Richmond, VA: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 35.9°F in Richmond, VA, the coldest January since 2025, 45th coldest of 130.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 35.9°F; Coldest since 2025; 45th coldest of 130
Precipitation: 3.43 in; Wettest since 2024; 56th wettest of 138

A normal January in Richmond, VA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 39.6°F, between 33.7°F and 43.2°F in eight years of ten and 3.36 in of precipitation, between 1.57 in and 4.66 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Richmond, VA since 1897: 35.9°F in 2026; the lowest is 24.2°F, in 1940.

Normal range, 33.7 to 43.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January 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	35.9	86	45.8	85	25.9	91	3.43	56	0
2025	33.5	111	43.6	103	23.4	114	2.82	81	0
2024	41.6	28	51.3	29	32	27	5.76	9	0
2023	46.2	5	56.4	5	35.9	6	2.82	81	0
2022	36.5	78	46.6	73	26.5	83	4.48	25	0
2021	39	51	48.3	56	29.7	55	3.58	50	0
2020	43.2	14	52.6	17	33.8	16	3.59	48	0
2019	39.1	50	48.3	56	29.9	53	2.62	89	0
2018	35.7	88	47	67	24.5	110	3.41	58	0
2017	41.6	28	49.9	39	33.3	19	4.29	31	0
2016	35.7	88	45.1	89	26.2	87	3.30	65	0
2015	37.3	74	46.1	81	28.5	64	3.49	54	0
2014	33.7	109	44.6	96	22.8	117	3.28	67	0
2013	41.3	33	50.4	35	32.2	26	5.33	16	0
2012	42.6	19	53.5	12	31.8	29	1.73	118	0
2011	34.4	101	42.8	108	25.9	91	2.48	96	0
2010	36	84	45.1	89	26.9	76	3.60	47	0
2009	35.2	92	44.5	98	26	88	1.49	129	0
2008	40	43	49.8	40	30.1	51	0.96	136	0
2007	43.5	13	53.1	14	33.9	15	3.46	55	0
2006	45	9	55.4	6	34.7	12	2.89	77	0
2005	40	43	49.3	43	30.8	38	3.42	57	0
2004	33.3	116	41.8	114	24.9	103	1.55	123	0
2003	33.7	109	41.5	119	25.9	91	2.18	105	0
2002	42.1	23	52.3	20	31.9	28	3.58	50	0
2001	37.1	76	47.5	61	26.7	80	2.06	109	0
2000	36.3	81	46	83	26.6	81	3.96	37	0
1999	41.9	24	52.4	18	31.5	30	4.70	20	0
1998	43.2	14	51.5	28	34.9	11	6.85	4	0
1997	37.6	70	47.2	66	28.1	68	1.93	112	0
1996	34.1	104	42.7	109	25.5	100	4.65	21	0
1995	40.6	37	48.8	51	32.5	23	3.15	70	0
1994	33.4	112	41.9	113	24.9	103	3.10	71	0
1993	41.4	31	50.3	37	32.5	23	4.48	25	0
1992	40.6	37	50.7	33	30.6	44	1.57	122	0
1991	40.2	41	49.7	41	30.7	41	3.62	45	0
1990	46.3	4	57.2	3	35.3	9	2.84	79	0
1989	42.3	21	53.4	13	31.2	34	1.88	113	0
1988	32.3	120	41.7	116	22.8	117	2.53	92	0
1987	34.7	99	43.6	103	25.8	95	5.53	13	0
1986	36.2	82	46.5	75	25.8	95	2.69	87	0
1985	32.6	118	41.8	114	23.3	115	3.54	53	0
1984	32.6	118	41.1	121	24.1	111	3.98	36	0
1983	37.8	68	45.4	87	30.2	49	1.59	121	0
1982	31.6	121	40.2	125	23	116	2.76	85	0
1981	31.1	123	42.1	112	20.2	126	0.64	138	0
1980	38.7	55	47.3	64	30.2	49	6.05	6	0
1979	36.4	80	45.9	84	26.9	76	6.16	5	0
1978	33.3	116	43	105	23.7	112	7.97	2	0
1977	25.2	129	35.2	130	15.3	129	2.22	103	0
1976	35.1	95	46.7	72	23.5	113	3.39	60	0
1975	40.7	36	51.7	26	29.7	55	5.71	10	0
1974	45.8	7	55	7	36.6	4	3.21	69	0
1973	37.5	71	49.1	47	26	88	2.66	88	0
1972	40.6	37	50.4	35	30.9	37	1.43	130	0
1971	33.8	108	42.7	109	24.9	103	1.84	117	0
1970	30	126	40.8	123	19.3	128	1.32	131	0
1969	33.9	106	43	105	24.8	107	2.04	110	0
1968	33.9	106	45.1	89	22.6	119	2.53	92	0
1967	40.9	34	52.2	21	29.6	58	1.50	128	0
1966	31.1	123	40.2	125	22	122	4.58	23	0
1965	35.5	91	46.5	75	24.6	108	2.51	95	0
1964	38	63	50.3	37	25.8	95	4.16	33	0
1963	35.8	87	45.3	88	26.4	84	1.55	123	0
1962	36.5	78	46.5	75	26.6	81	5.95	7	0
1961	33.4	112	44.8	93	22.1	121	2.57	90	0
1960	38.7	55	47	67	30.5	46	2.13	108	0
1959	37.5	71	48.6	52	26.4	84	1.31	132	0
1958	34.5	100	44.5	98	24.6	108	2.96	75	0
1957	35.2	92	44.5	98	25.9	91	3.36	62	0
1956	36	84	44.7	94	27.2	75	1.65	119	0
1955	35.7	88	45.5	86	26	88	1.09	134	0
1954	38	63	48.4	53	27.6	72	3.70	41	0
