Climate averages 1991–2020
Yelets weather
in March.
A cold month with light precipitation: the 9th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Yelets: daytime highs average 1.9°C and nights cool to about -4.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 35 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes March a month with light precipitation (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lipetsk (70 km away). In March its highs average 1.4°C, 0.5°C cooler than Yelets, with 37 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Yelets ranks joint 52nd of 236 for the warmest March highs and joint 142nd of 236 for the driest March (precipitation, lowest first). The mean March high of those 236 cities is 0.7°C; Yelets is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 10.5°C to 12.4°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 35 mm to 44 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Yelets climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4.3°C-8.9°C | -8.9°C | 39 | 9.4 | 8.28 h |
| February | -3.9°C-9.2°C | -9.2°C | 35 | 8.4 | 9.810 h |
| March, selected | 1.9°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 35 | 8.8 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.4°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 44 | 9.1 | 13.914 h |
| May | 19.4°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 52 | 10.2 | 15.716 h |
| June | 23.0°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 58 | 11.2 | 16.817 h |
| July | 25.2°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 64 | 11.5 | 16.316 h |
| August | 24.2°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 49 | 8.4 | 14.715 h |
| September | 17.9°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 50 | 8.9 | 12.713 h |
| October | 10.3°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 52 | 9.2 | 10.711 h |
| November | 2.3°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 39 | 7.7 | 8.89 h |
| December | -2.4°C-6.6°C | -6.6°C | 39 | 9.1 | 7.78 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Lipetsk in MarchRussia · 70 kmHigh 1.4°C · Low -5.7°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Voronezh in MarchRussia · 115 kmHigh 2.5°C · Low -4.8°C · 38 mm rain
- Michurinsk in MarchRussia · 137 kmHigh 1.1°C · Low -6.0°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Staryy Oskol in MarchRussia · 153 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -4.4°C · 39 mm rain
- Novomoskovsk in MarchRussia · 156 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -6.1°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Gubkin in MarchRussia · 162 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -4.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Orël in MarchRussia · 168 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -5.1°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Tula in MarchRussia · 186 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -5.9°C · 36 mm precipitation
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 Yelets) is explained once on the Yelets year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.