Climate averages 1991–2020
Kalamazoo weather
in March.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Kalamazoo: daytime highs average 6.8°C and nights cool to about -2.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 68 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wyoming (70 km away). In March its highs average 6.2°C, 0.6°C cooler than Kalamazoo, with 63 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Kalamazoo ranks joint 438th of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 210th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Kalamazoo is 8.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.9°C to 13.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 68 mm to 100 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Kalamazoo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.8°C-7.7°C | -7.7°C | 70 | 11.3 | 9.59 h |
| February | 0.8°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 56 | 8.3 | 10.511 h |
| March, selected | 6.8°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 68 | 10.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.7°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 100 | 12.7 | 13.313 h |
| May | 20.0°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 111 | 13.0 | 14.615 h |
| June | 25.1°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 110 | 11.7 | 15.215 h |
| July | 27.1°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 101 | 11.3 | 14.915 h |
| August | 26.1°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 97 | 11.0 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.4°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 79 | 9.7 | 12.513 h |
| October | 15.4°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 87 | 11.0 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.0°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 71 | 10.1 | 9.810 h |
| December | 2.0°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 63 | 11.1 | 9.29 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Wyoming in MarchUnited States · 70 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low -3.3°C · 63 mm rain
- Grand Rapids in MarchUnited States · 75 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low -3.3°C · 63 mm rain
- South Bend in MarchUnited States · 87 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low -1.8°C · 72 mm rain
- Lansing in MarchUnited States · 98 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low -3.2°C · 60 mm rain
- Fort Wayne in MarchUnited States · 135 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low -1.6°C · 80 mm rain
- Ann Arbor in MarchUnited States · 152 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -3.1°C · 65 mm rain
- Gary in MarchUnited States · 165 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -1.2°C · 77 mm rain
- Canton (Michigan), United States in MarchUnited States · 173 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low -2.9°C · 64 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 Kalamazoo) is explained once on the Kalamazoo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.