Climate averages 1991–2020
Gulfport weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Gulfport: daytime highs average 19.8°C and nights cool to about 12.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 135 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a 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 New Orleans (105 km away). In March its highs average 20.6°C, 0.8°C warmer than Gulfport, with 114 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Gulfport ranks joint 109th of 498 for the warmest March highs and 477th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Gulfport is 4.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 23.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 135 mm to 106 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
Gulfport climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.8°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 129 | 9.8 | 10.410 h |
| February | 16.7°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 121 | 8.8 | 11.111 h |
| March, selected | 19.8°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 135 | 9.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.2°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 106 | 7.5 | 12.913 h |
| May | 27.1°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 96 | 8.9 | 13.714 h |
| June | 29.8°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 137 | 13.5 | 14.114 h |
| July | 30.6°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 139 | 16.4 | 13.914 h |
| August | 30.5°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 161 | 16.9 | 13.213 h |
| September | 28.8°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 144 | 12.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.9°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 95 | 7.7 | 11.511 h |
| November | 19.7°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 101 | 7.3 | 10.711 h |
| December | 16.2°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 115 | 9.6 | 10.210 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
- New Orleans in MarchUnited States · 105 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 13.6°C · 114 mm rain
- Mobile in MarchUnited States · 107 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 11.8°C · 119 mm rain
- Metairie in MarchUnited States · 110 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 13.6°C · 115 mm rain
- Baton Rouge in MarchUnited States · 201 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 11.7°C · 118 mm rain
- Jackson in MarchUnited States · 238 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 8.8°C · 121 mm rain
- Lafayette (Louisiana), United States in MarchUnited States · 281 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 12.1°C · 109 mm rain
- Montgomery in MarchUnited States · 346 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 8.4°C · 111 mm rain
- Tuscaloosa in MarchUnited States · 347 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 8.2°C · 143 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 Gulfport) is explained once on the Gulfport year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.