Climate averages 1991–2020
Newport News 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 Newport News: daytime highs average 14.4°C and nights cool to about 4.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 100 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a wet month (the 9th 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 East Hampton (11 km away). In March its highs average 13.5°C, 0.9°C cooler than Newport News, with 101 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Newport News ranks joint 274th of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 347th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Newport News is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.5°C to 19.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 100 mm to 83 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
Newport News climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.1°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 87 | 9.3 | 9.910 h |
| February | 10.8°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 79 | 8.6 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 14.4°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 100 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.9°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 83 | 9.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.2°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 94 | 10.5 | 14.114 h |
| June | 28.3°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 95 | 11.7 | 14.715 h |
| July | 30.5°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 116 | 14.6 | 14.414 h |
| August | 29.4°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 111 | 12.0 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.2°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 115 | 10.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 21.1°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 95 | 7.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.4°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 85 | 8.3 | 10.210 h |
| December | 11.3°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 88 | 9.1 | 9.710 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
- East Hampton in MarchUnited States · 11 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 5.0°C · 101 mm rain
- Portsmouth Heights in MarchUnited States · 19 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 4.8°C · 98 mm rain
- Norfolk in MarchUnited States · 20 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 4.9°C · 98 mm rain
- Suffolk in MarchUnited States · 31 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 5.1°C · 100 mm rain
- Virginia Beach in MarchUnited States · 43 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 5.7°C · 101 mm rain
- Richmond in MarchUnited States · 111 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 3.5°C · 101 mm rain
- Greenville in MarchUnited States · 174 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 6.0°C · 93 mm rain
- Alexandria, United States in MarchUnited States · 210 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 2.3°C · 98 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 Newport News) is explained once on the Newport News year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.