Richmond, Virginia
Sunday, February 1
Updated: 8:00am
Meteorologist Sean Sublette
The Headline
Windy and very cold Sunday, but turning sunny. Milder for a couple of days next week, but remaining colder than normal into next weekend.
Windy and very cold Sunday, only reaching the upper 20s despite the return to sunshine. Winds 15-25 mph will keep windchills in the single digits. Clear tonight, but the winds back off after dusk, down to lower teens.
First
A minor thaw comes next week. Monday and Tuesday are mostly sunny. Afternoons near 40 Monday and mid 40s Tuesday.
A weak system moves through late Tuesday night into Wednesday — far less intense than the storms of the last 10 days. Potential for a dusting or an inch of snow by dawn Wednesday, although we may warm up enough so that it is actually very light rain.
Next
Two more blasts of polar air will follow for the latter half of the week and next weekend. Monitoring a system for Friday into Saturday, but this one looks a little bit too far north to bring precipitation to Richmond.
Afternoons Thursday through Sunday in the 30s to low 40s. Nights in the teens to low 20s.
We expect to return to the 50s during the week of February 8.
Later
Sunday will be the 9th consecutive day below 35 degrees in Richmond. The record is 12, set in 1936.
With January now over, it was the second consecutive month that was colder than normal (-2.4° for the month).
We were nowhere near the coldest couple of Januarys on record (1940 and 1977). January 2025, as a whole, was actually 2.5 degrees colder.
However, the last week of month was the 5th coldest final week of January on record in Richmond, with an average temperature of 21.8 degrees. The last time it was colder was 1966.
Notes
Snow Search Index (0-10) Concern for snow over the next 2 weeks
Snow Search
Watching a fast-moving system that will take its core precipitaton just north of Richmond Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, but we may be just close enough to get a dusting or an inch of snow. However, a minor warm up is expected on Tuesday, so there’s still a chance we get some very light rain.
The system that follows for late Friday into Saturday looks even farther north, so no snow is expected from it.
Risk scale: 6 out of 10
Normal High
Upper 40s
Normal Low
Upper 20s