Richmond, VA: September

30 September 2026: September 2026 averaged 74.2°F in Richmond, VA, the warmest September since 2019, tied 13th warmest of 130 (with 1998 and 1977).

September 2026

Mean temperature: 74.2°F; Warmest since 2019; 13th warmest of 130
Precipitation: 5.50 in; Wettest since 2025; 31st wettest of 140

A normal September in Richmond, VA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 71.3°F, between 69°F and 74.7°F in eight years of ten and 3.71 in of precipitation, between 1.08 in and 9.58 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every September in Richmond, VA since 1897: 74.2°F in 2026; the highest is 76.8°F, in 1921.

Normal range, 69 to 74.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every September 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	74.2	13	83.4	27	65	6	5.50	31	0
2025	70.6	70	80	78	61.2	49	5.68	29	0
2024	72.3	35	81	59	63.6	14	2.99	72	0
2023	73.2	22	83.3	29	63.1	25	4.99	37	0
2022	72.8	26	84.4	16	61.2	49	1.68	108	0
2021	72.6	29	83.1	31	62.2	39	5.79	27	0
2020	69.7	87	78.5	108	60.8	60	6.92	13	0
2019	76.3	3	87.6	2	64.9	8	0.42	136	0
2018	76.4	2	84	20	68.9	1	4.53	44	0
2017	71.1	54	81.3	52	60.8	60	1.48	111	0
2016	74	16	82	41	65.9	3	11.19	2	0
2015	74.4	11	84.1	19	64.7	9	3.43	62	0
2014	72.7	28	81.8	43	63.5	16	1.35	117	0
2013	70.8	62	81.6	47	59.9	74	1.39	115	0
2012	70.3	72	80.6	68	60	70	4.08	50	0
2011	72.5	31	80.6	68	64.5	10	8.95	10	0
2010	74.6	10	86.6	7	62.5	34	6.49	18	0
2009	69.9	83	79.6	87	60.3	67	2.46	87	0
2008	71.9	39	81.1	56	62.7	29	5.94	25	0
2007	72.6	29	84.3	17	60.8	60	1.11	121	0
2006	69.9	83	78.7	102	61.1	52	9.52	8	0
2005	75.6	5	87.4	4	63.7	12	0.08	140	0
2004	71.6	45	79.9	80	63.3	20	6.14	24	0
2003	70	79	79	98	61	54	10.12	5	0
2002	71.8	41	81.3	52	62.3	37	2.88	77	0
2001	67.8	113	78.4	109	57.2	112	2.14	95	0
2000	67.5	114	76.6	124	58.4	97	3.60	59	0
1999	68.5	103	76.9	123	60	70	16.60	1	0
1998	74.2	13	85.4	11	62.9	27	3.94	55	0
1997	70.3	72	81.4	50	59.1	90	0.82	130	0
1996	70.1	77	79.2	95	61	54	6.87	14	0
1995	69.1	96	79.5	91	58.6	95	3.82	57	0
1994	69.2	94	81.2	54	57.2	112	3.99	54	0
1993	72.5	31	83	32	62	42	2.97	73	0
1992	70.2	75	79.8	83	60.7	63	2.35	90	0
1991	71.5	47	83.3	29	59.8	80	2.69	81	0
1990	69.5	89	80.4	70	58.6	95	1.92	98	0
1989	70.8	62	79.9	80	61.6	48	5.33	34	0
1988	68.4	104	78.6	107	58.1	100	1.74	106	0
1987	72.2	37	81.7	45	62.8	28	4.43	45	0
1986	70.8	62	81.1	56	60.5	66	0.63	134	0
1985	70.8	62	82.2	38	59.4	87	4.97	38	0
1984	67.5	114	79.6	87	55.3	124	1.86	101	0
1983	68.8	99	80.9	63	56.6	118	3.05	70	0
1982	69.7	87	79.6	87	59.9	74	2.55	86	0
1981	69.4	90	81.2	54	57.5	106	2.70	80	0
1980	74.7	9	85.7	9	63.7	12	2.37	89	0
1979	71	57	78.8	100	63.2	22	9.76	6	0
1978	72.9	25	83.8	22	61.9	44	0.26	139	0
1977	74.2	13	85	12	63.4	17	2.16	94	0
1976	68.7	100	81.8	43	55.6	123	4.78	42	0
1975	69.3	92	78.7	102	59.9	74	10.98	3	0
1974	67.4	118	78	113	56.7	117	4.83	40	0
1973	72.3	35	83.7	23	60.9	57	1.82	103	0
1972	70.1	77	79.9	80	60.3	67	3.35	64	0
1971	71.4	50	80.7	67	62.1	40	2.35	90	0
1970	74.8	8	87.5	3	62	42	1.02	125	0
1969	68.1	111	78.7	102	57.5	106	3.89	56	0
1968	70.9	59	84	20	57.8	104	1.78	104	0
1967	65.7	127	77.9	117	53.4	130	0.95	127	0
1966	67.2	120	78	113	56.4	120	5.06	36	0
1965	70.7	67	81.4	50	60	70	4.81	41	0
1964	67	121	78.3	111	55.8	122	2.56	85	0
1963	65.5	129	76.6	124	54.4	128	3.20	67	0
1962	66.2	123	77.6	120	54.7	126	3.46	61	0
1961	73.5	20	84.7	14	62.3	37	1.64	109	0
1960	69.3	92	79.7	85	58.8	93	6.21	21	0
1959	70.8	62	80.9	63	60.7	63	3.30	65	0
1958	69.1	96	80.8	66	57.3	109	1.90	100	0
1957	71.9	39	80.4	70	63.3	20	3.43	62	0
1956	67.9	112	77.8	118	58	101	2.96	74	0
1955	70.6	70	79.1	97	62.1	40	5.79	27	0
1954	74.4	11	87.7	1	61	54	0.69	132	0
1953	70	79	81.9	42	58	101	6.84	16	0
1952	69.2	94	80.1	77	58.3	99	2.35	90	0
1951	69.9	83	81.1	56	58.8	93	0.98	126	0
1950	68.2	110	77	122	59.3	88	4.04	51	0
1949	67.4	118	78	113	56.8	116	2.64	82	0
1948	68.7	100	79.3	93	58	101	2.96	74	0
1947	70.2	75	80.4	70	59.9	74	6.38	20	0
1946	70	79	80.2	73	59.7	83	4.39	47	0
1945	73.6	18	82.1	40	65.1	5	8.49	11	0
1944	71.1	54	79.7	85	62.6	32	5.50	31	0
1943	68.4	104	79.4	92	57.5	106	5.13	35	0
1942	71.4	50	82.2	38	60.6	65	3.71	58	0
1941	72.2	37	84.6	15	59.7	83	1.23	119	0
1940	66.3	122	78.7	102	53.8	129	1.77	105	0
1939	71.7	43	83.5	26	60	70	1.70	107	0
1938	68.4	104	78.4	109	58.4	97	4.41	46	0
1937	66	124	77.2	121	54.9	125	2.61	83	0
1936	71.5	47	83.6	25	59.5	85	1.43	114	0
1935	67.5	114	78.7	102	56.4	120	9.23	9	0
1934	71.5	47	80.2	73	62.7	29	5.92	26	0
1933	73.7	17	84.3	17	63.1	25	1.05	123	0
1932	70.3	72	83.4	27	57.2	112	0.75	131	0
1931	73.4	21	84.8	13	61.9	44	1.92	98	0
1930	74.9	7	87.2	5	62.6	32	1.37	116	0
1929	71.2	53	81.5	49	60.9	57	2.41	88	0
1928	65.8	126	74	129	57.6	105	7.01	12	0
1927	70.7	67	81	59	60.3	67	4.01	53	0
1926	71.1	54	79.6	87	62.7	29	1.46	113	0
1925	75.4	6	85.8	8	65	6	0.93	129	0
1924	65.9	125	74.4	128	57.3	109	9.58	7	0
1923	70.9	59	79.8	83	61.9	44	4.25	48	0
1922	70.7	67	80.2	73	61.1	52	0.66	133	0
1921	76.8	1	87.2	5	66.4	2	0.95	127	0
1920	71	57	80.2	73	61.8	47	2.72	79	0
1919	71.3	52	82.7	34	59.9	74	0.54	135	0
1918	65.6	128	76.5	126	54.6	127	3.55	60	0
1917	65.3	130	73.9	130	56.6	118	4.62	43	0
1916	68.3	108	79.3	93	57.2	112	2.01	96	0
1915	72.5	31	81.7	45	63.2	22	1.99	97	0
1914	68.3	108	79.2	95	57.3	109	1.47	112	0
1913	68.9	98	78.1	112	59.8	80	3.20	67	0
1912	73	24	82.4	36	63.6	14	4.20	49	0
1911	72.5	31	81.6	47	63.4	17	1.85	102	0
1910	71.8	41	81	59	62.5	34	1.07	122	0
1909	67.5	114	75.9	127	59	91	2.89	76	0
1908	68.4	104	77.8	118	59	91	2.74	78	0
1907	72.8	26	82.4	36	63.2	22	6.51	17	0
1906	73.6	18	82.6	35	64.5	10	0.35	138	0
1905	71.7	43	81	59	62.4	36	2.61	83	0
1904	70.9	59	80.9	63	60.9	57	3.00	71	0
1903	69.4	90	79	98	59.9	74	1.60	110	0
1902	68.6	102	78	113	59.2	89	4.91	39	0
1901	70	79	78.8	100	61.2	49	3.21	66	0
1900	75.7	4	85.6	10	65.7	4	4.03	52	0
1899	69.9	83	80	78	59.8	80	6.21	21	0
1898	73.1	23	82.8	33	63.4	17	2.33	93	0
1897	71.6	45	83.7	23	59.5	85	1.03	124	0
1896							6.20	23	30
1895							0.42	136	30
1894							6.48	19	30
1893							6.86	15	30
1892							3.15	69	30
1891							1.24	118	30
1890							5.50	31	30
1889							5.60	30	30
1888							10.41	4	30
1887							1.19	120	30

