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Chicago in November: every year compared

In November, Chicago averages highs of 8.7 °C and lows of 1.9 °C, with 72 mm of precipitation. The warmest November was 2001 (9.5 °C), the coldest 1951 (0.4 °C).

Avg. highAvg. high 8.7 °C

Avg. lowAvg. low 1.9 °C

PrecipitationPrecipitation 72 mm

Rainy daysRainy days 9

Day by day through November

Normal high and low for each day of November in Chicago.

Normal high and low, day by dayNormal 1991–2020

Every November in Chicago, ranked

86 months of November since 1940. The last one, 2025, ranks 28 of 86 (+0.6 °C vs normal).

194019832025

2025 · 5.9 °C · +0.6 °C vs normal · rank 28 of 86

Warmest years

120019.5 °C
220168.6 °C
320208.2 °C
419758.1 °C
519998.1 °C

Coldest years

119760.4 °C
219510.4 °C
319590.6 °C
419471.5 °C
519951.6 °C

All 86 years in a table

Year	Mean temperature	Daytime highs	Night lows	Precipitation	Frost days	Snowfall	Rainy days
2025	5.9 °C	9.3 °C	2.5 °C	61 mm	9 days	21 cm	10 days
2024	8.0 °C	10.8 °C	5.1 °C	112 mm	5 days	5 cm	11 days
2023	6.0 °C	10.2 °C	2.1 °C	41 mm	9 days	3 cm	5 days
2022	6.2 °C	10.4 °C	2.6 °C	37 mm	10 days	5 cm	6 days
2021	4.9 °C	8.7 °C	1.2 °C	30 mm	11 days	1 cm	7 days
2020	8.2 °C	12.3 °C	4.1 °C	42 mm	7 days	1 cm	6 days
2019	2.2 °C	5.5 °C	-1.2 °C	60 mm	16 days	7 cm	7 days
2018	2.0 °C	4.1 °C	-0.4 °C	88 mm	18 days	23 cm	13 days
2017	5.1 °C	8.3 °C	1.3 °C	78 mm	11 days	0 cm	8 days
2016	8.6 °C	12.6 °C	5.1 °C	58 mm	4 days	0 cm	5 days
2015	7.7 °C	12.0 °C	3.9 °C	103 mm	5 days	14 cm	11 days
2014	2.0 °C	5.3 °C	-1.7 °C	48 mm	17 days	4 cm	6 days
2013	3.7 °C	7.1 °C	-0.0 °C	59 mm	15 days	2 cm	11 days
2012	5.1 °C	8.9 °C	1.6 °C	21 mm	13 days	0 cm	5 days
2011	7.4 °C	10.9 °C	4.1 °C	100 mm	5 days	0 cm	9 days
2010	6.0 °C	10.2 °C	2.0 °C	57 mm	9 days	1 cm	11 days
2009	7.7 °C	11.2 °C	4.4 °C	47 mm	1 day	0 cm	12 days
2008	4.4 °C	7.5 °C	1.3 °C	39 mm	16 days	7 cm	7 days
2007	5.0 °C	8.2 °C	1.4 °C	45 mm	10 days	1 cm	7 days
2006	6.4 °C	9.5 °C	3.3 °C	75 mm	5 days	1 cm	8 days
2005	6.2 °C	10.4 °C	2.2 °C	67 mm	10 days	2 cm	10 days
2004	7.0 °C	9.8 °C	3.8 °C	113 mm	5 days	11 cm	12 days
2003	6.4 °C	9.7 °C	2.9 °C	177 mm	10 days	0 cm	11 days
2002	3.8 °C	6.9 °C	0.4 °C	42 mm	14 days	6 cm	9 days
2001	9.5 °C	13.3 °C	5.6 °C	52 mm	0 days	0 cm	12 days
2000	3.8 °C	6.7 °C	0.9 °C	64 mm	14 days	1 cm	9 days
1999	8.1 °C	12.6 °C	3.5 °C	17 mm	5 days	0 cm	3 days
1998	7.2 °C	10.4 °C	4.0 °C	51 mm	3 days	1 cm	7 days
1997	3.2 °C	5.8 °C	0.4 °C	52 mm	13 days	8 cm	11 days
1996	1.7 °C	4.4 °C	-1.1 °C	53 mm	21 days	4 cm	10 days
1995	1.6 °C	5.0 °C	-2.0 °C	102 mm	23 days	10 cm	7 days
1994	7.4 °C	10.9 °C	3.9 °C	126 mm	6 days	0 cm	10 days
1993	4.4 °C	7.7 °C	1.3 °C	49 mm	10 days	1 cm	7 days
1992	4.2 °C	6.5 °C	2.2 °C	156 mm	10 days	1 cm	14 days
1991	2.5 °C	5.9 °C	-1.5 °C	118 mm	14 days	7 cm	15 days
1990	7.5 °C	11.6 °C	3.7 °C	125 mm	8 days	1 cm	7 days
1989	3.8 °C	7.4 °C	0.2 °C	66 mm	14 days	6 cm	10 days
1988	5.6 °C	9.0 °C	2.5 °C	114 mm	6 days	6 cm	12 days
1987	7.1 °C	10.0 °C	3.8 °C	68 mm	4 days	0 cm	10 days
1986	2.8 °C	5.8 °C	-0.3 °C	41 mm	15 days	8 cm	8 days
1985	5.0 °C	7.3 °C	2.4 °C	206 mm	8 days	5 cm	19 days
1984	4.9 °C	8.6 °C	1.1 °C	70 mm	13 days	1 cm	8 days
