Climate averages 1991–2020
Yakima weather
in March.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Yakima: daytime highs average 10.9°C and nights cool to about -0.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tri-Cities (108 km away). In March its highs average 14.3°C, 3.4°C warmer than Yakima, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Yakima ranks joint 330th of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 39th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Yakima is 4.0°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 4.7°C to 15.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 33 mm to 19 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
Yakima climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.7°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 58 | 10.9 | 9.09 h |
| February | 6.0°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 42 | 7.5 | 10.310 h |
| March, selected | 10.9°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 33 | 7.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.6°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 19 | 4.7 | 13.514 h |
| May | 21.4°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 18 | 4.3 | 15.015 h |
| June | 25.6°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 9.5 | 2.5 | 15.816 h |
| July | 31.0°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 3.3 | 0.8 | 15.415 h |
| August | 30.2°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 3.0 | 0.8 | 14.214 h |
| September | 24.9°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 8.4 | 1.9 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.4°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 30 | 5.5 | 10.911 h |
| November | 7.9°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 52 | 9.0 | 9.59 h |
| December | 2.5°C-4.0°C | -4.0°C | 66 | 11.0 | 8.69 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
- Tri-Cities in MarchUnited States · 108 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 2.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Kennewick in MarchUnited States · 114 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 2.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Auburn in MarchUnited States · 152 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 2.7°C · 152 mm rain
- Kent in MarchUnited States · 157 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 3.0°C · 139 mm rain
- Federal Way in MarchUnited States · 159 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 2.2°C · 152 mm rain
- Renton in MarchUnited States · 162 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 3.0°C · 139 mm rain
- Tacoma in MarchUnited States · 164 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 2.9°C · 132 mm rain
- Bellevue in MarchUnited States · 170 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 2.9°C · 139 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 Yakima) is explained once on the Yakima year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.