Climate averages 1991–2020
Lynchburg 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 Lynchburg: daytime highs average 26.0°C and nights cool to about 16.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 104 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes September a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 28 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Roanoke (72 km away). In September its highs average 25.5°C, about as warm as Lynchburg, with 102 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Lynchburg ranks joint 282nd of 498 for the warmest September highs and joint 412th of 498 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 498 cities is 26.9°C; Lynchburg is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 5.8°C to 20.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 104 mm to 86 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
Lynchburg climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.3°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 94 | 8.8 | 9.910 h |
| February | 9.4°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 81 | 8.6 | 10.811 h |
| March | 14.0°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 105 | 10.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.7°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 92 | 9.9 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.0°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 88 | 11.3 | 14.214 h |
| June | 28.5°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 84 | 10.9 | 14.715 h |
| July | 30.8°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 82 | 12.3 | 14.514 h |
| August | 29.8°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 74 | 9.9 | 13.614 h |
| September, selected | 26.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 104 | 8.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.1°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 86 | 7.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.9°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 86 | 7.5 | 10.210 h |
| December | 9.0°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 96 | 8.3 | 9.610 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
- Roanoke in SeptemberUnited States · 72 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 15.7°C · 102 mm rain
- Richmond in SeptemberUnited States · 149 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 17.3°C · 112 mm rain
- Durham in SeptemberUnited States · 159 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.9°C · 112 mm rain
- Greensboro in SeptemberUnited States · 160 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 17.1°C · 105 mm rain
- Winston-Salem in SeptemberUnited States · 176 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 17.0°C · 101 mm rain
- High Point in SeptemberUnited States · 179 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 17.1°C · 105 mm rain
- Cary in SeptemberUnited States · 183 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 120 mm rain
- Raleigh in SeptemberUnited States · 188 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 18.4°C · 120 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 Lynchburg) is explained once on the Lynchburg year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.