Climate averages 1991–2020
Shrewsbury 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.
September is a mild month in Shrewsbury: daytime highs average 17.1°C and nights cool to about 9.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 44 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Telford (21 km away). In September its highs average 16.6°C, about as warm as Shrewsbury, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Shrewsbury ranks joint 86th of 143 for the warmest September highs and joint 42nd of 143 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 143 cities is 17.3°C; Shrewsbury is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 3.7°C to 13.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 53 mm to 63 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
Shrewsbury climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.8°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 54 | 12.4 | 8.28 h |
| February | 7.5°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 47 | 10.7 | 9.810 h |
| March | 9.6°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 49 | 11.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.2°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 54 | 11.8 | 13.914 h |
| May | 15.3°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 60 | 11.6 | 15.716 h |
| June | 18.0°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 64 | 11.1 | 16.817 h |
| July | 19.9°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 59 | 11.2 | 16.316 h |
| August | 19.5°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 58 | 11.3 | 14.715 h |
| September, selected | 17.1°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 53 | 9.7 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.4°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 63 | 11.4 | 10.711 h |
| November | 9.5°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 62 | 12.4 | 8.89 h |
| December | 7.0°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 63 | 12.2 | 7.78 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
- Telford in SeptemberUnited Kingdom · 21 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 9.5°C · 57 mm rain
- Stafford in SeptemberUnited Kingdom · 44 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 10.2°C · 60 mm rain
- Wolverhampton in SeptemberUnited Kingdom · 45 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 9.9°C · 57 mm rain
- Crewe in SeptemberUnited Kingdom · 48 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 10.0°C · 59 mm rain
- Cannock in SeptemberUnited Kingdom · 49 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 9.9°C · 60 mm rain
- Stoke-on-Trent in SeptemberUnited Kingdom · 50 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 10.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Dudley in SeptemberUnited Kingdom · 51 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 9.9°C · 57 mm rain
- Walsall in SeptemberUnited Kingdom · 54 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 10.2°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 Shrewsbury) is explained once on the Shrewsbury year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.