Climate averages 1991–2020
Billings weather
in March.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Billings: daytime highs average 9.4°C and nights cool to about -3.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 31 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Missoula (439 km away). In March its highs average 7.0°C, 2.3°C cooler than Billings, with 44 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Billings ranks joint 378th of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 34th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Billings is 5.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 13.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 31 mm to 59 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Billings climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.3°C-8.8°C | -8.8°C | 22 | 5.7 | 9.19 h |
| February | 3.5°C-7.6°C | -7.6°C | 20 | 6.1 | 10.310 h |
| March, selected | 9.4°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 31 | 7.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.9°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 59 | 10.8 | 13.514 h |
| May | 19.6°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 65 | 10.7 | 14.915 h |
| June | 24.9°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 53 | 9.0 | 15.716 h |
| July | 30.7°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 24 | 4.8 | 15.315 h |
| August | 30.0°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 18 | 3.9 | 14.114 h |
| September | 23.7°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 35 | 5.5 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.1°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 46 | 7.2 | 11.011 h |
| November | 7.4°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 23 | 5.9 | 9.510 h |
| December | 1.8°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 20 | 5.5 | 8.79 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Missoula in MarchUnited States · 439 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low -1.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Rapid City in MarchUnited States · 456 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low -3.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Lethbridge in MarchCanada · 542 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low -4.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Ogden in MarchUnited States · 579 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low -1.9°C · 50 mm rain
- Regina in MarchCanada · 593 kmHigh 0.6°C · Low -9.5°C · 21 mm precipitation
- Layton in MarchUnited States · 595 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low -2.0°C · 46 mm rain
- Bismarck in MarchUnited States · 603 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -6.6°C · 26 mm rain
- Salt Lake City in MarchUnited States · 622 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low -1.4°C · 50 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 Billings) is explained once on the Billings year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.