Shetland Islands is typically mild in September.

Maximum temperatures go down compared to the previous month from +14°C to +13°C. The minimum temperature also goes down from +11°C to +10°C.

Pack a light jacket as it will be warm in the day and cool in the evenings.

September is one of the warmest months in Shetland Islands, here is the comparison with other months:

September weather is still as ok as in August. It’s getting colder in September. From +14°C in the day, the average maximum temperature lowers to +13°C. Prepare for more rain. Average rainfall goes from 69 mm to 90 mm. It feels drier, as humidity decreases from 86% to 84%. Winds are stronger in comparison to August, going up from 5 m/s to 7 m/s on average. The amount of sunny days stay about the same, averaging 1 sunny days during the month.

October brings much the same weather, it remains ok.

The climate in Shetland Islands in September has not changed much over the last 43 years.

The average temperature was the lowest in 1979 (+8°C) and the highest in 2006 (+11°C). The driest year was 1996 with only 776 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 2015 with 1280 mm.

For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Shetland Islands, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2023.

For past dates, we show actual recorded data at the location at that time. Forecasts are based on recorded weather during that day of the year, averaged over the total years for which we have records (unless stated otherwise). The daily temperature is the highest recorded temperature in the shadow during that day.