Climate averages 1991–2020
Halifax, United Kingdom weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: 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 cool month in Halifax, United Kingdom: daytime highs average 8.6°C and nights cool to about 2.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 49 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Huddersfield (9 km away). In March its highs average 9.0°C, about as warm as Halifax, United Kingdom, with 64 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Halifax, United Kingdom ranks joint 127th of 143 for the warmest March highs and joint 116th of 143 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 143 cities is 9.5°C; Halifax, United Kingdom is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 11.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 64 mm to 65 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
Halifax, United Kingdom climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.0°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 73 | 14.1 | 8.18 h |
| February | 6.5°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 66 | 12.8 | 9.710 h |
| March, selected | 8.6°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 64 | 12.7 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.3°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 65 | 12.6 | 14.014 h |
| May | 14.2°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 64 | 12.5 | 15.916 h |
| June | 16.8°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 78 | 13.7 | 17.017 h |
| July | 18.6°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 77 | 14.0 | 16.517 h |
| August | 18.3°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 82 | 14.2 | 14.815 h |
| September | 16.0°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 69 | 11.4 | 12.813 h |
| October | 12.4°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 75 | 13.2 | 10.611 h |
| November | 8.7°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 74 | 13.6 | 8.79 h |
| December | 6.2°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 82 | 13.8 | 7.58 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
- Huddersfield in MarchUnited Kingdom · 9 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 2.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Bradford in MarchUnited Kingdom · 11 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low 2.3°C · 64 mm rain
- Leeds in MarchUnited Kingdom · 22 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 2.6°C · 53 mm rain
- Rochdale in MarchUnited Kingdom · 23 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low 2.1°C · 74 mm rain
- Wakefield in MarchUnited Kingdom · 23 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 2.6°C · 53 mm rain
- Oldham in MarchUnited Kingdom · 26 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low 1.9°C · 70 mm rain
- Burnley in MarchUnited Kingdom · 27 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 2.0°C · 88 mm rain
- Barnsley in MarchUnited Kingdom · 30 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 2.3°C · 57 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 Halifax) is explained once on the Halifax, United Kingdom year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Bradford and Huddersfield lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.