Climate averages 1991–2020

Chesterfield weather
in March.

A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.

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

Average high 9.4°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 2.7°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 58 mm 12 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a cool month in Chesterfield: daytime highs average 9.4°C and nights cool to about 2.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 2nd 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 Sheffield (15 km away). In March its highs average 9.5°C, about as warm as Chesterfield, with 57 mm of rain.

Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Chesterfield ranks joint 88th of 143 for the warmest March highs and 109th of 143 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 143 cities is 9.5°C; Chesterfield is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 12.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 58 mm to 64 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

Chesterfield climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Chesterfield, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	6.5°C1.8°C	1.8°C	64	13.2	8.18 h
February	7.2°C1.6°C	1.6°C	57	11.6	9.810 h
March, selected	9.4°C2.7°C	2.7°C	58	12.3	11.812 h
April	12.1°C4.3°C	4.3°C	64	12.6	13.914 h
May	15.1°C7.2°C	7.2°C	64	12.3	15.816 h
June	17.8°C10.3°C	10.3°C	79	13.0	16.917 h
July	20.0°C12.4°C	12.4°C	76	13.3	16.416 h
August	19.6°C12.4°C	12.4°C	78	12.8	14.815 h
September	17.0°C10.2°C	10.2°C	64	10.5	12.713 h
October	13.2°C7.6°C	7.6°C	72	12.5	10.611 h
November	9.2°C4.4°C	4.4°C	69	13.3	8.79 h
December	6.7°C2.3°C	2.3°C	72	13.2	7.68 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 Chesterfield

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 Chesterfield) is explained once on the Chesterfield year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.