Average Precipitation for Missouri in March

The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall plus snowfall during March at cities, towns and lakes in Missouri.

Each place has a total for the amount of precipitation it usually receives this month. There is also a count of the number of days with wet weather, when precipitation amounts to 0.01 inches (0.25 millimetres) or more.

The precipitation totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 for the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

You can jump to a separate table for each region of the state: South, Central and North Missouri.

South Missouri

Average monthly precipitation in March
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
12 Cape Girardeau 4.7 119
10 Caruthersville 5.3 133
10 Clearwater Lake Dam 4.7 119
10 Joplin 3.3 84
9 Ozark Beach 4.2 105
11 Poplar Bluff 4.8 121
11 Springfield 3.5 89
9 Stockton Lake Dam 3.1 78

Central Missouri

March averages for total rainfall plus snowfall
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
10 Clinton 3.2 80
11 Columbia 3.0 75
10 Farmington 3.8 97
11 Jefferson City 3.2 82
10 Kansas City 2.4 60
10 Lake Ozark, Lakeside 3.0 76
8 Lees Summit 2.1 54
9 Nevada 3.4 87
12 Rolla 4.1 105
10 St Charles 3.6 92
11 St Louis 3.5 89

North Missouri

Average amount of rain and snow in March
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
10 Hannibal 2.8 70
8 Kirksville 2.7 68
8 Maryville 2.3 59
9 Moberly 3.3 83
8 St Joseph 2.1 52
9 Trenton 2.6 66
Reference

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.

Missouri Precipitation
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