Medicine Hat weather in September

In September, Medicine Hat sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 34 mm of precipitation across 6.1 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 17°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% of the time in September, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 18 min at the start of September to 11 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, September is Medicine Hat's 3rd-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Medicine Hat's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 9th coldest
Precipitation: 34 mm; 6.1 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 24 min; 6:06 AM – 6:28 PM
Cloud cover: 47%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 4.26 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.0; out of 10

Medicine Hat is city in southeast Alberta, Canada.

Air quality: Excellent; PM2.5 5 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 564/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1894

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in September

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 17°C by the end.

A typical September day in Medicine Hat reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs about 6°C cooler than August and about 8°C warmer than October.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	24	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	10
2	23	10
3	23	9
4	23	9
5	22	9
6	22	9
7	22	9
8	22	8
9	21	8
10	21	8
11	21	8
12	21	8
13	20	7
14	20	7
15	20	7
16	20	7
17	19	7
18	19	7
19	19	6
20	19	6
21	19	6
22	19	6
23	18	6
24	18	5
25	18	5
26	18	5
27	17	5
28	17	5
29	17	4
30	17	4

How September really feels in Medicine Hat

Once humidity and wind are folded in, September averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

September sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Medicine Hat weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 4th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-3° / -12°	15	5	5.7	8.3	0.0
Feb	-1° / -11°	12	4.2	4.3	9.7	0.0
Mar	5° / -6°	20	5.6	4.7	11.5	0.5
Apr	12° / 0°	35	7.1	2.8	13.5	3.3
May	18° / 5°	53	9.4	1.1	15.1	5.7
Jun	22° / 10°	86	11.1	0	16.1	6.4
Jul	26° / 12°	39	6.8	0	15.7	7.5
Aug	26° / 12°	39	6.6	0	14.3	7.6
Sep	20° / 7°	34	6.1	0.3	12.4	7.0
Oct	12° / 1°	26	5.4	1.5	10.5	3.7
Nov	4° / -6°	21	5.6	4.9	8.8	0.2
Dec	-2° / -10°	15	4.6	5.2	7.9	0.0

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% of the time in September.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 40%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	65	65	64	65	64	63	62	62	61	60	59	58	58	58	57	58	58	58	58	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	60	60
Cloudier (%)	35	35	36	35	36	37	38	38	39	40	41	42	42	42	43	42	42	42	42	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	40	40

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	64	36
4	65	35
5	64	36
6	63	37
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	61	39
10	60	40
11	59	41
12	58	42
13	58	42
14	58	42
15	57	43
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	58	42
19	58	42
20	59	41
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	59	41
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	59	41
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	60	40
30	60	40

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitationSnow

Medicine Hat gets around 34 mm of rain and snow over 6.1 wet days in September. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 20% and peaks near 23% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	18	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	21	21	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	17
Snow chance (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	18	0
2	19	0
3	19	0
4	19	0
5	19	0
6	20	0
7	20	0
8	20	0
9	21	0
10	21	0
11	22	1
12	22	1
13	23	1
14	23	1
15	23	1
16	23	1
17	23	1
18	22	1
19	22	1
20	21	1
21	21	1
22	20	1
23	20	2
24	20	2
25	19	2
26	19	3
27	18	3
28	18	3
29	18	3
30	17	4

Humidity in September

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of September feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, September lands in the dry band about 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Dry (%)	98	98	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0

Wind in September

Winds average 12 km/h in September.

