November Weather at Lake Tahoe Airport United States

Daily high temperatures decrease by 10°F, from 55°F to 45°F, rarely falling below 34°F or exceeding 65°F.

Daily low temperatures decrease by 5°F, from 27°F to 22°F, rarely falling below 11°F or exceeding 36°F.

For reference, on August 2, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Lake Tahoe Airport typically range from 41°F to 80°F, while on December 30, the coldest day of the year, they range from 18°F to 41°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.

Éller, Spain (5,745 miles away) and Atkaracalar, Turkey (6,681 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Lake Tahoe Airport (view comparison).

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The month of November at Lake Tahoe Airport experiences increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 40% to 50%.

The clearest day of the month is November 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 60% of the time.

For reference, on March 1, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 54%, while on July 28, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 88%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At Lake Tahoe Airport, the chance of a wet day over the course of November is rapidly increasing, starting the month at 18% and ending it at 26%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 33% on February 21, and its lowest chance is 3% on July 19.

Over the course of November at Lake Tahoe Airport, the chance of a day with only rain remains an essentially constant 12% throughout, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain increases from 6% to 11%, and the chance of a day with only snow increases from 1% to 3%.

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 at Lake Tahoe Airport is increasing, starting the month at 1.9 inches, when it rarely exceeds 4.2 inches or falls below 0.2 inches, and ending the month at 2.6 inches, when it rarely exceeds 6.2 inches or falls below 0.4 inches.

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 at Lake Tahoe Airport is very rapidly increasing, starting the month at 3.5 inches, when it rarely exceeds 11.0 inches, and ending the month at 9.4 inches, when it rarely exceeds 23.6 inches or falls below 0.9 inches.

Over the course of November at Lake Tahoe Airport, the length of the day is decreasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day decreases by 52 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 1 minute, 47 seconds, and weekly decrease of 12 minutes, 27 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is November 30, with 9 hours, 39 minutes of daylight and the longest day is November 1, with 10 hours, 31 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month at Lake Tahoe Airport 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 5:58 PM on November 1 and the earliest sunset is 1 hour, 20 minutes earlier at 4:38 PM on November 30.

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

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:34 AM and sets 14 hours, 54 minutes later, at 8:28 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:15 AM and sets 9 hours, 26 minutes later, at 4:41 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 at Lake Tahoe Airport is essentially constant during November, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on July 8, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% 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 at Lake Tahoe Airport is gradually increasing during November, increasing from 6.1 miles per hour to 6.9 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on March 17, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.1 miles per hour, while on August 5, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.2 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction at Lake Tahoe Airport throughout November is predominantly from the south, with a peak proportion of 40% on November 29.

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 at Lake Tahoe Airport typically lasts for 2.2 months (68 days), from around June 21 to around August 28, rarely starting before May 26, or ending after September 24.

The month of November at Lake Tahoe Airport is reliably fully outside of the growing season.

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 at Lake Tahoe Airport are essentially constant during November, remaining within 10°F of 1,642°F throughout.

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 at Lake Tahoe Airport is decreasing during November, falling by 1.0 kWh, from 3.6 kWh to 2.6 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Lake Tahoe Airport are 38.894 deg latitude, -119.996 deg longitude, and 6,253 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Lake Tahoe Airport contains very significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 860 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 6,389 feet. Within 10 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (6,171 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (10,951 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Lake Tahoe Airport is covered by trees (78%) and shrubs (22%), within 10 miles by trees (49%) and shrubs (29%), and within 50 miles by shrubs (46%) and trees (45%).