Climate averages 1991–2020
Minneapolis weather
in March.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Minneapolis: daytime highs average 4.9°C and nights cool to about -4.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saint Paul (14 km away). In March its highs average 5.0°C, about as warm as Minneapolis, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Minneapolis ranks 481st of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 97th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Minneapolis is 10.0°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 7.6°C to 12.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 51 mm to 81 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
Minneapolis climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -5.3°C-13.7°C | -13.7°C | 24 | 5.8 | 9.29 h |
| February | -2.3°C-11.4°C | -11.4°C | 26 | 4.9 | 10.410 h |
| March, selected | 4.9°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 51 | 7.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.5°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 81 | 10.6 | 13.513 h |
| May | 19.5°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 110 | 11.9 | 14.815 h |
| June | 24.9°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 110 | 12.1 | 15.516 h |
| July | 27.4°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 90 | 10.6 | 15.215 h |
| August | 26.2°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 98 | 10.0 | 14.114 h |
| September | 21.8°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 84 | 9.4 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.6°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 67 | 8.8 | 11.011 h |
| November | 4.7°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 49 | 6.9 | 9.610 h |
| December | -2.5°C-9.7°C | -9.7°C | 35 | 6.1 | 8.89 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
- Saint Paul in MarchUnited States · 14 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low -4.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Brooklyn Park in MarchUnited States · 15 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -4.9°C · 51 mm rain
- Plymouth, United States in MarchUnited States · 15 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -4.8°C · 51 mm rain
- Bloomington (Minnesota), United States in MarchUnited States · 16 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low -4.4°C · 54 mm rain
- Rochester (Minnesota), United States in MarchUnited States · 124 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -4.3°C · 60 mm rain
- Duluth in MarchUnited States · 220 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -6.1°C · 49 mm precipitation
- Sioux Falls in MarchUnited States · 319 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -4.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Fargo in MarchUnited States · 345 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -7.2°C · 35 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 Minneapolis) is explained once on the Minneapolis year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Brooklyn Park lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.