Snowfall · Virginia
How much snow does Richmond get?
Richmond gets about 9 inches of snow in a typical year.
Richmond gets about 9 inches of snow a year, which is just enough to empty the milk aisle twice.
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On about 3 days a year, an inch of snow or more falls. January is the snowiest month, with about 4 inches. That makes it the 4th least snowy of the 75 US cities we track.
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Snow in the next 5 days?
No. There’s no snow in the Richmond forecast for the next 5 days.
It’s 49°F in Richmond right now.
Live 5-day forecast and current temperature from OpenWeatherMap, refreshed about every half hour. Winter warnings from the National Weather Service.
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Snow by month
| September | a trace or none |
|---|---|
| October | a trace or none |
| November | a trace or none |
| December | 1.8 in |
| January | 3.7 in |
| February | 2.2 in |
| March | 1.1 in |
| April | a trace or none |
| May | a trace or none |
Average snowfall in each month, 1991 to 2020. June to August get none.
Cities with about the same snow
- Albuquerque, New Mexico: about 8 inches a year
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: about 7 inches a year
- Wichita, Kansas: about 13 inches a year
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Source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991 to 2020, station USW00013740.