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1921	76.8
2018	76.4
2019	76.3
1900	75.7
2005	75.6
1925	75.4
1930	74.9
1970	74.8
1980	74.7
2010	74.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1917	65.3
1963	65.5
1918	65.6
1967	65.7
1928	65.8
1924	65.9
1937	66
1962	66.2
1940	66.3
1964	67

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1999	16.60
2016	11.19
1975	10.98
1888	10.41
2003	10.12
1979	9.76
1924	9.58
2006	9.52
1935	9.23
2011	8.95

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2005	0.08
1978	0.26
1906	0.35
2019	0.42
1895	0.42
1919	0.54
1986	0.63
1922	0.66
1954	0.69
1932	0.75

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 97°F; 4 September 2026, 1 September 2026
Coldest night: 53°F; 25 September 2026
Wettest day: 2.35 in; 12 September 2026

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September 2026 brought 5.50 in of precipitation in Richmond, VA, the wettest September since 2025, tied 31st wettest of 140 (with 1944 and 1890).
The hottest day of September 2026 in Richmond, VA: 97°F on Friday 4 September 2026 and Tuesday 1 September 2026.
The coldest night of September 2026 in Richmond, VA: a low of 53°F on Friday 25 September 2026.
The wettest day of September 2026 in Richmond, VA: 2.35 in on Saturday 12 September 2026.