Forbach Weather in March
Forbach in March
The short of it: Forbach in March averages a high of 11 °C (52 °F) and a low of 2 °C (35 °F), with 64 mm (2.5 in) of rain and about 11 h 44 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 11° · low 2° · rain 64 mm · daylight 11 h 44 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & August
Thirty years of records give Forbach an average March high of 11°, a low of 2° and some 64 mm of rain. Highs rise 5° against February, to near 11°; nights run about 2°. Wet spells are common — about 64 mm, the 9th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 44 min in mid-March, 100 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates March 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and August.
Against its neighbours, Forbach runs warmer than most and drier than most in March. Völklingen, 7 km to the NNW, sees much the same highs.
March in Forbach, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus February
- 5° warmer, 3.0 mm less rain
- Versus April
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 44 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
March averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VölklingenSaarland | 7 km NNW | 11° | 2° | 69 mm |
| Freyming-MerlebachGrand Est | 9 km WSW | 11° | 2° | 64 mm |
| SaarbrückenSaarland | 10 km ENE | 11° | 2° | 64 mm |
| PüttlingenSaarland | 11 km N | 11° | 2° | 69 mm |
| WadgassenSaarland | 12 km NW | 11° | 2° | 67 mm |
| RiegelsbergSaarland | 13 km NNE | 10° | 2° | 72 mm |
| SchwalbachSaarland | 14 km NNW | 11° | 2° | 71 mm |
| SarregueminesGrand Est | 15 km SE | 11° | 2° | 60 mm |