Florida Rainfall Averages in September

The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall during September at dozens of cities in Florida.

Each place has a total for the amount of precipitation it usually receives this month. Most sites also have information on the number of days with wet weather. That includes the days when precipitation amounts to 0.01 inches (0.25 millimetres) or more.

The rainfall totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 for the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

You can jump to separate tables for each region: South Florida (including the Florida Keys), Central Florida, North Florida and the Florida Panhandle.

South Florida

South Florida weather records include the counties of Broward, Collier, DeSoto, Highlands, Indian River, Lee, Manatee, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Palm Beach, St Lucie and Sarasota.

Average monthly precipitation in September

Days	Place	Inches	Milli­metres
13	Arcadia	7.8	197
14	Avon Park	7.5	189
18	Big Cypress National Preserve	8.1	205
14	Bradenton	7.4	189
8	Destin	5.2	132
12	Dry Tortugas	7.2	182
18	Everglades Park, Royal Palm	9.0	229
19	Ft. Lauderdale	10.0	253
16	Ft. Myers	9.0	229
15	Ft. Pierce	8.2	209
19	Hialeah	11.5	293
16	Hollywood	8.7	220
12	Islamorada	8.1	205
16	Jensen Beach	8.3	210
16	Key West	7.2	184
18	Marco Island	9.9	252
18	Miami	10.2	260
15	Miami Beach	8.5	215
17	Naples	10.0	254
14	Palm Beach Gardens	8.4	213
17	Pompano Beach	7.6	193
16	Punta Gorda	6.9	174
13	Tavernier (Key Largo)	8.0	203
14	Venice	7.2	182
16	Vero Beach	7.0	179
17	West Palm Beach	8.0	202

Central Florida

Climate records for the central Florida region include cities in the counties of Brevard, Hillsborough, Orange, Pinellas, Polk and Volusia.

Total average rainfall for September

Days	Place	Inches	Milli­metres
12	Bartow	7.3	186
13	Clearwater	7.0	179
15	Daytona Beach	7.2	182
14	Kissimmee	5.9	149
15	Lakeland	7.6	194
15	Melbourne	8.6	217
15	Orlando	6.6	166
14	Palm Coast	7.7	195
15	Plant City	7.0	178
14	Sarasota	6.0	152
14	St. Petersburg	6.7	169
13	Tampa	6.1	155

North Florida

North Florida rainfall amounts are for weather stations in the counties of Alachua, Baker, Columbia, Duval, Hamilton, Madison, Marion, St Johns and Suwannee.

Average amount of rain in September

Days	Place	Inches	Milli­metres
13	Fernandina Beach	7.2	183
11	Gainesville	5.1	128
10	Glen St. Mary	5.8	148
12	Jacksonville	6.1	154
13	Jacksonville Beach	7.2	183
9	Jasper	4.9	125
12	Lake City	5.9	149
7	Live Oak	5.0	127
8	Madison	4.0	101
13	Ocala	6.5	165
14	St. Augustine	7.2	182

Florida Panhandle

Florida Panhandle weather data come from the counties of Bay, Escambia, Franklin, Jefferson, Leon, Okaloosa and Walton.

Rainy weather averages during September

Days	Place	Inches	Milli­metres
12	Apalachicola	5.4	137
10	Crestview	5.1	129
10	DeFuniak Springs	6.0	153
9	Monticello	5.5	139
10	Niceville	7.0	177
10	Panama City	7.0	177
9	Pensacola	6.6	168
9	Tallahassee	4.9	125