Climate averages 1991–2020

Modesto weather
in November.

A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 18.3°C Daytime mean, November
Average low 8.1°C Night-time mean, November
Rainfall 45 mm 6 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 10 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Modesto · average highYear overview

November is a mild month in Modesto: daytime highs average 18.3°C and nights cool to about 8.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 11 min on an average November day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Turlock (21 km away). In November its highs average 18.6°C, about as warm as Modesto, with 39 mm of rain.

Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Modesto ranks joint 172nd of 498 for the warmest November highs and joint 169th of 498 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 498 cities is 15.2°C; Modesto is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.

From November to December, average highs fall by 4.6°C to 13.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 45 mm to 86 mm.

The annual picture

November in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 0510152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Modesto climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Modesto, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 14.0°C4.9°C4.9°C928.49.910 h
February 15.8°C6.1°C6.1°C858.810.811 h
March 18.7°C7.7°C7.7°C728.311.912 h
April 22.1°C9.6°C9.6°C364.713.113 h
May 27.4°C12.9°C12.9°C203.014.214 h
June 32.3°C16.0°C16.0°C3.60.814.715 h
July 35.1°C18.2°C18.2°C0.20.014.514 h
August 34.1°C17.7°C17.7°C0.80.213.614 h
September 31.3°C16.3°C16.3°C1.90.612.512 h
October 25.5°C12.8°C12.8°C222.611.311 h
November, selected 18.3°C8.1°C8.1°C455.510.210 h
December 13.7°C5.0°C5.0°C868.39.610 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

Distance from Modesto

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Modesto) is explained once on the Modesto year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.