Climate averages 1991–2020
Duluth weather
in March.
A cold month with moderate precipitation: the 9th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Duluth: daytime highs average 0.5°C and nights cool to about -6.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of precipitation on roughly 7 days, which makes March a month with moderate precipitation (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Brooklyn Park (211 km away). In March its highs average 4.8°C, 4.3°C warmer than Duluth, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Duluth ranks 497th of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 89th of 498 for the driest March (precipitation, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Duluth is 14.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.0°C to 6.5°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 49 mm to 84 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
Duluth climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -7.2°C-13.9°C | -13.9°C | 26 | 6.3 | 9.09 h |
| February | -5.2°C-12.0°C | -12.0°C | 28 | 5.4 | 10.310 h |
| March, selected | 0.5°C-6.1°C | -6.1°C | 49 | 7.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 6.5°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 84 | 10.2 | 13.614 h |
| May | 13.4°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 97 | 11.1 | 15.015 h |
| June | 19.6°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 105 | 11.6 | 15.816 h |
| July | 23.9°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 98 | 11.7 | 15.515 h |
| August | 23.6°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 102 | 10.5 | 14.214 h |
| September | 19.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 92 | 10.6 | 12.613 h |
| October | 11.6°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 103 | 10.8 | 10.911 h |
| November | 3.6°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 66 | 8.9 | 9.49 h |
| December | -3.2°C-8.8°C | -8.8°C | 45 | 7.5 | 8.69 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
- Brooklyn Park in MarchUnited States · 211 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -4.9°C · 51 mm rain
- Saint Paul in MarchUnited States · 218 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low -4.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Minneapolis in MarchUnited States · 220 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -4.8°C · 51 mm rain
- Plymouth, United States in MarchUnited States · 223 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -4.8°C · 51 mm rain
- Bloomington (Minnesota), United States in MarchUnited States · 235 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low -4.4°C · 54 mm rain
- Thunder Bay in MarchCanada · 278 kmHigh -1.7°C · Low -8.7°C · 31 mm precipitation
- Rochester (Minnesota), United States in MarchUnited States · 308 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -4.3°C · 60 mm rain
- Fargo in MarchUnited States · 356 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -7.2°C · 35 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 Duluth) is explained once on the Duluth year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.