Raleigh, NC: September

30 September 2026: September 2026 averaged 76.7°F in Raleigh, NC, the warmest September since 2019, 7th warmest of 140.

September 2026

Mean temperature: 76.7°F; Warmest since 2019; 7th warmest of 140
Precipitation: 2.17 in; Driest since 2025; 39th driest of 140

A normal September in Raleigh, NC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 71.5°F, between 69.3°F and 76.4°F in eight years of ten and 3.68 in of precipitation, between 1.90 in and 8.60 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every September in Raleigh, NC since 1887: 76.7°F in 2026; the highest is 78.5°F, in 1921.

Normal range, 69.3 to 76.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every September in Raleigh, NC from 1887 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	76.7	7	87.6	5	65.8	13	2.17	101	0
2025	72.1	60	82.2	56	62	69	1.92	107	0
2024	74.2	24	82.7	46	65.8	13	13.02	3	0
2023	73.9	27	84.5	20	63.3	39	5.48	30	0
2022	73.8	29	85.6	16	62	69	4.70	43	0
2021	73	45	84.1	26	61.8	72	2.86	85	0
2020	70.5	95	79.4	115	61.7	73	5.01	38	0
2019	76.8	6	87.6	5	66	11	1.11	128	0
2018	76.9	4	85	19	68.8	1	7.97	12	0
2017	71.9	64	82.8	43	61	82	2.28	97	0
2016	76.4	9	85.5	17	67.3	4	4.61	44	0
2015	73.5	36	82.8	43	64.3	31	4.81	41	0
2014	72.2	58	79.9	103	64.4	30	5.91	25	0
2013	70.7	91	81	79	60.4	93	2.91	82	0
2012	71.1	79	80.9	83	61.3	77	7.83	13	0
2011	73.5	36	82.2	56	64.8	24	5.54	29	0
2010	77.3	2	89.4	1	65.1	19	6.66	15	0
2009	70.8	88	80.9	83	60.8	87	3.35	71	0
2008	72.6	54	81.5	66	63.7	36	9.24	8	0
2007	75	18	87.4	8	62.6	55	2.22	99	0
2006	69.7	109	79.8	104	59.6	113	8.53	10	0
2005	76	12	87.3	9	64.7	25	0.82	131	0
2004	71.3	74	80.2	94	62.4	59	4.49	47	0
2003	69.9	106	79.4	115	60.3	97	4.47	48	0
2002	73.1	43	82.2	56	64	33	3.49	69	0
2001	69	121	80	100	58	130	0.86	130	0
2000	69.3	115	78.3	125	60.4	93	3.82	56	0
1999	69.1	118	78.9	121	59.3	117	21.79	1	0
1998	74.6	22	86.6	10	62.6	55	3.55	66	0
1997	70.9	85	82.2	56	59.6	113	3.07	78	0
1996	70.3	100	80	100	60.6	91	16.65	2	0
1995	70.5	95	79.5	111	61.5	75	2.46	92	0
1994	69.1	118	79.5	111	58.7	124	1.99	105	0
1993	73.6	34	83.9	30	63.4	38	3.50	68	0
1992	71.4	72	80.5	90	62.4	59	2.22	99	0
1991	71.6	68	82.5	50	60.6	91	3.16	76	0
1990	72.1	60	83.4	38	60.9	84	0.30	138	0
1989	71.7	66	80.7	86	62.7	52	3.96	53	0
1988	70.2	102	79.7	108	60.8	87	4.90	40	0
1987	73	45	82.9	42	63.1	46	5.48	30	0
1986	72.3	56	81.9	63	62.6	55	0.95	129	0
1985	69.7	109	80.5	90	58.8	122	0.23	139	0
1984	67.5	134	77.7	131	57.2	136	2.31	96	0
1983	70.7	91	82.1	61	59.3	117	2.13	103	0
