Climate averages 1991–2020
New Orleans weather
in November.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a mild month in New Orleans: daytime highs average 20.4°C and nights cool to about 13.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 83 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 41 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Metairie (8 km away). In November its highs average 20.5°C, about as warm as New Orleans, with 87 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, New Orleans ranks joint 120th of 498 for the warmest November highs and joint 349th of 498 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 498 cities is 15.2°C; New Orleans is 5.1°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 3.3°C to 17.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 83 mm to 96 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
New Orleans climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.9°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 113 | 9.7 | 10.510 h |
| February | 17.8°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 108 | 8.9 | 11.111 h |
| March | 20.6°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 114 | 9.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.9°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 99 | 8.4 | 12.913 h |
| May | 27.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 91 | 9.2 | 13.614 h |
| June | 30.1°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 131 | 15.0 | 14.014 h |
| July | 30.8°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 143 | 17.9 | 13.914 h |
| August | 30.7°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 159 | 17.3 | 13.213 h |
| September | 28.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 123 | 12.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.2°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 88 | 8.0 | 11.511 h |
| November, selected | 20.4°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 83 | 7.3 | 10.711 h |
| December | 17.1°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 96 | 9.2 | 10.310 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
- Metairie in NovemberUnited States · 8 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 13.6°C · 87 mm rain
- Gulfport in NovemberUnited States · 105 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 12.7°C · 101 mm rain
- Baton Rouge in NovemberUnited States · 120 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 11.3°C · 89 mm rain
- Lafayette (Louisiana), United States in NovemberUnited States · 189 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 11.7°C · 90 mm rain
- Mobile in NovemberUnited States · 212 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 11.6°C · 98 mm rain
- Jackson in NovemberUnited States · 261 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 8.1°C · 92 mm rain
- Lake Charles in NovemberUnited States · 302 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 11.5°C · 107 mm rain
- Beaumont in NovemberUnited States · 388 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 11.9°C · 109 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 New Orleans) is explained once on the New Orleans year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.