Richmond, VA: July

31 July 2026: July 2026 averaged 79.9°F in Richmond, VA, the warmest July since 2025, tied 30th warmest of 130 (with 1990, 1988 and 1953).

July 2026

Mean temperature: 79.9°F; Warmest since 2025; 30th warmest of 130
Precipitation: 7.33 in; Wettest since 2025; 23rd wettest of 140

A normal July in Richmond, VA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 79.7°F, between 76.9°F and 82.4°F in eight years of ten and 4.05 in of precipitation, between 1.89 in and 6.61 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every July in Richmond, VA since 1897: 79.9°F in 2026; the highest is 82.9°F, in 2020.

Normal range, 76.9 to 82.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every July 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	79.9	30	89.1	55	70.6	22	7.33	23	0
2025	81.2	13	90.2	31	72.2	3	10.66	8	0
2024	80.9	18	89.8	37	72	6	8.39	16	0
2023	81.2	13	90.8	24	71.6	7	5.82	46	0
2022	80.7	21	90.7	26	70.7	20	1.48	130	0
2021	79.5	37	89.2	52	69.8	34	6.59	30	0
2020	82.9	1	93.6	3	72.2	3	2.80	107	0
2019	81.5	7	92.3	8	70.8	17	6.22	40	0
2018	78.1	74	87.4	83	68.8	53	5.68	48	0
2017	81.3	9	91.7	12	70.8	17	2.25	120	0
2016	79.8	34	89.1	55	70.6	22	4.47	70	0
2015	79.2	47	88	76	70.5	24	5.89	44	0
2014	79.5	37	89.8	37	69.3	42	2.63	111	0
2013	80.5	23	88.9	60	72.1	5	5.88	45	0
2012	82.7	3	92.6	6	72.7	1	5.29	54	0
2011	82	5	92.8	5	71.1	14	3.63	90	0
2010	82.8	2	94.8	1	70.7	20	1.19	136	0
2009	77	95	87.4	83	66.6	102	3.39	95	0
2008	79.1	48	89.7	41	68.5	59	4.05	83	0
2007	78.7	57	89.9	35	67.5	85	1.69	127	0
2006	81.5	7	91.5	13	71.5	9	4.57	68	0
2005	81.7	6	90.8	24	72.5	2	9.28	11	0
2004	78.6	59	87.4	83	69.9	32	6.42	34	0
2003	77.8	78	86.8	97	68.8	53	9.26	12	0
2002	80.2	25	91.4	17	69	50	1.63	129	0
2001	74.9	125	85.8	110	64	128	2.73	109	0
2000	74.6	129	83.6	129	65.7	116	4.05	83	0
1999	79.6	35	89.4	48	69.8	34	2.77	108	0
1998	78.3	69	88.5	65	68.1	71	2.37	116	0
1997	77.8	78	88.3	72	67.3	90	4.85	62	0
1996	76.3	110	85.2	120	67.5	85	6.51	32	0
1995	80.8	20	92.2	9	69.4	40	2.89	104	0
1994	81.1	16	90.9	21	71.3	10	7.46	21	0
1993	82.4	4	94	2	70.9	15	1.91	125	0
1992	79.5	37	89.5	45	69.4	40	5.68	48	0
1991	80.7	21	90	34	71.3	10	3.47	93	0
1990	79.9	30	90.5	28	69.3	42	6.74	27	0
1989	77.7	83	86.9	95	68.4	64	4.00	86	0
1988	79.9	30	90.9	21	68.8	53	7.50	20	0
1987	81.3	9	92.4	7	70.2	27	1.20	135	0
1986	80.9	18	91.5	13	70.3	26	7.01	25	0
1985	79	50	90.1	32	67.9	77	5.31	53	0
1984	76	115	85.4	117	66.5	104	3.55	91	0
1983	79.4	43	91.5	13	67.2	92	0.51	140	0
