Climate averages 1991–2020
Pittsburgh weather
in March.
A cool, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Pittsburgh: daytime highs average 9.9°C and nights cool to about -0.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 108 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes March a wet month (the 8th 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 Canton (Ohio), United States (123 km away). In March its highs average 8.4°C, 1.5°C cooler than Pittsburgh, with 93 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Pittsburgh ranks joint 362nd of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 416th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Pittsburgh is 5.0°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.7°C to 16.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 108 mm to 119 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
Pittsburgh climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.8°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 92 | 12.0 | 9.610 h |
| February | 4.8°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 80 | 10.9 | 10.611 h |
| March, selected | 9.9°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 108 | 12.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.6°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 119 | 13.8 | 13.313 h |
| May | 21.6°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 123 | 14.3 | 14.414 h |
| June | 26.0°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 126 | 13.6 | 15.015 h |
| July | 28.2°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 116 | 14.0 | 14.815 h |
| August | 27.5°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 93 | 11.9 | 13.814 h |
| September | 23.9°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 101 | 10.4 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.4°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 93 | 10.7 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.6°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 88 | 10.0 | 10.010 h |
| December | 5.1°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 89 | 11.6 | 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
- Canton (Ohio), United States in MarchUnited States · 123 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low -1.3°C · 93 mm rain
- Akron in MarchUnited States · 147 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low -1.8°C · 92 mm rain
- Parma, United States in MarchUnited States · 180 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low -1.9°C · 84 mm rain
- Cleveland in MarchUnited States · 185 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low -1.7°C · 84 mm rain
- Erie in MarchUnited States · 188 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -2.4°C · 93 mm rain
- Columbus in MarchUnited States · 261 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low -0.2°C · 98 mm rain
- Germantown in MarchUnited States · 272 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 1.2°C · 97 mm rain
- Centreville in MarchUnited States · 283 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 2.2°C · 96 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 Pittsburgh) is explained once on the Pittsburgh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.