Climate averages 1991–2020
Lafayette (Indiana), United States weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Lafayette (Indiana), United States: daytime highs average 9.7°C and nights cool to about -0.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 84 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 8th 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 Carmel (81 km away). In March its highs average 9.8°C, about as warm as Lafayette (Indiana), United States, with 96 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Lafayette (Indiana), United States ranks joint 372nd of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 290th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Lafayette (Indiana), United States is 5.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.7°C to 16.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 84 mm to 109 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
Lafayette (Indiana), United States climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.1°C-6.8°C | -6.8°C | 70 | 9.1 | 9.610 h |
| February | 3.7°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 59 | 8.2 | 10.611 h |
| March, selected | 9.7°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 84 | 10.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.4°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 109 | 11.7 | 13.313 h |
| May | 21.9°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 109 | 13.3 | 14.414 h |
| June | 26.4°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 110 | 12.8 | 15.015 h |
| July | 28.1°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 92 | 11.2 | 14.715 h |
| August | 27.6°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 82 | 9.8 | 13.814 h |
| September | 24.5°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 68 | 8.1 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.7°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 79 | 9.0 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.0°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 78 | 8.5 | 10.010 h |
| December | 3.7°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 64 | 9.2 | 9.39 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
- Carmel in MarchUnited States · 81 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low -0.1°C · 96 mm rain
- Fishers in MarchUnited States · 89 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low -0.1°C · 96 mm rain
- Indianapolis in MarchUnited States · 94 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 0.4°C · 97 mm rain
- Champaign in MarchUnited States · 121 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 0.0°C · 85 mm rain
- Muncie in MarchUnited States · 129 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low -0.7°C · 91 mm rain
- Gary in MarchUnited States · 137 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -1.2°C · 77 mm rain
- Hammond in MarchUnited States · 140 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -1.2°C · 77 mm rain
- Bloomington (Indiana), United States in MarchUnited States · 142 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 1.4°C · 101 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 Lafayette) is explained once on the Lafayette (Indiana), United States year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.