Climate averages 1991–2020
Bloomington (Indiana), United States weather
in March.
A cool, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Bloomington (Indiana), United States: daytime highs average 11.3°C and nights cool to about 1.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 101 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Indianapolis (74 km away). In March its highs average 10.1°C, 1.1°C cooler than Bloomington (Indiana), United States, with 97 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Bloomington (Indiana), United States ranks joint 320th of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 359th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Bloomington (Indiana), United States is 3.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.3°C to 17.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 101 mm to 128 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
Bloomington (Indiana), United States climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.2°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 87 | 9.5 | 9.810 h |
| February | 5.7°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 74 | 8.5 | 10.711 h |
| March, selected | 11.3°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 101 | 10.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.6°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 128 | 12.4 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.5°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 130 | 13.4 | 14.314 h |
| June | 27.3°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 111 | 11.9 | 14.915 h |
| July | 29.3°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 88 | 11.4 | 14.615 h |
| August | 28.8°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 79 | 8.9 | 13.714 h |
| September | 25.3°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 73 | 7.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 18.5°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 83 | 8.2 | 11.211 h |
| November | 11.0°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 92 | 8.9 | 10.110 h |
| December | 5.2°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 86 | 10.1 | 9.59 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
- Indianapolis in MarchUnited States · 74 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 0.4°C · 97 mm rain
- Carmel in MarchUnited States · 97 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low -0.1°C · 96 mm rain
- Fishers in MarchUnited States · 98 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low -0.1°C · 96 mm rain
- Louisville in MarchUnited States · 121 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 2.7°C · 114 mm rain
- Lafayette (Indiana), United States in MarchUnited States · 142 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low -0.4°C · 84 mm rain
- Muncie in MarchUnited States · 150 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low -0.7°C · 91 mm rain
- Evansville in MarchUnited States · 160 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 3.6°C · 111 mm rain
- Cincinnati in MarchUnited States · 174 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 1.0°C · 105 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 Bloomington) is explained once on the Bloomington (Indiana), United States year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.