Richmond Weather in September
Average highs run from 81°F on September 1 to 69°F on September 30, and lows from 57°F to 47°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 4.34 in over about 10 wet days.
September day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
September at a glance
- Average high
- 75°F
- Average low
- 52°F
- Precipitation
- 4.34 in
- Record high
- 101°FSep 2, 1953
- Record low
- 19°FSep 29, 1914
- Chance of a freeze
- 4%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 0.8
- Daylight
- 13 h 09 min to 11 h 47 min
- Cloud cover
- 58%
- Humidity
- 78%
- Dew point
- 52°F
- Wind
- 4.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | 81°F | 57°F | 95°F 2010 | 35°F 1926 | 31% | 0% |
| Sep 2 | 80°F | 57°F | 101°F 1953 | 33°F 1896 | 31% | 0% |
| Sep 3 | 80°F | 57°F | 97°F 2010 | 33°F 1916 | 31% | 0% |
| Sep 4 | 80°F | 56°F | 93°F 1961 | 37°F 1908 | 31% | 0% |
| Sep 5 | 80°F | 56°F | 90°F 1953 | 33°F 1896 | 31% | 0% |
| Sep 6 | 79°F | 56°F | 90°F 1900 | 29°F 1924 | 31% | 0% |
| Sep 7 | 79°F | 55°F | 90°F 1901 | 33°F 1904 | 31% | 0% |
| Sep 8 | 79°F | 55°F | 94°F 2007 | 32°F 1903 | 31% | 0% |
| Sep 9 | 78°F | 55°F | 93°F 1959 | 30°F 1938 | 31% | 0% |
| Sep 10 | 78°F | 54°F | 94°F 2002 | 30°F 1913 | 31% | 0% |
| Sep 11 | 77°F | 54°F | 93°F 1931 | 26°F 1917 | 31% | 0% |
| Sep 12 | 77°F | 54°F | 93°F 2013 | 28°F 1917 | 31% | 0% |
| Sep 13 | 77°F | 53°F | 91°F 1948 | 32°F 1943 | 31% | 0% |
| Sep 14 | 76°F | 53°F | 91°F 1903 | 25°F 1911 | 31% | 0% |
| Sep 15 | 76°F | 53°F | 90°F 1915 | 25°F 1913 | 31% | 0% |
| Sep 16 | 75°F | 52°F | 95°F 1939 | 24°F 1964 | 32% | 0% |
| Sep 17 | 75°F | 52°F | 88°F 1991 | 29°F 1935 | 32% | 0% |
| Sep 18 | 75°F | 51°F | 92°F 1906 | 30°F 1919 | 32% | 0% |
| Sep 19 | 74°F | 51°F | 90°F 1983 | 29°F 1932 | 32% | 0% |
| Sep 20 | 74°F | 51°F | 91°F 1983 | 25°F 1964 | 32% | 0% |
| Sep 21 | 73°F | 50°F | 92°F 1895 | 25°F 1962 | 32% | 0% |
| Sep 22 | 73°F | 50°F | 91°F 1914 | 23°F 1904 | 33% | 0% |
| Sep 23 | 72°F | 49°F | 93°F 1895 | 21°F 1904 | 33% | 0% |
| Sep 24 | 72°F | 49°F | 89°F 1959 | 21°F 1963 | 33% | 0% |
| Sep 25 | 71°F | 49°F | 90°F 2017 | 23°F 1950 | 33% | 0% |
| Sep 26 | 71°F | 48°F | 89°F 2017 | 23°F 1925 | 33% | 0% |
| Sep 27 | 70°F | 48°F | 90°F 2007 | 25°F 1947 | 34% | 0% |
| Sep 28 | 70°F | 47°F | 87°F 2017 | 24°F 1947 | 34% | 0% |
| Sep 29 | 69°F | 47°F | 86°F 2014 | 19°F 1914 | 34% | 0% |
| Sep 30 | 69°F | 47°F | 83°F 1905 | 25°F 1903 | 34% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EDT).
- September 1
- sunrise 6:14 AM, sunset 7:23 PM
- September 30
- sunrise 6:45 AM, sunset 6:32 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.