Climate averages 1991–2020
Omaha weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Omaha: daytime highs average 9.9°C and nights cool to about -1.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lincoln (79 km away). In March its highs average 10.8°C, 0.8°C warmer than Omaha, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Omaha ranks joint 362nd of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 156th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Omaha is 5.0°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.4°C to 16.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 60 mm to 104 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Omaha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.0°C-9.2°C | -9.2°C | 26 | 4.8 | 9.610 h |
| February | 2.7°C-7.3°C | -7.3°C | 32 | 5.7 | 10.611 h |
| March, selected | 9.9°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 60 | 7.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.3°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 104 | 11.0 | 13.313 h |
| May | 22.0°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 139 | 12.7 | 14.514 h |
| June | 27.3°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 131 | 11.4 | 15.115 h |
| July | 29.6°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 88 | 9.3 | 14.815 h |
| August | 28.6°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 90 | 9.1 | 13.814 h |
| September | 24.8°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 77 | 8.1 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.4°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 68 | 7.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 9.2°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 44 | 5.2 | 9.910 h |
| December | 2.2°C-6.3°C | -6.3°C | 36 | 5.1 | 9.39 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Lincoln in MarchUnited States · 79 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low -0.4°C · 54 mm rain
- Sioux City in MarchUnited States · 143 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low -2.7°C · 55 mm rain
- Saint Joseph in MarchUnited States · 190 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 0.9°C · 76 mm rain
- Des Moines in MarchUnited States · 198 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low -1.6°C · 67 mm rain
- Topeka in MarchUnited States · 247 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 2.0°C · 73 mm rain
- Lawrence (Kansas), United States in MarchUnited States · 261 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 2.1°C · 74 mm rain
- Sioux Falls in MarchUnited States · 262 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -4.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Kansas City in MarchUnited States · 266 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 1.8°C · 78 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 Omaha) is explained once on the Omaha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.