Record Hottest and Coldest Weather Temperatures Ever Recorded in Richmond, Virginia

Weather temperatures have been officially kept in Richmond, Virginia since 1897. These are the all-time record hottest and coldest temperatures ever recorded in Richmond since 1897.

Located along the James River in eastern Virginia, the capital city of Richmond has a milder climate than the extremes found in the Old Dominion State. This is born out by the differences between the all-time hottest and coldest temperatures ever recorded in Richmond, compared to the all-time hottest and coldest temperatures recorded in Virginia.

The difference between the all-time hottest and coldest temperatures ever recorded in Richmond is 119 degrees. The difference between the all-time hottest and coldest temperatures ever recorded in the state of Virginia is 140 degrees; a difference of 21 degrees.

Record Hottest and Coldest Temperatures Ever Recorded in Richmond, Virginia

All-time Record Hottest Temperature Ever Recorded in Richmond is 107 Degrees

The hottest weather temperature ever officially recorded in the city of Richmond is 107 degrees, which occurred on August 6, 1918.

Richmond does not experience 100 degree weather temperature days in every summer, but the city has had 100 degree days as early as late May and as a late as September 11th dating back to 1897. Richmond averages around 42 days a year when the temperature reaches 90 degrees or above.

Richmond is the capital city of Virginia, and there are a lot of visitor attractions in and around the city for tourists. That includes the Virginia State Capitol building, which looks like the White House, the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Kings Dominion amusement park, Busch Gardens, Colonial Williamsburg, Agecroft Hall, Maymont Park, and lots of Civil War museums, monuments and battlefields.

As a bit of weather trivia some might find hard to believe, the record hottest temperature in Richmond of 107 degrees is seven degrees hotter than the all-time hottest temperature ever recorded in Miami, Florida. Richmond is over 900 miles north of Miami.

• Hottest Temperature Ever Recorded in Virginia is 110 Degrees 

The all-time record hottest weather temperature ever recorded in the state of Virginia is 110 degrees, which occurred on July 15, 1954, in Balcony Falls, which is located about 100 miles west of Richmond.

The difference between the all-time hottest temperature ever recorded in Richmond (107) and the all-time hottest temperature ever recorded in the state of Virginia (110) is three degrees. Not much of a statistical difference.

All-time Record Coldest Temperature Ever Recorded in Richmond is -12 Degrees

The coldest temperature ever officially recorded in Richmond is -12 degrees, which occurred on January 29, 1940.

Below zero temperature days are pretty rare in Richmond, as the city has only had about 30 days since 1897 when the temperature dropped below zero. Richmond averages 84 days a year when the temperature drops below the freezing mark.

• Coldest Temperature Ever Recorded in Virginia is -30 Degrees 

The coldest weather temperature ever officially recorded in the state of Virginia is -30 degrees, which occurred on January 22, 1985, at Mountain Lake, which is located about 175 miles west of Richmond.

The difference between the all-time coldest temperature ever recorded in Richmond (-12) and the all-time coldest temperature ever recorded in the state of Virginia (-30) is 18 degrees. A big statistical difference.

Overall, the city of Richmond has a milder climate than the extremes in Virginia. While Richmond can get almost as hot as anywhere else in the Old Dominion state in the summer, the capital city stays much warmer in the winter than the extreme cold places in Virginia.