Climate averages 1991–2020
Columbus 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 Columbus: daytime highs average 9.7°C and nights cool to about -0.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 98 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 (104 km away). In March its highs average 10.0°C, about as warm as Columbus, with 100 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Columbus ranks joint 372nd of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 337th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Columbus is 5.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.8°C to 16.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 98 mm to 115 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
Columbus climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.2°C-6.1°C | -6.1°C | 84 | 10.7 | 9.710 h |
| February | 4.4°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 71 | 9.4 | 10.711 h |
| March, selected | 9.7°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 98 | 11.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.6°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 115 | 12.4 | 13.213 h |
| May | 21.8°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 113 | 13.3 | 14.414 h |
| June | 26.3°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 103 | 11.9 | 15.015 h |
| July | 28.3°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 88 | 11.1 | 14.715 h |
| August | 27.8°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 73 | 9.6 | 13.714 h |
| September | 24.3°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 73 | 8.3 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.5°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 74 | 9.0 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.3°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 80 | 9.4 | 10.010 h |
| December | 4.5°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 86 | 10.3 | 9.49 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 · 104 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 0.4°C · 100 mm rain
- Cincinnati in MarchUnited States · 160 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 1.0°C · 105 mm rain
- Canton (Ohio), United States in MarchUnited States · 166 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low -1.3°C · 93 mm rain
- Meads in MarchUnited States · 174 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 2.7°C · 110 mm rain
- Akron in MarchUnited States · 177 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low -1.8°C · 92 mm rain
- Parma, United States in MarchUnited States · 193 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low -1.9°C · 84 mm rain
- Toledo, United States in MarchUnited States · 195 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -2.1°C · 73 mm rain
- Cleveland in MarchUnited States · 203 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low -1.7°C · 84 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 Columbus) is explained once on the Columbus year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.