Climate averages 1991–2020

Stanley weather
in September.

A cold, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 6.5°C Daytime mean, September
Average low 2.3°C Night-time mean, September
Rainfall 37 mm 10 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Stanley · average highYear overview

September is a cold month in Stanley: daytime highs average 6.5°C and nights cool to about 2.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes September a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 39 min on an average September day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Río Gallegos (785 km away). In September its highs average 10.0°C, 3.5°C warmer than Stanley, with 21 mm of rain.

From September to October, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 8.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 37 mm to 41 mm.

The annual picture

September in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -505101520 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Stanley climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Stanley, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 13.4°C7.9°C7.9°C6213.116.116 h
February 13.0°C7.8°C7.8°C5312.014.514 h
March 11.8°C7.0°C7.0°C5512.112.513 h
April 9.3°C5.3°C5.3°C5112.510.511 h
May 6.9°C3.6°C3.6°C4812.08.89 h
June 5.0°C1.9°C1.9°C4712.37.98 h
July 4.5°C1.3°C1.3°C4912.38.38 h
August 5.4°C1.8°C1.8°C3910.39.810 h
September, selected 6.5°C2.3°C2.3°C379.911.712 h
October 8.6°C3.7°C3.7°C4110.113.714 h
November 10.6°C5.3°C5.3°C5011.515.516 h
December 12.0°C6.7°C6.7°C6614.216.617 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

Compare places

September in nearby cities

Distance from Stanley

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Stanley) is explained once on the Stanley year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.