Average Precipitation for Ohio in March

The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall plus snowfall during March at cities, communities and other locations around Ohio.

Each place has a total for the amount of precipitation it usually receives this month. There is also a count of the number of days with wet weather, when precipitation amounts to 0.01 inches (0.25 millimetres) or more.

The precipitation totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 for the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

You can jump to a separate table for Northern Ohio and Southern Ohio.

Northern Ohio

Average monthly precipitation in March
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
14 Akron 3.2 82
13 Ashtabula 2.4 60
14 Chardon 3.7 94
13 Chippewa Lake 3.1 78
15 Cleveland 3.1 78
12 Findlay 2.6 65
11 Fremont 2.8 71
12 Lima 3.0 77
14 Mansfield 3.3 85
11 Marion 2.7 69
13 New Philadelphia 3.3 83
12 Norwalk 2.9 74
10 Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge 2.6 65
13 Painesville on the Lake 2.8 72
13 Steubenville 3.2 82
11 Tiffin 2.7 69
12 Toledo 2.6 66
12 Wooster 3.0 76
15 Youngstown 3.2 82

Southern Ohio

March averages for total rainfall plus snowfall
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
12 Athens 3.6 91
11 Chilo Lock Park 4.3 109
13 Cincinnati 4.2 106
13 Columbus 3.6 92
11 Dayton 3.5 90
12 Gallipolis 4.1 103
11 Greenville 3.2 82
13 Hannibal Lock & Dam 3.9 99
14 Marietta 4.0 101
12 McConnelsville Lock 3.9 98
11 Newark 3.6 92
12 Portsmouth 4.1 105
10 Springfield 2.9 75
12 Wilmington 3.9 100
12 Zanesville 3.2 82
Reference

National Climatic Data Center. NOAA's 1981-2010 Climate Normals.

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