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The driest places in North America in November: ranked by rainfall

Mexicali tops the list at 4.2 mm in November. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in North America.

Top three in November: Mexicali (4.2 mm) , San Luis Río Colorado (4.5 mm) , Torreón (7.9 mm) . Between first and 50th place the rainfall differs by 16 mm.

# Destination Country Rainfall Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Mexicali Mexico 4.2 mm 26 °C 13 °C 4 mm 1 297 h –
2 San Luis Río Colorado Mexico 4.5 mm 26 °C 12 °C 5 mm 1 296 h –
3 Torreón Mexico 7.9 mm 26 °C 13 °C 8 mm 1 301 h –
4 Oaxaca Mexico 8.8 mm 24 °C 12 °C 9 mm 2 310 h –
5 Las Vegas United States 9.5 mm 19 °C 8.2 °C 10 mm 1 282 h –
6 Lancaster United States 9.7 mm 19 °C 7.8 °C 10 mm 2 286 h –
7 León de los Aldama Mexico 9.7 mm 24 °C 10 °C 10 mm 2 317 h –
8 Spring Valley United States 9.7 mm 19 °C 7.6 °C 10 mm 1 284 h –
9 Irapuato Mexico 10 mm 25 °C 11 °C 10 mm 2 315 h –
10 Henderson United States 11 mm 20 °C 9.4 °C 11 mm 1 282 h –
11 San Miguel de Allende Mexico 11 mm 23 °C 11 °C 11 mm 2 307 h –
12 La Paz Mexico 12 mm 28 °C 19 °C 12 mm 1 303 h 26 °C
13 Aguascalientes Mexico 12 mm 23 °C 9.8 °C 12 mm 2 312 h –
14 Coacalco Mexico 12 mm 20 °C 7.9 °C 12 mm 2 304 h –
15 Tonalá Mexico 12 mm 24 °C 12 °C 12 mm 2 311 h –
16 Ciudad Juárez Mexico 12 mm 20 °C 6.2 °C 12 mm 2 286 h –
17 Victoria de Durango Mexico 12 mm 23 °C 7.9 °C 12 mm 2 305 h –
18 Salamanca Mexico 12 mm 25 °C 11 °C 12 mm 3 316 h –
19 Celaya Mexico 12 mm 24 °C 11 °C 12 mm 2 314 h –
20 Ojo de Agua Mexico 13 mm 21 °C 8.1 °C 13 mm 2 304 h –
21 Santiago de Querétaro Mexico 13 mm 24 °C 11 °C 13 mm 3 313 h –
22 Tlaquepaque Mexico 13 mm 25 °C 13 °C 13 mm 2 311 h –
23 Jiutepec Mexico 14 mm 25 °C 13 °C 14 mm 3 320 h –
24 Cuauhtémoc Mexico 14 mm 18 °C 5.0 °C 14 mm 2 289 h –
25 Albuquerque United States 14 mm 14 °C 2.4 °C 14 mm 3 281 h –
26 Cabo San Lucas Mexico 15 mm 28 °C 22 °C 15 mm 2 303 h 27 °C
27 Chihuahua Mexico 15 mm 22 °C 8.0 °C 15 mm 2 289 h –
28 Guadalupe Mexico 15 mm 21 °C 7.4 °C 15 mm 3 311 h –
29 Hermosillo Mexico 15 mm 28 °C 14 °C 15 mm 1 294 h –
30 Phoenix United States 16 mm 24 °C 9.7 °C 16 mm 2 285 h –
31 Los Mochis Mexico 16 mm 30 °C 18 °C 16 mm 2 294 h 26 °C
32 Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl Mexico 17 mm 21 °C 8.6 °C 17 mm 4 307 h –
33 San Luis Potosí Mexico 17 mm 22 °C 9.5 °C 17 mm 3 292 h –
34 Tucson United States 17 mm 23 °C 8.7 °C 17 mm 2 288 h –
35 Puebla Mexico 17 mm 22 °C 9.5 °C 17 mm 4 316 h –
36 Cuautla Mexico 17 mm 27 °C 14 °C 17 mm 4 320 h –
37 Ciudad Obregón Mexico 17 mm 30 °C 15 °C 17 mm 2 293 h –
38 Tehuacán Mexico 17 mm 23 °C 11 °C 17 mm 4 315 h –
39 Monclova Mexico 17 mm 24 °C 13 °C 17 mm 4 275 h –
40 Long Beach United States 17 mm 21 °C 11 °C 17 mm 3 285 h 18 °C
41 Gustavo Adolfo Madero Mexico 18 mm 20 °C 8.1 °C 18 mm 4 306 h –
42 Palmdale United States 18 mm 19 °C 8.1 °C 18 mm 3 288 h –
43 Mesa United States 18 mm 24 °C 9.4 °C 18 mm 2 286 h –
44 Santa Clarita United States 19 mm 22 °C 8.6 °C 19 mm 3 285 h –
45 Huntington Beach United States 19 mm 21 °C 11 °C 19 mm 2 284 h 18 °C
46 Calgary Canada 20 mm 2.6 °C -6.5 °C 20 mm 5 188 h –
47 Anaheim United States 20 mm 22 °C 10 °C 20 mm 3 284 h 18 °C
48 Los Angeles United States 20 mm 23 °C 10 °C 20 mm 2 283 h 17 °C
49 Aurora United States 20 mm 11 °C -2.8 °C 20 mm 4 257 h –
50 Saskatoon Canada 20 mm -0.4 °C -7.6 °C 20 mm 4 165 h –

Monthly values for the month named in the ranking; only destinations with a published climate page are ranked. Download this ranking as CSV.

The same ranking one month earlier and later

October: top 5

  1. San Luis Río Colorado 5.0 mm
  2. Mexicali 5.4 mm
  3. Lancaster 8.0 mm
  4. Henderson 8.3 mm
  5. Spring Valley 8.4 mm

Full ranking for October

December: top 5

  1. Jiutepec 2.6 mm
  2. Cuautla 2.7 mm
  3. Oaxaca 3.5 mm
  4. Celaya 3.9 mm
  5. Irapuato 4.1 mm

Full ranking for December

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
Total precipitation, in mm, in November, lowest first.
Period
1991–2020 climate normals: the same 30 years for every destination, so the list compares like with like.
Who is included
50 destinations in North America with a published climate page. Neighbouring places that share a climate series are shown once.
Ties
Equal values are ordered by fewest wet days.
Sources
ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis via Open-Meteo; sea temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1. Measured values are reproduced unchanged; only the ordering is ours.

Data sources and method

Normal period
1991–2020
Dataset version
era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: ranking order, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.