Climate averages 1991–2020
Lincoln, United Kingdom weather
in September.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a mild month in Lincoln, United Kingdom: daytime highs average 18.0°C and nights cool to about 10.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 45 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Scunthorpe (40 km away). In September its highs average 17.5°C, about as warm as Lincoln, United Kingdom, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Lincoln, United Kingdom ranks joint 41st of 143 for the warmest September highs and joint 82nd of 143 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 143 cities is 17.3°C; Lincoln, United Kingdom is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 4.0°C to 14.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 58 mm to 61 mm.
The annual picture
September in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Lincoln, United Kingdom climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.0°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 51 | 11.4 | 8.18 h |
| February | 7.8°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 40 | 9.8 | 9.810 h |
| March | 10.0°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 45 | 10.9 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.7°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 54 | 11.2 | 13.914 h |
| May | 15.7°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 55 | 11.0 | 15.816 h |
| June | 18.5°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 70 | 12.0 | 16.917 h |
| July | 20.9°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 69 | 11.9 | 16.416 h |
| August | 20.7°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 69 | 11.2 | 14.815 h |
| September, selected | 18.0°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 58 | 9.8 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.1°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 61 | 11.1 | 10.611 h |
| November | 9.9°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 58 | 10.9 | 8.79 h |
| December | 7.1°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 54 | 10.8 | 7.68 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
- Scunthorpe in SeptemberUnited Kingdom · 40 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 10.3°C · 54 mm rain
- Mansfield in SeptemberUnited Kingdom · 45 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 9.9°C · 57 mm rain
- Grimsby in SeptemberUnited Kingdom · 49 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 11.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Nottingham in SeptemberUnited Kingdom · 51 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 10.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Doncaster in SeptemberUnited Kingdom · 51 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 10.3°C · 58 mm rain
- Chesterfield in SeptemberUnited Kingdom · 59 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 10.2°C · 64 mm rain
- Rotherham in SeptemberUnited Kingdom · 59 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 10.6°C · 58 mm rain
- Kingston upon Hull in SeptemberUnited Kingdom · 59 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 11.1°C · 57 mm rain
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 limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Lincoln) is explained once on the Lincoln, United Kingdom year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.