Climate averages 1991–2020
Winston-Salem weather
in March.
A cool, wet month: the 8th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Winston-Salem: daytime highs average 14.9°C and nights cool to about 3.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 108 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is High Point (27 km away). In March its highs average 14.9°C, about as warm as Winston-Salem, with 110 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Winston-Salem ranks joint 268th of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 416th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Winston-Salem is level with that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 5.5°C to 20.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 108 mm to 93 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
Winston-Salem climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.5°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 92 | 9.4 | 10.010 h |
| February | 10.7°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 83 | 8.9 | 10.811 h |
| March, selected | 14.9°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 108 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.4°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 93 | 9.5 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.9°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 84 | 10.9 | 14.114 h |
| June | 29.0°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 91 | 12.1 | 14.615 h |
| July | 31.1°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 93 | 14.0 | 14.414 h |
| August | 29.9°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 91 | 11.8 | 13.514 h |
| September | 26.4°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 101 | 9.0 | 12.412 h |
| October | 20.8°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 83 | 7.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.6°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 85 | 7.7 | 10.310 h |
| December | 10.0°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 93 | 9.0 | 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
- High Point in MarchUnited States · 27 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 4.0°C · 110 mm rain
- Greensboro in MarchUnited States · 41 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 4.0°C · 108 mm rain
- Concord (North Carolina), United States in MarchUnited States · 83 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 5.5°C · 107 mm rain
- Charlotte in MarchUnited States · 111 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 5.0°C · 106 mm rain
- Durham in MarchUnited States · 122 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 4.6°C · 108 mm rain
- Gastonia in MarchUnited States · 126 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 5.5°C · 114 mm rain
- Roanoke in MarchUnited States · 133 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 2.5°C · 102 mm rain
- Cary in MarchUnited States · 136 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 5.3°C · 104 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 Winston-Salem) is explained once on the Winston-Salem year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.