Climate averages 1991–2020
Lynchburg weather
in March.
A cool, wet month: the 8th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Lynchburg: daytime highs average 14.0°C and nights cool to about 3.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 105 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Roanoke (72 km away). In March its highs average 13.5°C, 0.5°C cooler than Lynchburg, with 102 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Lynchburg ranks 282nd of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 383rd of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Lynchburg is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.7°C to 19.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 105 mm to 92 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
Lynchburg climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.3°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 94 | 8.8 | 9.910 h |
| February | 9.4°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 81 | 8.6 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 14.0°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 105 | 10.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.7°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 92 | 9.9 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.0°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 88 | 11.3 | 14.214 h |
| June | 28.5°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 84 | 10.9 | 14.715 h |
| July | 30.8°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 82 | 12.3 | 14.514 h |
| August | 29.8°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 74 | 9.9 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 104 | 8.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.1°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 86 | 7.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.9°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 86 | 7.5 | 10.210 h |
| December | 9.0°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 96 | 8.3 | 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
- Roanoke in MarchUnited States · 72 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 2.5°C · 102 mm rain
- Richmond in MarchUnited States · 149 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 3.5°C · 101 mm rain
- Durham in MarchUnited States · 159 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 4.6°C · 108 mm rain
- Greensboro in MarchUnited States · 160 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 4.0°C · 108 mm rain
- Winston-Salem in MarchUnited States · 176 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 3.8°C · 108 mm rain
- High Point in MarchUnited States · 179 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 4.0°C · 110 mm rain
- Cary in MarchUnited States · 183 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 5.3°C · 104 mm rain
- Raleigh in MarchUnited States · 188 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 5.5°C · 104 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 Lynchburg) is explained once on the Lynchburg year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.