Climate averages 1991–2020
Shreveport weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Shreveport: daytime highs average 19.8°C and nights cool to about 9.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 132 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Longview (93 km away). In March its highs average 19.6°C, about as warm as Shreveport, with 111 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Shreveport ranks joint 109th of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 472nd of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Shreveport is 4.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 23.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 132 mm to 133 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
Shreveport climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.4°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 108 | 9.4 | 10.310 h |
| February | 15.6°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 105 | 9.2 | 11.011 h |
| March, selected | 19.8°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 132 | 10.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 23.9°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 133 | 9.2 | 13.013 h |
| May | 28.3°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 104 | 11.3 | 13.814 h |
| June | 31.9°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 95 | 10.3 | 14.214 h |
| July | 33.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 74 | 9.3 | 14.114 h |
| August | 34.1°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 73 | 8.2 | 13.313 h |
| September | 30.8°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 78 | 7.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.2°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 108 | 7.0 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.7°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 103 | 7.7 | 10.511 h |
| December | 14.3°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 120 | 9.3 | 10.110 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
- Longview in MarchUnited States · 93 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 9.4°C · 111 mm rain
- Tyler in MarchUnited States · 147 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 9.4°C · 107 mm rain
- Lake Charles in MarchUnited States · 262 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 12.2°C · 104 mm rain
- Mesquite in MarchUnited States · 268 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 9.3°C · 105 mm rain
- Beaumont in MarchUnited States · 273 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 12.4°C · 99 mm rain
- Garland in MarchUnited States · 274 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 9.2°C · 100 mm rain
- McKinney in MarchUnited States · 278 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 8.9°C · 105 mm rain
- Allen in MarchUnited States · 280 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 9.1°C · 100 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 Shreveport) is explained once on the Shreveport year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.