Climate averages 1991–2020
Syracuse weather
in March.
A cold, 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 Syracuse: daytime highs average 5.4°C and nights cool to about -3.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 94 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes March a 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 Rochester (New York), United States (120 km away). In March its highs average 4.5°C, 1.0°C cooler than Syracuse, with 80 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Syracuse ranks 476th of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 318th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Syracuse is 9.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 7.3°C to 12.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 94 mm to 107 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
Syracuse climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.4°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 83 | 14.1 | 9.49 h |
| February | 0.7°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 73 | 12.2 | 10.510 h |
| March, selected | 5.4°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 94 | 13.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.7°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 107 | 13.8 | 13.413 h |
| May | 19.4°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 100 | 13.3 | 14.615 h |
| June | 23.9°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 115 | 13.3 | 15.315 h |
| July | 26.3°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 111 | 13.1 | 15.015 h |
| August | 25.4°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 100 | 12.5 | 13.914 h |
| September | 21.8°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 99 | 10.7 | 12.513 h |
| October | 15.0°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 114 | 13.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.3°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 93 | 13.9 | 9.810 h |
| December | 2.5°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 96 | 14.8 | 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
- Rochester (New York), United States in MarchUnited States · 120 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -3.4°C · 80 mm rain
- Kingston, Canada in MarchCanada · 134 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -4.8°C · 73 mm rain
- Scranton in MarchUnited States · 187 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -2.6°C · 91 mm rain
- Albany (New York), United States in MarchUnited States · 200 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low -3.7°C · 94 mm rain
- Cheektowaga in MarchUnited States · 213 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -3.8°C · 74 mm rain
- Amherst in MarchUnited States · 216 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low -3.6°C · 74 mm rain
- Buffalo in MarchUnited States · 223 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -3.5°C · 75 mm rain
- Peterborough, Canada in MarchCanada · 223 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -6.1°C · 62 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 Syracuse) is explained once on the Syracuse year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.