Ottawa climate

Ottawa Weather in September

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

Average highs run from 24°C on September 1 to 17°C on September 30, and lows from 12°C to 7°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 87 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 Ottawa, 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
21°C
Average low
10°C
Precipitation
87 mm
Reanalysis high
33°CSep 9, 2002
Reanalysis low
-2°CSep 30, 1991
Daylight
13 h 16 min to 11 h 45 min
Cloud cover
58%
Humidity
78%
Dew point
11°C
Wind
6.8 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 124°C12°C32°C 20106°C 201740%
Sep 224°C12°C31°C 20085°C 199241%
Sep 323°C12°C32°C 19994°C 199440%
Sep 423°C12°C32°C 19995°C 199440%
Sep 523°C12°C30°C 20185°C 200041%
Sep 623°C11°C30°C 20165°C 201341%
Sep 723°C11°C32°C 20166°C 199542%
Sep 823°C11°C32°C 20023°C 199542%
Sep 922°C11°C33°C 20025°C 201944%
Sep 1022°C11°C32°C 20024°C 199543%
Sep 1122°C10°C28°C 20034°C 199542%
Sep 1222°C10°C30°C 20053°C 199240%
Sep 1322°C10°C29°C 20055°C 199141%
Sep 1421°C10°C29°C 20055°C 201341%
Sep 1521°C10°C29°C 20183°C 199541%
Sep 1621°C9°C29°C 20183°C 200741%
Sep 1721°C9°C29°C 20183°C 201341%
Sep 1821°C9°C28°C 20151°C 201441%
Sep 1920°C9°C27°C 2017-1°C 201441%
Sep 2020°C9°C28°C 20020°C 199343%
Sep 2120°C9°C28°C 19981°C 199143%
Sep 2220°C9°C26°C 20072°C 199143%
Sep 2320°C8°C29°C 20173°C 199243%
Sep 2419°C8°C29°C 20170°C 199743%
Sep 2519°C8°C29°C 20170°C 200043%
Sep 2619°C8°C29°C 20172°C 200943%
Sep 2718°C8°C28°C 20173°C 200045%
Sep 2818°C7°C26°C 1999-2°C 200046%
Sep 2918°C7°C25°C 1999-1°C 200046%
Sep 3017°C7°C22°C 2013-2°C 199146%

Chance of rain

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

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (EDT).

September 1
sunrise 6:24 AM, sunset 7:40 PM
September 30
sunrise 7:00 AM, sunset 6:45 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 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.