1983	6.7 °C	9.9 °C	3.5 °C	115 mm	6 days	1 cm	12 days
1982	5.3 °C	8.5 °C	2.0 °C	105 mm	14 days	1 cm	12 days
1981	5.5 °C	9.2 °C	2.1 °C	78 mm	11 days	11 cm	8 days
1980	4.9 °C	8.3 °C	1.8 °C	44 mm	8 days	16 cm	6 days
1979	4.6 °C	7.8 °C	1.1 °C	92 mm	11 days	5 cm	11 days
1978	5.1 °C	8.8 °C	2.1 °C	74 mm	10 days	10 cm	10 days
1977	5.0 °C	7.7 °C	2.1 °C	62 mm	11 days	13 cm	14 days
1976	0.4 °C	4.4 °C	-3.3 °C	24 mm	24 days	1 cm	4 days
1975	8.1 °C	12.2 °C	4.4 °C	89 mm	9 days	15 cm	15 days
1974	5.1 °C	8.5 °C	2.0 °C	73 mm	12 days	9 cm	14 days
1973	5.6 °C	9.0 °C	2.3 °C	81 mm	8 days	1 cm	11 days
1972	3.8 °C	5.6 °C	1.9 °C	102 mm	10 days	6 cm	10 days
1971	4.9 °C	8.6 °C	1.2 °C	52 mm	13 days	9 cm	8 days
1970	4.7 °C	7.8 °C	1.6 °C	78 mm	7 days	2 cm	13 days
1969	3.3 °C	6.7 °C	-0.4 °C	37 mm	17 days	3 cm	5 days
1968	4.8 °C	7.6 °C	2.0 °C	85 mm	9 days	0 cm	9 days
1967	2.6 °C	5.4 °C	-0.1 °C	58 mm	18 days	4 cm	9 days
1966	5.5 °C	9.5 °C	2.0 °C	122 mm	14 days	8 cm	12 days
1965	5.1 °C	8.8 °C	1.3 °C	43 mm	10 days	1 cm	6 days
1964	6.3 °C	11.0 °C	2.0 °C	59 mm	11 days	4 cm	8 days
1963	6.9 °C	10.7 °C	3.0 °C	63 mm	7 days	0 cm	8 days
1962	4.9 °C	8.6 °C	1.6 °C	35 mm	8 days	0 cm	8 days
1961	4.7 °C	8.1 °C	1.4 °C	67 mm	13 days	2 cm	7 days
1960	5.6 °C	9.3 °C	1.9 °C	89 mm	10 days	2 cm	11 days
1959	0.6 °C	4.1 °C	-3.5 °C	91 mm	22 days	18 cm	8 days
1958	5.7 °C	9.6 °C	2.1 °C	63 mm	7 days	2 cm	12 days
1957	4.3 °C	7.6 °C	1.1 °C	98 mm	14 days	0 cm	7 days
1956	4.8 °C	8.6 °C	1.1 °C	54 mm	14 days	5 cm	7 days
1955	2.1 °C	6.4 °C	-1.8 °C	63 mm	20 days	9 cm	13 days
1954	5.0 °C	8.5 °C	1.7 °C	42 mm	8 days	7 cm	12 days
1953	6.5 °C	10.1 °C	2.8 °C	31 mm	7 days	6 cm	6 days
1952	5.7 °C	9.6 °C	1.8 °C	70 mm	8 days	0 cm	8 days
1951	0.4 °C	3.2 °C	-2.9 °C	123 mm	25 days	29 cm	8 days
1950	1.9 °C	5.3 °C	-2.1 °C	50 mm	19 days	14 cm	11 days
1949	4.7 °C	8.2 °C	1.4 °C	53 mm	13 days	11 cm	11 days
1948	6.5 °C	9.4 °C	3.2 °C	88 mm	5 days	0 cm	11 days
1947	1.5 °C	4.1 °C	-1.4 °C	62 mm	19 days	16 cm	10 days
1946	6.2 °C	9.6 °C	2.8 °C	89 mm	8 days	0 cm	11 days
1945	5.3 °C	8.1 °C	1.6 °C	83 mm	10 days	1 cm	10 days
1944	6.9 °C	9.5 °C	4.5 °C	43 mm	3 days	1 cm	13 days
1943	2.7 °C	5.7 °C	-0.0 °C	36 mm	16 days	1 cm	5 days
1942	5.4 °C	9.2 °C	1.7 °C	60 mm	10 days	8 cm	9 days
1941	5.1 °C	8.2 °C	2.5 °C	76 mm	11 days	7 cm	8 days
1940	3.5 °C	6.9 °C	0.5 °C	78 mm	13 days	14 cm	11 days

November records

Hottest day

24.7 °C

November 1, 1950 estimate

Nearby station: 27.2 °C on November 1, 1950 measured

Coldest night

-18.4 °C

November 30, 1947 estimate

Nearby station: -19.4 °C on November 28, 1930 measured

Wettest day

92 mm

November 18, 2003 estimate

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Questions & answers

How warm is Chicago in November?

Highs average 8.7 °C and lows 1.9 °C. A typical November brings 0 hot days (30 °C or more) and 10 frost days.

Does it rain a lot in Chicago in November?

About 72 mm falls in November, over some 9 days with at least 1 mm. The wettest November was 1985 (206 mm), the driest 1999 (17 mm).

What was the warmest November in Chicago?

2001, with a mean temperature of 9.5 °C. The coldest was 1951 (0.4 °C). The last one, 2025, ranks 28 of 86.