Climate averages 1991–2020
Madison weather
in November.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cold month in Madison: daytime highs average 6.7°C and nights cool to about -0.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 46 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rockford (93 km away). In November its highs average 7.7°C, 1.0°C warmer than Madison, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Madison ranks 483rd of 498 for the warmest November highs and joint 205th of 498 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 498 cities is 15.2°C; Madison is 8.5°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 6.8°C to -0.1°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 55 mm to 48 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
Madison climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.9°C-11.6°C | -11.6°C | 41 | 7.6 | 9.49 h |
| February | -0.6°C-9.9°C | -9.9°C | 41 | 6.7 | 10.510 h |
| March | 6.3°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 61 | 9.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.2°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 101 | 12.3 | 13.413 h |
| May | 19.8°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 101 | 12.5 | 14.615 h |
| June | 25.1°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 112 | 11.8 | 15.315 h |
| July | 27.1°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 83 | 10.2 | 15.015 h |
| August | 26.1°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 95 | 9.8 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.1°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 84 | 9.1 | 12.513 h |
| October | 14.8°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 72 | 8.7 | 11.111 h |
| November, selected | 6.7°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 55 | 8.0 | 9.810 h |
| December | -0.1°C-7.4°C | -7.4°C | 48 | 7.5 | 9.19 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
- Rockford in NovemberUnited States · 93 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 0.2°C · 60 mm rain
- Waukesha in NovemberUnited States · 95 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low 0.6°C · 55 mm rain
- Milwaukee in NovemberUnited States · 122 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low 2.5°C · 62 mm rain
- Racine in NovemberUnited States · 137 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low 3.2°C · 78 mm rain
- Kenosha in NovemberUnited States · 140 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low 3.4°C · 81 mm rain
- Elgin in NovemberUnited States · 147 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low 0.9°C · 61 mm rain
- Waukegan in NovemberUnited States · 150 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low 3.4°C · 87 mm rain
- Appleton in NovemberUnited States · 154 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -0.7°C · 56 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 Madison) is explained once on the Madison year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.