Climate averages 1991–2020
Muncie weather
in March.
A cool, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Muncie: daytime highs average 9.3°C and nights cool to about -0.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 91 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fishers (60 km away). In March its highs average 9.9°C, 0.5°C warmer than Muncie, with 96 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Muncie ranks joint 381st of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 307th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Muncie is 5.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.8°C to 16.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 91 mm to 113 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
Muncie climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.2°C-6.9°C | -6.9°C | 77 | 9.6 | 9.710 h |
| February | 3.5°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 63 | 8.9 | 10.611 h |
| March, selected | 9.3°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 91 | 11.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.1°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 113 | 12.5 | 13.213 h |
| May | 21.4°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 114 | 13.8 | 14.414 h |
| June | 25.9°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 106 | 11.9 | 15.015 h |
| July | 27.7°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 86 | 11.5 | 14.715 h |
| August | 27.1°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 79 | 9.6 | 13.814 h |
| September | 23.9°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 67 | 7.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.2°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 80 | 8.9 | 11.211 h |
| November | 9.8°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 82 | 8.8 | 10.010 h |
| December | 3.6°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 74 | 10.0 | 9.49 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
- Fishers in MarchUnited States · 60 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low -0.1°C · 96 mm rain
- Carmel in MarchUnited States · 67 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low -0.1°C · 96 mm rain
- Indianapolis in MarchUnited States · 81 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 0.4°C · 97 mm rain
- Fort Wayne in MarchUnited States · 106 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low -1.6°C · 80 mm rain
- Dayton in MarchUnited States · 113 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 0.4°C · 100 mm rain
- Lafayette (Indiana), United States in MarchUnited States · 129 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low -0.4°C · 84 mm rain
- Cincinnati in MarchUnited States · 140 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 1.0°C · 105 mm rain
- Bloomington (Indiana), United States in MarchUnited States · 150 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 1.4°C · 101 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 Muncie) is explained once on the Muncie year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.