Climate averages 1991–2020
Independence weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Independence: daytime highs average 11.8°C and nights cool to about 1.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 78 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 5th 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 Kansas City (14 km away). In March its highs average 12.2°C, about as warm as Independence, with 78 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Independence ranks 316th of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 267th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Independence is 3.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.7°C to 17.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 78 mm to 124 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
Independence climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.9°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 37 | 5.9 | 9.810 h |
| February | 5.7°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 50 | 6.1 | 10.711 h |
| March, selected | 11.8°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 78 | 9.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.5°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 124 | 11.2 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.9°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 143 | 12.9 | 14.314 h |
| June | 28.1°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 124 | 11.7 | 14.915 h |
| July | 30.4°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 94 | 9.3 | 14.615 h |
| August | 29.6°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 94 | 9.0 | 13.714 h |
| September | 25.2°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 93 | 8.1 | 12.512 h |
| October | 18.3°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 85 | 8.1 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.9°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 61 | 6.7 | 10.110 h |
| December | 4.9°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 46 | 5.8 | 9.59 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
- Kansas City in MarchUnited States · 14 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 1.8°C · 78 mm rain
- Lee's Summit in MarchUnited States · 20 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 2.0°C · 78 mm rain
- Overland Park in MarchUnited States · 25 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 1.9°C · 76 mm rain
- Olathe in MarchUnited States · 42 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 2.1°C · 76 mm rain
- Lawrence (Kansas), United States in MarchUnited States · 72 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 2.1°C · 74 mm rain
- Saint Joseph in MarchUnited States · 84 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 0.9°C · 76 mm rain
- Topeka in MarchUnited States · 109 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 2.0°C · 73 mm rain
- Columbia (Missouri), United States in MarchUnited States · 180 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 2.4°C · 86 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 Independence) is explained once on the Independence year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Kansas City and Lee's Summit lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.