Climate averages 1991–2020
Greenville weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Greenville: daytime highs average 16.6°C and nights cool to about 6.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 93 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Raleigh (116 km away). In March its highs average 16.0°C, 0.6°C cooler than Greenville, with 104 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Greenville ranks joint 239th of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 314th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Greenville is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.1°C to 21.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 93 mm to 80 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
Greenville climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.9°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 94 | 9.1 | 10.010 h |
| February | 12.8°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 79 | 9.1 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 16.6°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 93 | 9.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.7°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 80 | 8.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.7°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 94 | 10.6 | 14.014 h |
| June | 29.2°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 113 | 13.6 | 14.515 h |
| July | 30.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 136 | 16.9 | 14.314 h |
| August | 29.9°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 137 | 14.4 | 13.514 h |
| September | 27.0°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 132 | 11.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.1°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 90 | 7.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 16.7°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 90 | 7.7 | 10.310 h |
| December | 12.6°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 90 | 9.2 | 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
- Raleigh in MarchUnited States · 116 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 5.5°C · 104 mm rain
- Cary in MarchUnited States · 129 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 5.3°C · 104 mm rain
- Suffolk in MarchUnited States · 143 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 5.1°C · 100 mm rain
- Durham in MarchUnited States · 145 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 4.6°C · 108 mm rain
- Fayetteville in MarchUnited States · 151 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 6.4°C · 94 mm rain
- Portsmouth Heights in MarchUnited States · 161 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 4.8°C · 98 mm rain
- Wilmington (North Carolina), United States in MarchUnited States · 162 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 9.0°C · 101 mm rain
- Norfolk in MarchUnited States · 168 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 4.9°C · 98 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 Greenville) is explained once on the Greenville year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.