Climate averages 1991–2020
New York City weather
in March.
A cool, wet month: the 9th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in New York City: daytime highs average 8.7°C and nights cool to about -0.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 105 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Manhattan (8 km away). In March its highs average 8.7°C, about as warm as New York City, with 105 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, New York City ranks joint 391st of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 383rd of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; New York City is 6.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.3°C to 15.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 105 mm to 91 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
New York City climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.1°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 81 | 9.1 | 9.610 h |
| February | 4.4°C-4.5°C | -4.5°C | 77 | 8.4 | 10.611 h |
| March, selected | 8.7°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 105 | 10.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.0°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 91 | 10.6 | 13.313 h |
| May | 20.4°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 85 | 10.9 | 14.414 h |
| June | 25.5°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 100 | 11.2 | 15.015 h |
| July | 28.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 103 | 11.1 | 14.815 h |
| August | 27.4°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 101 | 10.4 | 13.814 h |
| September | 23.6°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 94 | 9.4 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.3°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 97 | 8.5 | 11.211 h |
| November | 11.2°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 77 | 8.0 | 10.010 h |
| December | 5.8°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 100 | 9.7 | 9.39 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
- Manhattan in MarchUnited States · 8 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -0.7°C · 105 mm rain
- Brooklyn in MarchUnited States · 9 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low -0.2°C · 105 mm rain
- Newark in MarchUnited States · 14 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low -0.4°C · 107 mm rain
- Queens in MarchUnited States · 15 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 0.2°C · 107 mm rain
- Passaic in MarchUnited States · 19 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low -0.6°C · 107 mm rain
- The Bronx in MarchUnited States · 19 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -0.7°C · 107 mm rain
- Staten Island in MarchUnited States · 20 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 0.4°C · 106 mm rain
- Yonkers in MarchUnited States · 26 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low -0.6°C · 105 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 New York City) is explained once on the New York City year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Brooklyn and Manhattan lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.