Richmond Weather in August
Average highs run from 19°C on August 1 to 22°C on August 31, and lows from to . Normal precipitation for the month is 29 mm over about 7 wet days.
August day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
August at a glance
- Average high
- 20°C
- Precipitation
- 29 mm
- Record high
- 33°CAug 22, 1953
- Record low
- -4°CAug 7, 2005
- Daylight
- 10 h 29 min to 11 h 21 min
- Cloud cover
- 44%
- Humidity
- 70%
- Dew point
- 7°C
- Wind
- 8.6 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1 | 19°C | 27°C 2021 | -2°C 1982 | 22% | |
| Aug 2 | 19°C | 25°C 2007 | -3°C 1986 | 21% | |
| Aug 3 | 19°C | 25°C 2002 | -3°C 1986 | 19% | |
| Aug 4 | 19°C | 26°C 2011 | -2°C 1994 | 18% | |
| Aug 5 | 19°C | 25°C 1973 | -3°C 1970 | 17% | |
| Aug 6 | 19°C | 24°C 2013 | -3°C 1955 | 18% | |
| Aug 7 | 19°C | 28°C 1973 | -4°C 2005 | 18% | |
| Aug 8 | 18°C | 23°C 1964 | -2°C 1974 | 18% | |
| Aug 9 | 19°C | 25°C 1972 | -4°C 1941 | 18% | |
| Aug 10 | 19°C | 26°C 2002 | -2°C 1941 | 18% | |
| Aug 11 | 19°C | 27°C 1980 | -1°C 1969 | 18% | |
| Aug 12 | 20°C | 29°C 1959 | -2°C 2005 | 18% | |
| Aug 13 | 20°C | 27°C 1958 | -3°C 2005 | 19% | |
| Aug 14 | 19°C | 3°C | 25°C 1955 | -3°C 2008 | 18% |
| Aug 15 | 20°C | 4°C | 27°C 1965 | -3°C 2019 | 18% |
| Aug 16 | 19°C | 27°C 2009 | -2°C 2019 | 19% | |
| Aug 17 | 20°C | 27°C 1988 | -1°C 2000 | 20% | |
| Aug 18 | 19°C | 25°C 1988 | -2°C 1953 | 21% | |
| Aug 19 | 19°C | 25°C 2010 | -3°C 2008 | 22% | |
| Aug 20 | 19°C | 26°C 1945 | -3°C 1970 | 22% | |
| Aug 21 | 20°C | 4°C | 27°C 2024 | -3°C 1970 | 23% |
| Aug 22 | 20°C | 33°C 1953 | -1°C 1970 | 24% | |
| Aug 23 | 20°C | 29°C 2012 | -1°C 1992 | 24% | |
| Aug 24 | 19°C | 31°C 1954 | -2°C 1981 | 25% | |
| Aug 25 | 20°C | 28°C 1972 | -1°C 2001 | 26% | |
| Aug 26 | 20°C | 27°C 2004 | 0°C 1992 | 26% | |
| Aug 27 | 20°C | 29°C 2004 | 0°C 2020 | 27% | |
| Aug 28 | 20°C | 29°C 2024 | 0°C 2003 | 27% | |
| Aug 29 | 21°C | 4°C | 27°C 1977 | -2°C 2018 | 28% |
| Aug 30 | 22°C | 31°C 2024 | -2°C 2018 | 28% | |
| Aug 31 | 22°C | 27°C 2005 | -2°C 1970 | 28% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+10).
- August 1
- sunrise 6:49 AM, sunset 5:18 PM
- August 31
- sunrise 6:17 AM, sunset 5:38 PM
Other months
Sources
Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station ASN00067033, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-29. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.