Climate averages 1991–2020
Asheville weather
in November.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cool month in Asheville: daytime highs average 13.0°C and nights cool to about 2.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 85 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 20 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gastonia (129 km away). In November its highs average 15.4°C, 2.4°C warmer than Asheville, with 89 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Asheville ranks joint 284th of 498 for the warmest November highs and joint 361st of 498 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 498 cities is 15.2°C; Asheville is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 4.4°C to 8.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 85 mm to 89 mm.
The annual picture
November in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Asheville climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.1°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 96 | 10.1 | 10.010 h |
| February | 9.3°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 84 | 9.4 | 10.911 h |
| March | 13.3°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 106 | 11.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.6°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 93 | 10.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 22.3°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 90 | 11.5 | 14.014 h |
| June | 26.0°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 95 | 14.0 | 14.515 h |
| July | 27.8°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 99 | 15.6 | 14.314 h |
| August | 27.1°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 105 | 14.3 | 13.514 h |
| September | 24.2°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 95 | 9.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 18.9°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 79 | 7.4 | 11.311 h |
| November, selected | 13.0°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 85 | 8.0 | 10.310 h |
| December | 8.6°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 89 | 8.9 | 9.810 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
- Gastonia in NovemberUnited States · 129 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 6.1°C · 89 mm rain
- Knoxville in NovemberUnited States · 130 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 4.5°C · 96 mm rain
- Rock Hill in NovemberUnited States · 158 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 6.7°C · 80 mm rain
- Charlotte in NovemberUnited States · 161 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 5.5°C · 82 mm rain
- Concord (North Carolina), United States in NovemberUnited States · 180 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 6.1°C · 85 mm rain
- Athens, United States in NovemberUnited States · 197 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 7.1°C · 93 mm rain
- Winston-Salem in NovemberUnited States · 215 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 4.6°C · 85 mm rain
- Columbia (South Carolina), United States in NovemberUnited States · 226 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 7.4°C · 72 mm rain
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 limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Asheville) is explained once on the Asheville year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.