Climate averages 1991–2020
Paterson 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 Paterson: daytime highs average 23.9°C and nights cool to about 15.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 110 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 31 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Passaic (8 km away). In September its highs average 23.9°C, about as warm as Paterson, with 102 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Paterson ranks joint 361st of 498 for the warmest September highs and joint 425th of 498 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 498 cities is 26.9°C; Paterson is 3.0°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 6.6°C to 17.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 110 mm to 104 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
Paterson climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.0°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 89 | 9.2 | 9.610 h |
| February | 4.5°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 78 | 8.6 | 10.611 h |
| March | 8.9°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 108 | 10.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.4°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 96 | 10.7 | 13.313 h |
| May | 20.9°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 97 | 12.0 | 14.414 h |
| June | 26.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 105 | 11.7 | 15.115 h |
| July | 28.9°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 109 | 10.8 | 14.815 h |
| August | 27.9°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 103 | 10.6 | 13.814 h |
| September, selected | 23.9°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 110 | 9.4 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.3°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 104 | 8.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 11.1°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 83 | 8.3 | 9.910 h |
| December | 5.6°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 105 | 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
- Passaic in SeptemberUnited States · 8 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 15.5°C · 102 mm rain
- Newark in SeptemberUnited States · 20 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 15.6°C · 102 mm rain
- Manhattan in SeptemberUnited States · 23 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 15.6°C · 94 mm rain
- Yonkers in SeptemberUnited States · 23 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 15.8°C · 101 mm rain
- New York City in SeptemberUnited States · 26 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 15.6°C · 94 mm rain
- The Bronx in SeptemberUnited States · 27 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 15.7°C · 92 mm rain
- Greenburgh in SeptemberUnited States · 30 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.9°C · 95 mm rain
- Brooklyn in SeptemberUnited States · 35 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 16.1°C · 94 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 Paterson) is explained once on the Paterson year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.