Climate averages 1991–2020
Fort Wayne weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Fort Wayne: daytime highs average 8.4°C and nights cool to about -1.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 80 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Muncie (106 km away). In March its highs average 9.3°C, 0.9°C warmer than Fort Wayne, with 91 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Fort Wayne ranks joint 401st of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 275th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Fort Wayne is 6.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.8°C to 15.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 80 mm to 101 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
Fort Wayne climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.3°C-7.4°C | -7.4°C | 69 | 10.1 | 9.610 h |
| February | 2.5°C-6.3°C | -6.3°C | 58 | 8.4 | 10.611 h |
| March, selected | 8.4°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 80 | 10.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.2°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 101 | 12.4 | 13.313 h |
| May | 21.0°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 103 | 13.2 | 14.514 h |
| June | 25.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 106 | 12.1 | 15.115 h |
| July | 27.8°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 91 | 11.2 | 14.815 h |
| August | 26.9°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 88 | 10.1 | 13.814 h |
| September | 23.4°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 67 | 8.5 | 12.513 h |
| October | 16.7°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 74 | 9.4 | 11.111 h |
| November | 9.3°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 77 | 9.3 | 9.910 h |
| December | 2.9°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 64 | 9.7 | 9.39 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
- Muncie in MarchUnited States · 106 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low -0.7°C · 91 mm rain
- South Bend in MarchUnited States · 112 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low -1.8°C · 72 mm rain
- Kalamazoo in MarchUnited States · 135 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low -2.7°C · 68 mm rain
- Toledo, United States in MarchUnited States · 144 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -2.1°C · 73 mm rain
- Fishers in MarchUnited States · 151 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low -0.1°C · 96 mm rain
- Carmel in MarchUnited States · 153 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low -0.1°C · 96 mm rain
- Lafayette (Indiana), United States in MarchUnited States · 167 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low -0.4°C · 84 mm rain
- Ann Arbor in MarchUnited States · 172 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -3.1°C · 65 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 Wayne) is explained once on the Fort Wayne year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.