Climate averages 1991–2020
Duluth weather
in November.
A cold, 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 cold month in Duluth: daytime highs average 3.6°C and nights cool to about -1.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 66 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 9 h 26 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Brooklyn Park (211 km away). In November its highs average 4.6°C, 1.0°C warmer than Duluth, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Duluth ranks joint 495th of 498 for the warmest November highs and joint 255th of 498 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 498 cities is 15.2°C; Duluth is 11.7°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 6.8°C to -3.2°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 66 mm to 45 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
Duluth climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -7.2°C-13.9°C | -13.9°C | 26 | 6.3 | 9.09 h |
| February | -5.2°C-12.0°C | -12.0°C | 28 | 5.4 | 10.310 h |
| March | 0.5°C-6.1°C | -6.1°C | 49 | 7.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 6.5°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 84 | 10.2 | 13.614 h |
| May | 13.4°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 97 | 11.1 | 15.015 h |
| June | 19.6°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 105 | 11.6 | 15.816 h |
| July | 23.9°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 98 | 11.7 | 15.515 h |
| August | 23.6°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 102 | 10.5 | 14.214 h |
| September | 19.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 92 | 10.6 | 12.613 h |
| October | 11.6°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 103 | 10.8 | 10.911 h |
| November, selected | 3.6°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 66 | 8.9 | 9.49 h |
| December | -3.2°C-8.8°C | -8.8°C | 45 | 7.5 | 8.69 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
- Brooklyn Park in NovemberUnited States · 211 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -2.1°C · 49 mm rain
- Saint Paul in NovemberUnited States · 218 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -1.9°C · 49 mm rain
- Minneapolis in NovemberUnited States · 220 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -2.1°C · 49 mm rain
- Plymouth, United States in NovemberUnited States · 223 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -2.0°C · 48 mm rain
- Bloomington (Minnesota), United States in NovemberUnited States · 235 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -1.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Thunder Bay in NovemberCanada · 278 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -2.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Rochester (Minnesota), United States in NovemberUnited States · 308 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -1.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Fargo in NovemberUnited States · 356 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -4.5°C · 27 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 Duluth) is explained once on the Duluth year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.