Climate averages 1991–2020
Lüdenscheid weather
in March.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Lüdenscheid: daytime highs average 7.7°C and nights cool to about 0.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 88 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Iserlohn (18 km away). In March its highs average 8.4°C, 0.7°C warmer than Lüdenscheid, with 71 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Lüdenscheid ranks joint 112th of 120 for the warmest March highs and 119th of 120 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 120 cities is 9.3°C; Lüdenscheid is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.4°C to 12.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 88 mm to 68 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Lüdenscheid climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.0°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 103 | 15.5 | 8.48 h |
| February | 4.0°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 85 | 13.2 | 10.010 h |
| March, selected | 7.7°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 88 | 14.7 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.0°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 68 | 12.5 | 13.814 h |
| May | 15.8°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 82 | 13.7 | 15.516 h |
| June | 18.6°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 88 | 14.4 | 16.516 h |
| July | 20.6°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 105 | 15.7 | 16.116 h |
| August | 20.4°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 99 | 14.8 | 14.615 h |
| September | 16.7°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 87 | 13.3 | 12.713 h |
| October | 12.1°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 87 | 13.4 | 10.711 h |
| November | 7.1°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 89 | 14.8 | 9.09 h |
| December | 3.8°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 106 | 16.3 | 8.08 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
March in nearby cities
- Iserlohn in MarchGermany · 18 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 1.4°C · 71 mm rain
- Hagen in MarchGermany · 19 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 2.4°C · 91 mm rain
- Remscheid in MarchGermany · 31 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low 1.1°C · 85 mm rain
- Witten in MarchGermany · 31 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 2.4°C · 71 mm rain
- Wuppertal in MarchGermany · 34 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 2.2°C · 85 mm rain
- Dortmund in MarchGermany · 35 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 2.2°C · 72 mm rain
- Arnsberg in MarchGermany · 37 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low 1.0°C · 70 mm rain
- Solingen in MarchGermany · 38 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 1.9°C · 79 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Lüdenscheid) is explained once on the Lüdenscheid year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.