Climate averages 1991–2020
Eugene weather
in March.
A cool, 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 cool month in Eugene: daytime highs average 12.4°C and nights cool to about 2.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 160 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes March a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Salem, United States (99 km away). In March its highs average 12.3°C, about as warm as Eugene, with 128 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Eugene ranks joint 302nd of 498 for the warmest March highs and 493rd of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Eugene is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 14.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 160 mm to 130 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
Eugene climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.0°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 176 | 16.5 | 9.39 h |
| February | 10.5°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 139 | 15.1 | 10.410 h |
| March, selected | 12.4°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 160 | 16.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.4°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 130 | 15.6 | 13.413 h |
| May | 18.0°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 82 | 10.3 | 14.715 h |
| June | 21.3°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 43 | 7.3 | 15.415 h |
| July | 27.0°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 8.6 | 1.5 | 15.115 h |
| August | 27.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 12 | 2.2 | 14.014 h |
| September | 24.3°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 41 | 5.0 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.4°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 107 | 10.6 | 11.011 h |
| November | 11.5°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 186 | 16.4 | 9.710 h |
| December | 8.2°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 206 | 17.0 | 9.09 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
- Salem, United States in MarchUnited States · 99 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 3.5°C · 128 mm rain
- Bend in MarchUnited States · 142 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low -2.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Beaverton in MarchUnited States · 161 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 3.3°C · 145 mm rain
- Hillsboro in MarchUnited States · 164 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 3.5°C · 151 mm rain
- Portland in MarchUnited States · 167 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 3.4°C · 145 mm rain
- Gresham in MarchUnited States · 169 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 2.4°C · 178 mm rain
- Vancouver, United States in MarchUnited States · 180 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 3.2°C · 178 mm rain
- Medford in MarchUnited States · 193 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 2.3°C · 122 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 Eugene) is explained once on the Eugene year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.