Climate averages 1991–2020
Birmingham, United States weather
in March.
A mild, 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 mild month in Birmingham, United States: daytime highs average 18.2°C and nights cool to about 7.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 146 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 Hoover (13 km away). In March its highs average 18.2°C, about as warm as Birmingham, United States, with 146 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Birmingham, United States ranks joint 186th of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 487th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Birmingham, United States is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 22.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 146 mm to 118 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
Birmingham, United States climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.7°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 126 | 9.8 | 10.210 h |
| February | 14.1°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 130 | 10.7 | 11.011 h |
| March, selected | 18.2°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 146 | 11.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.3°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 118 | 9.6 | 13.013 h |
| May | 26.8°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 100 | 10.3 | 13.914 h |
| June | 30.1°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 108 | 13.4 | 14.314 h |
| July | 31.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 114 | 14.7 | 14.114 h |
| August | 31.5°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 95 | 12.7 | 13.413 h |
| September | 28.9°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 86 | 7.8 | 12.412 h |
| October | 23.6°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 86 | 7.1 | 11.411 h |
| November | 17.3°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 105 | 8.1 | 10.510 h |
| December | 13.0°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 132 | 10.5 | 10.010 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
- Hoover in MarchUnited States · 13 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 7.5°C · 146 mm rain
- Tuscaloosa in MarchUnited States · 79 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 8.2°C · 143 mm rain
- Huntsville in MarchUnited States · 136 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 6.2°C · 145 mm rain
- Montgomery in MarchUnited States · 137 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 8.4°C · 111 mm rain
- South Fulton in MarchUnited States · 197 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 7.3°C · 112 mm rain
- Columbus, United States in MarchUnited States · 206 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 8.4°C · 107 mm rain
- Chattanooga in MarchUnited States · 218 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 5.6°C · 133 mm rain
- East Chattanooga in MarchUnited States · 223 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 5.4°C · 133 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 Birmingham) is explained once on the Birmingham, United States year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Hoover lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.