November Weather in Springfield Illinois, United States

Daily high temperatures decrease by 13°F, from 59°F to 45°F, rarely falling below 32°F or exceeding 72°F.

Daily low temperatures decrease by 10°F, from 41°F to 31°F, rarely falling below 17°F or exceeding 55°F.

For reference, on July 19, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Springfield typically range from 68°F to 86°F, while on January 22, the coldest day of the year, they range from 21°F to 35°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on November. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Osh, Kyrgyzstan (6,785 miles away) and Mungyeong, South Korea (6,644 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Springfield (view comparison).

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The month of November in Springfield experiences gradually increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 44% to 52%.

The clearest day of the month is November 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 56% of the time.

For reference, on February 9, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 56%, while on August 25, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 71%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Springfield, the chance of a wet day over the course of November is essentially constant, remaining around 24% throughout.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 39% on June 7, and its lowest chance is 15% on January 28.

Over the course of November in Springfield, the chance of a day with only rain decreases from 24% to 18%, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain increases from 0% to 3%, and the chance of a day with only snow remains an essentially constant 1% throughout.

Rainfall

To show variation within the month and not just the monthly total, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during November in Springfield is gradually decreasing, starting the month at 2.8 inches, when it rarely exceeds 4.9 inches or falls below 1.0 inches, and ending the month at 2.4 inches, when it rarely exceeds 4.3 inches or falls below 0.6 inches.

The highest average 31-day accumulation is 2.8 inches on November 1.

Snowfall

As with rainfall, we consider the snowfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day snowfall during November in Springfield is increasing, starting the month at 0.2 inches, when it rarely exceeds 0.5 inches or falls below -0.0 inches, and ending the month at 2.1 inches, when it rarely exceeds 6.3 inches.

Over the course of November in Springfield, the length of the day is decreasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day decreases by 54 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 1 minute, 51 seconds, and weekly decrease of 12 minutes, 55 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is November 30, with 9 hours, 34 minutes of daylight and the longest day is November 1, with 10 hours, 28 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month in Springfield is 7:29 AM on November 2 and the earliest sunrise is 59 minutes earlier at 6:30 AM on November 3.

The latest sunset is 5:55 PM on November 1 and the earliest sunset is 1 hour, 21 minutes earlier at 4:34 PM on November 30.

Daylight saving time (DST) ends at 1:00 AM on November 3, 2024, shifting sunrise and sunset to be an hour earlier.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:30 AM and sets 15 hours, 0 minutes later, at 8:30 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:16 AM and sets 9 hours, 21 minutes later, at 4:37 PM.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for November 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy in Springfield is essentially constant during November, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on July 20, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 64% of the time, while on January 1, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed in Springfield is gradually increasing during November, increasing from 10.8 miles per hour to 11.3 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on March 31, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 12.4 miles per hour, while on July 30, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.1 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction in Springfield throughout November is predominantly from the south, with a peak proportion of 39% on November 12.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

The growing season in Springfield typically lasts for 6.3 months (193 days), from around April 10 to around October 20, rarely starting before March 25 or after April 27, and rarely ending before October 2 or after November 8.

The month of November in Springfield is more likely than not fully outside of the growing season, with the chance that a given day is in the growing season rapidly decreasing from 21% to 0% over the course of the month.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days in Springfield are gradually increasing during November, increasing by 72°F, from 3,766°F to 3,838°F, over the course of the month.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy in Springfield is gradually decreasing during November, falling by 0.9 kWh, from 3.0 kWh to 2.1 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Springfield are 39.802 deg latitude, -89.644 deg longitude, and 597 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Springfield is essentially flat, with a maximum elevation change of 85 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 593 feet. Within 10 miles is essentially flat (157 feet). Within 50 miles also contains only modest variations in elevation (371 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Springfield is covered by artificial surfaces (100%), within 10 miles by cropland (62%) and artificial surfaces (19%), and within 50 miles by cropland (88%).