Daily high temperatures decrease by 6°F, from 74°F to 68°F, rarely falling below 57°F or exceeding 81°F.

Daily low temperatures decrease by 6°F, from 56°F to 50°F, rarely falling below 36°F or exceeding 69°F.

For reference, on July 23, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Gulf Shores typically range from 76°F to 89°F, while on January 29, the coldest day of the year, they range from 44°F to 62°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.

Longmen, China (8,267 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Gulf Shores (view comparison).

Clouds

The month of November in Gulf Shores experiences gradually increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 35% to 41%.

The clearest day of the month is November 11, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 65% of the time.

For reference, on July 21, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 62%, while on October 27, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 67%.

Precipitation

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Gulf Shores, the chance of a wet day over the course of November is increasing, starting the month at 22% and ending it at 28%.

For reference, the year’s highest daily chance of a wet day is 59% on July 28, and its lowest chance is 20% on October 15.

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.

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The average sliding 31-day rainfall during November in Gulf Shores is gradually increasing, starting the month at 3.5 inches, when it rarely exceeds 7.3 inches or falls below 0.7 inches, and ending the month at 3.8 inches, when it rarely exceeds 6.9 inches or falls below 1.5 inches.

Sun

Over the course of November in Gulf Shores, the length of the day is decreasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day decreases by 37 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 1 minute, 17 seconds, and weekly decrease of 8 minutes, 59 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is November 30, with 10 hours, 21 minutes of daylight and the longest day is November 1, with 10 hours, 59 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month in Gulf Shores is 7:07 AM on November 4 and the earliest sunrise is 59 minutes earlier at 6:08 AM on November 5.

The latest sunset is 6:03 PM on November 1 and the earliest sunset is 1 hour, 13 minutes earlier at 4:50 PM on November 30.

Daylight saving time (DST) ends at 1:00 AM on November 5, 2023, shifting sunrise and sunset to be an hour earlier.

For reference, on June 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:49 AM and sets 14 hours, 6 minutes later, at 7:55 PM, while on December 22, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:43 AM and sets 10 hours, 12 minutes later, at 4:55 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.

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Moon

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for November 2023. 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.

Humidity

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 Gulf Shores is decreasing during November, falling from 25% to 16% over the course of the month.

For reference, on August 6, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 98% of the time, while on January 29, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 3% of the time.

Wind

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.

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The average hourly wind speed in Gulf Shores is gradually increasing during November, increasing from 10.3 miles per hour to 10.9 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on January 6, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 11.2 miles per hour, while on August 10, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.0 miles per hour.

The wind direction in Gulf Shores during November is predominantly out of the east from November 1 to November 13 and the north from November 13 to November 30.

Water Temperature

Gulf Shores 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 Gulf Shores is decreasing during November, falling by 5°F, from 75°F to 69°F, over the course of the month.

Growing Season

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 Gulf Shores typically lasts for 10 months (303 days), from around February 17 to around December 17, rarely starting before January 21 or after March 14, and rarely ending before November 18 or after January 8.

The month of November in Gulf Shores is very likely fully within the growing season, with the chance that a given day is in the growing season decreasing from 97% to 79% over the course of the month.