Climate averages 1991–2020
Lexington weather
in March.
A cool, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Lexington: daytime highs average 12.5°C and nights cool to about 2.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 114 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a wet month (the 10th 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 Louisville (116 km away). In March its highs average 13.0°C, about as warm as Lexington, with 114 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Lexington ranks joint 297th of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 440th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Lexington is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.9°C to 18.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 114 mm to 125 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
Lexington climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.3°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 93 | 10.4 | 9.910 h |
| February | 7.7°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 96 | 10.3 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 12.5°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 114 | 12.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.4°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 125 | 12.1 | 13.213 h |
| May | 23.0°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 121 | 13.4 | 14.214 h |
| June | 27.6°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 109 | 13.3 | 14.815 h |
| July | 29.4°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 105 | 12.5 | 14.515 h |
| August | 29.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 79 | 10.5 | 13.614 h |
| September | 25.6°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 89 | 8.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.2°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 86 | 8.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 12.3°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 88 | 8.9 | 10.210 h |
| December | 7.1°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 106 | 10.8 | 9.610 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
- Louisville in MarchUnited States · 116 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 2.7°C · 114 mm rain
- Cincinnati in MarchUnited States · 127 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 1.0°C · 105 mm rain
- Meads in MarchUnited States · 162 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 2.7°C · 110 mm rain
- Dayton in MarchUnited States · 198 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 0.4°C · 100 mm rain
- Bloomington (Indiana), United States in MarchUnited States · 221 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 1.4°C · 101 mm rain
- Knoxville in MarchUnited States · 231 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 4.2°C · 123 mm rain
- Indianapolis in MarchUnited States · 246 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 0.4°C · 97 mm rain
- Columbus in MarchUnited States · 254 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low -0.2°C · 98 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 Lexington) is explained once on the Lexington year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.