Richmond climate — normals and trends
Richmond (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.4 °C and it receives 1,137 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (24.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (1.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Richmond averages 76 frost days, 48 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 131 rainy days per year.
Richmond has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 87 to 65 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.8 °C (on 29 June 2012) and the coldest -29.6 °C (on 19 January 1994).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
RichmondKentucky
- coords
- 37.75°, -84.29°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.4°C
Average daily high
18.7°C
Average daily low
8.7°C
Annual rainfall
1,137mm
Sunshine / day
8.8h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
14.7km/h
Seasonal range
23.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
76 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
48 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
131 d/yr
Annual snowfall
36.0 cm
Average feels-like high
17.9 °C
Average feels-like low
6.9 °C
Average peak gust
35.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
49 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.33 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
40.8 °C
29 June 2012
Coldest day
-29.6 °C
19 January 1994
Wettest day
99 mm
17 October 1975
Windiest day
42.6 km/h
17 February 2022
Strongest gust
110.2 km/h
19 March 1986
Hottest feels-like
42.9 °C
21 June 1953
Coldest feels-like
-34.3 °C
19 January 1994
Snowiest day
27.5 cm
4 February 1998
Sunniest day
14.6 h
19 June 2022
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.9 °C | -2.8 °C | 118 mm | +23 mm |
| Feb | 10.1 °C | +2.0 °C | 182 mm | +84 mm |
| Mar | 17.9 °C | +4.6 °C | 100 mm | -13 mm |
| Apr | 21.5 °C | +2.4 °C | 161 mm | +53 mm |
| May | 22.4 °C | -1.3 °C | 185 mm | +77 mm |
| Jun | 29.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 109 mm | +17 mm |
| Jul | 31.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 92 mm | -9 mm |
| Aug | 29.8 °C | +0.4 °C | 22 mm | -56 mm |
| Sep | 28.1 °C | +2.0 °C | 93 mm | +11 mm |
| Oct | 20.6 °C | +0.5 °C | 136 mm | +66 mm |
| Nov | 13.8 °C | +0.7 °C | 83 mm | -9 mm |
| Dec | 8.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 81 mm | -18 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Richmond?
Richmond has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.4 °C and it receives 1,137 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Richmond?
The hottest day measured in Richmond between 1940 and 2025 was 29 June 2012, reaching 40.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Richmond?
The coldest day measured in Richmond between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1994, at -29.6 °C.
Does it snow in Richmond?
Yes. Richmond gets on average 36.0 cm of snow per year and has around 76 frost days.
Has the climate of Richmond warmed?
Yes: Richmond warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Richmond?
The wettest day measured in Richmond between 1940 and 2025 was 17 October 1975, with 99 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Richmond?
The windiest day measured in Richmond between 1940 and 2025 was 17 February 2022, with winds reaching 42.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Richmond?
The warmest month in Richmond is July (24.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (1.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Richmond?
Richmond receives on average 1,137 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 131 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Richmond?
Richmond gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Richmond?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Richmond between 1940 and 2025 was 4 February 1998, with 27.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Richmond?
Yes: Richmond has on average 49 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Richmond?
In Richmond, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.9 °C on 21 June 1953, and the lowest was -34.3 °C on 19 January 1994.
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