Fort McMurray climate

Fort McMurray Weather in September

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

Average highs run from 18°C on September 1 to 11°C on September 30, and lows from 7°C to 1°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 57 mm over about 12 wet days.

September day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Fort McMurray, in °C, with the record for each date.-10010203040151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

September at a glance

Average high
15°C
Average low
4°C
Precipitation
57 mm
Reanalysis high
30°CSep 9, 2011
Reanalysis low
-8°CSep 26, 1992
Daylight
13 h 52 min to 11 h 35 min
Cloud cover
67%
Humidity
78%
Dew point
5°C
Wind
7.2 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 118°C7°C25°C 20011°C 200841%
Sep 218°C7°C27°C 19981°C 201841%
Sep 318°C7°C29°C 20061°C 201842%
Sep 417°C6°C27°C 2006-2°C 199243%
Sep 517°C6°C26°C 2006-4°C 199242%
Sep 617°C6°C26°C 20110°C 199542%
Sep 716°C6°C30°C 2011-2°C 199241%
Sep 816°C5°C30°C 2011-3°C 201440%
Sep 916°C5°C30°C 2011-3°C 200439%
Sep 1016°C5°C26°C 1995-4°C 201438%
Sep 1115°C5°C23°C 1995-4°C 201436%
Sep 1215°C4°C26°C 2013-2°C 201835%
Sep 1315°C4°C24°C 2009-6°C 201835%
Sep 1415°C4°C23°C 2009-5°C 201834%
Sep 1515°C4°C25°C 2001-3°C 202033%
Sep 1614°C4°C24°C 1994-5°C 200332%
Sep 1714°C4°C27°C 1994-4°C 200331%
Sep 1814°C3°C23°C 1994-4°C 199130%
Sep 1914°C3°C23°C 2009-4°C 199530%
Sep 2014°C3°C22°C 1999-5°C 199530%
Sep 2114°C3°C25°C 2014-4°C 201830%
Sep 2213°C3°C24°C 2014-6°C 200030%
Sep 2313°C3°C25°C 2011-4°C 201830%
Sep 2413°C3°C23°C 2001-5°C 200231%
Sep 2513°C2°C26°C 2001-6°C 200232%
Sep 2612°C2°C26°C 2001-8°C 199232%
Sep 2712°C2°C21°C 2012-7°C 199232%
Sep 2812°C2°C23°C 2012-5°C 201831%
Sep 2911°C1°C20°C 2017-6°C 199630%
Sep 3011°C1°C22°C 2008-7°C 199931%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Fort McMurray, in percent.010203040501102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (MDT).

September 1
sunrise 6:29 AM, sunset 8:21 PM
September 30
sunrise 7:27 AM, sunset 7:02 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.