Climate averages 1991–2020

Alafaya weather
in March.

A warm, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

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

Average high 24.2°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 14.5°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 58 mm 6 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a warm month in Alafaya: daytime highs average 24.2°C and nights cool to about 14.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Orlando (17 km away). In March its highs average 24.5°C, about as warm as Alafaya, with 61 mm of rain.

Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Alafaya ranks joint 38th of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 141st of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Alafaya is 9.3°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 58 mm to 53 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

Alafaya climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Alafaya, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	20.5°C11.4°C	11.4°C	54	6.2	10.511 h
February	22.0°C12.7°C	12.7°C	51	6.3	11.211 h
March, selected	24.2°C14.5°C	14.5°C	58	6.4	12.012 h
April	26.8°C17.2°C	17.2°C	53	6.6	12.813 h
May	29.6°C20.2°C	20.2°C	73	9.1	13.614 h
June	30.8°C23.1°C	23.1°C	152	19.0	13.914 h
July	31.3°C24.0°C	24.0°C	151	21.5	13.814 h
August	31.0°C24.1°C	24.1°C	170	22.6	13.213 h
September	29.6°C23.2°C	23.2°C	143	18.2	12.412 h
October	27.1°C20.0°C	20.0°C	69	9.9	11.512 h
November	24.0°C16.1°C	16.1°C	35	5.4	10.811 h
December	21.7°C13.2°C	13.2°C	49	5.7	10.410 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 Alafaya

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