Climate averages 1991–2020
Durham weather
in November.
A mild, 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 mild month in Durham: daytime highs average 15.5°C and nights cool to about 5.6°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 18 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cary (25 km away). In November its highs average 15.5°C, about as warm as Durham, with 85 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Durham ranks joint 249th 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; Durham is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 4.5°C to 11.1°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
Durham climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.5°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 92 | 9.4 | 10.010 h |
| February | 11.6°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 81 | 8.9 | 10.911 h |
| March | 15.8°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 108 | 10.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.1°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 89 | 9.3 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.4°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 88 | 10.6 | 14.114 h |
| June | 29.4°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 98 | 12.0 | 14.615 h |
| July | 31.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 110 | 14.9 | 14.314 h |
| August | 30.2°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 99 | 11.6 | 13.514 h |
| September | 26.9°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 112 | 9.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.4°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 79 | 7.5 | 11.311 h |
| November, selected | 15.5°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 85 | 7.7 | 10.310 h |
| December | 11.1°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 89 | 9.1 | 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
- Cary in NovemberUnited States · 25 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 6.4°C · 85 mm rain
- Raleigh in NovemberUnited States · 34 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 6.5°C · 85 mm rain
- Greensboro in NovemberUnited States · 81 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 4.8°C · 83 mm rain
- High Point in NovemberUnited States · 100 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 4.8°C · 84 mm rain
- Fayetteville in NovemberUnited States · 105 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 7.2°C · 80 mm rain
- Winston-Salem in NovemberUnited States · 122 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 4.6°C · 85 mm rain
- Greenville in NovemberUnited States · 145 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 7.3°C · 90 mm rain
- Lynchburg in NovemberUnited States · 159 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 4.4°C · 86 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 Durham) is explained once on the Durham year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.