Richmond, VA: October

10 October 2026: October 2026 so far averaged 66.2°F in Richmond, VA, the warmest 1 to 10 October since 2024, 29th warmest of 129.

October 2026 so far, to 10 October 2026

Mean temperature: 66.2°F; Warmest since 2024; 29th warmest of 129
Precipitation: 0.81 in; Wettest since 2021; 59th wettest of 139

A normal 1 to 10 October in Richmond, VA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 63.9°F, between 59.5°F and 70°F in eight years of ten and 0.37 in of precipitation, between 0.01 in and 3.77 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 to 10 October in Richmond, VA since 1897: 66.2°F in 2026; the highest is 76.7°F, in 1941.

Normal range, 59.5 to 70°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 to 10 October 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	66.2	29	77	30	55.3	38	0.81	59	0
2025	63.8	53	75.3	48	52.2	58	0.01	117	0
2024	67.6	22	77	30	58.2	17	0.58	74	0
2023	65.9	31	77.8	24	54	45	0.07	106	0
2022	58.7	113	68.7	116	48.6	99	0.60	72	0
2021	70.6	10	78.9	17	62.3	8	2.41	20	0
2020	62.4	67	73.6	64	51.1	71	0.45	81	0
2019	70.9	8	80.9	12	60.9	9	0.38	83	0
2018	75.7	2	85.2	3	66.1	2	trace	125	0
2017	69.7	14	80.8	13	58.5	16	0.38	83	0
2016	65.3	37	72.8	74	57.8	20	4.17	5	0
2015	59.7	100	68.2	122	51.2	68	2.46	19	0
2014	65.9	31	77.8	24	53.9	46	1.20	46	0
2013	69.4	16	79.7	15	59.1	14	3.73	7	0
2012	64.9	43	72.7	76	57	23	1.05	50	0
2011	60.1	94	70.6	99	49.5	86	0.05	109	0
2010	60.6	85	72.6	77	48.6	99	0.22	92	0
2009	64.1	50	76.4	35	51.8	63	0.05	109	0
2008	63.7	56	74.7	54	52.6	56	trace	125	0
2007	75	3	85.9	2	64.1	4	0.01	117	0
2006	66.3	28	76.4	35	56.1	28	4.19	4	0
2005	69.9	12	78.9	17	60.9	9	2.50	17	0
2004	64.1	50	74.2	60	53.9	46	0.03	114	0
2003	59.9	99	70.6	99	49.2	90	0.03	114	0
2002	69.9	12	79.5	16	60.2	12	0.71	65	0
2001	59.4	105	72.9	73	45.8	118	0.29	90	0
2000	61.9	71	72.6	77	51.2	68	trace	125	0
1999	61.1	77	71.6	91	50.6	78	0.21	93	0
1998	63.1	59	72.4	79	53.8	48	0.35	86	0
1997	68.8	17	82.9	8	54.7	41	0.01	117	0
1996	57.3	117	65.8	129	48.7	98	4.08	6	0
1995	67.9	20	77.7	26	58	19	1.72	33	0
1994	59.5	104	70.9	96	48.1	103	0.01	117	0
1993	61.3	75	74.3	58	48.2	102	0.06	108	0
1992	58.2	115	69.7	108	46.7	115	0.70	67	0
1991	63.5	58	76.1	40	50.8	76	0.71	65	0
1990	69.6	15	83.1	7	56.1	28	0.20	94	0
1989	60	98	71.2	94	48.8	96	1.28	43	0
1988	56.7	121	68.3	119	45.1	122	1.36	41	0
1987	54.5	127	67.3	125	41.7	127	0.81	59	0
1986	70.1	11	81.1	11	59	15	0.02	116	0
1985	62.1	69	72.2	85	52	61	2.06	27	0
1984	60.8	80	72.4	79	49.2	90	1.03	51	0
1983	63.7	56	75.4	46	51.9	62	0.01	117	0
1982	68.3	19	78.8	19	57.7	21	0.37	85	0
1981	59.3	106	73.7	63	44.8	123	0.48	79	0
1980	60.6	85	70.6	99	50.5	80	1.16	47	0
1979	61.4	74	71.9	88	50.9	74	3.32	9	0
1978	60.3	90	71	95	49.6	84	0.96	54	0
1977	60.5	88	73.3	69	47.6	111	0.75	64	0
1976	64.2	48	72.1	87	56.3	27	2.95	12	0
1975	60.8	80	72.4	79	49.2	90	0.83	57	0
1974	52.1	129	68.3	119	35.9	130	trace	125	0
1973	66.7	26	77.5	29	55.9	32	1.26	45	0
1972	59.3	106	70	104	48.6	99	5.32	1	0
1971	65.2	40	73.6	64	56.7	24	4.22	3	0
1970	65.4	36	79.9	14	50.9	74	trace	125	0
1969	65.1	42	74.5	56	55.6	34	1.79	32	0
1968	62	70	76.2	38	47.7	110	0.57	75	0
1967	64.1	50	76.7	34	51.4	66	0.67	69	0
1966	57.3	117	71.7	90	42.9	124	0.94	55	0
1965	57.2	119	68.5	118	45.9	117	1.28	43	0
1964	54.6	126	64	130	45.2	121	2.72	13	0
1963	59.1	109	76.3	37	41.8	126	0.16	97	0
1962	66.5	27	78.2	21	54.7	41	0.13	98	0
1961	60.8	80	75.3	48	46.3	116	1.63	38	0
1960	60.1	94	69	113	51.1	71	0.54	76	0
1959	74.9	4	83.2	6	66.5	1	0.54	76	0
1958	59.6	102	69.4	110	49.8	82	1.81	31	0
1957	59.1	109	67.7	124	50.4	81	4.32	2	0
1956	63.8	53	74.4	57	53.1	51	0.09	105	0
1955	64.9	43	75.1	51	54.7	41	1.01	52	0
1954	71.1	7	84	5	58.2	17	2.29	22	0
1953	60.6	85	73.2	71	48	107	0.13	98	0
1952	59.2	108	69.2	112	49.1	93	1.96	30	0
1951	66.9	25	77.7	26	56.1	28	2.14	24	0
1950	62.6	62	72.4	79	52.7	55	1.36	41	0
1949	67	24	78	23	56	31	0.05	109	0
1948	60.1	94	69	113	51.2	68	2.66	14	0
1947	60.2	92	71.5	92	48.9	95	1.08	49	0
1946	61	78	72.4	79	49.5	86	0.69	68	0
1945	58	116	68	123	48	107	0.26	91	0
1944	64.2	48	73.5	68	54.9	40	0.30	89	0
1943	60.5	88	72.2	85	48.8	96	0.10	103	0
1942	63	60	74.8	53	51.1	71	0.07	106	0
1941	76.7	1	89.3	1	64	5	0.12	100	0
1940	58.5	114	68.8	115	48.1	103	1.68	34	0
1939	64.4	47	75.4	46	53.4	50	2.30	21	0
1938	56.2	125	69.9	106	42.4	125	0.01	117	0
1937	61	78	70.1	103	51.8	63	2.61	15	0
1936	65.6	34	75.6	45	55.6	34	0.88	56	0
1935	52.4	128	66.3	127	38.4	129	0.59	73	0
1934	60.2	92	70.8	97	49.5	86	0.81	59	0
1933	61.3	75	73.2	71	49.3	89	0.40	82	0
1932	62.2	68	76.2	38	48.1	103	1.67	36	0
1931	68.4	18	81.4	9	55.4	36	0.31	88	0
1930	56.5	123	71.8	89	41.1	128	0.00	134	0
1929	59.6	102	68.3	119	50.8	76	2.04	28	0
1928	64.5	46	74.6	55	54.3	44	0.10	103	0
1927	67.9	20	78.3	20	57.5	22	1.11	48	0
1926	66	30	76.1	40	55.8	33	0.11	102	0
1925	61.6	73	70	104	53.1	51	1.51	39	0
1924	60.7	84	73.6	64	47.8	109	0.00	134	0
1923	57	120	68.6	117	45.4	119	0.00	134	0
1922	70.9	8	81.4	9	60.4	11	3.11	10	0
1921	60.1	94	73.3	69	46.9	114	0.53	78	0
1920	59	111	70.7	98	47.2	113	trace	125	0
1919	73.7	5	84.7	4	62.6	7	0.01	117	0
1918	62.5	63	74.3	58	50.6	78	0.04	113	0
1917	56.4	124	67.3	125	45.4	119	1.44	40	0
1916	65.3	37	76.8	33	53.8	48	trace	125	0
1915	60.8	80	69.4	110	52.2	58	2.96	11	0
1914	65.7	33	74.9	52	56.5	26	0.62	71	0
1913	67.3	23	75.2	50	59.3	13	0.64	70	0
1912	62.8	61	75.9	43	49.6	84	0.00	134	0
1911	62.5	63	72.4	79	52.6	56	0.48	79	0
1910	65.6	34	76.1	40	55.1	39	2.47	18	0
1909	60.3	90	71.5	92	49	94	trace	125	0
1908	59.7	100	69.6	109	49.8	82	0.01	117	0
1907	62.5	63	72.8	74	52.1	60	0.32	87	0
1906	61.8	72	70.4	102	53.1	51	2.09	26	0
1905	65.3	37	77.6	28	52.9	54	0.12	100	0
1904	62.5	63	73.6	64	51.4	66	trace	125	0
1903	65.2	40	73.8	61	56.6	25	2.02	29	0
1902	64.6	45	73.8	61	55.4	36	2.24	23	0
1901	59	111	69.9	106	48.1	103	0.17	96	0
1900			77	30	62.8	6	1.68	34	2
1899	56.7	121	65.9	128	47.5	112	2.11	25	0
1898	72.1	6	78.2	21	65.9	3	1.65	37	0
1897	63.8	53	75.8	44	51.7	65			0
1896							0.00	134	10
1895							0.77	63	10
1894							2.51	16	10
1893							1.00	53	10
1892							0.83	57	10
1891							0.78	62	10
1890							3.36	8	10
1889							0.05	109	10
1888							0.19	95	10
1887							0.00	134	10

