Climate averages 1991–2020
Columbus weather
in November.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cool month in Columbus: daytime highs average 10.3°C and nights cool to about 2.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 80 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 01 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dayton (104 km away). In November its highs average 10.4°C, about as warm as Columbus, with 82 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Columbus ranks joint 359th of 498 for the warmest November highs and joint 330th of 498 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 498 cities is 15.2°C; Columbus is 4.9°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 5.9°C to 4.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 80 mm to 86 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
Columbus climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.2°C-6.1°C | -6.1°C | 84 | 10.7 | 9.710 h |
| February | 4.4°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 71 | 9.4 | 10.711 h |
| March | 9.7°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 98 | 11.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.6°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 115 | 12.4 | 13.213 h |
| May | 21.8°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 113 | 13.3 | 14.414 h |
| June | 26.3°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 103 | 11.9 | 15.015 h |
| July | 28.3°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 88 | 11.1 | 14.715 h |
| August | 27.8°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 73 | 9.6 | 13.714 h |
| September | 24.3°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 73 | 8.3 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.5°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 74 | 9.0 | 11.211 h |
| November, selected | 10.3°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 80 | 9.4 | 10.010 h |
| December | 4.5°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 86 | 10.3 | 9.49 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
- Dayton in NovemberUnited States · 104 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 2.8°C · 82 mm rain
- Cincinnati in NovemberUnited States · 160 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 2.8°C · 84 mm rain
- Canton (Ohio), United States in NovemberUnited States · 166 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 1.9°C · 80 mm rain
- Meads in NovemberUnited States · 174 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 4.2°C · 85 mm rain
- Akron in NovemberUnited States · 177 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 1.8°C · 80 mm rain
- Parma, United States in NovemberUnited States · 193 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 2.8°C · 87 mm rain
- Toledo, United States in NovemberUnited States · 195 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 1.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Cleveland in NovemberUnited States · 203 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low 3.2°C · 87 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 Columbus) is explained once on the Columbus year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.