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Typical March weather

Washington, DC

District of Columbia · March

Blossom watch begins, coats stay on. Both are true.

57° days
39° nights

maybe one snowy day · 12 hours of daylight

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What March feels like

Peak bloom usually falls in the last week of March, but it has come as early as mid-month and as late as mid-April, and the Park Service forecast is the only thing anybody watches. It can still snow on the Tidal Basin while the trees are out, which produces the photographs that go around the world every few years.

Winter is doing its thing: 2.0 in of snow in a typical March, with fresh snow on maybe one day. about 8 nights dip below freezing.

The numbers

Typical high57°
Typical low39°
Days with snow1
Rain and melted snow3.5 in
Snowfall2.0 in
Humiditydry air
Sunrise / sunset (mid-month)7:18 am / 7:15 pm

How March compares

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