San Francisco climate

San Francisco Weather in September

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around San Francisco, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 23°C on September 1 to 25°C on September 30, and lows from 8°C to 11°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 42 mm over about 6 wet days.

September day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at San Francisco, in °C, with the record for each date.-1001020304050151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

September at a glance

Average high
24°C
Average low
9°C
Precipitation
42 mm
Reanalysis high
40°CSep 23, 1994
Reanalysis low
0°CSep 12, 2005
Daylight
11 h 27 min to 12 h 23 min
Cloud cover
50%
Humidity
62%
Dew point
7°C
Wind
15.8 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Sep 123°C8°C35°C 20040°C 200217%
Sep 223°C8°C29°C 20140°C 200518%
Sep 323°C8°C31°C 20041°C 201918%
Sep 423°C8°C37°C 20041°C 200618%
Sep 523°C8°C37°C 19951°C 200618%
Sep 623°C8°C38°C 19953°C 199619%
Sep 723°C8°C35°C 20131°C 201619%
Sep 823°C8°C30°C 20072°C 199418%
Sep 923°C9°C38°C 20132°C 199616%
Sep 1023°C9°C38°C 20132°C 200316%
Sep 1123°C9°C39°C 20132°C 201516%
Sep 1224°C9°C31°C 19940°C 200516%
Sep 1324°C9°C31°C 19961°C 200514%
Sep 1424°C9°C29°C 20124°C 200315%
Sep 1524°C9°C32°C 20124°C 200514%
Sep 1624°C9°C33°C 20112°C 200114%
Sep 1724°C9°C33°C 19952°C 201314%
Sep 1824°C9°C38°C 19943°C 199814%
Sep 1924°C9°C40°C 19941°C 199814%
Sep 2024°C9°C37°C 19961°C 199815%
Sep 2125°C9°C33°C 19992°C 199816%
Sep 2225°C10°C38°C 20186°C 201316%
Sep 2325°C10°C40°C 19943°C 201319%
Sep 2425°C10°C34°C 20202°C 200721%
Sep 2525°C10°C34°C 20203°C 200722%
Sep 2625°C10°C35°C 20062°C 201224%
Sep 2725°C10°C33°C 20044°C 201225%
Sep 2825°C10°C35°C 20113°C 200926%
Sep 2925°C10°C35°C 20193°C 200926%
Sep 3025°C11°C38°C 20203°C 200926%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at San Francisco, in percent.01020301102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT-3).

September 1
sunrise 7:25 AM, sunset 6:52 PM
September 30
sunrise 6:47 AM, sunset 7:10 PM

Every day of September: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.