Climate averages 1991–2020
Pittsburgh weather
in November.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cool month in Pittsburgh: daytime highs average 10.6°C and nights cool to about 2.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 88 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 59 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Canton (Ohio), United States (123 km away). In November its highs average 9.4°C, 1.2°C cooler than Pittsburgh, with 80 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Pittsburgh ranks joint 350th of 498 for the warmest November highs and joint 395th of 498 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 498 cities is 15.2°C; Pittsburgh is 4.7°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 5.5°C to 5.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 88 mm to 89 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
Pittsburgh climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.8°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 92 | 12.0 | 9.610 h |
| February | 4.8°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 80 | 10.9 | 10.611 h |
| March | 9.9°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 108 | 12.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.6°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 119 | 13.8 | 13.313 h |
| May | 21.6°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 123 | 14.3 | 14.414 h |
| June | 26.0°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 126 | 13.6 | 15.015 h |
| July | 28.2°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 116 | 14.0 | 14.815 h |
| August | 27.5°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 93 | 11.9 | 13.814 h |
| September | 23.9°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 101 | 10.4 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.4°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 93 | 10.7 | 11.211 h |
| November, selected | 10.6°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 88 | 10.0 | 10.010 h |
| December | 5.1°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 89 | 11.6 | 9.39 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
- Canton (Ohio), United States in NovemberUnited States · 123 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 1.9°C · 80 mm rain
- Akron in NovemberUnited States · 147 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 1.8°C · 80 mm rain
- Parma, United States in NovemberUnited States · 180 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 2.8°C · 87 mm rain
- Cleveland in NovemberUnited States · 185 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low 3.2°C · 87 mm rain
- Erie in NovemberUnited States · 188 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low 3.5°C · 123 mm rain
- Columbus in NovemberUnited States · 261 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 2.1°C · 80 mm rain
- Germantown in NovemberUnited States · 272 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 3.9°C · 76 mm rain
- Centreville in NovemberUnited States · 283 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 4.7°C · 75 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 Pittsburgh) is explained once on the Pittsburgh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.