Richmond is typically chill in February.

Maximum temperatures go up compared to the previous month from +48°F to +52°F. The minimum temperature also goes up from +32°F to +34°F.

Pack a jumper and a jacket as there will be cooler temperatures.

February is one of the coolest months in Richmond, here is the comparison with other months:

February weather is still as ok as in January. It’s getting warmer as February arrives. The average maximum temperature goes up from +48°F to +52°F during the day. As February arrives, the amount of rainfall goes down. On average, the rainfall volume decreases from 64 mm to 56 mm. It feels drier, as humidity decreases from 67% to 66%. The average wind speed doesn’t change much during February, staying around 3 m/s. The days becoming less sunny, going from 6 sunny days in January to 5 in February.

March brings much the same weather, it remains ok.

February is one of the snowiest months in Richmond.

Here’s how February is compared with other months in the amount of snow, total mm:

The climate in Richmond in February has not changed that much over the last 43 years.

The average temperature was the lowest in 1996 (+66°F) and the highest in 2023 (+72°F). The driest year was 1986 with only 663 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 2020 with 1563 mm.

For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Richmond, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2023.

For past dates, we show actual recorded data at the location at that time. Forecasts are based on recorded weather during that day of the year, averaged over the total years for which we have records (unless stated otherwise). The daily temperature is the highest recorded temperature in the shadow during that day.