Climate averages 1991–2020
Rochester (New York), United States weather
in March.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Rochester (New York), United States: daytime highs average 4.5°C and nights cool to about -3.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 80 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cheektowaga (97 km away). In March its highs average 4.8°C, about as warm as Rochester (New York), United States, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Rochester (New York), United States ranks 486th of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 275th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Rochester (New York), United States is 10.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.4°C to 10.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 80 mm to 100 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Rochester (New York), United States climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.2°C-6.7°C | -6.7°C | 85 | 15.5 | 9.49 h |
| February | 0.4°C-7.1°C | -7.1°C | 67 | 11.1 | 10.510 h |
| March, selected | 4.5°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 80 | 11.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 10.9°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 100 | 11.8 | 13.413 h |
| May | 17.3°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 81 | 11.4 | 14.615 h |
| June | 22.5°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 89 | 11.5 | 15.315 h |
| July | 25.7°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 89 | 11.1 | 15.015 h |
| August | 25.1°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 80 | 11.7 | 13.914 h |
| September | 21.6°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 88 | 10.7 | 12.513 h |
| October | 14.8°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 109 | 13.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.2°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 95 | 14.0 | 9.810 h |
| December | 2.6°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 95 | 15.9 | 9.19 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Cheektowaga in MarchUnited States · 97 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -3.8°C · 74 mm rain
- Amherst in MarchUnited States · 98 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low -3.6°C · 74 mm rain
- Buffalo in MarchUnited States · 107 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -3.5°C · 75 mm rain
- Niagara Falls in MarchCanada · 118 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -3.4°C · 75 mm rain
- Syracuse in MarchUnited States · 120 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low -3.7°C · 94 mm rain
- Oshawa in MarchCanada · 129 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -4.1°C · 60 mm rain
- St. Catharines in MarchCanada · 132 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -2.8°C · 73 mm rain
- Whitby in MarchCanada · 134 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -4.1°C · 61 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 Rochester) is explained once on the Rochester (New York), United States year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.