Alta Weather in September
Alta in September
The short of it: Alta in September averages a high of 11 °C (52 °F) and a low of 6 °C (42 °F), with 42 mm (1.7 in) of rain and about 13 h 8 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 11° · low 6° · rain 42 mm · daylight 13 h 8 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Alta an average September high of 11°, a low of 6° and some 42 mm of rain. Highs fall 5° against August, to near 11°; nights run about 6°. Rain is modest, about 42 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 8 min in mid-September, 298 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates September 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and June.
Against its neighbours, Alta runs about middling and drier than most in September. Øksfjord, 46 km to the NW, is 2° cooler by day.
September in Alta, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus August
- 5° colder, 4.0 mm less rain
- Versus October
- 6° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 6°
- Snow season
- Oct–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 8 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
September averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ØksfjordFinnmark | 46 km NW | 10° | 6° | 54 mm |
| LakselvFinnmark | 65 km E | 12° | 5° | 50 mm |
| RypefjordFinnmark | 76 km N | 9° | 5° | 65 mm |
| HammerfestFinnmark | 79 km N | 9° | 5° | 65 mm |
| SkjervøyTroms | 88 km W | 12° | 8° | 53 mm |
| StorslettTroms | 89 km WSW | 12° | 7° | 50 mm |
| KárášjohkaFinnmark | 102 km ESE | 10° | 3° | 41 mm |
| KautokeinoFinnmark | 107 km S | 9° | 3° | 41 mm |