November Weather at Joplin Regional Airport Missouri, United States

Daily high temperatures decrease by 12°F, from 64°F to 53°F, rarely falling below 37°F or exceeding 77°F.

Daily low temperatures decrease by 10°F, from 45°F to 35°F, rarely falling below 22°F or exceeding 59°F.

For reference, on July 23, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Joplin Regional Airport typically range from 71°F to 91°F, while on January 6, the coldest day of the year, they range from 27°F to 45°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.

Gardabani, Georgia (6,443 miles away) and Karaj, Iran (6,938 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Joplin Regional Airport (view comparison).

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The month of November at Joplin Regional Airport experiences gradually increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 39% to 45%.

The clearest day of the month is November 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 61% of the time.

For reference, on February 12, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 50%, while on August 26, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 72%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At Joplin Regional Airport, the chance of a wet day over the course of November is decreasing, starting the month at 24% and ending it at 20%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 45% on June 6, and its lowest chance is 13% on January 12.

Over the course of November at Joplin Regional Airport, the chance of a day with only rain decreases from 23% to 17%, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain remains an essentially constant 1% throughout, 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 at Joplin Regional Airport is decreasing, starting the month at 3.3 inches, when it rarely exceeds 7.2 inches or falls below 1.0 inches, and ending the month at 2.6 inches, when it rarely exceeds 5.9 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 Joplin Regional Airport 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 1.8 inches, when it rarely exceeds 5.6 inches or falls below -0.0 inches.

Over the course of November at Joplin Regional Airport, the length of the day is decreasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day decreases by 48 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 1 minute, 40 seconds, and weekly decrease of 11 minutes, 40 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is November 30, with 9 hours, 48 minutes of daylight and the longest day is November 1, with 10 hours, 37 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month at Joplin Regional Airport is 7:43 AM on November 2 and the earliest sunrise is 59 minutes earlier at 6:45 AM on November 3.

The latest sunset is 6:19 PM on November 1 and the earliest sunset is 1 hour, 19 minutes earlier at 5:01 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 5:58 AM and sets 14 hours, 43 minutes later, at 8:41 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:28 AM and sets 9 hours, 36 minutes later, at 5:04 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 Joplin Regional Airport is essentially constant during November, remaining within 1% of 1% throughout.

For reference, on July 22, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 74% of the time, while on December 11, 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 Joplin Regional Airport is essentially constant during November, remaining within 0.2 miles per hour of 10.4 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on March 31, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 11.9 miles per hour, while on August 2, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.4 miles per hour.

The highest daily average wind speed during November is 10.6 miles per hour on November 19.

The hourly average wind direction at Joplin Regional Airport throughout November is predominantly from the south, with a peak proportion of 47% on November 6.

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 Joplin Regional Airport typically lasts for 6.8 months (208 days), from around April 3 to around October 28, rarely starting before March 16 or after April 21, and rarely ending before October 9 or after November 17.

The month of November at Joplin Regional Airport 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 40% to 2% 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 at Joplin Regional Airport are gradually increasing during November, increasing by 126°F, from 4,507°F to 4,633°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 at Joplin Regional Airport is gradually decreasing during November, falling by 0.9 kWh, from 3.4 kWh to 2.5 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Joplin Regional Airport are 37.152 deg latitude, -94.498 deg longitude, and 965 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Joplin Regional Airport contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 164 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 945 feet. Within 10 miles also contains only modest variations in elevation (371 feet). Within 50 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (932 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Joplin Regional Airport is covered by artificial surfaces (38%), trees (30%), and cropland (22%), within 10 miles by cropland (55%) and trees (27%), and within 50 miles by cropland (75%) and trees (20%).