Climate averages 1991–2020
Springdale weather
in March.
A cool, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Springdale: daytime highs average 14.7°C and nights cool to about 4.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 106 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Fayetteville, United States (14 km away). In March its highs average 14.7°C, about as warm as Springdale, with 113 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Springdale ranks joint 271st of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 400th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Springdale is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.8°C to 19.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 106 mm to 131 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
Springdale climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.3°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 65 | 7.2 | 10.010 h |
| February | 9.9°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 65 | 7.4 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 14.7°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 106 | 10.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.5°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 131 | 10.9 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.9°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 133 | 12.8 | 14.114 h |
| June | 28.6°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 103 | 10.8 | 14.615 h |
| July | 31.2°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 80 | 9.7 | 14.414 h |
| August | 30.8°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 75 | 9.1 | 13.514 h |
| September | 26.7°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 97 | 7.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.6°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 97 | 8.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 13.7°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 85 | 8.0 | 10.310 h |
| December | 8.5°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 70 | 7.5 | 9.710 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
- Fayetteville, United States in MarchUnited States · 14 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 4.7°C · 113 mm rain
- Fort Smith in MarchUnited States · 92 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 6.0°C · 125 mm rain
- Springfield (Missouri), United States in MarchUnited States · 136 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 3.4°C · 101 mm rain
- Broken Arrow in MarchUnited States · 150 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 6.0°C · 96 mm rain
- Tulsa in MarchUnited States · 167 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 6.0°C · 93 mm rain
- Little Rock in MarchUnited States · 231 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 7.3°C · 122 mm rain
- Lee's Summit in MarchUnited States · 304 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 2.0°C · 78 mm rain
- Olathe in MarchUnited States · 306 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 2.1°C · 76 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 Springdale) is explained once on the Springdale year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.