Climate averages 1991–2020
Franklin weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the 8th warmest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Franklin: daytime highs average 15.4°C and nights cool to about 5.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 127 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nashville (28 km away). In March its highs average 15.1°C, about as warm as Franklin, with 126 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Franklin ranks 263rd of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 468th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Franklin is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.1°C to 20.5°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 127 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
Franklin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.3°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 105 | 10.3 | 10.010 h |
| February | 10.7°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 119 | 10.3 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 15.4°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 127 | 11.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.5°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 127 | 10.7 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.0°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 121 | 12.3 | 14.014 h |
| June | 29.3°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 103 | 12.3 | 14.615 h |
| July | 31.1°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 109 | 13.1 | 14.314 h |
| August | 30.8°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 85 | 10.5 | 13.514 h |
| September | 27.5°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 82 | 7.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.6°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 90 | 7.8 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.8°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 98 | 9.0 | 10.310 h |
| December | 9.9°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 127 | 10.5 | 9.810 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
- Nashville in MarchUnited States · 28 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 4.6°C · 126 mm rain
- Murfreesboro in MarchUnited States · 44 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 5.4°C · 133 mm rain
- Clarksville in MarchUnited States · 80 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 4.9°C · 124 mm rain
- Huntsville in MarchUnited States · 135 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 6.2°C · 145 mm rain
- Chattanooga in MarchUnited States · 172 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 5.6°C · 133 mm rain
- East Chattanooga in MarchUnited States · 175 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 5.4°C · 133 mm rain
- Evansville in MarchUnited States · 236 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 3.6°C · 111 mm rain
- Knoxville in MarchUnited States · 265 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 4.2°C · 123 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 Franklin) is explained once on the Franklin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.