1982	78.5	61	87.1	90	70	29	9.21	13	0
1981	79.5	37	89.2	52	69.9	32	4.01	85	0
1980	80	28	91.4	17	68.5	59	5.18	56	0
1979	76.9	97	85.7	111	68	72	4.36	75	0
1978	77.5	88	88.5	65	66.5	104	4.24	76	0
1977	81.3	9	93.6	3	69.1	49	4.20	77	0
1976	77.3	91	89.8	37	64.8	123	2.63	111	0
1975	75.9	118	85.6	115	66.3	108	12.29	5	0
1974	76.8	101	88.8	61	64.9	122	2.25	120	0
1973	77.3	91	87.4	83	67.3	90	3.64	89	0
1972	77	95	85.9	109	68.2	69	5.80	47	0
1971	76.6	105	86.5	102	66.7	99	4.40	73	0
1970	78.2	71	88.5	65	68	72	4.74	63	0
1969	78.2	71	87.3	89	69.2	45	13.90	3	0
1968	78.8	56	88.4	70	69.3	42	3.41	94	0
1967	76.6	105	86.9	95	66.3	108	5.00	61	0
1966	76.3	110	88.6	64	64.1	127	4.07	82	0
1965	74.9	125	83.7	127	66.1	113	6.33	37	0
1964	75.7	119	85.2	120	66.3	108	6.46	33	0
1963	76.1	114	88.3	72	63.8	130	0.52	139	0
1962	74.8	128	85.3	118	64.2	126	5.65	50	0
1961	78.5	61	89.8	37	67.2	92	2.85	105	0
1960	76.3	110	87.4	83	65.2	120	7.34	22	0
1959	77.9	77	86.1	108	69.7	36	12.85	4	0
1958	80.2	25	89.6	43	70.8	17	3.27	97	0
1957	78.4	66	90.3	29	66.5	104	1.80	126	0
1956	77.8	78	88	76	67.5	85	10.32	9	0
1955	81.3	9	91.3	19	71.3	10	7.93	18	0
1954	78.6	59	91.1	20	66.1	113	1.30	132	0
1953	79.9	30	91.8	10	67.9	77	2.04	123	0
1952	80.4	24	91.8	10	68.9	51	2.71	110	0
1951	78.5	61	89.3	50	67.8	81	2.63	111	0
1950	76.7	104	86.3	106	67.2	92	6.69	28	0
1949	80.1	27	89	57	71.2	13	6.34	36	0
1948	78.2	71	88.5	65	67.9	77	4.08	81	0
1947	74.9	125	84.7	125	65	121	3.33	96	0
1946	75.5	121	85.3	118	65.6	118	6.64	29	0
1945	76.3	110	84.7	125	67.8	81	18.87	1	0
1944	77.7	83	88.7	62	66.7	99	7.76	19	0
1943	78.5	61	87.8	78	69.2	45	3.87	87	0
1942	79.4	43	90.1	32	68.6	58	3.52	92	0
1941	78.3	69	88.2	74	68.4	64	2.82	106	0
1940	76	115	87.7	81	64.3	125	4.45	72	0
1939	75.7	119	85.7	111	65.7	116	5.23	55	0
1938	76.8	101	86.5	102	67.1	96	11.89	6	0
1937	76.9	97	87.1	90	66.6	102	6.00	43	0
1936	78.5	61	89.3	50	67.7	84	3.18	101	0
1935	77.2	93	86.5	102	67.8	81	5.64	51	0
1934	79.5	37	89	57	70	29	3.22	100	0
1933	75.1	123	85.5	116	64.8	123	4.59	65	0
1932	77.8	78	89.7	41	65.9	115	1.66	128	0
1931	79.4	43	89.5	45	69.2	45	4.47	70	0
1930	78.1	74	89.5	45	66.7	99	4.51	69	0
1929	77.1	94	87	94	67.1	96	2.16	122	0
1928	78.4	66	87.8	78	68.9	51	1.95	124	0
1927	76	115	85.7	111	66.2	111	9.10	14	0
1926	77.5	88	87.1	90	68	72	7.17	24	0
1925	79.6	35	90.7	26	68.5	59	2.32	119	0
1924	75.1	123	83.7	127	66.5	104	2.33	118	0
1923	76.5	109	86.7	98	66.2	111	10.87	7	0
1922	76.6	105	84.9	124	68.4	64	8.48	15	0
