Climate averages 1991–2020
Cedar Rapids weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Cedar Rapids: daytime highs average 8.0°C and nights cool to about -2.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Iowa City (40 km away). In March its highs average 8.7°C, 0.7°C warmer than Cedar Rapids, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Cedar Rapids ranks joint 409th of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 197th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Cedar Rapids is 7.0°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 7.0°C to 15.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 66 mm to 112 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
Cedar Rapids climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.3°C-11.1°C | -11.1°C | 38 | 7.0 | 9.59 h |
| February | 0.3°C-9.0°C | -9.0°C | 42 | 6.4 | 10.611 h |
| March, selected | 8.0°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 66 | 8.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.0°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 112 | 11.8 | 13.313 h |
| May | 20.9°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 126 | 13.2 | 14.515 h |
| June | 25.8°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 130 | 11.9 | 15.215 h |
| July | 27.7°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 100 | 9.9 | 14.915 h |
| August | 26.9°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 94 | 9.3 | 13.914 h |
| September | 23.2°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 100 | 8.4 | 12.513 h |
| October | 16.0°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 73 | 8.6 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.0°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 59 | 7.4 | 9.910 h |
| December | 0.7°C-7.1°C | -7.1°C | 46 | 6.9 | 9.29 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
- Iowa City in MarchUnited States · 40 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -1.7°C · 69 mm rain
- Davenport in MarchUnited States · 104 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low -0.9°C · 70 mm rain
- Des Moines in MarchUnited States · 169 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low -1.6°C · 67 mm rain
- Rockford in MarchUnited States · 212 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low -2.2°C · 63 mm rain
- Madison in MarchUnited States · 219 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -3.6°C · 61 mm rain
- Peoria (Illinois), United States in MarchUnited States · 225 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 0.1°C · 75 mm rain
- Rochester (Minnesota), United States in MarchUnited States · 234 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -4.3°C · 60 mm rain
- Aurora (Illinois), United States in MarchUnited States · 277 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low -1.6°C · 68 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 Cedar Rapids) is explained once on the Cedar Rapids year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.