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Nuuk in September: every year compared

In September, Nuuk averages highs of 7.0 °C and lows of 2.8 °C, with 96 mm of precipitation. The warmest September was 2022 (7.8 °C), the coldest 1941 (-2.8 °C).

Avg. highAvg. high 7.0 °C

Avg. lowAvg. low 2.8 °C

PrecipitationPrecipitation 96 mm

Rainy daysRainy days 12

Day by day through September

Normal high and low for each day of September in Nuuk.

Normal high and low, day by dayNormal 1991–2020

Every September in Nuuk, ranked

86 months of September since 1940. The last one, 2025, ranks 16 of 86 (+0.2 °C vs normal).

194019832025

2025 · 5.0 °C · +0.2 °C vs normal · rank 16 of 86

Warmest years

120227.8 °C
220107.7 °C
320036.9 °C
419866.3 °C
520126.2 °C

Coldest years

11948-2.8 °C
21941-2.8 °C
31960-2.4 °C
41955-1.8 °C
51959-1.7 °C

All 86 years in a table

Year	Mean temperature	Daytime highs	Night lows	Precipitation	Frost days	Snowfall	Rainy days
2025	5.0 °C	7.3 °C	3.2 °C	77 mm	0 days	7 cm	11 days
2024	5.8 °C	8.3 °C	3.8 °C	85 mm	0 days	1 cm	12 days
2023	3.9 °C	5.9 °C	2.1 °C	111 mm	4 days	6 cm	15 days
2022	7.8 °C	10.0 °C	6.0 °C	193 mm	0 days	1 cm	20 days
2021	3.4 °C	6.2 °C	1.0 °C	4 mm	9 days	1 cm	1 day
2020	4.7 °C	7.0 °C	2.5 °C	70 mm	3 days	4 cm	11 days
2019	5.3 °C	7.9 °C	3.3 °C	70 mm	0 days	3 cm	12 days
2018	4.8 °C	6.8 °C	2.9 °C	99 mm	0 days	8 cm	11 days
2017	4.5 °C	6.9 °C	2.5 °C	72 mm	3 days	10 cm	11 days
2016	4.6 °C	7.4 °C	2.5 °C	44 mm	1 day	5 cm	4 days
2015	4.5 °C	6.6 °C	2.7 °C	76 mm	1 day	8 cm	10 days
2014	4.6 °C	6.2 °C	3.1 °C	102 mm	5 days	11 cm	16 days
2013	4.5 °C	6.3 °C	2.8 °C	193 mm	1 day	15 cm	19 days
2012	6.2 °C	8.1 °C	4.2 °C	140 mm	0 days	5 cm	16 days
2011	4.1 °C	6.1 °C	2.3 °C	85 mm	5 days	6 cm	13 days
2010	7.7 °C	10.4 °C	5.4 °C	48 mm	0 days	0 cm	8 days
2009	3.9 °C	5.8 °C	2.1 °C	135 mm	5 days	21 cm	13 days
2008	4.3 °C	6.1 °C	2.7 °C	93 mm	2 days	12 cm	16 days
2007	4.1 °C	6.3 °C	2.2 °C	119 mm	6 days	15 cm	11 days
2006	6.1 °C	8.2 °C	4.3 °C	84 mm	0 days	1 cm	13 days
2005	4.2 °C	6.3 °C	2.3 °C	110 mm	9 days	9 cm	14 days
2004	4.4 °C	7.0 °C	1.9 °C	61 mm	7 days	5 cm	10 days
2003	6.9 °C	8.9 °C	5.1 °C	168 mm	0 days	1 cm	14 days
2002	5.6 °C	8.3 °C	3.3 °C	92 mm	1 day	6 cm	11 days
2001	5.5 °C	7.6 °C	3.5 °C	149 mm	0 days	2 cm	16 days
2000	5.0 °C	6.9 °C	3.4 °C	139 mm	2 days	8 cm	16 days
1999	3.5 °C	6.3 °C	0.8 °C	55 mm	7 days	11 cm	5 days
1998	5.5 °C	8.2 °C	3.1 °C	21 mm	1 day	0 cm	5 days
1997	4.4 °C	6.2 °C	2.5 °C	83 mm	5 days	9 cm	15 days
1996	4.3 °C	7.0 °C	1.9 °C	67 mm	6 days	11 cm	10 days
1995	4.9 °C	6.7 °C	3.1 °C	164 mm	4 days	35 cm	18 days
1994	3.0 °C	5.7 °C	0.8 °C	48 mm	9 days	13 cm	7 days
1993	5.3 °C	7.3 °C	3.4 °C	110 mm	2 days	12 cm	14 days
1992	2.2 °C	4.7 °C	-0.2 °C	111 mm	9 days	20 cm	14 days
1991	4.6 °C	6.9 °C	2.5 °C	78 mm	6 days	8 cm	14 days
1990	3.0 °C	5.0 °C	0.8 °C	99 mm	11 days	18 cm	18 days
1989	1.1 °C	3.3 °C	-1.3 °C	142 mm	15 days	51 cm	19 days
1988	3.9 °C	6.8 °C	1.2 °C	61 mm	9 days	5 cm	6 days
1987	5.5 °C	8.1 °C	3.4 °C	36 mm	0 days	4 cm	7 days
1986	6.3 °C	8.5 °C	4.2 °C	78 mm	3 days	3 cm	12 days
1985	5.4 °C	7.9 °C	3.0 °C	49 mm	1 day	1 cm	10 days
1984	2.4 °C	5.2 °C	-0.2 °C	59 mm	13 days	19 cm	9 days
