Climate averages 1991–2020
Nashville weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Nashville: daytime highs average 15.1°C and nights cool to about 4.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 126 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Franklin (28 km away). In March its highs average 15.4°C, about as warm as Nashville, with 127 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Nashville ranks joint 265th of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 466th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Nashville is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.3°C to 20.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 126 mm to 128 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
Nashville climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.8°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 104 | 10.4 | 10.010 h |
| February | 10.3°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 116 | 10.4 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 15.1°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 126 | 11.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.4°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 128 | 11.0 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.0°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 123 | 12.5 | 14.114 h |
| June | 29.4°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 99 | 12.5 | 14.615 h |
| July | 31.2°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 106 | 12.8 | 14.414 h |
| August | 30.9°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 84 | 10.5 | 13.514 h |
| September | 27.6°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 83 | 8.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.5°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 91 | 8.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.5°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 99 | 9.1 | 10.310 h |
| December | 9.5°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 124 | 10.7 | 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
- Franklin in MarchUnited States · 28 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 5.3°C · 127 mm rain
- Murfreesboro in MarchUnited States · 50 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 5.4°C · 133 mm rain
- Clarksville in MarchUnited States · 65 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 4.9°C · 124 mm rain
- Huntsville in MarchUnited States · 161 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 6.2°C · 145 mm rain
- Chattanooga in MarchUnited States · 182 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 5.6°C · 133 mm rain
- East Chattanooga in MarchUnited States · 185 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 5.4°C · 133 mm rain
- Evansville in MarchUnited States · 212 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 3.6°C · 111 mm rain
- Louisville in MarchUnited States · 249 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 2.7°C · 114 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 Nashville) is explained once on the Nashville year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.