Average September Precipitation for Canadian Cities

The tables below list monthly averages for rainfall plus snowfall during September at major cities in Canada. Each place has a total for how many days of wet weather it usually gets this month and for the normal amount of precipitation.

The numbers allow you to compare the typical precipitation for the 33 largest Canadian cities, ranging from St John's, Newfoundland in the east to Victoria, British Columbia in the west.

These are all the metropolitan areas that, according to Statistics Canada, had at least 100,000 people in 2011.

The month's precipitation totals are averages of weather data collected during 1981 to 2010. The calculation of days includes those when precipitation totalled at least 0.2 millimetres (0.008 inches).

Average monthly precipitation in September
Days City Inches Milli­metres
10 Abbotsford, British Columbia 3.0 75
13 Barrie, Ontario 3.7 94
11 Brantford, Ontario 3.4 87
9 Calgary, Alberta 1.8 45
10 Edmonton, Alberta 1.7 43
14 Guelph, Ontario 3.6 90
12 Halifax, Nova Scotia 4.3 109
12 Hamilton, Ontario 3.2 81
8 Kelowna, British Columbia 1.1 27
12 Kingston, Ontario 3.5 90
12 Kitchener - Waterloo, Ontario 3.5 88
Days City Inches Milli­metres
12 London, Ontario 4.1 103
11 Moncton, New Brunswick 3.7 94
11 Montréal, Quebec 3.3 83
12 Oshawa, Ontario 3.7 94
13 Ottawa, Ontario 3.7 93
12 Peterborough, Ontario 3.3 84
13 Québec City, Quebec 4.5 116
9 Regina, Saskatchewan 1.3 33
16 Saguenay, Quebec 4.0 103
8 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 1.5 39
13 Sherbrooke, Quebec 3.7 95
Days City Inches Milli­metres
11 St. Catharines - Niagara, Ontario 3.6 91
11 Saint John, New Brunswick 4.2 106
16 St. John's, Newfoundland 5.1 130
13 Sudbury, Ontario 4.0 101
14 Thunder Bay, Ontario 2.9 73
11 Toronto, Ontario 3.3 85
13 Trois-Rivières, Quebec 4.0 101
8 Vancouver, British Columbia 2.3 59
7 Victoria, British Columbia 1.0 25
10 Windsor, Ontario 3.7 94
10 Winnipeg, Manitoba 1.8 46
Reference

Environment Canada. Meteorological Service of Canada. Canadian Climate Normals. 1981-2010 Climate Normals & Averages.

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