Average Precipitation for the United Kingdom in March

The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall plus snowfall during March at cities and towns in the United Kingdom.

Each place has a total for how many days of wet weather it usually gets this month and for the normal amount of precipitation. The calculation of days only includes the days when precipitation totalled at least one millimetre (0.04 inches).

The month's total precipitation is an average of weather data collected from 1991 to 2020.

In March, the entire UK averages 13 days of rain or snow, totalling 85 millimetres (3.4 inches).

Southern England

Average monthly precipitation in March
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
10	Birmingham	2.0	51
10	Bristol	2.1	54
–	Dover	1.8	46
12	Isles of Scilly	2.3	57
8	London, Greenwich	1.4	37
9	London, Kew Gardens	1.5	39
9	Norwich	1.8	46
10	Nottingham	1.8	46
12	Plymouth	3.0	76
10	Southampton	2.2	56
10	Stoke-on-Trent	2.1	54
9	Weymouth	2.3	58
9	Worthing	1.8	46

Northern England

March averages for total rainfall plus snowfall
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
–	Ambleside, Windermere Lake	6.2	158
–	Berwick-upon-Tweed	1.5	39
12	Dumfries	3.4	86
10	Hull	1.7	43
11	Liverpool	2.1	53
12	Manchester	2.1	53
–	Middlesbrough	1.3	34
12	Newcastle upon Tyne	3.0	76
13	Prestwick	2.8	70
13	Rochester, Northumberland Park	2.6	65
11	Sheffield	2.3	60

Wales

Average amount of rain and snow in March
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
12	Cardiff	3.4	85
14	Harlech	2.9	73
–	Llandrindod Wells	3.0	77
11	Rhyl	2.1	52
13	Swansea	2.8	70

Scotland

Precipitation totals for March
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
11	Aberdeen	2.1	54
9	Dundee	2.0	50
10	Edinburgh	1.9	48
14	Glasgow	3.8	97
12	Inverness	2.1	53
17	Kirkwall, Orkney Islands	3.4	87
19	Lerwick, Shetland Islands	4.3	109
18	Stornoway, Outer Hebrides	4.1	105
17	Tiree, Inner Hebrides	3.6	93

Northern Ireland

Total precipitation during March
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
12	Armagh	2.3	60
13	Belfast	2.8	71
16	Castlederg	3.5	88
15	Londonderry	2.4	62
13	Warrenpoint	3.4	85

Average March Precipitation in the United Kingdom

Southern England

Northern England

Wales

Scotland

Northern Ireland

Reference

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