Climate averages 1991–2020

Virginia Beach 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.

Average high 25.0°C Daytime mean, September
Average low 20.6°C Night-time mean, September
Rainfall 114 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Virginia Beach · average highYear overview

September is a warm month in Virginia Beach: daytime highs average 25.0°C and nights cool to about 20.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 114 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes September a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average September day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Norfolk (27 km away). In September its highs average 26.1°C, 1.1°C warmer than Virginia Beach, with 120 mm of rain.

Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Virginia Beach ranks joint 314th of 498 for the warmest September highs and 436th of 498 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 498 cities is 26.9°C; Virginia Beach is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.

From September to October, average highs fall by 4.8°C to 20.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 114 mm to 96 mm.

The annual picture

September in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 05101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Virginia Beach climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Virginia Beach, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 8.4°C2.4°C2.4°C969.69.910 h
February 9.4°C2.8°C2.8°C849.710.811 h
March 12.5°C5.7°C5.7°C10110.611.912 h
April 17.6°C10.7°C10.7°C849.313.113 h
May 21.9°C15.8°C15.8°C8910.214.114 h
June 26.2°C20.8°C20.8°C8810.414.615 h
July 28.7°C23.4°C23.4°C11713.414.414 h
August 27.8°C23.0°C23.0°C10912.413.614 h
September, selected 25.0°C20.6°C20.6°C11410.712.512 h
October 20.2°C15.1°C15.1°C968.011.311 h
November 14.7°C9.2°C9.2°C948.510.210 h
December 10.8°C5.1°C5.1°C969.69.710 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

Distance from Virginia Beach

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Virginia Beach) is explained once on the Virginia Beach year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.