Climate averages 1991–2020
Roanoke weather
in November.
A cool, moderately wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cool month in Roanoke: daytime highs average 13.5°C and nights cool to about 3.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 76 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 13 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lynchburg (72 km away). In November its highs average 13.9°C, about as warm as Roanoke, with 86 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Roanoke ranks 279th of 498 for the warmest November highs and joint 302nd of 498 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 498 cities is 15.2°C; Roanoke is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 5.0°C to 8.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 76 mm to 84 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
Roanoke climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.9°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 83 | 8.6 | 9.910 h |
| February | 9.0°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 75 | 8.5 | 10.811 h |
| March | 13.5°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 102 | 10.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.3°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 90 | 10.2 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.5°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 95 | 12.3 | 14.114 h |
| June | 27.8°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 91 | 11.7 | 14.715 h |
| July | 30.0°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 83 | 11.6 | 14.514 h |
| August | 29.1°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 76 | 9.8 | 13.614 h |
| September | 25.5°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 102 | 9.3 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.8°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 79 | 7.2 | 11.311 h |
| November, selected | 13.5°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 76 | 7.5 | 10.210 h |
| December | 8.5°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 84 | 8.3 | 9.710 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
- Lynchburg in NovemberUnited States · 72 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 4.4°C · 86 mm rain
- Winston-Salem in NovemberUnited States · 133 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 4.6°C · 85 mm rain
- Greensboro in NovemberUnited States · 134 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 4.8°C · 83 mm rain
- High Point in NovemberUnited States · 146 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 4.8°C · 84 mm rain
- Durham in NovemberUnited States · 170 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 5.6°C · 85 mm rain
- Cary in NovemberUnited States · 194 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 6.4°C · 85 mm rain
- Raleigh in NovemberUnited States · 203 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 6.5°C · 85 mm rain
- Concord (North Carolina), United States in NovemberUnited States · 215 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 6.1°C · 85 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 Roanoke) is explained once on the Roanoke year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.