Climate averages 1991–2020
Elk Grove weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Elk Grove: daytime highs average 18.0°C and nights cool to about 7.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 105 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rancho Cordova (21 km away). In March its highs average 17.8°C, about as warm as Elk Grove, with 105 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Elk Grove ranks joint 192nd of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 383rd of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Elk Grove is 3.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 21.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 105 mm to 49 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
Elk Grove climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.3°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 125 | 9.5 | 9.810 h |
| February | 15.4°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 121 | 9.7 | 10.711 h |
| March, selected | 18.0°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 105 | 9.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.3°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 49 | 5.7 | 13.213 h |
| May | 26.0°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 29 | 4.0 | 14.214 h |
| June | 30.6°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 5.8 | 1.0 | 14.815 h |
| July | 32.7°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 14.615 h |
| August | 32.1°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 1.4 | 0.2 | 13.714 h |
| September | 30.3°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 3.5 | 0.7 | 12.512 h |
| October | 24.9°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 37 | 3.2 | 11.211 h |
| November | 17.6°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 65 | 6.6 | 10.110 h |
| December | 13.1°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 121 | 9.7 | 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
- Rancho Cordova in MarchUnited States · 21 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 6.9°C · 105 mm rain
- Arden-Arcade in MarchUnited States · 22 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 7.1°C · 92 mm rain
- Sacramento in MarchUnited States · 22 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 7.2°C · 92 mm rain
- Citrus Heights in MarchUnited States · 34 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 6.7°C · 120 mm rain
- Folsom in MarchUnited States · 34 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 6.5°C · 120 mm rain
- Roseville in MarchUnited States · 39 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 6.5°C · 120 mm rain
- Stockton in MarchUnited States · 51 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 7.5°C · 80 mm rain
- Vacaville in MarchUnited States · 54 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 7.7°C · 79 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 Elk Grove) is explained once on the Elk Grove year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Rancho Cordova lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.