Climate averages 1991–2020
Quincy weather
in March.
A cold, 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 cold month in Quincy: daytime highs average 6.6°C and nights cool to about -1.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 116 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dorchester (8 km away). In March its highs average 6.7°C, about as warm as Quincy, with 116 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Quincy ranks joint 446th of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 448th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Quincy is 8.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.0°C to 12.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 116 mm to 100 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
Quincy climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.0°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 94 | 10.0 | 9.59 h |
| February | 3.2°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 84 | 8.9 | 10.511 h |
| March, selected | 6.6°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 116 | 11.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.5°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 100 | 11.0 | 13.313 h |
| May | 18.0°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 81 | 10.6 | 14.615 h |
| June | 23.2°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 87 | 10.1 | 15.215 h |
| July | 26.6°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 73 | 9.6 | 14.915 h |
| August | 25.8°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 85 | 9.1 | 13.914 h |
| September | 21.9°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 88 | 8.1 | 12.513 h |
| October | 15.9°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 108 | 9.8 | 11.111 h |
| November | 10.0°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 95 | 9.6 | 9.810 h |
| December | 4.9°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 115 | 10.8 | 9.29 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
- Dorchester in MarchUnited States · 8 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -1.9°C · 116 mm rain
- Boston in MarchUnited States · 13 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -2.4°C · 116 mm rain
- Brockton in MarchUnited States · 19 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low -1.2°C · 112 mm rain
- Newton in MarchUnited States · 19 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low -2.0°C · 109 mm rain
- Lynn in MarchUnited States · 24 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -1.3°C · 115 mm rain
- Lowell in MarchUnited States · 50 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low -2.6°C · 104 mm rain
- Pawtucket in MarchUnited States · 52 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low -1.3°C · 109 mm rain
- Lawrence (Massachusetts), United States in MarchUnited States · 52 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -2.6°C · 104 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 Quincy) is explained once on the Quincy year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Boston and Dorchester lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.