Climate averages 1991–2020
Manchester, United States weather
in March.
A cold, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Manchester, United States: daytime highs average 5.9°C and nights cool to about -3.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 100 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 54 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nashua (26 km away). In March its highs average 6.4°C, about as warm as Manchester, United States, with 103 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Manchester, United States ranks joint 471st of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 347th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Manchester, United States is 9.0°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 7.0°C to 13.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 100 mm to 95 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
Manchester, United States climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.2°C-9.1°C | -9.1°C | 78 | 9.4 | 9.49 h |
| February | 1.4°C-8.2°C | -8.2°C | 76 | 8.8 | 10.510 h |
| March, selected | 5.9°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 100 | 10.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.0°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 95 | 10.5 | 13.413 h |
| May | 19.1°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 80 | 10.6 | 14.615 h |
| June | 24.5°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 91 | 11.5 | 15.315 h |
| July | 27.7°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 89 | 10.3 | 15.015 h |
| August | 26.7°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 87 | 9.7 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.3°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 87 | 8.4 | 12.513 h |
| October | 15.2°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 101 | 9.4 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.5°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 87 | 9.4 | 9.810 h |
| December | 2.8°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 104 | 10.2 | 9.19 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
- Nashua in MarchUnited States · 26 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low -3.2°C · 103 mm rain
- Lawrence (Massachusetts), United States in MarchUnited States · 40 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -2.6°C · 104 mm rain
- Lowell in MarchUnited States · 42 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low -2.6°C · 104 mm rain
- Lynn in MarchUnited States · 72 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -1.3°C · 115 mm rain
- Newton in MarchUnited States · 76 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low -2.0°C · 109 mm rain
- Boston in MarchUnited States · 78 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -2.4°C · 116 mm rain
- Dorchester in MarchUnited States · 84 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -1.9°C · 116 mm rain
- Worcester, United States in MarchUnited States · 86 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low -2.9°C · 107 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 Manchester) is explained once on the Manchester, United States year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.