Climate averages 1991–2020
Farmington Hills weather
in March.
A cold, moderately wet month: 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 Farmington Hills: daytime highs average 6.4°C and nights cool to about -3.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Southfield (13 km away). In March its highs average 6.4°C, about as warm as Farmington Hills, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Farmington Hills ranks joint 453rd of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 169th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Farmington Hills is 8.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.9°C to 13.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 62 mm to 92 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
Farmington Hills climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.7°C-8.3°C | -8.3°C | 60 | 9.8 | 9.49 h |
| February | 0.9°C-7.9°C | -7.9°C | 52 | 7.8 | 10.511 h |
| March, selected | 6.4°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 62 | 9.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.4°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 92 | 12.0 | 13.313 h |
| May | 19.8°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 97 | 12.6 | 14.615 h |
| June | 25.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 95 | 11.2 | 15.215 h |
| July | 27.2°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 80 | 11.5 | 15.015 h |
| August | 26.1°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 81 | 10.2 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.3°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 71 | 9.1 | 12.513 h |
| October | 15.2°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 72 | 9.7 | 11.111 h |
| November | 7.9°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 66 | 9.4 | 9.810 h |
| December | 1.9°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 57 | 9.3 | 9.19 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
- Southfield in MarchUnited States · 13 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low -2.9°C · 61 mm rain
- Livonia in MarchUnited States · 13 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low -2.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Westland in MarchUnited States · 18 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low -2.8°C · 64 mm rain
- Canton (Michigan), United States in MarchUnited States · 21 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low -2.9°C · 64 mm rain
- Troy in MarchUnited States · 23 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low -3.1°C · 61 mm rain
- Waterford in MarchUnited States · 23 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low -3.3°C · 60 mm rain
- Dearborn in MarchUnited States · 25 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -2.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Rochester Hills in MarchUnited States · 27 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -3.3°C · 60 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 Farmington Hills) is explained once on the Farmington Hills year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.