1983	3.0 °C	5.3 °C	1.0 °C	66 mm	7 days	11 cm	9 days
1982	1.1 °C	3.5 °C	-1.5 °C	106 mm	18 days	61 cm	9 days
1981	5.2 °C	7.9 °C	2.8 °C	33 mm	3 days	3 cm	6 days
1980	4.4 °C	7.2 °C	2.0 °C	63 mm	7 days	7 cm	6 days
1979	4.5 °C	6.9 °C	2.2 °C	71 mm	7 days	4 cm	12 days
1978	3.2 °C	5.3 °C	0.9 °C	86 mm	9 days	31 cm	11 days
1977	2.3 °C	5.1 °C	-1.1 °C	36 mm	20 days	12 cm	8 days
1976	5.0 °C	7.1 °C	3.1 °C	171 mm	1 day	6 cm	19 days
1975	0.9 °C	2.6 °C	-1.2 °C	105 mm	16 days	32 cm	15 days
1974	2.3 °C	3.8 °C	0.4 °C	88 mm	12 days	30 cm	15 days
1973	2.6 °C	4.4 °C	0.6 °C	107 mm	9 days	18 cm	14 days
1972	2.7 °C	4.3 °C	0.9 °C	78 mm	8 days	13 cm	16 days
1971	1.0 °C	2.9 °C	-1.2 °C	102 mm	20 days	43 cm	11 days
1970	2.3 °C	4.0 °C	0.5 °C	104 mm	13 days	23 cm	18 days
1969	0.6 °C	2.2 °C	-1.0 °C	52 mm	16 days	10 cm	10 days
1968	2.2 °C	4.1 °C	0.1 °C	20 mm	12 days	1 cm	5 days
1967	2.7 °C	4.4 °C	0.8 °C	162 mm	9 days	21 cm	17 days
1966	0.1 °C	2.0 °C	-2.4 °C	113 mm	23 days	28 cm	11 days
1965	-0.1 °C	1.7 °C	-2.3 °C	115 mm	18 days	18 cm	12 days
1964	-1.5 °C	0.9 °C	-4.4 °C	73 mm	27 days	17 cm	9 days
1963	-1.5 °C	0.4 °C	-3.6 °C	114 mm	25 days	36 cm	17 days
1962	-0.5 °C	1.3 °C	-3.1 °C	96 mm	21 days	15 cm	9 days
1961	-0.6 °C	1.1 °C	-2.7 °C	87 mm	21 days	19 cm	14 days
1960	-2.4 °C	-0.4 °C	-4.8 °C	37 mm	29 days	22 cm	7 days
1959	-1.7 °C	0.3 °C	-4.2 °C	64 mm	20 days	12 cm	11 days
1958	0.4 °C	2.1 °C	-1.9 °C	76 mm	21 days	4 cm	17 days
1957	1.5 °C	3.0 °C	-0.4 °C	103 mm	16 days	4 cm	13 days
1956	-1.7 °C	0.5 °C	-4.1 °C	138 mm	25 days	26 cm	13 days
1955	-1.8 °C	0.1 °C	-4.1 °C	55 mm	27 days	26 cm	7 days
1954	-0.7 °C	1.1 °C	-2.9 °C	54 mm	21 days	7 cm	13 days
1953	0.6 °C	2.6 °C	-1.8 °C	131 mm	19 days	24 cm	17 days
1952	2.8 °C	4.8 °C	0.1 °C	186 mm	15 days	28 cm	19 days
1951	1.8 °C	3.9 °C	-0.9 °C	61 mm	19 days	0 cm	9 days
1950	-0.5 °C	1.4 °C	-3.1 °C	56 mm	25 days	14 cm	12 days
1949	-0.2 °C	1.9 °C	-2.6 °C	96 mm	22 days	29 cm	13 days
1948	-2.8 °C	-0.6 °C	-5.6 °C	6 mm	29 days	0 cm	2 days
1947	-0.3 °C	1.4 °C	-2.3 °C	144 mm	19 days	28 cm	14 days
1946	-0.0 °C	1.8 °C	-2.4 °C	142 mm	19 days	30 cm	19 days
1945	-1.4 °C	0.3 °C	-3.7 °C	80 mm	25 days	25 cm	14 days
1944	-1.6 °C	0.5 °C	-4.1 °C	74 mm	25 days	17 cm	9 days
1943	1.1 °C	2.8 °C	-1.4 °C	179 mm	15 days	20 cm	23 days
1942	-0.1 °C	1.9 °C	-2.4 °C	113 mm	25 days	27 cm	16 days
1941	-2.8 °C	-0.6 °C	-5.4 °C	52 mm	28 days	19 cm	10 days
1940	1.5 °C	2.7 °C	-0.0 °C	70 mm	14 days	7 cm	15 days

September records

Hottest day

21.2 °C

September 2, 2010 estimate

Coldest night

-14.6 °C

September 23, 1941 estimate

Wettest day

47 mm

September 23, 2022 estimate

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Questions & answers

How warm is Nuuk in September?

Highs average 7.0 °C and lows 2.8 °C. A typical September brings 0 hot days (30 °C or more) and 3 frost days.

Does it rain a lot in Nuuk in September?

About 96 mm falls in September, over some 12 days with at least 1 mm. The wettest September was 2013 (193 mm), the driest 2021 (4 mm).

What was the warmest September in Nuuk?

2022, with a mean temperature of 7.8 °C. The coldest was 1941 (-2.8 °C). The last one, 2025, ranks 16 of 86.