	78.5	26	88.5	34	68.5	27	1.87	123	0
1946	72.7	129	81.8	129	63.5	124	3.87	76	0
1945	75.1	104	85.2	87	65.1	104	2.92	98	0
1944	75.5	91	86	75	64.9	115	6.44	37	0
1943	78.4	31	89.8	12	67	63	0.52	139	0
1942	75.2	100	84.1	108	66.3	78	6.61	36	0
1941	75.8	78	88.2	37	63.3	125	3.05	95	0
1940	73.7	125	82	128	65.3	99	9.33	10	0
1939	77.1	58	86.9	62	67.3	56	8.34	16	0
1938	78.3	32	89.8	12	66.8	65	0.95	135	0
1937	77.3	55	87	60	67.5	47	9.85	8	0
1936	78	40	88.5	34	67.5	47	2.90	99	0
1935	75.3	95	85	90	65.5	93	3.68	82	0
1934	74.9	112	83.5	116	66.3	78	3.22	91	0
1933	75.7	83	85	90	66.4	74	8.84	13	1
1932	76.9	61	88.8	29	65	108	1.36	129	0
1931	75.1	104	84.1	108	66.2	83	11.42	4	0
1930	74	122	86.9	62	61	130	2.35	115	0
1929	75.1	104	84.9	95	65.3	99	2.41	113	0
1928	77.9	43	86.8	65	69.1	24	8.05	19	0
1927	71.3	130	79.8	130	62.8	129	7.19	28	0
1926	78	40	86.9	62	69.2	23	5.24	53	0
1925	74.3	118	84.5	104	64.1	122	2.55	109	0
1924	76.4	66	86.4	70	66.5	70	3.05	95	0
1923	75.2	100	84.1	108	66.3	78	6.41	38	0
1922	73.3	127	82.4	125	64.2	120	7.78	20	0
1921	76.6	63	88.2	37	65	108	0.61	137	0
1920	75.2	100	82.8	122	67.5	47	8.69	14	0
1919	75	107	84.8	99	65.2	102	2.62	106	0
1918	78.3	32	88.7	31	67.9	37	2.76	103	0
1917	75.7	83	85.2	87	66.3	78	2.74	104	0
1916	76.1	74	85.7	80	66.5	70	1.55	126	0
1915	76.1	74	84.8	99	67.5	47	7.34	24	0
1914	77.7	47	87.7	47	67.6	43	2.47	112	0
1913	75.3	95	84.5	104	66	87	4.59	61	0
1912	76.3	71	87.2	57	65.5	93	1.49	127	0
1911	77.7	47	87.7	47	67.7	41	7.26	25	0
1910	74.5	117	82.8	122	66.3	78	2.90	99	0
1909	74.2	119	83.4	118	65.1	104	4.01	69	0
1908	74	122	82.4	125	65.6	90	10.40	6	0
1907	75.3	95	84.3	107	66.4	74	5.31	52	0
1906	78.3	32	86	75	70.5	5	8.68	15	0
1905	75.8	78	84.9	95	66.8	65	4.01	69	0
1904	75.6	87	84.5	104	66.8	65	3.83	78	0
1903	75.8	78	83.9	114	67.6	43	3.21	92	0
1902	75	107	84.9	95	65.1	104	3.10	94	0
1901	77.4	53	85.5	84	69.4	19	6.99	31	0
1900	82.9	1	93.6	1	72.2	1	3.66	83	0
1899	77.9	43	86.4	70	69.5	18	5.61	50	0
1898	78.9	19	87.6	49	70.1	11	6.31	41	0
1897	76.3	71	88	41	64.5	118	1.83	124	0
1896							0.45	140	31
1895							2.68	105	31
1894							5.12	55	31
1893							3.43	86	31
1892							3.32	88	31
1891							4.80	59	31
1890							5.51	51	31
1889							3.99	71	31
1888							4.19	66	31
1887							8.27	18	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1900	82.9
1980	80.7
2006	80.6
2005	80.5
2007	80.4
2016	80.3
1978	80.1
2021	79.9
2010	79.9
2009	79.9

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1927	71.3
1946	72.7
1964	73
1922	73.3
1992	73.7
1940	73.7
2025	73.8
1930	74
1908	74
1996	74.2
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2004	16.30
2020	15.34
1955	14.10
1931	11.42
1985	10.58
1908	10.40
1964	9.88
1937	9.85
1958	9.77
1940	9.33

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1896	0.45
1943	0.52
2016	0.53
1921	0.61
1965	0.81
1938	0.95
1983	0.97
1953	0.99
1987	1.11
1966	1.31

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 94°F; 20 August 2026, 17 August 2026
Coldest night: 62°F; 26 August 2026, 25 August 2026, 24 August 2026
Wettest day: 1.60 in; 4 August 2026

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August 2026 brought 5.89 in of precipitation in Richmond, VA, the wettest August since 2021, 46th wettest of 140.
The hottest day of August 2026 in Richmond, VA: 94°F on Thursday 20 August 2026 and Monday 17 August 2026.
The coldest night of August 2026 in Richmond, VA: a low of 62°F on Wednesday 26 August 2026, Tuesday 25 August 2026 and Monday 24 August 2026.
The wettest day of August 2026 in Richmond, VA: 1.60 in on Tuesday 4 August 2026.