Climate averages 1991–2020
Madison weather
in September.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Madison: daytime highs average 22.1°C and nights cool to about 13.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 84 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 33 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rockford (93 km away). In September its highs average 22.8°C, 0.7°C warmer than Madison, with 84 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Madison ranks joint 451st of 498 for the warmest September highs and joint 300th of 498 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 498 cities is 26.9°C; Madison is 4.8°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 7.3°C to 14.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 84 mm to 72 mm.
The annual picture
September in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Madison climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.9°C-11.6°C | -11.6°C | 41 | 7.6 | 9.49 h |
| February | -0.6°C-9.9°C | -9.9°C | 41 | 6.7 | 10.510 h |
| March | 6.3°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 61 | 9.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.2°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 101 | 12.3 | 13.413 h |
| May | 19.8°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 101 | 12.5 | 14.615 h |
| June | 25.1°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 112 | 11.8 | 15.315 h |
| July | 27.1°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 83 | 10.2 | 15.015 h |
| August | 26.1°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 95 | 9.8 | 13.914 h |
| September, selected | 22.1°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 84 | 9.1 | 12.513 h |
| October | 14.8°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 72 | 8.7 | 11.111 h |
| November | 6.7°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 55 | 8.0 | 9.810 h |
| December | -0.1°C-7.4°C | -7.4°C | 48 | 7.5 | 9.19 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.
Compare places
September in nearby cities
- Rockford in SeptemberUnited States · 93 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 13.7°C · 84 mm rain
- Waukesha in SeptemberUnited States · 95 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 14.2°C · 75 mm rain
- Milwaukee in SeptemberUnited States · 122 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 16.2°C · 76 mm rain
- Racine in SeptemberUnited States · 137 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 17.0°C · 81 mm rain
- Kenosha in SeptemberUnited States · 140 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 17.1°C · 80 mm rain
- Elgin in SeptemberUnited States · 147 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 14.3°C · 78 mm rain
- Waukegan in SeptemberUnited States · 150 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 17.1°C · 83 mm rain
- Appleton in SeptemberUnited States · 154 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 13.0°C · 72 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 Madison) is explained once on the Madison year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.