Weather in Burnie in November

A good month. November is a solid month to be in Burnie. Highs average 16.6 °C, lows 10.7 °C, and rain falls on 12 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

November ranks 6 of 12 in Burnie: past the worst of the year but short of February, which is the month to book if the dates are open.

Rain on 12 days, 2 of them heavy. Enough to need a plan B, not enough to need a plan around it. Pack for 16.6 °C days and 10.7 °C nights; the spread matters more here than any single number.

What the averages hide

Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: the day barely swings — 5.9 °C between the overnight low and the afternoon high. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest November day reached 24.1 °C and the coldest night fell to 5.1 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 43 mm — roughly 57% of the month's rain in one day.

November is moderately variable: 14 mm in the driest year against 159 mm in the wettest, around an average of 76 mm. Roughly two Novembers in three land near that average, and the third does something else entirely.

Wind is light at 9.5 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity runs at 80%, high enough to notice on the warm days without dominating them.

How November sits in the year

Temperatures hold steady either side: 14.6 °C in October, 16.6 here, 18 in December. Nothing about the timing within the month matters much.

Daylight in November

14.4 hours of daylight, gaining 1 hours across the month. That is between Burnie's extremes of 15.1 and 9.2 hours, so days are long enough not to constrain the plan.

Sea temperature

The sea sits at about 14.4 °C in November — cold — a quick dip rather than a swim, and a wetsuit if you are in for longer. The sea peaks at 18.3 °C in February and bottoms out at 12.5 °C — water lags the air by a month or two, which is why the best swimming often comes after the best weather.

How busy it gets

Shoulder. The value months — prices ease off and you get the place closer to itself.

Crowd levels are estimated from climate desirability and school-holiday calendars, not from visitor numbers.

November in Burnie versus nearby

If Burnie is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Devonport is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 3 days less rain. Launceston is a better bet in November — 3.6 °C warmer, 1 day less rain.

So: November is a compromise. February is 19 points better and is what Burnie is actually like at its best — worth moving the trip for if that is possible, and worth adjusting expectations for if it is not.

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