Climate averages 1991–2020
Visalia weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Visalia: daytime highs average 18.6°C and nights cool to about 7.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 87 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately 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 Fresno (63 km away). In March its highs average 19.4°C, 0.9°C warmer than Visalia, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Visalia ranks joint 172nd of 498 for the warmest March highs and 298th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Visalia is 3.6°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 21.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 87 mm to 44 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
Visalia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.3°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 92 | 8.0 | 10.010 h |
| February | 15.9°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 89 | 9.8 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 18.6°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 87 | 9.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.8°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 44 | 5.9 | 13.113 h |
| May | 27.1°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 23 | 3.4 | 14.114 h |
| June | 32.6°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 6.6 | 1.0 | 14.615 h |
| July | 36.5°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 1.7 | 0.5 | 14.414 h |
| August | 36.2°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 13.514 h |
| September | 32.8°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 1.7 | 0.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.0°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 24 | 2.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.6°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 44 | 5.5 | 10.310 h |
| December | 13.9°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 74 | 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
- Fresno in MarchUnited States · 63 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 7.8°C · 74 mm rain
- Clovis in MarchUnited States · 66 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 7.1°C · 74 mm rain
- Bakersfield in MarchUnited States · 109 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 7.7°C · 48 mm rain
- Merced in MarchUnited States · 151 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 7.6°C · 71 mm rain
- Santa Maria, United States in MarchUnited States · 185 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 8.6°C · 72 mm rain
- Turlock in MarchUnited States · 189 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 7.9°C · 68 mm rain
- Lancaster in MarchUnited States · 209 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 6.7°C · 31 mm rain
- Modesto in MarchUnited States · 210 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 7.7°C · 72 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 Visalia) is explained once on the Visalia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.