Climate averages 1991–2020
High Point weather
in September.
A warm, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in High Point: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 17.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 105 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes September a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Greensboro (23 km away). In September its highs average 26.2°C, about as warm as High Point, with 105 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, High Point ranks joint 266th of 498 for the warmest September highs and joint 414th of 498 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 498 cities is 26.9°C; High Point is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 5.6°C to 20.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 105 mm to 82 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
High Point climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.6°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 95 | 9.6 | 10.010 h |
| February | 10.7°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 84 | 8.8 | 10.911 h |
| March | 14.9°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 110 | 10.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.4°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 91 | 9.5 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.9°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 87 | 11.0 | 14.014 h |
| June | 28.9°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 98 | 12.5 | 14.615 h |
| July | 30.9°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 102 | 14.6 | 14.314 h |
| August | 29.7°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 99 | 12.0 | 13.514 h |
| September, selected | 26.3°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 105 | 9.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.7°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 82 | 7.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.6°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 84 | 7.7 | 10.310 h |
| December | 10.1°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 94 | 9.0 | 9.810 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
- Greensboro in SeptemberUnited States · 23 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 17.1°C · 105 mm rain
- Winston-Salem in SeptemberUnited States · 27 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 17.0°C · 101 mm rain
- Concord (North Carolina), United States in SeptemberUnited States · 80 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.1°C · 103 mm rain
- Durham in SeptemberUnited States · 100 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.9°C · 112 mm rain
- Charlotte in SeptemberUnited States · 111 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.7°C · 98 mm rain
- Cary in SeptemberUnited States · 112 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 120 mm rain
- Raleigh in SeptemberUnited States · 125 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 18.4°C · 120 mm rain
- Gastonia in SeptemberUnited States · 132 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 18.0°C · 97 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 High Point) is explained once on the High Point year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.