Climate averages 1991–2020
Meads weather
in March.
A cool, wet month: the joint 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 Meads: daytime highs average 13.0°C and nights cool to about 2.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 110 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 Lexington (162 km away). In March its highs average 12.5°C, about as warm as Meads, with 114 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Meads ranks joint 289th of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 426th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Meads 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 falls from 110 mm to 108 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
Meads climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.8°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 90 | 10.7 | 9.810 h |
| February | 8.0°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 91 | 10.3 | 10.711 h |
| March, selected | 13.0°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 110 | 12.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.1°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 108 | 12.4 | 13.213 h |
| May | 23.2°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 119 | 12.8 | 14.214 h |
| June | 27.7°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 113 | 13.4 | 14.815 h |
| July | 29.6°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 109 | 13.2 | 14.615 h |
| August | 29.2°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 84 | 11.6 | 13.714 h |
| September | 25.9°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 91 | 8.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.8°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 80 | 8.8 | 11.211 h |
| November | 13.0°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 85 | 9.0 | 10.110 h |
| December | 7.7°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 95 | 10.3 | 9.510 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 · 162 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 2.4°C · 114 mm rain
- Columbus in MarchUnited States · 174 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low -0.2°C · 98 mm rain
- Cincinnati in MarchUnited States · 176 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 1.0°C · 105 mm rain
- Dayton in MarchUnited States · 197 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 0.4°C · 100 mm rain
- Louisville in MarchUnited States · 267 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 2.7°C · 114 mm rain
- Roanoke in MarchUnited States · 274 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 2.5°C · 102 mm rain
- Canton (Ohio), United States in MarchUnited States · 289 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low -1.3°C · 93 mm rain
- Knoxville in MarchUnited States · 293 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 4.2°C · 123 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 Meads) is explained once on the Meads year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.