1921	80	28	89.9	35	70.2	27	2.36	117	0
1920	75.4	122	85.2	120	65.6	118	6.05	42	0
1919	77.6	86	86.7	98	68.5	59	9.92	10	0
1918	73.7	130	83.6	129	63.9	129	1.05	137	0
1917	76.9	97	85.7	111	68	72	6.28	38	0
1916	77.5	88	86.2	107	68.8	53	5.39	52	0
1915	78	76	88.4	70	67.5	85	2.42	115	0
1914	76.9	97	86.6	101	67.2	92	2.44	114	0
1913	79	50	89.2	52	68.7	57	3.65	88	0
1912	77.6	86	87.8	78	67.4	89	1.25	133	0
1911	79.5	37	90.9	21	68.2	69	0.57	138	0
1910	77.8	78	87.1	90	68.5	59	6.40	35	0
1909	76.8	101	86.5	102	67.1	96	1.25	133	0
1908	78.9	53	88.1	75	69.7	36	4.37	74	0
1907	79.1	48	88.5	65	69.7	36	2.99	103	0
1906	76.6	105	85	123	68.3	67	6.75	26	0
1905	78.4	66	86.7	98	70	29	3.25	98	0
1904	77.7	83	87.5	82	67.9	77	6.25	39	0
1903	79.3	46	89	57	69.6	39	5.17	57	0
1902	78.9	53	89.6	43	68.3	67	6.21	41	0
1901	81	17	90.3	29	71.6	7	5.06	59	0
1900	81.2	13	91.5	13	70.9	15	3.13	102	0
1899	79	50	88.7	62	69.2	45	4.12	80	0
1898	78.9	53	87.4	83	70.4	25	4.15	79	0
1897	78.7	57	89.4	48	68	72	4.18	78	0
1896							8.02	17	31
1895							5.01	60	31
1894							4.59	65	31
1893							3.24	99	31
1892							5.11	58	31
1891							4.69	64	31
1890							4.58	67	31
1889							14.01	2	31
1888							1.40	131	31
1887							6.58	31	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2020	82.9
2010	82.8
2012	82.7
1993	82.4
2011	82
2005	81.7
2019	81.5
2006	81.5
2017	81.3
1987	81.3
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1918	73.7
2000	74.6
1962	74.8
2001	74.9
1965	74.9
1947	74.9
1933	75.1
1924	75.1
1920	75.4
1946	75.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1945	18.87
1889	14.01
1969	13.90
1959	12.85
1975	12.29
1938	11.89
1923	10.87
2025	10.66
1956	10.32
1919	9.92

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1983	0.51
1963	0.52
1911	0.57
1918	1.05
2010	1.19
1987	1.20
1912	1.25
1909	1.25
1954	1.30
1888	1.40

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 100°F; 4 July 2026
Coldest night: 65°F; 26 July 2026, 25 July 2026, 14 July 2026
Wettest day: 2.02 in; 12 July 2026

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Every answer in words

July 2026 brought 7.33 in of precipitation in Richmond, VA, the wettest July since 2025, 23rd wettest of 140.
The hottest day of July 2026 in Richmond, VA: 100°F on Saturday 4 July 2026.
The coldest night of July 2026 in Richmond, VA: a low of 65°F on Sunday 26 July 2026, Saturday 25 July 2026 and Tuesday 14 July 2026.
The wettest day of July 2026 in Richmond, VA: 2.02 in on Sunday 12 July 2026.