Climate averages 1991–2020
Sioux Falls 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 Falls: daytime highs average 6.0°C and nights cool to about -2.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 44 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sioux City (119 km away). In November its highs average 7.6°C, 1.6°C warmer than Sioux Falls, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Sioux Falls ranks 486th 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 Falls is 9.3°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 7.2°C to -1.3°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 40 mm to 27 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 Falls climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.5°C-12.8°C | -12.8°C | 20 | 4.7 | 9.39 h |
| February | -0.5°C-10.4°C | -10.4°C | 24 | 4.9 | 10.510 h |
| March | 6.6°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 46 | 6.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.6°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 91 | 10.3 | 13.413 h |
| May | 19.9°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 114 | 12.5 | 14.715 h |
| June | 25.2°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 130 | 12.5 | 15.415 h |
| July | 27.7°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 84 | 8.9 | 15.115 h |
| August | 26.6°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 85 | 8.8 | 14.014 h |
| September | 22.6°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 80 | 7.9 | 12.613 h |
| October | 14.7°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 61 | 7.0 | 11.111 h |
| November, selected | 6.0°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 40 | 5.5 | 9.710 h |
| December | -1.3°C-9.5°C | -9.5°C | 27 | 5.0 | 9.09 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 City in NovemberUnited States · 119 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low -1.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Omaha in NovemberUnited States · 262 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low 0.2°C · 44 mm rain
- Lincoln in NovemberUnited States · 305 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 0.7°C · 41 mm rain
- Plymouth, United States in NovemberUnited States · 307 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -2.0°C · 48 mm rain
- Bloomington (Minnesota), United States in NovemberUnited States · 309 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -1.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Minneapolis in NovemberUnited States · 319 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -2.1°C · 49 mm rain
- Brooklyn Park in NovemberUnited States · 319 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -2.1°C · 49 mm rain
- Saint Paul in NovemberUnited States · 329 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -1.9°C · 49 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 Falls) is explained once on the Sioux Falls year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.