Climate averages 1991–2020
Stockton weather
in March.
A mild, 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 mild month in Stockton: daytime highs average 18.3°C and nights cool to about 7.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 80 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 9th 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 Manteca (19 km away). In March its highs average 18.3°C, about as warm as Stockton, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Stockton ranks joint 181st of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 275th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Stockton is 3.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 21.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 80 mm to 40 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
Stockton climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.7°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 102 | 8.9 | 9.910 h |
| February | 15.6°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 97 | 9.0 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 18.3°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 80 | 8.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.5°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 40 | 5.2 | 13.213 h |
| May | 26.2°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 22 | 3.4 | 14.214 h |
| June | 30.7°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 4.0 | 0.8 | 14.715 h |
| July | 32.8°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 14.515 h |
| August | 32.1°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 1.3 | 0.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 30.1°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 2.1 | 0.6 | 12.512 h |
| October | 24.9°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 27 | 2.8 | 11.211 h |
| November | 17.9°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 49 | 5.8 | 10.210 h |
| December | 13.5°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 93 | 8.9 | 9.610 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
- Manteca in MarchUnited States · 19 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 7.4°C · 65 mm rain
- Tracy in MarchUnited States · 27 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 7.4°C · 66 mm rain
- Modesto in MarchUnited States · 44 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 7.7°C · 72 mm rain
- Antioch in MarchUnited States · 45 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 8.1°C · 69 mm rain
- Elk Grove in MarchUnited States · 51 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 7.1°C · 105 mm rain
- Livermore in MarchUnited States · 52 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 7.1°C · 67 mm rain
- Pleasanton in MarchUnited States · 61 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 7.5°C · 67 mm rain
- San Ramon in MarchUnited States · 63 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 7.3°C · 70 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 Stockton) is explained once on the Stockton year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.