Climate averages 1991–2020

Jonesboro weather
in March.

A mild, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 15.7°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 6.0°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 126 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a mild month in Jonesboro: daytime highs average 15.7°C and nights cool to about 6.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 126 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Memphis (97 km away). In March its highs average 16.5°C, 0.9°C warmer than Jonesboro, with 127 mm of rain.

Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Jonesboro ranks joint 258th of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 466th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Jonesboro is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 5.3°C to 21.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 126 mm to 127 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Jonesboro climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Jonesboro, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	8.3°C-0.1°C	-0.1°C	93	9.1	10.010 h
February	10.7°C1.6°C	1.6°C	100	8.6	10.911 h
March, selected	15.7°C6.0°C	6.0°C	126	11.3	11.912 h
April	21.0°C11.3°C	11.3°C	127	10.4	13.113 h
May	25.7°C16.5°C	16.5°C	113	11.3	14.014 h
June	30.1°C21.1°C	21.1°C	82	9.4	14.515 h
July	31.8°C23.3°C	23.3°C	83	9.7	14.314 h
August	31.4°C22.6°C	22.6°C	70	8.4	13.514 h
September	27.9°C18.8°C	18.8°C	79	7.1	12.412 h
October	21.9°C12.7°C	12.7°C	96	7.7	11.311 h
November	14.9°C6.4°C	6.4°C	107	8.6	10.310 h
December	9.8°C1.8°C	1.8°C	112	8.7	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

Distance from Jonesboro

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Jonesboro) is explained once on the Jonesboro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.