Climate averages 1991–2020
Amarillo weather
in March.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Amarillo: daytime highs average 17.3°C and nights cool to about 3.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lubbock (183 km away). In March its highs average 19.4°C, 2.0°C warmer than Amarillo, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Amarillo ranks joint 214th of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 48th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Amarillo is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.4°C to 21.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 38 mm to 42 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
Amarillo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.2°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 20 | 3.3 | 10.110 h |
| February | 12.7°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 17 | 3.6 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 17.3°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 38 | 5.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.7°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 42 | 5.2 | 13.113 h |
| May | 26.2°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 60 | 7.1 | 14.014 h |
| June | 30.9°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 53 | 8.6 | 14.514 h |
| July | 32.4°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 45 | 7.7 | 14.314 h |
| August | 31.4°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 59 | 8.8 | 13.513 h |
| September | 27.5°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 40 | 6.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.9°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 48 | 5.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.4°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 22 | 3.7 | 10.410 h |
| December | 10.1°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 27 | 3.6 | 9.810 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
- Lubbock in MarchUnited States · 183 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 5.7°C · 41 mm rain
- Lawton in MarchUnited States · 321 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 6.9°C · 71 mm rain
- Wichita Falls in MarchUnited States · 338 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 8.1°C · 73 mm rain
- Midland in MarchUnited States · 359 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 8.0°C · 33 mm rain
- Abilene in MarchUnited States · 364 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 9.0°C · 50 mm rain
- Santa Fe, United States in MarchUnited States · 376 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low -1.3°C · 25 mm rain
- Odessa in MarchUnited States · 379 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 7.9°C · 29 mm rain
- Oklahoma City in MarchUnited States · 392 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 5.9°C · 72 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 Amarillo) is explained once on the Amarillo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.