Across September, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	calm
2	12	calm
3	12	calm
4	12	calm
5	12	calm
6	12	calm
7	12	calm
8	12	calm
9	12	calm
10	12	calm
11	12	calm
12	12	calm
13	12	calm
14	12	calm
15	12	light breeze
16	12	light breeze
17	12	light breeze
18	12	light breeze
19	12	light breeze
20	12	light breeze
21	12	light breeze
22	12	light breeze
23	13	light breeze
24	13	light breeze
25	13	light breeze
26	13	light breeze
27	13	light breeze
28	13	light breeze
29	13	light breeze
30	13	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in September

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 18 min at the start of September to 11 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 108 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 5:43 AM to 6:28 AM, and sunset from 7:02 PM to 5:56 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	13.3	13.3	13.2	13.1	13.1	13.0	12.9	12.9	12.8	12.8	12.7	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.1	12.0	12.0	11.9	11.9	11.8	11.7	11.7	11.6	11.5	11.5
Sunrise (AM)	5:43	5:44	5:46	5:47	5:49	5:51	5:52	5:54	5:55	5:57	5:58	6:00	6:01	6:03	6:04	6:06	6:08	6:09	6:11	6:12	6:14	6:15	6:17	6:18	6:20	6:22	6:23	6:25	6:26	6:28
Sunset (PM)	7:02	7:00	6:58	6:55	6:53	6:51	6:49	6:46	6:44	6:42	6:40	6:37	6:35	6:33	6:30	6:28	6:26	6:24	6:21	6:19	6:17	6:14	6:12	6:10	6:07	6:05	6:03	6:01	5:58	5:56

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.3	5:43	7:02
2	13.3	5:44	7:00
3	13.2	5:46	6:58
4	13.1	5:47	6:55
5	13.1	5:49	6:53
6	13.0	5:51	6:51
7	12.9	5:52	6:49
8	12.9	5:54	6:46
9	12.8	5:55	6:44
10	12.8	5:57	6:42
11	12.7	5:58	6:40
12	12.6	6:00	6:37
13	12.6	6:01	6:35
14	12.5	6:03	6:33
15	12.4	6:04	6:30
16	12.4	6:06	6:28
17	12.3	6:08	6:26
18	12.2	6:09	6:24
19	12.2	6:11	6:21
20	12.1	6:12	6:19
21	12.0	6:14	6:17
22	12.0	6:15	6:14
23	11.9	6:17	6:12
24	11.9	6:18	6:10
25	11.8	6:20	6:07
26	11.7	6:22	6:05
27	11.7	6:23	6:03
28	11.6	6:25	6:01
29	11.5	6:26	5:58
30	11.5	6:28	5:56

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 4.26 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.13 kWh/m² to a high of 6.96 kWh/m² in July across the year — September's 4.26 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.1	5.1	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.5
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.1	Bright
2	5.1	Bright
3	5.0	Bright
4	4.9	Bright
5	4.9	Bright
6	4.8	Bright
7	4.7	Bright
8	4.7	Bright
9	4.6	Bright
10	4.5	Bright
11	4.5	Bright
12	4.4	Bright
13	4.3	Bright
14	4.3	Bright
15	4.2	Bright
16	4.2	Bright
17	4.1	Bright
18	4.1	Bright
19	4.0	Bright
20	4.0	Moderate
21	4.0	Moderate
22	3.9	Moderate
23	3.9	Moderate
24	3.8	Moderate
25	3.8	Moderate
26	3.7	Moderate
27	3.7	Moderate
28	3.6	Moderate
29	3.6	Moderate
30	3.5	Moderate

Planning a trip in September

Is September a good time to visit Medicine Hat?

Our two travel scores rate September for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

7.0

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

3.6

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

September is one of the better times to visit Medicine Hat for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Medicine Hat in September

From September's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In September, Medicine Hat sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 6 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Medicine Hat in September

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in September peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Medicine Hat peaks around July 15 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	1	3	5	6	6	8	6	4	3	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	5	Moderate
May	6	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	6	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Medicine Hat?

Medicine Hat sits at 50.0°N, 110.7°W, 673 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Lethbridge, 158 km away.

Topography around Medicine Hat

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Medicine Hat.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Medicine Hat has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 91 m around an average of 690 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 195 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 880 m.

