Dover Weather in March
Dover in March
The short of it: Dover in March averages a high of 1 °C (34 °F) and a low of -7 °C (19 °F), with 77 mm (3.0 in) of rain and about 11 h 44 min of daylight. Rated 1 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 1° · low -7° · rain 77 mm · daylight 11 h 44 min
✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: August & July
Thirty years of records give Dover an average March high of 1°, a low of -7° and some 77 mm of rain. Much like February: highs about 1°, nights near -7°. Pack the buffalo coat. Wet spells are common — about 77 mm, the 11th wettest month. Snow lies on the ground; mind the passes.
The sun is up for about 11 h 44 min in mid-March, 99 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack a heavy coat, gloves and a scarf, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates March 1 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are August and July.
Against its neighbours, Dover runs about middling and drier than most in March. Hare Bay, 4 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
March in Dover, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus February
- 3° warmer, 9.0 mm less rain
- Versus April
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- Nov–Apr
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 44 min
- Average wind
- 20 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
March averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hare BayNewfoundland and Labrador | 4 km WSW | 1° | -7° | 78 mm |
| Centreville-Wareham-TrinityNewfoundland and Labrador | 17 km NNE | 1° | -8° | 80 mm |
| GamboNewfoundland and Labrador | 21 km WSW | 1° | -8° | 79 mm |
| GlovertownNewfoundland and Labrador | 21 km SSW | 1° | -7° | 86 mm |
| New-Wes-ValleyNewfoundland and Labrador | 43 km NE | 2° | -8° | 85 mm |
| GanderNewfoundland and Labrador | 49 km WNW | 1° | -7° | 103 mm |
| MusgravetownNewfoundland and Labrador | 52 km S | 1° | -7° | 93 mm |
| BloomfieldNewfoundland and Labrador | 54 km S | 1° | -7° | 93 mm |