Motherwell climate

Motherwell Weather in March

1991-2020 means of the daily record at Edinburgh: Royal Botanic Garde (GHCN UKE00105888), 44 km from Motherwell

Average highs run from 8°C on March 1 to 11°C on March 31, and lows from 2°C to 4°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 49 mm over about 16 wet days.

March day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Motherwell, in °C, with the record for each date.-20-100102030151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

March at a glance

Average high
10°C
Average low
3°C
Precipitation
49 mm
Record high
22°CMar 26, 2012
Record low
-11°CMar 2, 1965
Daylight
10 h 43 min to 13 h 02 min
Cloud cover
78%
Humidity
91%
Dew point
3°C
Wind
21.2 km/h

Every day of the month

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

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wet
Mar 18°C2°C15°C 1977-6°C 200157%
Mar 28°C1°C13°C 1992-11°C 196558%
Mar 38°C1°C15°C 2026-7°C 196358%
Mar 49°C1°C15°C 1961-7°C 196359%
Mar 59°C2°C17°C 2025-5°C 196958%
Mar 610°C2°C15°C 1981-5°C 196257%
Mar 710°C3°C14°C 2000-5°C 196256%
Mar 810°C3°C15°C 1977-5°C 202356%
Mar 99°C3°C14°C 2001-4°C 200456%
Mar 1010°C2°C15°C 1981-3°C 201055%
Mar 119°C3°C14°C 2014-4°C 196554%
Mar 1210°C2°C15°C 1993-5°C 201353%
Mar 1310°C3°C15°C 1998-4°C 196252%
Mar 1410°C4°C15°C 2004-5°C 198852%
Mar 1510°C4°C16°C 1961-6°C 197352%
Mar 1610°C4°C16°C 2005-3°C 196250%
Mar 1710°C4°C19°C 2021-4°C 198448%
Mar 1810°C3°C17°C 2022-4°C 198547%
Mar 1911°C3°C18°C 2026-5°C 197946%
Mar 2010°C4°C16°C 2025-4°C 198545%
Mar 2110°C3°C17°C 2009-5°C 198746%
Mar 2210°C3°C17°C 2005-5°C 198047%
Mar 2311°C3°C17°C 2022-4°C 198047%
Mar 2410°C3°C18°C 2012-4°C 201446%
Mar 2511°C3°C20°C 2012-3°C 199348%
Mar 2610°C3°C22°C 2012-3°C 199348%
Mar 2711°C3°C20°C 2012-3°C 197350%
Mar 2810°C4°C20°C 1965-2°C 198051%
Mar 2911°C3°C17°C 2012-3°C 199551%
Mar 3011°C4°C19°C 2025-2°C 201352%
Mar 3111°C4°C19°C 2025-4°C 201353%

Chance of rain

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

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+0).

March 1
sunrise 7:07 AM, sunset 5:50 PM
March 31
sunrise 6:50 AM, sunset 7:52 PM

Every day of March: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station UKE00105888, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: 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.