Climate · Dubuque

Dubuque in September

Warm and mostly dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

September in Dubuque is warm: highs near 79°F, lows near 59°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 1 hour 2 minutes from the first week to the last.September in Dubuque is warm: highs near 26°C, lows near 15°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 1 hour 2 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
79°F26°Caverage
Low
59°F15°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 27% of days
Daylight
12h 24mon average

Is September a good time to visit Dubuque?


Yes. September is one of Dubuque's best months (September).

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 79°F in September, against 33°F to 86°F through the year.Highs near 26°C in September, against 1°C to 30°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

27% of days in September, against 24% to 43% through the year.

Cloud cover

35% cover in September, against 35% to 62% through the year.

Daylight

12h 24m in September, against 9h 07m to 15h 15m 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.

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  1. August85°29°low 66°low 19°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. September79°26°low 59°low 15°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. October67°19°low 48°low 9°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Dubuque sits, in September

America/Chicago

this place
typical high in September 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-September
6:41 AMsets 7:15 PM
Above the sea
180 mlow-lying
Latitude
42.5°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Chicago259 km east

The land around Dubuque, 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 States in September

high · low · wet days

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Dubuque. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (180 m) against the climate model's (257 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (180 m) against the climate model's (257 m). 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.