Climate averages 1991–2020
Edison weather
in March.
A cool, wet month: the 9th warmest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Edison: 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 108 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Staten Island (24 km away). In March its highs average 9.3°C, about as warm as Edison, with 106 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Edison ranks joint 372nd of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 416th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Edison is 5.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.4°C to 16.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 108 mm to 93 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
Edison climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.7°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 83 | 9.2 | 9.610 h |
| February | 5.2°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 78 | 8.6 | 10.611 h |
| March, selected | 9.7°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 108 | 10.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.0°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 93 | 10.7 | 13.313 h |
| May | 21.4°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 90 | 11.4 | 14.414 h |
| June | 26.4°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 106 | 11.2 | 15.015 h |
| July | 29.4°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 108 | 11.2 | 14.815 h |
| August | 28.2°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 103 | 10.2 | 13.814 h |
| September | 24.3°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 101 | 9.1 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.8°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 95 | 8.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 11.7°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 76 | 7.8 | 10.010 h |
| December | 6.3°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 102 | 9.4 | 9.39 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
- Staten Island in MarchUnited States · 24 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 0.4°C · 106 mm rain
- Newark in MarchUnited States · 31 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low -0.4°C · 107 mm rain
- New York City in MarchUnited States · 41 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -0.6°C · 105 mm rain
- Brooklyn in MarchUnited States · 42 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low -0.2°C · 105 mm rain
- Trenton in MarchUnited States · 44 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 0.3°C · 106 mm rain
- Passaic in MarchUnited States · 45 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low -0.6°C · 107 mm rain
- Manhattan in MarchUnited States · 48 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -0.7°C · 105 mm rain
- Paterson in MarchUnited States · 49 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low -0.6°C · 108 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 Edison) is explained once on the Edison year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.