Richmond Weather in August
Average highs run from 85°F on August 1 to 81°F on August 31, and lows from 62°F to 57°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 4.27 in over about 11 wet days.
August day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
August at a glance
- Average high
- 83°F
- Average low
- 60°F
- Precipitation
- 4.27 in
- Record high
- 102°FAug 5, 1955
- Record low
- 27°FAug 25, 1940
- Chance of a freeze
- 0%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 4.9
- Daylight
- 14 h 29 min to 13 h 12 min
- Cloud cover
- 59%
- Humidity
- 79%
- Dew point
- 59°F
- Wind
- 3.6 mph
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 0.01 inch of precipitation; snow means at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet | Chance of snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1 | 85°F | 62°F | 99°F 1955 | 35°F 1964 | 38% | 0% |
| Aug 2 | 85°F | 62°F | 98°F 1975 | 39°F 1924 | 37% | 0% |
| Aug 3 | 85°F | 62°F | 96°F 1988 | 38°F 1924 | 37% | 0% |
| Aug 4 | 85°F | 62°F | 96°F 1988 | 36°F 1964 | 37% | 0% |
| Aug 5 | 85°F | 62°F | 102°F 1955 | 39°F 1972 | 37% | 0% |
| Aug 6 | 85°F | 62°F | 94°F 1900 | 37°F 1933 | 37% | 0% |
| Aug 7 | 85°F | 62°F | 99°F 1918 | 38°F 1934 | 37% | 0% |
| Aug 8 | 84°F | 62°F | 95°F 1909 | 37°F 1903 | 37% | 0% |
| Aug 9 | 84°F | 61°F | 95°F 2001 | 37°F 1899 | 36% | 0% |
| Aug 10 | 84°F | 61°F | 99°F 1949 | 36°F 1933 | 36% | 0% |
| Aug 11 | 84°F | 61°F | 96°F 1944 | 39°F 1894 | 36% | 0% |
| Aug 12 | 84°F | 61°F | 97°F 1944 | 39°F 1909 | 36% | 0% |
| Aug 13 | 84°F | 61°F | 96°F 1944 | 38°F 1902 | 36% | 0% |
| Aug 14 | 84°F | 61°F | 96°F 1947 | 36°F 1961 | 35% | 0% |
| Aug 15 | 84°F | 61°F | 98°F 1970 | 38°F 1899 | 35% | 0% |
| Aug 16 | 84°F | 60°F | 96°F 1970 | 37°F 1964 | 35% | 0% |
| Aug 17 | 84°F | 60°F | 95°F 1944 | 36°F 1912 | 35% | 0% |
| Aug 18 | 83°F | 60°F | 97°F 1913 | 36°F 1918 | 34% | 0% |
| Aug 19 | 83°F | 60°F | 94°F 2002 | 36°F 1918 | 34% | 0% |
| Aug 20 | 83°F | 60°F | 94°F 1955 | 37°F 1896 | 34% | 0% |
| Aug 21 | 83°F | 60°F | 94°F 1916 | 37°F 1929 | 33% | 0% |
| Aug 22 | 83°F | 59°F | 95°F 1955 | 35°F 1894 | 33% | 0% |
| Aug 23 | 83°F | 59°F | 94°F 1918 | 30°F 1988 | 33% | 0% |
| Aug 24 | 83°F | 59°F | 94°F 1947 | 34°F 1952 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 25 | 82°F | 59°F | 96°F 1948 | 27°F 1940 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 26 | 82°F | 59°F | 100°F 1948 | 27°F 1940 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 27 | 82°F | 58°F | 98°F 1949 | 32°F 1940 | 32% | 0% |
| Aug 28 | 82°F | 58°F | 96°F 1948 | 34°F 1925 | 31% | 0% |
| Aug 29 | 81°F | 58°F | 97°F 1953 | 34°F 1908 | 31% | 0% |
| Aug 30 | 81°F | 58°F | 95°F 1953 | 32°F 1965 | 31% | 0% |
| Aug 31 | 81°F | 57°F | 94°F 1953 | 30°F 1965 | 31% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EDT).
- August 1
- sunrise 5:41 AM, sunset 8:10 PM
- August 31
- sunrise 6:13 AM, sunset 7:25 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00198573 (Tully Lake), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00274399, 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 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.