Climate averages 1991–2020

Chelmsford weather
in November.

A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 10.2°C Daytime mean, November

Average low 5.5°C Night-time mean, November

Rainfall 55 mm 10 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 9 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

November is a cool month in Chelmsford: daytime highs average 10.2°C and nights cool to about 5.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 54 min on an average November day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Basildon (19 km away). In November its highs average 10.3°C, about as warm as Chelmsford, with 57 mm of rain.

Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Chelmsford ranks joint 35th of 143 for the warmest November highs and joint 1st of 143 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 143 cities is 9.7°C; Chelmsford is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.

From November to December, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 7.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 55 mm to 54 mm.

The annual picture

November in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Chelmsford climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Chelmsford, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	7.2°C2.7°C	2.7°C	50	10.7	8.48 h
February	7.6°C2.5°C	2.5°C	41	9.1	9.910 h
March	9.9°C3.8°C	3.8°C	39	10.0	11.812 h
April	12.7°C5.6°C	5.6°C	46	10.8	13.814 h
May	15.8°C8.6°C	8.6°C	51	9.8	15.616 h
June	18.8°C11.6°C	11.6°C	53	9.9	16.617 h
July	21.2°C13.8°C	13.8°C	53	10.8	16.216 h
August	21.1°C13.9°C	13.9°C	59	9.9	14.615 h
September	18.3°C11.8°C	11.8°C	46	8.8	12.713 h
October	14.4°C9.0°C	9.0°C	55	10.5	10.711 h
November, selected	10.2°C5.5°C	5.5°C	55	10.4	8.99 h
December	7.6°C3.3°C	3.3°C	54	10.5	7.98 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

Compare places

November in nearby cities

Distance from Chelmsford

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Chelmsford) is explained once on the Chelmsford year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.