Climate averages 1991–2020
Asheville weather
in March.
A cool, wet month: the 8th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Asheville: daytime highs average 13.3°C and nights cool to about 2.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 106 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gastonia (129 km away). In March its highs average 15.9°C, 2.6°C warmer than Asheville, with 114 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Asheville ranks joint 287th of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 400th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Asheville is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.2°C to 18.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 106 mm to 93 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
Asheville climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.1°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 96 | 10.1 | 10.010 h |
| February | 9.3°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 84 | 9.4 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 13.3°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 106 | 11.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.6°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 93 | 10.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 22.3°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 90 | 11.5 | 14.014 h |
| June | 26.0°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 95 | 14.0 | 14.515 h |
| July | 27.8°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 99 | 15.6 | 14.314 h |
| August | 27.1°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 105 | 14.3 | 13.514 h |
| September | 24.2°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 95 | 9.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 18.9°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 79 | 7.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.0°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 85 | 8.0 | 10.310 h |
| December | 8.6°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 89 | 8.9 | 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
- Gastonia in MarchUnited States · 129 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 5.5°C · 114 mm rain
- Knoxville in MarchUnited States · 130 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 4.2°C · 123 mm rain
- Rock Hill in MarchUnited States · 158 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 6.2°C · 107 mm rain
- Charlotte in MarchUnited States · 161 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 5.0°C · 106 mm rain
- Concord (North Carolina), United States in MarchUnited States · 180 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 5.5°C · 107 mm rain
- Athens, United States in MarchUnited States · 197 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 6.8°C · 114 mm rain
- Winston-Salem in MarchUnited States · 215 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 3.8°C · 108 mm rain
- Columbia (South Carolina), United States in MarchUnited States · 226 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 7.1°C · 89 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 Asheville) is explained once on the Asheville year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.