Climate averages 1991–2020
Cincinnati weather
in March.
A cool, wet month: the 9th 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 Cincinnati: daytime highs average 11.2°C and nights cool to about 1.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 105 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 Dayton (76 km away). In March its highs average 10.0°C, 1.2°C cooler than Cincinnati, with 100 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Cincinnati ranks joint 323rd of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 383rd of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Cincinnati is 3.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.5°C to 17.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 105 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
Cincinnati climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.5°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 83 | 10.1 | 9.810 h |
| February | 5.9°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 75 | 9.1 | 10.711 h |
| March, selected | 11.2°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 105 | 10.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.7°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 118 | 12.2 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.4°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 117 | 13.0 | 14.314 h |
| June | 27.0°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 106 | 12.1 | 14.915 h |
| July | 28.9°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 88 | 11.3 | 14.615 h |
| August | 28.5°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 75 | 9.8 | 13.714 h |
| September | 25.0°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 68 | 7.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 18.4°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 75 | 8.2 | 11.211 h |
| November | 11.3°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 84 | 8.9 | 10.110 h |
| December | 5.6°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 92 | 10.2 | 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
- Dayton in MarchUnited States · 76 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 0.4°C · 100 mm rain
- Lexington in MarchUnited States · 127 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 2.4°C · 114 mm rain
- Muncie in MarchUnited States · 140 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low -0.7°C · 91 mm rain
- Louisville in MarchUnited States · 145 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 2.7°C · 114 mm rain
- Indianapolis in MarchUnited States · 158 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 0.4°C · 97 mm rain
- Fishers in MarchUnited States · 158 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low -0.1°C · 96 mm rain
- Columbus in MarchUnited States · 160 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low -0.2°C · 98 mm rain
- Carmel in MarchUnited States · 167 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low -0.1°C · 96 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 Cincinnati) is explained once on the Cincinnati year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.