Climate averages 1991–2020
Rock Hill weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the 8th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Rock Hill: daytime highs average 16.7°C and nights cool to about 6.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 107 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Charlotte (37 km away). In March its highs average 16.1°C, 0.6°C cooler than Rock Hill, with 106 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Rock Hill ranks joint 235th of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 407th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Rock Hill is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.1°C to 21.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 107 mm to 89 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
Rock Hill climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.5°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 95 | 9.5 | 10.110 h |
| February | 12.6°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 87 | 8.8 | 10.911 h |
| March, selected | 16.7°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 107 | 9.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.8°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 89 | 8.7 | 13.013 h |
| May | 26.2°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 73 | 9.6 | 14.014 h |
| June | 29.8°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 96 | 11.8 | 14.514 h |
| July | 31.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 93 | 13.5 | 14.314 h |
| August | 30.4°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 102 | 11.5 | 13.513 h |
| September | 27.4°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 93 | 8.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 22.0°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 83 | 6.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 16.2°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 80 | 7.5 | 10.410 h |
| December | 11.9°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 96 | 9.1 | 9.910 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
- Charlotte in MarchUnited States · 37 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 5.0°C · 106 mm rain
- Gastonia in MarchUnited States · 40 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 5.5°C · 114 mm rain
- Concord (North Carolina), United States in MarchUnited States · 67 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 5.5°C · 107 mm rain
- Columbia (South Carolina), United States in MarchUnited States · 103 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 7.1°C · 89 mm rain
- High Point in MarchUnited States · 147 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 4.0°C · 110 mm rain
- Winston-Salem in MarchUnited States · 149 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 3.8°C · 108 mm rain
- Asheville in MarchUnited States · 158 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 2.4°C · 106 mm rain
- Greensboro in MarchUnited States · 170 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 4.0°C · 108 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 Rock Hill) is explained once on the Rock Hill year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.