Tornado climate

Tornado Weather in March

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Charleston WFO, 11.4 km from Tornado

Average highs run from 50°F on March 1 to 62°F on March 31, and lows from 28°F to 35°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 4.40 in over about 15 wet days.

March day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Tornado, in °F, with the record for each date.-20020406080100151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

March at a glance

Average high
56°F
Average low
31°F
Precipitation
4.40 in
Snowfall
2.6 in
Record high
89°FMar 14, 1990
Record low
0°FMar 3, 1980
Chance of a freeze
100%
Daylight
11 h 22 min to 12 h 36 min
Cloud cover
71%
Humidity
81%
Dew point
37°F
Wind
5.4 mph

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 0.01 inch of precipitation; snow means at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wetChance of snow
Mar 150°F28°F79°F 20238°F 198049%4%
Mar 250°F28°F81°F 19917°F 198048%4%
Mar 351°F28°F80°F 19760°F 198048%3%
Mar 451°F28°F84°F 19764°F 201448%3%
Mar 551°F28°F83°F 19925°F 197848%3%
Mar 652°F29°F81°F 20265°F 201548%3%
Mar 752°F29°F84°F 202612°F 196048%3%
Mar 852°F29°F82°F 200010°F 198648%3%
Mar 953°F29°F81°F 197410°F 199648%3%
Mar 1053°F29°F81°F 20266°F 199648%3%
Mar 1153°F30°F83°F 199016°F 196048%2%
Mar 1254°F30°F87°F 199014°F 196948%2%
Mar 1354°F30°F82°F 199010°F 196048%2%
Mar 1455°F30°F89°F 199011°F 196048%2%
Mar 1555°F30°F82°F 19905°F 199348%2%
Mar 1655°F31°F76°F 201515°F 194948%2%
Mar 1756°F31°F79°F 198918°F 196748%2%
Mar 1856°F31°F77°F 196615°F 196748%2%
Mar 1957°F31°F85°F 202514°F 196748%2%
Mar 2057°F32°F87°F 201218°F 196548%1%
Mar 2158°F32°F86°F 20129°F 196548%1%
Mar 2258°F32°F88°F 202616°F 198647%1%
Mar 2358°F33°F84°F 199419°F 195947%1%
Mar 2459°F33°F81°F 201620°F 197347%1%
Mar 2559°F33°F87°F 195417°F 196047%1%
Mar 2660°F34°F82°F 199816°F 195547%1%
Mar 2760°F34°F86°F 195016°F 195547%1%
Mar 2861°F34°F87°F 202017°F 198247%1%
Mar 2961°F35°F84°F 197717°F 201547%1%
Mar 3062°F35°F87°F 199820°F 196447%1%
Mar 3162°F35°F87°F 199821°F 196447%1%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Tornado, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.010203040501102030
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (EDT).

March 1
sunrise 6:59 AM, sunset 6:21 PM
March 31
sunrise 7:14 AM, sunset 7:50 PM

Every day of March: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00461579 (Charleston WFO), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00013866, 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.