Climate averages 1991–2020
Louisville 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 Louisville: daytime highs average 13.0°C and nights cool to about 2.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 114 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 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lexington (116 km away). In March its highs average 12.5°C, about as warm as Louisville, with 114 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Louisville ranks joint 289th 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; Louisville is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.1°C to 19.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 114 mm to 127 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
Louisville climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.2°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 91 | 9.7 | 9.810 h |
| February | 7.8°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 84 | 9.3 | 10.711 h |
| March, selected | 13.0°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 114 | 11.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.1°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 127 | 12.0 | 13.213 h |
| May | 23.9°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 128 | 12.8 | 14.214 h |
| June | 28.5°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 102 | 11.7 | 14.815 h |
| July | 30.4°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 101 | 11.8 | 14.515 h |
| August | 30.0°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 71 | 9.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.5°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 77 | 7.7 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.9°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 85 | 8.1 | 11.211 h |
| November | 12.6°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 89 | 9.3 | 10.110 h |
| December | 7.1°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 102 | 10.1 | 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
- Lexington in MarchUnited States · 116 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 2.4°C · 114 mm rain
- Bloomington (Indiana), United States in MarchUnited States · 121 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 1.4°C · 101 mm rain
- Cincinnati in MarchUnited States · 145 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 1.0°C · 105 mm rain
- Evansville in MarchUnited States · 160 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 3.6°C · 111 mm rain
- Indianapolis in MarchUnited States · 172 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 0.4°C · 97 mm rain
- Fishers in MarchUnited States · 190 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low -0.1°C · 96 mm rain
- Carmel in MarchUnited States · 194 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low -0.1°C · 96 mm rain
- Dayton in MarchUnited States · 215 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 0.4°C · 100 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 Louisville) is explained once on the Louisville year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.