Climate averages 1991–2020
Colorado Springs weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet 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 Colorado Springs: daytime highs average 10.9°C and nights cool to about -4.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 7th 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 Pueblo (67 km away). In March its highs average 14.1°C, 3.3°C warmer than Colorado Springs, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Colorado Springs ranks joint 330th of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 59th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Colorado Springs is 4.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 14.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 42 mm to 63 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
Colorado Springs climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.5°C-9.0°C | -9.0°C | 15 | 3.9 | 9.810 h |
| February | 6.5°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 16 | 4.8 | 10.711 h |
| March, selected | 10.9°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 42 | 7.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.4°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 63 | 9.8 | 13.213 h |
| May | 20.1°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 69 | 11.9 | 14.314 h |
| June | 26.4°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 52 | 10.8 | 14.815 h |
| July | 28.9°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 71 | 12.1 | 14.615 h |
| August | 27.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 63 | 11.7 | 13.714 h |
| September | 24.0°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 33 | 6.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.1°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 31 | 5.5 | 11.211 h |
| November | 9.9°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 21 | 5.0 | 10.110 h |
| December | 4.9°C-9.1°C | -9.1°C | 13 | 3.5 | 9.510 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
- Pueblo in MarchUnited States · 67 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low -1.7°C · 32 mm rain
- Highlands Ranch in MarchUnited States · 81 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low -5.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Centennial in MarchUnited States · 83 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low -5.2°C · 51 mm rain
- Lakewood in MarchUnited States · 99 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low -4.7°C · 47 mm rain
- Aurora (Colorado), United States in MarchUnited States · 100 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low -3.0°C · 35 mm rain
- Denver in MarchUnited States · 102 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low -4.7°C · 47 mm rain
- Arvada in MarchUnited States · 110 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low -5.0°C · 47 mm rain
- Westminster (Colorado), United States in MarchUnited States · 113 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low -4.9°C · 47 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 Colorado Springs) is explained once on the Colorado Springs year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.