Climate averages 1991–2020
Temple weather
in September.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Temple: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 21.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Killeen (37 km away). In September its highs average 30.8°C, about as warm as Temple, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Temple ranks joint 61st of 498 for the warmest September highs and joint 209th of 498 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 498 cities is 26.9°C; Temple is 4.1°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 5.1°C to 25.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 69 mm to 105 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
Temple climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.8°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 72 | 7.2 | 10.410 h |
| February | 16.9°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 71 | 7.8 | 11.111 h |
| March | 20.6°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 85 | 9.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.7°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 83 | 8.7 | 12.913 h |
| May | 28.3°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 123 | 10.9 | 13.714 h |
| June | 31.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 75 | 8.5 | 14.114 h |
| July | 34.3°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 35 | 5.3 | 14.014 h |
| August | 34.6°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 58 | 5.6 | 13.313 h |
| September, selected | 31.0°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 69 | 6.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.9°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 105 | 7.4 | 11.411 h |
| November | 19.7°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 76 | 7.5 | 10.611 h |
| December | 15.6°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 82 | 7.8 | 10.210 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
- Killeen in SeptemberUnited States · 37 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 21.3°C · 69 mm rain
- Waco in SeptemberUnited States · 54 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 21.7°C · 60 mm rain
- Round Rock in SeptemberUnited States · 73 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 21.5°C · 74 mm rain
- Austin in SeptemberUnited States · 100 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 21.8°C · 75 mm rain
- Bryan in SeptemberUnited States · 104 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 21.8°C · 76 mm rain
- College Station in SeptemberUnited States · 110 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 21.8°C · 76 mm rain
- New Braunfels in SeptemberUnited States · 172 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 21.8°C · 74 mm rain
- Fort Worth in SeptemberUnited States · 181 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 21.1°C · 63 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 Temple) is explained once on the Temple year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.