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CDUS41 KAKQ 210530
CLIRIC
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
130 AM EDT FRI AUG 21 2026
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..THE RICHMOND VIRGINIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 20 2026
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1871 TO 2026
WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST
VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
YESTERDAY
MAXIMUM 94 2:32 PM 102 1983 87 7 85
MINIMUM 73 11:59 PM 53 1930 67 6 68
1998
AVERAGE 84 77 7 77
PRECIPITATION (IN)
YESTERDAY 0.13 4.74 1931 0.16 -0.03 0.01
MONTH TO DATE 5.46 3.15 2.31 2.48
SINCE JUN 1 18.16 12.16 6.00 16.77
SINCE JAN 1 31.80 29.18 2.62 39.38
SNOWFALL (IN)
YESTERDAY 0.0 0.0 2001 0.0 0.0
2002
MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0
SINCE JUN 1 0.0 0.0 0.0
SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOW DEPTH 0
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING
YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0
MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0
SINCE JUN 1 0 6 -6 6
SINCE JUL 1 0 0 0 0
COOLING
YESTERDAY 19 12 7 12
MONTH TO DATE 333 264 69 210
SINCE JUN 1 1142 1017 125 1125
SINCE JAN 1 1399 1185 214 1332
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WIND (MPH)
HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (250)
HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (240)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.1
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6
WEATHER CONDITIONS
THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
THUNDERSTORM
HEAVY RAIN
RAIN
LIGHT RAIN
FOG
HAZE
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
HIGHEST 96 6:00 AM
LOWEST 46 2:00 PM
AVERAGE 71
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THE RICHMOND VIRGINIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
NORMAL RECORD YEAR
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 87 96 1899
1959
1962
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 54 1922
SUNRISE AND SUNSET
AUGUST 21 2026........SUNRISE 6:30 AM EDT SUNSET 7:54 PM EDT
AUGUST 22 2026........SUNRISE 6:31 AM EDT SUNSET 7:52 PM EDT
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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