1982	70.5	95	81	79	59.9	103	1.55	116	0
1981	68.3	130	79.3	117	57.3	133	2.70	87	0
1980	74.9	19	84.2	24	65.6	16	3.76	59	0
1979	71.2	77	79.6	110	62.8	50	6.76	14	0
1978	73.7	32	84.1	26	63.2	41	1.37	121	0
1977	72.8	50	83.3	39	62.3	64	3.86	55	0
1976	69.7	109	81.2	74	58.1	129	5.99	24	0
1975	71.1	79	80.2	94	62	69	5.77	28	0
1974	69	121	78.1	127	59.9	103	3.71	63	0
1973	73.2	40	83.9	30	62.4	59	1.13	127	0
1972	70.4	98	80.7	86	60	101	5.80	27	0
1971	72	63	81.4	67	62.5	58	2.91	82	0
1970	73.2	40	84.2	24	62.3	64	1.20	124	0
1969	67.5	134	77.7	131	57.3	133	6.21	20	0
1968	70.9	85	83.5	37	58.3	128	1.77	109	0
1967	67.5	134	78.1	127	56.9	138	1.74	111	0
1966	71	81	82.3	54	59.7	110	3.58	65	0
1965	72.7	52	83.2	40	62.2	67	2.65	90	0
1964	69.3	115	80.7	86	57.9	131	5.29	33	0
1963	67.1	139	78.8	122	55.3	140	2.77	86	0
1962	68.2	131	79	118	57.3	133	3.72	62	0
1961	73.2	40	84	29	62.4	59	1.25	123	0
1960	70.8	88	81.3	69	60.2	98	3.05	79	0
1959	71	81	81.1	76	60.9	84	3.52	67	0
1958	69	121	81.3	69	56.7	139	1.18	126	0
1957	72.4	55	81	79	63.7	36	4.58	45	0
1956	69.1	118	79.7	108	58.5	126	3.74	60	0
1955	71.8	65	79.8	104	63.9	35	4.33	49	0
1954	74.9	19	88.2	4	61.6	74	0.57	134	0
1953	71.3	74	83.9	30	58.7	124	3.46	70	0
1952	70	103	81	79	59.1	120	1.71	113	0
1951	71.4	72	82.8	43	60.1	100	1.38	120	0
1950	70	103	80.2	94	59.8	109	3.73	61	0
1949	69	121	79.5	111	58.4	127	5.87	26	0
1948	70	103	81.3	69	58.8	122	3.98	52	0
1947	71.3	74	81.4	67	61.2	80	6.29	19	0
1946	70.7	91	81.1	76	60.4	93	5.17	36	0
1945	74.6	22	84.1	26	65.1	19	12.94	4	0
1944	72.3	56	81.6	64	63.1	46	8.58	9	0
1943	68.7	126	80.5	90	57.7	132	2.87	84	2
1942	73.7	32	84.4	21	62.9	49	5.30	32	0
1941	75.1	17	87.5	7	62.7	52	2.33	95	0
1940	69.9	106	80.2	94	59.7	110	1.71	113	0
1939	74.7	21	84.3	23	65.2	18	2.35	94	0
1938	71.6	68	80.1	99	63.2	41	4.78	42	0
1937	69.5	112	78.3	125	60.7	89	1.85	108	0
1936	74	26	83.6	35	64.5	27	6.49	16	0
1935	71	81	80	100	62.1	68	6.42	17	1
1934	73.8	29	81.2	74	66.4	9	6.12	22	0
1933	77.3	2	88.6	3	66	11	0.74	132	1
1932	72.2	58	81.3	69	63.1	46	2.27	98	0
1931	76.3	10	86.3	12	66.2	10	2.37	93	0
1930	76.6	8	85.7	15	67.6	3	3.31	72	0
1929	70.9	85	79	118	62.7	52	4.12	51	0
1928	67.6	133	75.6	138	59.6	113	11.92	5	0
1927	72.8	50	82.4	52	63.2	41	3.82	56	0
1926	74.2	24	83.2	40	65.1	19	1.32	122	0
1925	76.9	4	86.5	11	67.3	4	0.54	135	3
1924	67.4	137	75.4	139	59.5	116	10.12	7	0
1923	72.9	49	81.6	64	64.1	32	6.35	18	0
1922	72.7	52	82.1	61	63.2	41	0.11	140	0
1921	78.5	1	88.8	2	68.2	2	3.01	80	0
1920	73.5	36	82.5	50	64.5	27	2.69	88	0
1919	71.7	66	82.3	54	61	82	0.51	136	0
