Climate averages 1991–2020
Sioux City weather
in November.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a cold month in Sioux City: daytime highs average 7.6°C and nights cool to about -1.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 49 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sioux Falls (119 km away). In November its highs average 6.0°C, 1.6°C cooler than Sioux City, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Sioux City ranks joint 472nd of 498 for the warmest November highs and joint 140th of 498 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 498 cities is 15.2°C; Sioux City is 7.7°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 7.3°C to 0.3°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 40 mm to 30 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
Sioux City climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.9°C-11.2°C | -11.2°C | 23 | 4.7 | 9.49 h |
| February | 1.1°C-9.0°C | -9.0°C | 27 | 5.1 | 10.511 h |
| March | 8.2°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 55 | 7.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.0°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 101 | 10.6 | 13.313 h |
| May | 21.0°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 126 | 12.6 | 14.615 h |
| June | 26.3°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 123 | 11.8 | 15.215 h |
| July | 28.7°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 75 | 8.8 | 15.015 h |
| August | 27.5°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 98 | 9.4 | 13.914 h |
| September | 23.8°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 75 | 7.6 | 12.513 h |
| October | 16.1°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 61 | 7.3 | 11.111 h |
| November, selected | 7.6°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 40 | 5.4 | 9.810 h |
| December | 0.3°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 30 | 5.2 | 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
- Sioux Falls in NovemberUnited States · 119 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low -2.7°C · 40 mm rain
- Omaha in NovemberUnited States · 143 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low 0.2°C · 44 mm rain
- Lincoln in NovemberUnited States · 190 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 0.7°C · 41 mm rain
- Des Moines in NovemberUnited States · 251 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 0.1°C · 52 mm rain
- Saint Joseph in NovemberUnited States · 330 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 2.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Rochester (Minnesota), United States in NovemberUnited States · 360 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -1.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Bloomington (Minnesota), United States in NovemberUnited States · 360 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -1.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Plymouth, United States in NovemberUnited States · 366 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -2.0°C · 48 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 Sioux City) is explained once on the Sioux City year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.