Sunshine by US City in March

The tables below pull together figures on the amount of sunshine each of the largest cities in the United States usually has in March.

The % Sun number measures the percentage of time between sunrise and sunset that sunshine reaches the ground. Total Hours is the average number of sunny hours the city normally has this month. Clear Days is the average number of days this month when cloud covers at most 30 percent of the sky during daylight hours.

Hours of sunshine are the means calculated for 1961 to 1990. The other data are averages taken from years of weather watching.

Average sunshine in March
% Sun	City	Total Hours	Clear Days
58	Atlanta, Georgia	221	9
55	Austin, Texas	206	9
56	Baltimore, Maryland	215	8
54	Birmingham, Alabama	219	7
57	Boston, Massachusetts	214	8
46	Buffalo, New York	164	4
61	Charlotte, North Carolina	235	9
51	Chicago, Illinois	187	5
48	Cincinnati, Ohio	170	5
45	Cleveland, Ohio	167	5
44	Columbus, Ohio	162	5
58	Dallas, Texas	228	10
69	Denver, Colorado	256	8
52	Detroit, Michigan	185	6
77	Fresno, California	–	11
46	Grand Rapids, Michigan	–	5
57	Hartford, Connecticut	214	7
72	Honolulu, Hawaii	–	8
54	Houston, Texas	193	7

% Sun	City	Total Hours	Clear Days
50	Indianapolis, Indiana	178	6
68	Jacksonville, Florida	258	9
58	Kansas City, Missouri	224	8
83	Las Vegas, Nevada	315	14
73	Los Angeles, California	–	12
51	Louisville, Kentucky	189	6
56	Memphis, Tennessee	215	8
74	Miami, Florida	277	9
50	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	185	6
57	Minneapolis, Minnesota	218	7
52	Nashville, Tennessee	191	8
56	New Orleans, Louisiana	219	8
57	New York, New York	213	9
65	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	244	10
55	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	203	8
84	Phoenix, Arizona	318	14
43	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	155	4

% Sun	City	Total Hours	Clear Days
48	Portland, Oregon	191	3
58	Providence, Rhode Island	216	8
60	Raleigh, North Carolina	229	9
62	Richmond, Virginia	233	8
49	Rochester, New York	178	5
74	Sacramento, California	278	10
64	Salt Lake City, Utah	242	7
57	San Antonio, Texas	216	9
70	San Diego, California	261	11
69	San Francisco, California	–	10
50	Seattle, Washington	178	3
54	St. Louis, Missouri	198	6
71	Tampa, Florida	268	11
86	Tucson, Arizona	–	15
58	Tulsa, Oklahoma	–	9
60	Virginia Beach, Virginia	229	9
55	Washington, DC	204	7

Average Sunshine for US Cities in March

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