The land around Medicine Hat is covered by grassland (38%) and artificial surfaces (38%) within 3 km, grassland (64%) and cropland (29%) within 16 km, and grassland (70%) and cropland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km

91 m

grassland 38%

16 km

195 m

grassland 64%

80 km

880 m

grassland 70%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← August Medicine Hat year-round climate October →Best places to visit in September

September weather nearby: Lethbridge 158 km · Swift Current 207 km · Okotoks 247 km · Chestermere 248 km · Auburn Bay 251 km · Cranston 252 km · McKenzie Towne 252 km · Taradale 260 km

Canada travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 83% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $55,698; 2025
Happiness: 6.7 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 97%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 2; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 5.3; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Medicine Hat (50.0393°, -110.6766°, elevation 673 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	10
2	23	10
3	23	9
4	23	9
5	22	9
6	22	9
7	22	9
8	22	8
9	21	8
10	21	8
11	21	8
12	21	8
13	20	7
14	20	7
15	20	7
16	20	7
17	19	7
18	19	7
19	19	6
20	19	6
21	19	6
22	19	6
23	18	6
24	18	5
25	18	5
26	18	5
27	17	5
28	17	5
29	17	4
30	17	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	64	36
4	65	35
5	64	36
6	63	37
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	61	39
10	60	40
11	59	41
12	58	42
13	58	42
14	58	42
15	57	43
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	58	42
19	58	42
20	59	41
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	59	41
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	59	41
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	60	40
30	60	40

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	18	0
2	19	0
3	19	0
4	19	0
5	19	0
6	20	0
7	20	0
8	20	0
9	21	0
10	21	0
11	22	1
12	22	1
13	23	1
14	23	1
15	23	1
16	23	1
17	23	1
18	22	1
19	22	1
20	21	1
21	21	1
22	20	1
23	20	2
24	20	2
25	19	2
26	19	3
27	18	3
28	18	3
29	18	3
30	17	4

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	10
2	23	10
3	23	9
4	23	9
5	22	9
6	22	9
7	22	9
8	22	8
9	21	8
10	21	8
11	21	8
12	21	8
13	20	7
14	20	7
15	20	7
16	20	7
17	19	7
18	19	7
19	19	6
20	19	6
21	19	6
22	19	6
23	18	6
24	18	5
25	18	5
26	18	5
27	17	5
28	17	5
29	17	4
30	17	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	64	36
4	65	35
5	64	36
6	63	37
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	61	39
10	60	40
11	59	41
12	58	42
13	58	42
14	58	42
15	57	43
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	58	42
19	58	42
20	59	41
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	59	41
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	59	41
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	60	40
30	60	40

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	18	0
2	19	0
3	19	0
4	19	0
5	19	0
6	20	0
7	20	0
8	20	0
9	21	0
10	21	0
11	22	1
12	22	1
13	23	1
14	23	1
15	23	1
16	23	1
17	23	1
18	22	1
19	22	1
20	21	1
21	21	1
22	20	1
23	20	2
24	20	2
25	19	2
26	19	3
27	18	3
28	18	3
29	18	3
30	17	4

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	10
2	23	10
3	23	9
4	23	9
5	22	9
6	22	9
7	22	9
8	22	8
9	21	8
10	21	8
11	21	8
12	21	8
13	20	7
14	20	7
15	20	7
16	20	7
17	19	7
18	19	7
19	19	6
20	19	6
21	19	6
22	19	6
23	18	6
24	18	5
25	18	5
26	18	5
27	17	5
28	17	5
29	17	4
30	17	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	64	36
4	65	35
5	64	36
6	63	37
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	61	39
10	60	40
11	59	41
12	58	42
13	58	42
14	58	42
15	57	43
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	58	42
19	58	42
20	59	41
21	59	41
22	59	41
23	59	41
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	59	41
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	60	40
30	60	40

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	18	0
2	19	0
3	19	0
4	19	0
5	19	0
6	20	0
7	20	0
8	20	0
9	21	0
10	21	0
11	22	1
12	22	1
13	23	1
14	23	1
15	23	1
16	23	1
17	23	1
18	22	1
19	22	1
20	21	1
21	21	1
22	20	1
23	20	2
24	20	2
25	19	2
26	19	3
27	18	3
28	18	3
29	18	3
30	17	4

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	98	2
5	98	2
6	98	2
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0