Abstract:The following are the main characteristics of the general circulation of atmosphere in November 2010: there is a single polar vortex center in the Northern Hemisphere. The circulation presents a three wave pattern in middle high latitudes, where the European trough is stronger than the same period of normal years, and the East Asian trough closer to the same period; the polar vortex in the Novaya Zemlya and Siberia is negative anomalies, which show that the cold air is weaker than the same period of normal years; Northwest Pacific subtropical high area is close to the same period of normal years, with slightly weaker intensity, ridge line is located further south and western ridge point more eastward. The monthly mean temperature (3.5 ℃) is 1.4 ℃ higher than and the mean precipitation (11.8 mm) is 34.4% less than the same period of normal years. In this month, cold air was frequent and part of the Northeast China and inner Mongolia suffered from snow disasters; Huanghe Huaihe regions and North China had drought increased; Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou etc. had heavy fog weather; there were sandstorms in central and western Inner Mongolia; Shandong and Chongqing etc. suffered from wind and hail damages.