Climate averages 1991–2020
Spokane weather
in March.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Spokane: daytime highs average 9.7°C and nights cool to about -0.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 63 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Spokane Valley (14 km away). In March its highs average 9.1°C, 0.6°C cooler than Spokane, with 70 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Spokane ranks joint 372nd of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 174th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Spokane is 5.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.6°C to 14.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 63 mm to 50 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
Spokane climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.2°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 69 | 12.7 | 8.99 h |
| February | 5.0°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 49 | 10.0 | 10.210 h |
| March, selected | 9.7°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 63 | 12.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.3°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 50 | 9.8 | 13.614 h |
| May | 19.9°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 46 | 8.0 | 15.115 h |
| June | 23.8°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 33 | 6.0 | 15.916 h |
| July | 29.7°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 13 | 2.7 | 15.616 h |
| August | 29.3°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 12 | 2.3 | 14.314 h |
| September | 23.7°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 19 | 4.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.1°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 46 | 7.9 | 10.911 h |
| November | 6.8°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 73 | 12.6 | 9.49 h |
| December | 1.9°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 78 | 12.3 | 8.59 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
- Spokane Valley in MarchUnited States · 14 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low -1.2°C · 70 mm rain
- Tri-Cities in MarchUnited States · 207 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 2.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Kennewick in MarchUnited States · 207 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 2.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Yakima in MarchUnited States · 261 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low -0.4°C · 33 mm rain
- Missoula in MarchUnited States · 274 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low -1.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Kelowna in MarchCanada · 290 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low 0.0°C · 55 mm rain
- Bellevue in MarchUnited States · 358 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 2.9°C · 139 mm rain
- Kirkland in MarchUnited States · 358 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 2.8°C · 139 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 Spokane) is explained once on the Spokane year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.