Climate averages 1991–2020
Milwaukee 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 Milwaukee: daytime highs average 6.8°C and nights cool to about 2.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 62 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 46 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Waukesha (27 km away). In November its highs average 7.1°C, about as warm as Milwaukee, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Milwaukee ranks joint 481st of 498 for the warmest November highs and joint 238th of 498 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 498 cities is 15.2°C; Milwaukee is 8.5°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 5.7°C to 1.1°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 62 mm to 55 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
Milwaukee climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.1°C-7.8°C | -7.8°C | 51 | 8.9 | 9.49 h |
| February | -1.3°C-7.3°C | -7.3°C | 48 | 7.1 | 10.510 h |
| March | 2.7°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 61 | 9.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 7.9°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 105 | 11.9 | 13.413 h |
| May | 14.4°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 91 | 11.5 | 14.615 h |
| June | 21.0°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 89 | 10.8 | 15.315 h |
| July | 24.9°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 80 | 10.1 | 15.015 h |
| August | 24.4°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 91 | 10.7 | 13.914 h |
| September | 20.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 76 | 9.2 | 12.513 h |
| October | 14.0°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 78 | 9.1 | 11.111 h |
| November, selected | 6.8°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 62 | 8.6 | 9.810 h |
| December | 1.1°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 55 | 8.5 | 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
- Waukesha in NovemberUnited States · 27 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low 0.6°C · 55 mm rain
- Racine in NovemberUnited States · 36 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low 3.2°C · 78 mm rain
- Kenosha in NovemberUnited States · 51 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low 3.4°C · 81 mm rain
- Waukegan in NovemberUnited States · 75 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low 3.4°C · 87 mm rain
- Arlington Heights in NovemberUnited States · 106 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low 1.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Evanston in NovemberUnited States · 112 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low 2.8°C · 67 mm rain
- Schaumburg in NovemberUnited States · 113 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low 0.9°C · 61 mm rain
- Elgin in NovemberUnited States · 116 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low 0.9°C · 61 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 Milwaukee) is explained once on the Milwaukee year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.