Climate averages 1991–2020
Denton weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the 8th warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Denton: daytime highs average 19.0°C and nights cool to about 9.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 94 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a wet month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Flower Mound (23 km away). In March its highs average 19.4°C, about as warm as Denton, with 95 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Denton ranks joint 153rd of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 318th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Denton is 4.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 23.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 94 mm to 96 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
Denton climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.3°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 62 | 6.5 | 10.210 h |
| February | 14.8°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 67 | 7.1 | 11.011 h |
| March, selected | 19.0°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 94 | 8.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.3°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 96 | 8.0 | 13.013 h |
| May | 27.3°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 132 | 11.2 | 13.914 h |
| June | 31.4°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 85 | 8.3 | 14.314 h |
| July | 34.0°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 46 | 5.4 | 14.114 h |
| August | 34.0°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 48 | 5.3 | 13.413 h |
| September | 30.0°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 77 | 6.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 94 | 7.4 | 11.411 h |
| November | 17.9°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 78 | 6.4 | 10.510 h |
| December | 13.1°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 75 | 6.3 | 10.010 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
- Flower Mound in MarchUnited States · 23 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 9.3°C · 95 mm rain
- Lewisville in MarchUnited States · 23 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 9.4°C · 95 mm rain
- Frisco in MarchUnited States · 30 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 8.8°C · 101 mm rain
- Carrollton in MarchUnited States · 37 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 9.4°C · 95 mm rain
- Allen in MarchUnited States · 45 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 9.1°C · 100 mm rain
- Plano in MarchUnited States · 46 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 9.1°C · 100 mm rain
- Irving in MarchUnited States · 48 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 9.5°C · 95 mm rain
- Richardson in MarchUnited States · 48 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 9.1°C · 100 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 Denton) is explained once on the Denton year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.