Accrington climate

Accrington Weather in March

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Accrington, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 6°C on March 1 to 9°C on March 31, and lows from 1°C to 3°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 81 mm over about 16 wet days.

March day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Accrington, in °C, with the record for each date.-10-505101520151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

March at a glance

Average high
8°C
Average low
2°C
Precipitation
81 mm
Reanalysis high
17°CMar 27, 2012
Reanalysis low
-6°CMar 3, 2001
Daylight
10 h 49 min to 12 h 58 min
Cloud cover
77%
Humidity
91%
Dew point
3°C
Wind
20.9 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Mar 16°C1°C11°C 2012-5°C 201857%
Mar 26°C1°C10°C 2012-4°C 200156%
Mar 37°C1°C10°C 1992-6°C 200156%
Mar 47°C1°C11°C 1992-6°C 200157%
Mar 57°C1°C10°C 1991-5°C 200157%
Mar 67°C1°C12°C 2019-4°C 200555%
Mar 77°C2°C12°C 2015-4°C 201054%
Mar 87°C2°C12°C 1991-3°C 201054%
Mar 97°C2°C11°C 2014-2°C 199854%
Mar 107°C2°C12°C 2018-3°C 201352%
Mar 118°C2°C14°C 1997-3°C 201352%
Mar 128°C2°C13°C 1991-4°C 199651%
Mar 138°C2°C15°C 1991-4°C 199651%
Mar 148°C2°C12°C 1993-4°C 199650%
Mar 158°C2°C13°C 1993-2°C 200650%
Mar 168°C2°C13°C 2004-3°C 200648%
Mar 178°C2°C12°C 2005-2°C 201847%
Mar 188°C2°C11°C 2005-2°C 200146%
Mar 198°C2°C15°C 2005-3°C 200145%
Mar 208°C2°C13°C 2019-2°C 200144%
Mar 218°C2°C12°C 2003-3°C 200744%
Mar 228°C2°C13°C 2012-3°C 200644%
Mar 239°C2°C14°C 2011-3°C 200644%
Mar 249°C2°C16°C 2012-2°C 201344%
Mar 259°C2°C16°C 2012-3°C 200845%
Mar 269°C2°C16°C 2012-3°C 199345%
Mar 279°C3°C17°C 2012-3°C 201347%
Mar 289°C3°C16°C 2012-4°C 199548%
Mar 299°C3°C14°C 2012-4°C 199549%
Mar 309°C3°C14°C 2017-3°C 201349%
Mar 319°C3°C14°C 2014-3°C 201350%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Accrington, in percent.02040601102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT).

March 1
sunrise 6:58 AM, sunset 5:47 PM
March 31
sunrise 6:45 AM, sunset 7:43 PM

Every day of March: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.