Climate averages 1991–2020
Memphis weather
in March.
A mild, 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 mild month in Memphis: daytime highs average 16.5°C and nights cool to about 6.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 127 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a wet month (the wettest month of the year). 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 (97 km away). In March its highs average 15.7°C, 0.9°C cooler than Memphis, with 126 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Memphis ranks joint 243rd of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 468th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Memphis is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.1°C to 21.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 127 mm to 122 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
Memphis climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.3°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 98 | 9.6 | 10.110 h |
| February | 11.8°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 104 | 9.2 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 16.5°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 127 | 11.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.6°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 122 | 10.0 | 13.113 h |
| May | 26.3°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 117 | 11.0 | 14.014 h |
| June | 30.5°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 87 | 9.7 | 14.514 h |
| July | 32.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 93 | 10.4 | 14.314 h |
| August | 31.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 75 | 8.5 | 13.513 h |
| September | 28.7°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 74 | 7.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.7°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 102 | 7.4 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.7°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 101 | 8.5 | 10.410 h |
| December | 10.9°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 126 | 9.7 | 9.810 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
- Jonesboro in MarchUnited States · 97 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 6.0°C · 126 mm rain
- Little Rock in MarchUnited States · 209 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 7.3°C · 122 mm rain
- Clarksville in MarchUnited States · 287 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 4.9°C · 124 mm rain
- Franklin in MarchUnited States · 300 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 5.3°C · 127 mm rain
- Tuscaloosa in MarchUnited States · 314 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 8.2°C · 143 mm rain
- Nashville in MarchUnited States · 316 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 4.6°C · 126 mm rain
- Jackson in MarchUnited States · 317 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 8.8°C · 121 mm rain
- Huntsville in MarchUnited States · 319 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 6.2°C · 145 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 Memphis) is explained once on the Memphis year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.