Climate averages 1991–2020

Little Rock weather
in March.

A mild, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.

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

Average high 17.2°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 7.3°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 122 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a mild month in Little Rock: daytime highs average 17.2°C and nights cool to about 7.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 122 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Jonesboro (189 km away). In March its highs average 15.7°C, 1.6°C cooler than Little Rock, with 126 mm of rain.

Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Little Rock ranks joint 221st of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 461st of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Little Rock is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 4.9°C to 22.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 122 mm to 128 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

Little Rock climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Little Rock, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	10.1°C1.3°C	1.3°C	89	9.0	10.110 h
February	12.5°C3.1°C	3.1°C	95	9.3	10.911 h
March, selected	17.2°C7.3°C	7.3°C	122	11.1	11.912 h
April	22.1°C12.0°C	12.0°C	128	9.7	13.013 h
May	26.6°C17.1°C	17.1°C	138	12.2	14.014 h
June	31.1°C21.6°C	21.6°C	78	9.4	14.414 h
July	33.1°C23.7°C	23.7°C	85	10.4	14.214 h
August	32.8°C23.3°C	23.3°C	70	8.7	13.513 h
September	29.0°C19.5°C	19.5°C	89	6.8	12.412 h
October	23.2°C13.4°C	13.4°C	97	7.6	11.311 h
November	16.2°C7.3°C	7.3°C	106	8.2	10.410 h
December	11.3°C2.9°C	2.9°C	116	9.1	9.910 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 Little Rock

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 Little Rock) is explained once on the Little Rock year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.