Climate averages 1991–2020
Tulsa weather
in March.
A mild, wet month: the 8th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Tulsa: daytime highs average 16.1°C and nights cool to about 6.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 93 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a wet month (the joint 7th 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 Broken Arrow (21 km away). In March its highs average 16.1°C, about as warm as Tulsa, with 96 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Tulsa ranks joint 249th of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 314th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Tulsa is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.9°C to 21.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 93 mm to 121 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
Tulsa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.2°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 47 | 5.9 | 10.010 h |
| February | 11.0°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 52 | 6.4 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 16.1°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 93 | 9.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.1°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 121 | 10.0 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.6°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 148 | 12.4 | 14.114 h |
| June | 30.4°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 116 | 9.9 | 14.615 h |
| July | 33.2°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 79 | 8.0 | 14.414 h |
| August | 32.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 73 | 6.9 | 13.514 h |
| September | 28.3°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 101 | 7.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.9°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 93 | 8.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.0°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 63 | 6.9 | 10.310 h |
| December | 9.3°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 57 | 6.0 | 9.810 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
- Broken Arrow in MarchUnited States · 21 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 6.0°C · 96 mm rain
- Edmond in MarchUnited States · 145 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 5.9°C · 69 mm rain
- Oklahoma City in MarchUnited States · 157 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 5.9°C · 72 mm rain
- Fayetteville, United States in MarchUnited States · 165 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 4.7°C · 113 mm rain
- Norman in MarchUnited States · 167 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 6.6°C · 74 mm rain
- Fort Smith in MarchUnited States · 167 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 6.0°C · 125 mm rain
- Springdale in MarchUnited States · 167 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 4.8°C · 106 mm rain
- Wichita in MarchUnited States · 209 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 3.3°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 Tulsa) is explained once on the Tulsa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.