Climate averages 1991–2020
Indianapolis weather
in November.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cool month in Indianapolis: daytime highs average 10.2°C and nights cool to about 2.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 87 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 02 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Carmel (24 km away). In November its highs average 10.0°C, about as warm as Indianapolis, with 86 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Indianapolis ranks joint 362nd of 498 for the warmest November highs and joint 385th of 498 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 498 cities is 15.2°C; Indianapolis is 5.1°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 6.0°C to 4.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 87 mm to 78 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
Indianapolis climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.9°C-6.0°C | -6.0°C | 80 | 9.2 | 9.710 h |
| February | 4.4°C-4.5°C | -4.5°C | 66 | 8.6 | 10.711 h |
| March | 10.1°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 97 | 11.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.8°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 120 | 12.0 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.0°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 122 | 13.4 | 14.314 h |
| June | 26.7°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 107 | 11.8 | 14.915 h |
| July | 28.5°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 90 | 11.5 | 14.715 h |
| August | 28.0°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 72 | 8.9 | 13.714 h |
| September | 24.6°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 72 | 7.6 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.7°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 83 | 8.4 | 11.211 h |
| November, selected | 10.2°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 87 | 8.8 | 10.010 h |
| December | 4.2°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 78 | 9.9 | 9.49 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
- Carmel in NovemberUnited States · 24 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 2.2°C · 86 mm rain
- Fishers in NovemberUnited States · 24 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 2.2°C · 86 mm rain
- Bloomington (Indiana), United States in NovemberUnited States · 74 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 3.2°C · 92 mm rain
- Muncie in NovemberUnited States · 81 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 1.8°C · 82 mm rain
- Lafayette (Indiana), United States in NovemberUnited States · 94 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 2.0°C · 78 mm rain
- Cincinnati in NovemberUnited States · 158 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 2.8°C · 84 mm rain
- Dayton in NovemberUnited States · 168 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 2.8°C · 82 mm rain
- Louisville in NovemberUnited States · 172 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 4.0°C · 89 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 Indianapolis) is explained once on the Indianapolis year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.