Climate averages 1991–2020
Fort Myers weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Fort Myers: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 16.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cape Coral (13 km away). In March its highs average 25.6°C, 0.6°C cooler than Fort Myers, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Fort Myers ranks 6th of 498 for the warmest March highs and 61st of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Fort Myers is 11.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 43 mm to 50 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
Fort Myers climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.9°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 45 | 5.3 | 10.711 h |
| February | 24.3°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 35 | 4.7 | 11.211 h |
| March, selected | 26.3°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 43 | 4.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.7°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 50 | 6.4 | 12.813 h |
| May | 30.9°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 74 | 9.5 | 13.413 h |
| June | 31.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 176 | 20.8 | 13.814 h |
| July | 31.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 165 | 23.1 | 13.614 h |
| August | 31.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 164 | 24.0 | 13.113 h |
| September | 30.4°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 156 | 19.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.7°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 74 | 8.9 | 11.612 h |
| November | 26.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 33 | 4.2 | 10.911 h |
| December | 24.1°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 33 | 4.3 | 10.511 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
- Cape Coral in MarchUnited States · 13 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.4°C · 39 mm rain
- Lehigh Acres in MarchUnited States · 21 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 15.4°C · 48 mm rain
- St. Petersburg in MarchUnited States · 152 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 16.2°C · 57 mm rain
- Brandon in MarchUnited States · 153 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 14.7°C · 59 mm rain
- Lakeland in MarchUnited States · 158 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.3°C · 58 mm rain
- Tampa in MarchUnited States · 160 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 14.7°C · 59 mm rain
- Coral Springs in MarchUnited States · 161 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 17.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Port Saint Lucie in MarchUnited States · 166 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 17.2°C · 57 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 Fort Myers) is explained once on the Fort Myers year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.