Climate averages 1991–2020

Douglas weather
in March.

A cool, moderately wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 8.1°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 5.8°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 70 mm 13 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a cool month in Douglas: daytime highs average 8.1°C and nights cool to about 5.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 70 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 49 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Blackpool (101 km away). In March its highs average 8.4°C, about as warm as Douglas, with 81 mm of rain.

From March to April, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 9.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 70 mm to 59 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Douglas climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Douglas, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	8.1°C5.8°C	5.8°C	97	16.5	8.08 h
February	7.6°C5.4°C	5.4°C	76	14.3	9.710 h
March, selected	8.1°C5.8°C	5.8°C	70	12.9	11.812 h
April	9.4°C7.1°C	7.1°C	59	11.7	14.014 h
May	11.7°C9.3°C	9.3°C	56	11.2	16.016 h
June	13.8°C11.7°C	11.7°C	64	10.7	17.117 h
July	15.5°C13.5°C	13.5°C	67	12.2	16.617 h
August	16.0°C14.0°C	14.0°C	78	12.9	14.915 h
September	15.1°C13.1°C	13.1°C	85	13.3	12.813 h
October	13.1°C11.0°C	11.0°C	117	16.1	10.611 h
November	10.6°C8.5°C	8.5°C	125	18.5	8.69 h
December	8.9°C6.6°C	6.6°C	114	18.2	7.57 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

Distance from Douglas

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Douglas) is explained once on the Douglas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.