Climate averages 1991–2020
Southfield weather
in March.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Southfield: daytime highs average 6.4°C and nights cool to about -2.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 61 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 4th 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 Farmington Hills (13 km away). In March its highs average 6.4°C, about as warm as Southfield, with 62 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Southfield ranks joint 453rd of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 161st of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Southfield is 8.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 7.0°C to 13.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 61 mm to 90 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
Southfield climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.6°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 60 | 9.6 | 9.59 h |
| February | 0.9°C-7.6°C | -7.6°C | 52 | 8.0 | 10.511 h |
| March, selected | 6.4°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 61 | 9.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.3°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 90 | 12.0 | 13.313 h |
| May | 19.9°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 94 | 12.7 | 14.615 h |
| June | 25.1°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 94 | 11.2 | 15.215 h |
| July | 27.3°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 80 | 11.4 | 15.015 h |
| August | 26.2°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 80 | 10.2 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.4°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 70 | 9.0 | 12.513 h |
| October | 15.3°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 71 | 9.6 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.0°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 66 | 9.3 | 9.810 h |
| December | 2.1°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 57 | 9.2 | 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
- Farmington Hills in MarchUnited States · 13 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low -3.1°C · 62 mm rain
- Troy in MarchUnited States · 16 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low -3.1°C · 61 mm rain
- Livonia in MarchUnited States · 16 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low -2.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Dearborn in MarchUnited States · 17 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -2.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Warren in MarchUnited States · 17 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low -3.1°C · 59 mm rain
- Sterling Heights in MarchUnited States · 20 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low -2.9°C · 59 mm rain
- Rochester Hills in MarchUnited States · 21 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -3.3°C · 60 mm rain
- Detroit in MarchUnited States · 21 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low -2.7°C · 65 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 Southfield) is explained once on the Southfield year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Troy lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.