# UK September ranks joint fourth-warmest on record > Provisional Met Office data put the UK’s September 2026 mean temperature at 14.6°C, with marked regional differences in rainfall. - Canonical URL: https://newsverum.com/en/news/uk-september-2026-fourth-warmest-on-record - Publisher: Newsverum - Section: Climate - Published: 2026-10-06T08:59:01+00:00 - Updated: 2026-10-07T05:59:04+03:00 - Event / data period: 2026-09 - Other editions: [Türkçe](https://newsverum.com/tr/news/uk-september-2026-fourth-warmest-on-record.md), [العربية](https://newsverum.com/ar/news/uk-september-2026-fourth-warmest-on-record.md), [Français](https://newsverum.com/fr/news/uk-september-2026-fourth-warmest-on-record.md), [Español](https://newsverum.com/es/news/uk-september-2026-fourth-warmest-on-record.md), [Deutsch](https://newsverum.com/de/news/uk-september-2026-fourth-warmest-on-record.md), [Português](https://newsverum.com/pt/news/uk-september-2026-fourth-warmest-on-record.md) The UK’s provisional mean temperature for September 2026 was 14.6°C, joint fourth-highest for September in records dating to 1884, the Met Office said. The month’s maximum reached 28.1°C on 29 September. National rainfall was near average, but Scotland received more than a third above its average while southern England remained relatively dry. The Met Office statistics use HadUK-Grid observations and remain provisional. ## Data ### Source-reported figure Measurement or forecast published by the official source. Methodology: Stores the source-reported value and period without conversion or an independent forecast. | label | value | unit | period | basis | |---|---|---|---|---| | UK mean temperature | 14.6 | °C | 2026-09 | observed | Sources: · Download data: [JSON](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/uk-september-2026-fourth-warmest-on-record/data/reported-figure?lang=en&format=json) · [CSV](https://newsverum.com/api/v1/articles/uk-september-2026-fourth-warmest-on-record/data/reported-figure?lang=en&format=csv) ## Sources - [UK Met Office]() (Source checked: 2026-10-06; Published: 2026-10-01) ## Correction history - 2026-10-07T00:54:51+03:00: German and Portuguese editions and translations of the data and correction explanations have been added to this article. - 2026-10-07T05:59:04+03:00: Data classification added: each figure now carries a measure identifier with its unit, geography, frequency and type. No figure, unit or date changed. --- Cite the canonical URL above. [Editorial standards and corrections](https://newsverum.com/en/editorial)