Climate averages 1991–2020
Redding weather
in March.
A mild, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Redding: daytime highs average 16.8°C and nights cool to about 5.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 189 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 9th 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 Chico (106 km away). In March its highs average 17.6°C, 0.8°C warmer than Redding, with 149 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Redding ranks joint 231st of 498 for the warmest March highs and 498th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Redding is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 20.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 189 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
Redding climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.5°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 236 | 12.5 | 9.610 h |
| February | 14.2°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 218 | 11.6 | 10.611 h |
| March, selected | 16.8°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 189 | 12.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.2°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 94 | 9.0 | 13.313 h |
| May | 26.0°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 58 | 6.2 | 14.414 h |
| June | 32.0°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 24 | 2.8 | 15.015 h |
| July | 36.9°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 2.3 | 0.4 | 14.815 h |
| August | 35.6°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 4.9 | 0.6 | 13.814 h |
| September | 32.1°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 13 | 1.7 | 12.513 h |
| October | 24.7°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 70 | 4.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 16.3°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 142 | 8.8 | 10.010 h |
| December | 11.9°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 253 | 12.9 | 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
- Chico in MarchUnited States · 106 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 6.2°C · 149 mm rain
- Medford in MarchUnited States · 198 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 2.3°C · 122 mm rain
- Roseville in MarchUnited States · 225 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 6.5°C · 120 mm rain
- Citrus Heights in MarchUnited States · 230 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 6.7°C · 120 mm rain
- Sacramento in MarchUnited States · 236 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 7.2°C · 92 mm rain
- Folsom in MarchUnited States · 236 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 6.5°C · 120 mm rain
- Arden-Arcade in MarchUnited States · 237 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 7.1°C · 92 mm rain
- Santa Rosa, United States in MarchUnited States · 240 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 6.3°C · 112 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 Redding) is explained once on the Redding year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.