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1941	76.7
2018	75.7
2007	75
1959	74.9
1919	73.7
1898	72.1
1954	71.1
2019	70.9
1922	70.9
2021	70.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1974	52.1
1935	52.4
1987	54.5
1964	54.6
1938	56.2
1917	56.4
1930	56.5
1988	56.7
1899	56.7
1923	57

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1972	5.32
1957	4.32
1971	4.22
2006	4.19
2016	4.17
1996	4.08
2013	3.73
1890	3.36
1979	3.32
1922	3.11

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1930	0.00
1924	0.00
1923	0.00
1912	0.00
1896	0.00
1887	0.00
2018	trace
2008	trace
2000	trace
1974	trace
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 90°F; 2 October 2026
Coldest night: 45°F; 7 October 2026
Wettest day: 0.51 in; 4 October 2026

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October 2026 so far brought 0.81 in of precipitation in Richmond, VA, the wettest 1 to 10 October since 2021, tied 59th wettest of 139 (with 1987 and 1934).
The hottest day of October 2026 so far in Richmond, VA: 90°F on Friday 2 October 2026.
The coldest night of October 2026 so far in Richmond, VA: a low of 45°F on Wednesday 7 October 2026.
The wettest day of October 2026 so far in Richmond, VA: 0.51 in on Sunday 4 October 2026.