Richmond opens inclement weather shelter as heavy Friday rain approaches
The gist
Richmond will open an inclement weather shelter Friday, Nov. 6, with a 90% rain chance forecast.
The rain would be the city's first in over two weeks.
How it unfolded
- Oct 30, 2026WWBT reports October temperatures were above average across central Virginia and that an unusually timed arctic pattern change could bring shifts late in November into early December.
- Nov 3, 2026Richmond temperatures climb into the middle 70s under partly cloudy then mostly sunny skies on Election Day, with overnight lows in the low 50s.
- Nov 4, 2026Nov. 4 is Richmond's average first freeze date, but the 8-day outlook shows no conditions close to freezing.
Key terms
- inclement weather shelter
- A temporary place where people can stay when severe weather makes their homes unsafe.
- stratospheric warming
- A phenomenon where polar stratospheric temperatures rise sharply within a few days, often linked to polar vortex disruption.
Source: Wikipedia