Climate averages 1991–2020
Knoxville weather
in November.
A cool, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cool month in Knoxville: daytime highs average 14.6°C and nights cool to about 4.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 96 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes November a wet month (the 6th 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 Asheville (130 km away). In November its highs average 13.0°C, 1.6°C cooler than Knoxville, with 85 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Knoxville ranks joint 268th of 498 for the warmest November highs and joint 442nd of 498 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 498 cities is 15.2°C; Knoxville is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 4.7°C to 9.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 96 mm to 117 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
Knoxville climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.3°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 111 | 10.7 | 10.010 h |
| February | 10.6°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 110 | 10.9 | 10.911 h |
| March | 15.0°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 123 | 12.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.0°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 109 | 10.9 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.1°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 94 | 11.7 | 14.014 h |
| June | 28.3°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 93 | 13.2 | 14.615 h |
| July | 29.8°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 119 | 14.8 | 14.314 h |
| August | 29.4°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 86 | 11.4 | 13.514 h |
| September | 26.7°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 90 | 8.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.9°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 74 | 7.7 | 11.311 h |
| November, selected | 14.6°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 96 | 8.9 | 10.310 h |
| December | 9.9°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 117 | 10.6 | 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
- Asheville in NovemberUnited States · 130 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 2.7°C · 85 mm rain
- East Chattanooga in NovemberUnited States · 156 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 5.7°C · 106 mm rain
- Chattanooga in NovemberUnited States · 162 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 5.9°C · 106 mm rain
- Johns Creek in NovemberUnited States · 216 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 6.8°C · 99 mm rain
- Roswell in NovemberUnited States · 219 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 6.5°C · 99 mm rain
- Murfreesboro in NovemberUnited States · 223 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 5.9°C · 100 mm rain
- Athens, United States in NovemberUnited States · 228 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 7.1°C · 93 mm rain
- Sandy Springs in NovemberUnited States · 230 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 6.5°C · 99 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 Knoxville) is explained once on the Knoxville year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.