Average Precipitation by US City in March

The tables below give monthly averages for precipitation during March at the largest cities in the United States.

Each place has a total for the amount of precipitation it usually receives this month along with information on the number of days with wet weather. The count of days includes those 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.

March averages for total precipitation by city
Days	City	Inches	Millimetres
11	Atlanta, Georgia	4.7	119
9	Austin, Texas	2.9	73
11	Baltimore, Maryland	4.0	102
11	Birmingham, Alabama	5.7	144
12	Boston, Massachusetts	4.2	106
15	Buffalo, New York	2.9	73
10	Charlotte, North Carolina	4.0	100
11	Chicago, Illinois	2.7	68
13	Cincinnati, Ohio	4.2	106
15	Cleveland, Ohio	3.1	78
13	Columbus, Ohio	3.6	92
8	Dallas, Texas	3.5	88
7	Denver, Colorado	1.1	28
11	Detroit, Michigan	2.4	62
7	Fresno, California	1.9	48
12	Grand Rapids, Michigan	2.4	61
11	Hartford, Connecticut	3.8	97
9	Honolulu, Hawaii	2.4	60
8	Houston, Texas	3.3	83

Days	City	Inches	Millimetres
12	Indianapolis, Indiana	3.7	94
8	Jacksonville, Florida	3.1	80
10	Kansas City, Missouri	2.4	60
3	Las Vegas, Nevada	0.4	11
5	Los Angeles, California	2.2	57
12	Louisville, Kentucky	4.6	117
12	Memphis, Tennessee	5.7	146
6	Miami, Florida	2.5	62
11	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	2.2	56
9	Minneapolis, Minnesota	1.7	43
12	Nashville, Tennessee	4.5	115
8	New Orleans, Louisiana	4.4	111
11	New York, New York	4.3	109
7	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	2.6	65
7	Orlando, Florida	2.7	70
11	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	4.0	101
3	Phoenix, Arizona	0.8	21
14	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	3.2	80

Days	City	Inches	Millimetres
19	Portland, Oregon	4.7	118
12	Providence, Rhode Island	4.9	124
11	Raleigh, North Carolina	4.1	104
11	Richmond, Virginia	4.0	102
5	Riverside, California	1.2	31
15	Rochester, New York	2.5	63
9	Sacramento, California	2.8	72
9	Salt Lake City, Utah	1.8	44
9	San Antonio, Texas	2.3	59
6	San Diego, California	1.5	37
11	San Francisco, California	3.2	80
9	San Jose, California	2.1	53
17	Seattle, Washington	4.2	106
11	St. Louis, Missouri	3.5	89
6	Tampa, Florida	2.5	64
3	Tucson, Arizona	0.6	14
9	Tulsa, Oklahoma	3.1	79
11	Virginia Beach, Virginia	3.7	94
11	Washington, DC	3.5	89

Average Precipitation in US Cities During March

Reference

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