Dorchester Weather in March
Average highs run from 9°C on March 1 to 10°C on March 31, and lows from 6°C to 7°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 65 mm over about 12 wet days.
March day by day
The normal high and low for each date, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Reanalysis extreme high
- Reanalysis extreme low
March at a glance
- Average high
- 9°C
- Average low
- 6°C
- Precipitation
- 65 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 15°CMar 28, 2012
- Reanalysis low
- -1°CMar 1, 2018
- Daylight
- 10 h 57 min to 12 h 53 min
- Cloud cover
- 73%
- Humidity
- 87%
- Dew point
- 6°C
- Wind
- 25.6 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Reanalysis high | Reanalysis low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1 | 9°C | 6°C | 12°C 2008 | -1°C 2018 | 49% |
| Mar 2 | 9°C | 6°C | 11°C 2008 | 2°C 2001 | 48% |
| Mar 3 | 9°C | 6°C | 12°C 1998 | 1°C 2005 | 47% |
| Mar 4 | 9°C | 6°C | 12°C 1998 | 1°C 2011 | 46% |
| Mar 5 | 9°C | 6°C | 11°C 2007 | 2°C 2011 | 46% |
| Mar 6 | 9°C | 6°C | 11°C 2007 | 1°C 2005 | 45% |
| Mar 7 | 9°C | 6°C | 12°C 2014 | 2°C 2010 | 44% |
| Mar 8 | 9°C | 6°C | 12°C 2000 | 2°C 2010 | 43% |
| Mar 9 | 9°C | 6°C | 12°C 2017 | 3°C 2010 | 42% |
| Mar 10 | 9°C | 6°C | 12°C 2012 | 2°C 2013 | 41% |
| Mar 11 | 9°C | 6°C | 12°C 2008 | 0°C 2013 | 39% |
| Mar 12 | 9°C | 7°C | 12°C 1997 | 0°C 2013 | 38% |
| Mar 13 | 9°C | 7°C | 13°C 2000 | 3°C 2013 | 38% |
| Mar 14 | 9°C | 7°C | 12°C 2017 | 2°C 2013 | 39% |
| Mar 15 | 9°C | 7°C | 12°C 1997 | 4°C 2006 | 39% |
| Mar 16 | 9°C | 7°C | 12°C 2014 | 2°C 2006 | 38% |
| Mar 17 | 10°C | 7°C | 14°C 1999 | 1°C 2018 | 38% |
| Mar 18 | 10°C | 7°C | 12°C 1998 | 1°C 2018 | 37% |
| Mar 19 | 10°C | 7°C | 12°C 2017 | 2°C 2018 | 38% |
| Mar 20 | 10°C | 7°C | 12°C 2002 | 2°C 2018 | 37% |
| Mar 21 | 10°C | 7°C | 12°C 2002 | 3°C 2007 | 38% |
| Mar 22 | 10°C | 7°C | 12°C 1992 | 3°C 2006 | 39% |
| Mar 23 | 10°C | 7°C | 12°C 2012 | 4°C 2013 | 39% |
| Mar 24 | 10°C | 7°C | 12°C 2017 | 2°C 2013 | 39% |
| Mar 25 | 10°C | 7°C | 12°C 2017 | 2°C 2013 | 40% |
| Mar 26 | 10°C | 7°C | 13°C 2011 | 2°C 2013 | 40% |
| Mar 27 | 10°C | 7°C | 13°C 2007 | 2°C 2013 | 41% |
| Mar 28 | 10°C | 7°C | 15°C 2012 | 1°C 2013 | 41% |
| Mar 29 | 10°C | 7°C | 14°C 2012 | 2°C 2013 | 40% |
| Mar 30 | 10°C | 7°C | 14°C 2019 | 2°C 2013 | 40% |
| Mar 31 | 10°C | 7°C | 13°C 1995 | 3°C 2013 | 40% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT).
- March 1
- sunrise 6:54 AM, sunset 5:51 PM
- March 31
- sunrise 6:48 AM, sunset 7:41 PM
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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.