Climate averages 1991–2020
Jackson 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 Jackson: daytime highs average 19.5°C and nights cool to about 8.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 121 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Baton Rouge (227 km away). In March its highs average 21.4°C, 1.8°C warmer than Jackson, with 118 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Jackson ranks joint 129th of 498 for the warmest March highs and 460th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Jackson is 4.6°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 23.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 121 mm to 114 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
Jackson climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.2°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 121 | 9.7 | 10.310 h |
| February | 15.6°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 120 | 9.8 | 11.011 h |
| March, selected | 19.5°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 121 | 10.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.7°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 114 | 8.6 | 13.013 h |
| May | 28.1°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 104 | 9.7 | 13.814 h |
| June | 31.4°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 87 | 11.4 | 14.214 h |
| July | 32.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 102 | 13.8 | 14.014 h |
| August | 32.6°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 95 | 11.5 | 13.313 h |
| September | 30.4°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 83 | 7.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.1°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 91 | 7.4 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.6°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 92 | 7.8 | 10.511 h |
| December | 14.4°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 119 | 9.4 | 10.110 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
- Baton Rouge in MarchUnited States · 227 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 11.7°C · 118 mm rain
- Gulfport in MarchUnited States · 238 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 12.9°C · 135 mm rain
- Metairie in MarchUnited States · 257 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 13.6°C · 115 mm rain
- New Orleans in MarchUnited States · 261 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 13.6°C · 114 mm rain
- Tuscaloosa in MarchUnited States · 265 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 8.2°C · 143 mm rain
- Mobile in MarchUnited States · 270 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 11.8°C · 119 mm rain
- Lafayette (Louisiana), United States in MarchUnited States · 289 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 12.1°C · 109 mm rain
- Memphis in MarchUnited States · 317 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 6.3°C · 127 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 Jackson) is explained once on the Jackson year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.