Climate averages 1991–2020
Winston-Salem weather
in November.
A cool, 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 cool month in Winston-Salem: daytime highs average 14.6°C and nights cool to about 4.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 85 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 18 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is High Point (27 km away). In November its highs average 14.6°C, about as warm as Winston-Salem, with 84 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Winston-Salem ranks joint 268th of 498 for the warmest November highs and joint 361st of 498 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 498 cities is 15.2°C; Winston-Salem is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 4.6°C to 10.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 85 mm to 93 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
Winston-Salem climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.5°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 92 | 9.4 | 10.010 h |
| February | 10.7°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 83 | 8.9 | 10.811 h |
| March | 14.9°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 108 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.4°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 93 | 9.5 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.9°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 84 | 10.9 | 14.114 h |
| June | 29.0°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 91 | 12.1 | 14.615 h |
| July | 31.1°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 93 | 14.0 | 14.414 h |
| August | 29.9°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 91 | 11.8 | 13.514 h |
| September | 26.4°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 101 | 9.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.8°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 83 | 7.3 | 11.311 h |
| November, selected | 14.6°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 85 | 7.7 | 10.310 h |
| December | 10.0°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 93 | 9.0 | 9.810 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
- High Point in NovemberUnited States · 27 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 4.8°C · 84 mm rain
- Greensboro in NovemberUnited States · 41 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 4.8°C · 83 mm rain
- Concord (North Carolina), United States in NovemberUnited States · 83 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 6.1°C · 85 mm rain
- Charlotte in NovemberUnited States · 111 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 5.5°C · 82 mm rain
- Durham in NovemberUnited States · 122 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 5.6°C · 85 mm rain
- Gastonia in NovemberUnited States · 126 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 6.1°C · 89 mm rain
- Roanoke in NovemberUnited States · 133 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 3.6°C · 76 mm rain
- Cary in NovemberUnited States · 136 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 6.4°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 Winston-Salem) is explained once on the Winston-Salem year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.