November Weather in Punta Gorda Florida, United States

Daily high temperatures decrease by 5°F, from 82°F to 78°F, rarely falling below 70°F or exceeding 87°F.

Daily low temperatures decrease by 5°F, from 63°F to 58°F, rarely falling below 46°F or exceeding 71°F.

For reference, on August 7, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Punta Gorda typically range from 75°F to 91°F, while on January 18, the coldest day of the year, they range from 52°F to 73°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.

Nantou, Taiwan (8,620 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Punta Gorda (view comparison).

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The month of November in Punta Gorda experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 37% throughout the month. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 36% on November 20.

The clearest day of the month is November 20, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 64% of the time.

For reference, on July 6, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 69%, while on February 24, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 67%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Punta Gorda, the chance of a wet day over the course of November is essentially constant, remaining around 15% throughout.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 72% on August 3, and its lowest chance is 13% on November 21.

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 Punta Gorda is gradually decreasing, starting the month at 1.7 inches, when it rarely exceeds 4.3 inches or falls below 0.2 inches, and ending the month at 1.3 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.3 inches or falls below 0.1 inches.

Over the course of November in Punta Gorda, the length of the day is decreasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day decreases by 32 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 1 minute, 6 seconds, and weekly decrease of 7 minutes, 40 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is November 30, with 10 hours, 35 minutes of daylight and the longest day is November 1, with 11 hours, 6 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month in Punta Gorda is 7:39 AM on November 2 and the earliest sunrise is 59 minutes earlier at 6:39 AM on November 3.

The latest sunset is 6:44 PM on November 1 and the earliest sunset is 1 hour, 10 minutes earlier at 5:34 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 6:34 AM and sets 13 hours, 50 minutes later, at 8:25 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:13 AM and sets 10 hours, 27 minutes later, at 5:39 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 Punta Gorda is rapidly decreasing during November, falling from 45% to 29% over the course of the month.

For reference, on July 29, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 100% of the time, while on January 30, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 13% 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 Punta Gorda is essentially constant during November, remaining within 0.1 miles per hour of 9.4 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on March 12, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.8 miles per hour, while on July 20, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.6 miles per hour.

The highest daily average wind speed during November is 9.5 miles per hour on November 7.

The hourly average wind direction in Punta Gorda throughout November is predominantly from the east, with a peak proportion of 42% on November 1.

Punta Gorda is located near a large body of water (e.g., ocean, sea, or large lake). This section reports on the wide-area average surface temperature of that water.

The average surface water temperature in Punta Gorda is decreasing during November, falling by 5°F, from 78°F to 73°F, over the course of the month.

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).

While it does not do so every year, freezing temperatures are seen in Punta Gorda over some winters. The day least likely to be in the growing season is January 9, with a 78% chance.

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 Punta Gorda are rapidly increasing during November, increasing by 558°F, from 7,326°F to 7,884°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 Punta Gorda is gradually decreasing during November, falling by 0.6 kWh, from 4.5 kWh to 3.8 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Punta Gorda are 26.930 deg latitude, -82.045 deg longitude, and 3 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Punta Gorda is essentially flat, with a maximum elevation change of 7 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 2 feet. Within 10 miles is also essentially flat (30 feet). Within 50 miles is essentially flat (207 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Punta Gorda is covered by artificial surfaces (62%) and water (31%), within 10 miles by artificial surfaces (37%) and water (22%), and within 50 miles by water (34%) and cropland (24%).