Climate averages 1991–2020
Rochester (New York), United States weather
in November.
A cool, wet month: the 8th warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cool month in Rochester (New York), United States: daytime highs average 8.2°C and nights cool to about 2.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 95 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes November a wet month (the joint 9th 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 Cheektowaga (97 km away). In November its highs average 8.0°C, about as warm as Rochester (New York), United States, with 76 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Rochester (New York), United States ranks joint 441st of 498 for the warmest November highs and joint 434th of 498 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 498 cities is 15.2°C; Rochester (New York), United States is 7.1°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 5.5°C to 2.6°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 95 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
Rochester (New York), United States climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.2°C-6.7°C | -6.7°C | 85 | 15.5 | 9.49 h |
| February | 0.4°C-7.1°C | -7.1°C | 67 | 11.1 | 10.510 h |
| March | 4.5°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 80 | 11.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 10.9°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 100 | 11.8 | 13.413 h |
| May | 17.3°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 81 | 11.4 | 14.615 h |
| June | 22.5°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 89 | 11.5 | 15.315 h |
| July | 25.7°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 89 | 11.1 | 15.015 h |
| August | 25.1°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 80 | 11.7 | 13.914 h |
| September | 21.6°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 88 | 10.7 | 12.513 h |
| October | 14.8°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 109 | 13.3 | 11.111 h |
| November, selected | 8.2°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 95 | 14.0 | 9.810 h |
| December | 2.6°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 95 | 15.9 | 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
- Cheektowaga in NovemberUnited States · 97 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low 1.9°C · 76 mm rain
- Amherst in NovemberUnited States · 98 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low 2.1°C · 76 mm rain
- Buffalo in NovemberUnited States · 107 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low 2.5°C · 79 mm rain
- Niagara Falls in NovemberCanada · 118 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low 2.6°C · 79 mm rain
- Syracuse in NovemberUnited States · 120 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low 1.8°C · 93 mm rain
- Oshawa in NovemberCanada · 129 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low 1.9°C · 73 mm rain
- St. Catharines in NovemberCanada · 132 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low 3.3°C · 82 mm rain
- Whitby in NovemberCanada · 134 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low 1.9°C · 73 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 Rochester) is explained once on the Rochester (New York), United States year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.