Dumfries climate

Dumfries Weather in March

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Dumfries, 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 2°C to 3°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 93 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 Dumfries, in °C, with the record for each date.-505101520151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

March at a glance

Average high
7°C
Average low
2°C
Precipitation
93 mm
Reanalysis high
15°CMar 28, 2012
Reanalysis low
-5°CMar 2, 2010
Daylight
10 h 45 min to 13 h 01 min
Cloud cover
76%
Humidity
91%
Dew point
3°C
Wind
22.7 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°C2°C10°C 2012-4°C 200159%
Mar 26°C2°C9°C 2012-5°C 201059%
Mar 36°C2°C9°C 1992-3°C 200159%
Mar 46°C2°C8°C 2003-4°C 200160%
Mar 56°C2°C9°C 1991-1°C 200660%
Mar 66°C2°C10°C 2000-2°C 201658%
Mar 76°C2°C10°C 2000-2°C 201657%
Mar 86°C2°C11°C 2000-2°C 199957%
Mar 97°C2°C10°C 2012-1°C 199357%
Mar 107°C2°C9°C 2000-2°C 201356%
Mar 117°C2°C12°C 1997-3°C 201356%
Mar 127°C2°C11°C 1991-2°C 201354%
Mar 137°C3°C11°C 1993-3°C 199653%
Mar 147°C3°C10°C 2017-2°C 199654%
Mar 157°C3°C11°C 1997-1°C 200652%
Mar 167°C3°C11°C 1999-2°C 200652%
Mar 177°C3°C12°C 2005-2°C 201850%
Mar 187°C3°C12°C 2005-2°C 201849%
Mar 198°C3°C13°C 2005-2°C 200148%
Mar 208°C3°C13°C 2005-1°C 200146%
Mar 218°C3°C12°C 2005-2°C 200748%
Mar 228°C3°C12°C 2012-2°C 200648%
Mar 238°C3°C12°C 2012-1°C 201347%
Mar 248°C3°C14°C 2012-2°C 200847%
Mar 258°C3°C15°C 2012-2°C 200848%
Mar 268°C3°C15°C 2012-3°C 201349%
Mar 278°C3°C15°C 2012-3°C 201352%
Mar 288°C3°C15°C 2012-3°C 199553%
Mar 298°C3°C13°C 2012-4°C 199553%
Mar 308°C3°C12°C 2012-3°C 201354%
Mar 319°C3°C12°C 1998-2°C 201353%

Chance of rain

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

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT).

March 1
sunrise 7:05 AM, sunset 5:50 PM
March 31
sunrise 6:49 AM, sunset 7:50 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.