Climate averages 1991–2020
Roanoke weather
in March.
A cool, wet month: the joint 8th warmest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Roanoke: daytime highs average 13.5°C and nights cool to about 2.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 102 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lynchburg (72 km away). In March its highs average 14.0°C, 0.5°C warmer than Roanoke, with 105 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Roanoke ranks joint 284th of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 367th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Roanoke is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.9°C to 19.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 102 mm to 90 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
Roanoke climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.9°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 83 | 8.6 | 9.910 h |
| February | 9.0°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 75 | 8.5 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 13.5°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 102 | 10.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.3°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 90 | 10.2 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.5°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 95 | 12.3 | 14.114 h |
| June | 27.8°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 91 | 11.7 | 14.715 h |
| July | 30.0°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 83 | 11.6 | 14.514 h |
| August | 29.1°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 76 | 9.8 | 13.614 h |
| September | 25.5°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 102 | 9.3 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.8°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 79 | 7.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.5°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 76 | 7.5 | 10.210 h |
| December | 8.5°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 84 | 8.3 | 9.710 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
- Lynchburg in MarchUnited States · 72 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 3.2°C · 105 mm rain
- Winston-Salem in MarchUnited States · 133 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 3.8°C · 108 mm rain
- Greensboro in MarchUnited States · 134 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 4.0°C · 108 mm rain
- High Point in MarchUnited States · 146 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 4.0°C · 110 mm rain
- Durham in MarchUnited States · 170 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 4.6°C · 108 mm rain
- Cary in MarchUnited States · 194 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 5.3°C · 104 mm rain
- Raleigh in MarchUnited States · 203 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 5.5°C · 104 mm rain
- Concord (North Carolina), United States in MarchUnited States · 215 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 5.5°C · 107 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 Roanoke) is explained once on the Roanoke year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.