Climate averages 1991–2020
Billings weather
in November.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cold month in Billings: daytime highs average 7.4°C and nights cool to about -3.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes November a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 32 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Missoula (439 km away). In November its highs average 5.2°C, 2.2°C cooler than Billings, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Billings ranks joint 476th of 498 for the warmest November highs and joint 65th of 498 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 498 cities is 15.2°C; Billings is 7.8°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 5.6°C to 1.8°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 23 mm to 20 mm.
The annual picture
November in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Billings climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.3°C-8.8°C | -8.8°C | 22 | 5.7 | 9.19 h |
| February | 3.5°C-7.6°C | -7.6°C | 20 | 6.1 | 10.310 h |
| March | 9.4°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 31 | 7.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.9°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 59 | 10.8 | 13.514 h |
| May | 19.6°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 65 | 10.7 | 14.915 h |
| June | 24.9°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 53 | 9.0 | 15.716 h |
| July | 30.7°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 24 | 4.8 | 15.315 h |
| August | 30.0°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 18 | 3.9 | 14.114 h |
| September | 23.7°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 35 | 5.5 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.1°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 46 | 7.2 | 11.011 h |
| November, selected | 7.4°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 23 | 5.9 | 9.510 h |
| December | 1.8°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 20 | 5.5 | 8.79 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Missoula in NovemberUnited States · 439 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -2.3°C · 50 mm rain
- Rapid City in NovemberUnited States · 456 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low -2.5°C · 20 mm rain
- Lethbridge in NovemberCanada · 542 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -3.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Ogden in NovemberUnited States · 579 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low -2.0°C · 45 mm rain
- Regina in NovemberCanada · 593 kmHigh 0.0°C · Low -7.6°C · 22 mm precipitation
- Layton in NovemberUnited States · 595 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low -2.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Bismarck in NovemberUnited States · 603 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -4.6°C · 21 mm rain
- Salt Lake City in NovemberUnited States · 622 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -1.8°C · 44 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 Billings) is explained once on the Billings year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.