Climate averages 1991–2020
Richmond 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 Richmond: daytime highs average 14.1°C and nights cool to about 3.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 101 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 Newport News (111 km away). In March its highs average 14.4°C, about as warm as Richmond, with 100 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Richmond ranks joint 280th of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 359th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Richmond is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.8°C to 19.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 101 mm to 82 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
Richmond climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.9°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 85 | 9.2 | 9.910 h |
| February | 9.8°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 75 | 8.3 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 14.1°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 101 | 10.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.9°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 82 | 9.5 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.4°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 82 | 11.0 | 14.214 h |
| June | 28.8°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 97 | 11.2 | 14.715 h |
| July | 31.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 106 | 13.0 | 14.514 h |
| August | 29.9°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 109 | 10.8 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.3°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 112 | 9.3 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.5°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 93 | 7.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.4°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 82 | 7.8 | 10.210 h |
| December | 9.7°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 89 | 8.8 | 9.610 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
- Newport News in MarchUnited States · 111 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 4.9°C · 100 mm rain
- East Hampton in MarchUnited States · 115 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 5.0°C · 101 mm rain
- Suffolk in MarchUnited States · 120 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 5.1°C · 100 mm rain
- Portsmouth Heights in MarchUnited States · 126 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 4.8°C · 98 mm rain
- Norfolk in MarchUnited States · 130 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 4.9°C · 98 mm rain
- Centreville in MarchUnited States · 143 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 2.2°C · 96 mm rain
- Alexandria, United States in MarchUnited States · 144 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 2.3°C · 98 mm rain
- Lynchburg in MarchUnited States · 149 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 3.2°C · 105 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 Richmond) is explained once on the Richmond year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.