Climate averages 1991–2020
Murrieta weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Murrieta: daytime highs average 19.7°C and nights cool to about 7.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Temecula (9 km away). In March its highs average 20.0°C, about as warm as Murrieta, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Murrieta ranks joint 116th 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; Murrieta is 4.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 22.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 51 mm to 25 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
Murrieta climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.9°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 70 | 5.8 | 10.210 h |
| February | 18.0°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 87 | 7.0 | 11.011 h |
| March, selected | 19.7°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 51 | 6.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 22.0°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 25 | 3.5 | 13.013 h |
| May | 24.7°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 11 | 2.1 | 13.914 h |
| June | 28.8°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 2.4 | 0.6 | 14.314 h |
| July | 32.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 3.9 | 0.8 | 14.114 h |
| August | 33.2°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 2.4 | 0.6 | 13.413 h |
| September | 31.3°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 5.0 | 1.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.5°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 17 | 2.7 | 11.411 h |
| November | 21.8°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 25 | 3.1 | 10.510 h |
| December | 17.6°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 52 | 4.8 | 10.010 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
- Temecula in MarchUnited States · 9 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 7.7°C · 51 mm rain
- Menifee in MarchUnited States · 20 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 6.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Perris in MarchUnited States · 25 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 6.9°C · 63 mm rain
- Hemet in MarchUnited States · 31 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 6.7°C · 55 mm rain
- Vista in MarchUnited States · 39 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 8.9°C · 57 mm rain
- Oceanside in MarchUnited States · 43 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 10.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Moreno Valley in MarchUnited States · 43 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 6.8°C · 56 mm rain
- Mission Viejo in MarchUnited States · 43 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 10.1°C · 46 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 Murrieta) is explained once on the Murrieta year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Temecula lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.