1918	67.2	138	77.2	135	57.1	137	5.21	35	0
1917	67	140	75.2	140	58.9	121	5.05	37	0
1916	69.5	112	79	118	59.9	103	1.42	119	0
1915	73.8	29	82.7	46	64.9	23	2.54	91	0
1914	68.9	125	78.1	127	59.7	110	4.29	50	0
1913	69.5	112	78.1	127	60.9	84	6.03	23	0
1912	75.3	16	83.6	35	67.1	6	3.20	74	0
1911	76.1	11	85.4	18	66.8	7	1.74	111	0
1910	73.3	39	82.2	56	64.5	27	1.19	125	0
1909	68.7	126	77.5	133	59.9	103	4.52	46	0
1908	69.2	117	78.5	124	59.9	103	3.70	64	0
1907	73.9	27	83.7	34	64	33	6.13	21	0
1906	75.5	15	84.4	21	66.7	8	3.29	73	0
1905	73	45	82.6	48	63.3	39	1.43	117	0
1904	71.2	77	81.1	76	61.3	77	5.23	34	0
1903	70.8	88	80.2	94	61.3	77	1.43	117	1
1902	70.3	100	79.8	104	60.7	89	2.92	81	0
1901	71.5	71	80.5	90	62.4	59	8.26	11	0
1900	75.8	14	86.1	13	65.5	17	2.13	103	0
1899	70.4	98	80.7	86	60	101	2.68	89	0
1898	73.6	34	82.6	48	64.7	25	3.95	54	2
1897	73.1	43	83.8	33	62.3	64	0.70	133	0
1896	71.6	68	82.4	52	61.2	80	3.78	58	2
1895	75.9	13	86.1	13	65.7	15	0.38	137	0
1894	73	45	80.9	83	65	22	5.00	39	0
1893	70.7	91	79.8	104	61.5	75	3.20	74	0
1892	69.8	108	79.5	111	60.2	98	1.98	106	0
1891	72.1	60	81.3	69	62.8	50	1.76	110	0
1890	71	81	78.8	122	63.2	41	3.11	77	0
1889	68.7	126	77.5	133	59.9	103	1.68	115	0
1888	68.6	129	76.7	137	60.4	93	10.88	6	0
1887	68.2	131	77.1	136	59.3	117	2.17	101	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1921	78.5
2010	77.3
1933	77.3
2018	76.9
1925	76.9
2019	76.8
2026	76.7
1930	76.6
2016	76.4
1931	76.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1917	67
1963	67.1
1918	67.2
1924	67.4
1984	67.5
1969	67.5
1967	67.5
1928	67.6
1962	68.2
1887	68.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1999	21.79
1996	16.65
2024	13.02
1945	12.94
1928	11.92
1888	10.88
1924	10.12
2008	9.24
1944	8.58
2006	8.53

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1922	0.11
1985	0.23
1990	0.30
1895	0.38
1919	0.51
1925	0.54
1954	0.57
1897	0.70
1933	0.74
2005	0.82

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 101°F; 3 September 2026
Coldest night: 48°F; 26 September 2026
Wettest day: 0.80 in; 21 September 2026

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September 2026 brought 2.17 in of precipitation in Raleigh, NC, the driest September since 2025, tied 39th driest of 140 (with 1887).
The hottest day of September 2026 in Raleigh, NC: 101°F on Thursday 3 September 2026.
The coldest night of September 2026 in Raleigh, NC: a low of 48°F on Saturday 26 September 2026.
The wettest day of September 2026 in Raleigh, NC: 0.80 in on Monday 21 September 2026.