1953	42.8	17	52.2	21	33.5	17	4.47	27	0
1952	42.4	20	52.1	23	32.7	21	5.71	10	0
1951	40.9	34	51.6	27	30.1	51	1.08	135	0
1950	49.7	1	60.5	1	38.9	2	2.17	106	0
1949	45.3	8	54.6	8	35.9	6	3.35	63	0
1948	31.1	123	40.5	124	21.7	123	4.11	35	0
1947	44.7	10	53.6	11	35.7	8	4.31	30	0
1946	38	63	46.2	79	29.7	55	2.16	107	0
1945	34.3	102	41.6	117	26.9	76	2.25	101	0
1944	38.7	55	48.3	56	29	63	2.83	80	0
1943	40	43	49.1	47	30.8	38	2.87	78	0
1942	34.1	104	46.1	81	22.2	120	3.59	48	0
1941	35.2	92	44.6	96	25.7	98	2.19	104	0
1940	24.2	130	35.7	129	12.7	130	4.16	33	0
1939	41.6	28	52.4	18	30.8	38	3.40	59	0
1938	37.2	75	46.6	73	27.8	71	3.28	67	0
1937	45.9	6	53	15	38.9	2	10.08	1	0
1936	31.4	122	41.2	120	21.5	124	7.76	3	0
1935	34.8	98	44.7	94	24.9	103	4.41	28	0
1934	41.7	27	51.9	25	31.5	30	1.63	120	0
1933	44.3	11	54.2	9	34.4	13	3.85	39	0
1932	48.9	2	57.9	2	39.9	1	5.64	12	0
1931	38.2	60	49.2	46	27.3	74	1.88	113	0
1930	38.6	59	47.8	60	29.5	60	4.25	32	0
1929	38.7	55	48.4	53	29.1	62	1.53	125	0
1928	38.9	53	49.3	43	28.5	64	2.23	102	0
1927	37.9	66	46.2	79	29.6	58	0.70	137	0
1926	37.7	69	47.5	61	28	69	3.30	65	0
1925	36.6	77	45	92	28.2	66	5.42	14	0
1924	37.9	66	48.9	50	26.9	76	2.98	73	0
1923	40.1	42	49	49	31.2	34	4.61	22	0
1922	35	96	42.4	111	27.5	73	4.58	23	0
1921	39.7	47	48.4	53	31.1	36	3.79	40	1
1920	34.3	102	43	105	25.5	100	2.02	111	0
1919	40.6	37	50.7	33	30.5	46	3.64	44	0
1918	27.9	128	35.8	128	20.1	127	5.81	8	0
1917	39.9	46	49.3	43	30.4	48	2.98	73	0
1916	44	12	53.9	10	34.1	14	1.51	127	0
1915	39.4	48	47.3	64	31.5	30	5.41	15	0
1914	41.8	25	51	31	32.5	23	3.65	42	0
1913	46.7	3	57.1	4	36.3	5	2.53	92	0
1912	28.9	127	36.8	127	21	125	2.34	99	0
1911	41.8	25	52	24	31.5	30	3.65	42	0
1910	39	51	47.5	61	30.6	44	3.58	50	0
1909	42.3	21	51	31	33.5	17	3.00	72	0
1908	38.1	62	46.9	69	29.3	61	4.39	29	0
1907	42.8	17	52.9	16	32.7	21	1.22	133	0
1906	43.1	16	51.1	30	35.1	10	2.54	91	0
1905	35	96	43.7	102	26.3	86	2.47	97	0
1904	33.4	112	41.6	117	25.3	102	2.34	99	0
1903	38.2	60	46.5	75	29.9	53	3.61	46	0
1902	36.1	83	44.3	101	28	69			0
1901	38.8	54	46.9	69	30.7	41	2.80	83	0
1900	39.4	48	48.1	59	30.7	41	2.71	86	0
1899	37.5	71	46.8	71	28.2	66	2.94	76	0
1898	41.4	31	49.6	42	33.2	20			0
1897	33.4	112	41.1	121	25.6	99	1.86	116	0
1896							2.40	98	31
1895							5.25	17	31
1894							3.35	63	31
1893							3.37	61	31
1892							3.96	37	31
1891							4.79	18	31
1890							1.53	125	31
1889							4.77	19	31
1888							2.79	84	31
1887							1.88	113	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1950	49.7
1932	48.9
1913	46.7
1990	46.3
2023	46.2
1937	45.9
1974	45.8
1949	45.3
2006	45
1947	44.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1940	24.2
1977	25.2
1918	27.9
1912	28.9
1970	30
1981	31.1
1966	31.1
1948	31.1
1936	31.4
1982	31.6

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1937	10.08
1978	7.97
1936	7.76
1998	6.85
1979	6.16
1980	6.05
1962	5.95
1918	5.81
2024	5.76
1975	5.71
More years share the last value

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1981	0.64
1927	0.70
2008	0.96
1951	1.08
1955	1.09
1907	1.22
1959	1.31
1970	1.32
1972	1.43
2009	1.49

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 69°F; 7 January 2026
Coldest night: 9°F; 29 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.91 in; 10 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 3.43 in of precipitation in Richmond, VA, the wettest January since 2024, 56th wettest of 138.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Richmond, VA: 69°F on Wednesday 7 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Richmond, VA: a low of 9°F on Thursday 29 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Richmond, VA: 1.91 in on Saturday 10 January 2026.