Climate averages 1991–2020
Gainesville weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 8th 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 Gainesville: daytime highs average 23.3°C and nights cool to about 12.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 80 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jacksonville (99 km away). In March its highs average 22.2°C, 1.1°C cooler than Gainesville, with 76 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Gainesville ranks joint 48th 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; Gainesville is 8.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 80 mm to 57 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
Gainesville climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.6°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 74 | 7.7 | 10.510 h |
| February | 20.4°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 64 | 6.9 | 11.111 h |
| March, selected | 23.3°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 80 | 7.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.7°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 57 | 6.6 | 12.913 h |
| May | 30.1°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 70 | 8.9 | 13.614 h |
| June | 31.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 135 | 18.6 | 14.014 h |
| July | 31.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 136 | 20.5 | 13.814 h |
| August | 31.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 147 | 21.3 | 13.213 h |
| September | 29.9°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 107 | 14.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.9°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 57 | 7.7 | 11.511 h |
| November | 22.9°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 40 | 5.3 | 10.711 h |
| December | 20.0°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 60 | 6.6 | 10.310 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
- Jacksonville in MarchUnited States · 99 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.6°C · 76 mm rain
- Palm Coast in MarchUnited States · 108 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 14.8°C · 63 mm rain
- Spring Hill in MarchUnited States · 132 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 14.0°C · 64 mm rain
- Deltona in MarchUnited States · 133 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 14.4°C · 61 mm rain
- Daytona Beach in MarchUnited States · 135 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 14.9°C · 63 mm rain
- Orlando in MarchUnited States · 154 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.1°C · 61 mm rain
- Alafaya in MarchUnited States · 162 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.5°C · 58 mm rain
- Lakeland in MarchUnited States · 183 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.3°C · 58 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 Gainesville) is explained once on the Gainesville year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.