United States in November
November is United States's 7th-best month (rank 7 of 12): its 173 destinations average 71/100, led by Big Bend National Park at 96 — 17°C and 2 rainy days — while Gates of the Arctic National Park is cooler at -25°C and scores 32.
#7 of 12 months for United States · 173 destinations · updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis
🇺🇸 United States, month by month
71/100 in NovemberWhere in United States in November
Comfort is SeasonMap's 0–100 score; each place is judged through the lens that suits it — beaches on beach weather, ski resorts on snow. "At its best" means November is one of that place's own top three months. Feels-like highs fold in humidity, wind and sun.
What's on in United States in November
- Triple Crown of Surfing · Honolulu · 12 Nov – 20 Dec (usually)
- Humpback whale season · Honolulu and 1 more place · 15 Nov – 15 May (usually)
- Thanksgiving · Honolulu and 56 more places · 25–29 Nov
- Dia de los Muertos · Los Angeles · 25 Oct – 3 Nov (usually)
- Dark-sky season · Sedona · 15 Sep – 20 Nov (usually)
- Oak Creek Canyon colour · Sedona · 15 Oct – 15 Nov (usually)
- Congress Avenue bats · Austin · 20 Mar – 1 Nov (usually)
- Death Valley '49ers Encampment · Death Valley National Park · 28 Oct – 10 Nov (usually)
Seasons in force
Ski season · 44 placesHurricane season · 30 placesOff-season shutdown · 28 placesTrail season · 13 placesSurf season · 6 placesAlgae & red tide · 5 placesForaging season · 5 placesIce season · 5 placesInsects & disease · 4 placesSmoke season · 4 placesWinter-sun season · 4 placesDry season · 3 placesMonsoon · 3 placesSummer season opens · 3 placesVolcanic activity · 3 placesAvalanche season · 2 placesExtreme cold · 2 placesFlood season · 2 placesWind season · 2 placesWinter road closures · 2 placesHarvest · 1 placeSea warm enough · 1 placeStorm season · 1 placeWinter smog · 1 placeWinter storms & gales · 1 place
Peak crowds at 61 of United States's 106 well-known places this month.