Climate averages 1991–2020

Gary weather
in September.

A warm, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.

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

Average high 22.8°C Daytime mean, September
Average low 15.8°C Night-time mean, September
Rainfall 79 mm 9 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Gary · average highYear overview

September is a warm month in Gary: daytime highs average 22.8°C and nights cool to about 15.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 79 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 31 min on an average September day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Hammond (13 km away). In September its highs average 22.9°C, about as warm as Gary, with 77 mm of rain.

Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Gary ranks joint 414th of 498 for the warmest September highs and joint 272nd of 498 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 498 cities is 26.9°C; Gary is 4.1°C cooler than that mean.

From September to October, average highs fall by 6.7°C to 16.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 79 mm to 83 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. -10-5051015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

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

Every month, side by side

Gary climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Gary, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January -0.5°C-6.8°C-6.8°C669.79.510 h
February 1.2°C-5.9°C-5.9°C547.710.611 h
March 6.3°C-1.2°C-1.2°C7710.411.912 h
April 12.8°C4.9°C4.9°C10712.213.313 h
May 19.3°C11.6°C11.6°C11212.514.515 h
June 24.8°C17.5°C17.5°C10211.815.115 h
July 27.1°C20.3°C20.3°C9812.014.915 h
August 26.3°C19.7°C19.7°C9610.713.814 h
September, selected 22.8°C15.8°C15.8°C798.912.513 h
October 16.0°C9.5°C9.5°C839.911.111 h
November 8.6°C2.8°C2.8°C739.49.910 h
December 2.5°C-2.9°C-2.9°C609.19.29 h

Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

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September in nearby cities

Distance from Gary

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