September Weather in Taipei Taiwan

Daily high temperatures decrease by 6°F, from 90°F to 84°F, rarely falling below 78°F or exceeding 94°F.

Daily low temperatures decrease by 4°F, from 78°F to 74°F, rarely falling below 69°F or exceeding 81°F.

For reference, on July 13, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Taipei typically range from 80°F to 92°F, while on January 27, the coldest day of the year, they range from 56°F to 65°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on September. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

South Padre Island, Texas, United States (8,069 miles away) and Redington Shores, Florida, United States (8,449 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Taipei (view comparison).

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The month of September in Taipei experiences very rapidly decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 68% to 46%.

The clearest day of the month is September 30, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 54% of the time.

For reference, on June 20, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 82%, while on October 23, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 62%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Taipei, the chance of a wet day over the course of September is very rapidly decreasing, starting the month at 47% and ending it at 36%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 60% on May 31, and its lowest chance is 22% on December 16.

Rainfall

To show variation within the month and not just the monthly total, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during September in Taipei is rapidly decreasing, starting the month at 7.7 inches, when it rarely exceeds 13.6 inches or falls below 2.0 inches, and ending the month at 6.3 inches, when it rarely exceeds 14.6 inches or falls below 1.4 inches.

The highest average 31-day accumulation is 7.8 inches on September 11.

Over the course of September in Taipei, the length of the day is decreasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day decreases by 42 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 1 minute, 26 seconds, and weekly decrease of 10 minutes, 5 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is September 30, with 11 hours, 56 minutes of daylight and the longest day is September 1, with 12 hours, 38 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the month in Taipei is 5:34 AM on September 1 and the latest sunrise is 11 minutes later at 5:45 AM on September 30.

The latest sunset is 6:12 PM on September 1 and the earliest sunset is 31 minutes earlier at 5:41 PM on September 30.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Taipei during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:04 AM and sets 13 hours, 42 minutes later, at 6:46 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:34 AM and sets 10 hours, 35 minutes later, at 5:09 PM.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for September 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy in Taipei is rapidly decreasing during September, falling from 99% to 86% over the course of the month.

For reference, on July 4, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 100% of the time, while on January 28, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 2% of the time.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed in Taipei is rapidly increasing during September, increasing from 10.0 miles per hour to 13.5 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on December 3, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 14.6 miles per hour, while on June 21, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.0 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction in Taipei throughout September is predominantly from the east, with a peak proportion of 61% on September 30.

Taipei is located near a large body of water (e.g., ocean, sea, or large lake). This section reports on the wide-area average surface temperature of that water.

The average surface water temperature in Taipei is gradually decreasing during September, falling by 3°F, from 82°F to 80°F, over the course of the month.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

Temperatures in Taipei are sufficiently warm year round that it is not entirely meaningful to discuss the growing season in these terms. We nevertheless include the chart below as an illustration of the distribution of temperatures experienced throughout the year.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days in Taipei are rapidly increasing during September, increasing by 878°F, from 5,627°F to 6,505°F, over the course of the month.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy in Taipei is essentially constant during September, remaining within 0.1 kWh of 5.0 kWh throughout.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Taipei are 25.048 deg latitude, 121.532 deg longitude, and 33 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Taipei contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 174 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 45 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (3,678 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (12,772 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Taipei is covered by artificial surfaces (93%), within 10 miles by trees (52%) and artificial surfaces (27%), and within 50 miles by water (75%) and trees (19%).