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Dornoch in September

Mild and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

September in Dornoch is mild: highs near 62°F, lows near 48°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 1 hour 48 minutes from the first week to the last.September in Dornoch is mild: highs near 17°C, lows near 9°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 1 hour 48 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
62°F17°Caverage
Low
48°F9°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 48% of days
Daylight
12h 38mon average

Is September a good time to visit Dornoch?

A good month, just outside Dornoch's best months, which run from July to August.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How September sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 62°F in September, against 44°F to 66°F through the year.Highs near 17°C in September, against 7°C to 19°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

48% of days in September, against 48% to 57% through the year.

Cloud cover

63% cover in September, against 61% to 70% through the year.

Daylight

12h 38m in September, against 6h 36m to 18h 01m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with September shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. August66°19°low 51°low 11°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. September62°17°low 48°low 9°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. October56°13°low 44°low 7°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Dornoch sits, in September

Europe/London
this place
typical high in September 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-September
6:44 AMsets 7:39 PM
Above the sea
20 mlow-lying
Latitude
57.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Achnasheen97 km south-west

The land around Dornoch, shaded by its typical high in September, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in United Kingdom in September

high · low · wet days
See September on the planning mapThe whole year in Dornoch

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Dornoch. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.