Climate averages 1991–2020

Crawley weather
in September.

A mild, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.

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

Average high 18.1°C Daytime mean, September

Average low 11.2°C Night-time mean, September

Rainfall 50 mm 9 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

September is a mild month in Crawley: daytime highs average 18.1°C and nights cool to about 11.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 42 min on an average September day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Purley (25 km away). In September its highs average 18.1°C, about as warm as Crawley, with 51 mm of rain.

Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Crawley ranks joint 30th of 143 for the warmest September highs and joint 26th of 143 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 143 cities is 17.3°C; Crawley is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.

From September to October, average highs fall by 3.8°C to 14.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 50 mm to 70 mm.

The annual picture

September in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

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

Every month, side by side

Crawley climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Crawley, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	7.2°C2.4°C	2.4°C	65	11.4	8.58 h
February	7.6°C2.2°C	2.2°C	51	9.5	10.010 h
March	10.0°C3.4°C	3.4°C	45	9.9	11.812 h
April	12.8°C5.1°C	5.1°C	49	10.2	13.814 h
May	16.0°C8.2°C	8.2°C	52	9.6	15.516 h
June	18.7°C11.1°C	11.1°C	52	9.2	16.516 h
July	20.9°C13.2°C	13.2°C	52	10.0	16.116 h
August	20.6°C13.3°C	13.3°C	62	9.5	14.615 h
September, selected	18.1°C11.2°C	11.2°C	50	9.2	12.713 h
October	14.3°C8.6°C	8.6°C	70	11.5	10.711 h
November	10.3°C5.2°C	5.2°C	74	11.9	9.09 h
December	7.6°C3.0°C	3.0°C	71	11.8	8.08 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 Crawley

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 Crawley) is explained once on the Crawley year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.