Climate averages 1991–2020
Newark 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 Newark: daytime highs average 9.4°C and nights cool to about -0.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 107 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 Passaic (14 km away). In March its highs average 8.8°C, 0.6°C cooler than Newark, with 107 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Newark ranks joint 378th of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 407th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Newark is 5.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.5°C to 15.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 107 mm to 94 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
Newark climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.4°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 85 | 9.2 | 9.610 h |
| February | 4.9°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 78 | 8.5 | 10.611 h |
| March, selected | 9.4°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 107 | 10.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.9°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 94 | 10.8 | 13.313 h |
| May | 21.3°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 90 | 11.7 | 14.414 h |
| June | 26.3°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 104 | 11.2 | 15.015 h |
| July | 29.2°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 106 | 11.0 | 14.815 h |
| August | 28.1°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 102 | 10.7 | 13.814 h |
| September | 24.2°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 102 | 9.4 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.7°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 99 | 8.7 | 11.211 h |
| November | 11.5°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 80 | 8.2 | 10.010 h |
| December | 6.1°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 103 | 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
- Passaic in MarchUnited States · 14 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low -0.6°C · 107 mm rain
- New York City in MarchUnited States · 14 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -0.6°C · 105 mm rain
- Manhattan in MarchUnited States · 18 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -0.7°C · 105 mm rain
- Staten Island in MarchUnited States · 19 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 0.4°C · 106 mm rain
- Paterson in MarchUnited States · 20 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low -0.6°C · 108 mm rain
- Brooklyn in MarchUnited States · 21 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low -0.2°C · 105 mm rain
- The Bronx in MarchUnited States · 29 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -0.7°C · 107 mm rain
- Queens in MarchUnited States · 29 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 0.2°C · 107 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 Newark) is explained once on the Newark year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Passaic lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.