Climate averages 1991–2020
Montgomery 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 Montgomery: daytime highs average 19.6°C and nights cool to about 8.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 111 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Columbus, United States (124 km away). In March its highs average 19.8°C, about as warm as Montgomery, with 107 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Montgomery ranks joint 125th of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 428th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Montgomery is 4.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 23.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 111 mm to 95 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
Montgomery climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.4°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 106 | 9.6 | 10.310 h |
| February | 15.8°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 110 | 9.3 | 11.011 h |
| March, selected | 19.6°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 111 | 9.4 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.8°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 95 | 8.3 | 13.013 h |
| May | 28.4°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 79 | 9.0 | 13.814 h |
| June | 31.3°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 95 | 12.4 | 14.214 h |
| July | 32.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 100 | 14.8 | 14.114 h |
| August | 32.4°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 90 | 13.9 | 13.313 h |
| September | 30.2°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 78 | 8.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.9°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 73 | 6.5 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.9°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 96 | 7.2 | 10.511 h |
| December | 14.6°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 110 | 9.6 | 10.110 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
- Columbus, United States in MarchUnited States · 124 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 8.4°C · 107 mm rain
- Hoover in MarchUnited States · 125 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 7.5°C · 146 mm rain
- Birmingham, United States in MarchUnited States · 137 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 7.3°C · 146 mm rain
- Tuscaloosa in MarchUnited States · 151 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 8.2°C · 143 mm rain
- South Fulton in MarchUnited States · 204 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 7.3°C · 112 mm rain
- Albany (Georgia), United States in MarchUnited States · 220 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 9.5°C · 105 mm rain
- Atlanta in MarchUnited States · 235 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 6.3°C · 113 mm rain
- Mobile in MarchUnited States · 249 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 11.8°C · 119 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 Montgomery) is explained once on the Montgomery year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.