Weather in March in Des Moines, Iowa

• The average temperature in Des Moines, Iowa in March is very cool at 2.9 °C (37.22 °F).
• Afternoons can be a little cool with average high temperatures reaching 8.3 °C (46.9 °F).
• Overnight temperatures are generally slightly cold with an average low of -2.4 °C (27.7 °F).
• The average diurnal temperature range/ variation in March is 10.7 °C (19.3 °F).
• Precipitation averages for March are moderate with 59.2mm (2.3 in) recorded across 10 days.
• In March the heavens above Des Moines, Iowa are reasonably fine having an average of a detectable 6h 21' of blazing solar radiation daily.
• The shortest day is 11h 10' long and the longest day is 12h 35' long with an average length of 11h 52'.
• There are approximately 5h 20' per day when the sun is occluded by cloud, haze, fog etc.
• It is sunny approximately 54.3% of daylight hours and cloudy 45.7% of daylight hours.

Weather Trend Graph for March in Des Moines, Iowa, Usa