Climate averages 1991–2020

The Woodlands weather
in March.

A mild, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 21.7°C Daytime mean, March
Average low 12.0°C Night-time mean, March
Rainfall 91 mm 10 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in The Woodlands · average highYear overview

March is a mild month in The Woodlands: daytime highs average 21.7°C and nights cool to about 12.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 91 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Cypress (29 km away). In March its highs average 21.8°C, about as warm as The Woodlands, with 85 mm of rain.

Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, The Woodlands ranks joint 64th of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 307th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; The Woodlands is 6.8°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 25.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 91 mm to 106 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 0510152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

The Woodlands climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for The Woodlands, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 16.1°C7.0°C7.0°C1009.710.410 h
February 18.3°C8.8°C8.8°C839.111.111 h
March, selected 21.7°C12.0°C12.0°C919.512.012 h
April 25.5°C15.6°C15.6°C1069.012.913 h
May 29.4°C20.0°C20.0°C10410.713.714 h
June 32.2°C23.1°C23.1°C11312.414.114 h
July 33.5°C24.2°C24.2°C8111.113.914 h
August 34.0°C24.3°C24.3°C8811.413.213 h
September 31.1°C21.8°C21.8°C10010.012.412 h
October 26.7°C17.0°C17.0°C1078.611.511 h
November 20.9°C11.7°C11.7°C988.610.711 h
December 17.0°C8.1°C8.1°C1069.810.210 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

Distance from The Woodlands

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for The Woodlands) is explained once on the The Woodlands year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.