Climate averages 1991–2020
Bethlehem, United States weather
in September.
A warm, wet month: the 4th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Bethlehem, United States: daytime highs average 24.1°C and nights cool to about 14.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 109 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes September a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 30 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Allentown (10 km away). In September its highs average 24.1°C, about as warm as Bethlehem, United States, with 113 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Bethlehem, United States ranks joint 350th of 498 for the warmest September highs and joint 423rd of 498 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 498 cities is 26.9°C; Bethlehem, United States is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 6.9°C to 17.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 109 mm to 105 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
Bethlehem, United States climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.8°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 90 | 9.6 | 9.610 h |
| February | 4.4°C-5.3°C | -5.3°C | 79 | 9.1 | 10.611 h |
| March | 9.1°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 103 | 10.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.7°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 99 | 10.7 | 13.313 h |
| May | 21.2°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 93 | 11.4 | 14.414 h |
| June | 26.2°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 103 | 11.0 | 15.015 h |
| July | 29.0°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 91 | 10.2 | 14.815 h |
| August | 28.0°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 93 | 9.7 | 13.814 h |
| September, selected | 24.1°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 109 | 8.8 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.1°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 105 | 8.7 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.8°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 84 | 8.3 | 10.010 h |
| December | 5.4°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 104 | 9.9 | 9.39 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
- Allentown in SeptemberUnited States · 10 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 14.1°C · 113 mm rain
- Reading, United States in SeptemberUnited States · 57 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 15.2°C · 108 mm rain
- Trenton in SeptemberUnited States · 70 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 15.7°C · 101 mm rain
- Philadelphia in SeptemberUnited States · 77 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.3°C · 104 mm rain
- Camden in SeptemberUnited States · 81 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.3°C · 99 mm rain
- Edison in SeptemberUnited States · 82 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.9°C · 101 mm rain
- Cherry Hill in SeptemberUnited States · 82 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 16.4°C · 99 mm rain
- Scranton in SeptemberUnited States · 91 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 13.6°C · 95 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 Bethlehem) is explained once on the Bethlehem, United States year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.