How sad would be November if we had no knowledge of the spring! – Edwin Way Teale, Circle of the Seasons, 1953

October extinguished itself in a rush of howling winds and driving rain and November arrived, cold as frozen iron, with hard frosts every morning and icy draughts that bit at exposed hands and faces. – J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, “The Lion and the Serpe

November… leads the months their wintry round… – Anne Hunter (1742–1821), “November, 1784”