Altena Weather in March
Altena in March
The short of it: Altena in March averages a high of 9 °C (47 °F) and a low of 1 °C (34 °F), with 86 mm (3.4 in) of rain and about 11 h 43 min of daylight. Rated 1 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 9° · low 1° · rain 86 mm · daylight 11 h 43 min
✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Altena an average March high of 9°, a low of 1° and some 86 mm of rain. Much like February: highs about 9°, nights near 1°. A wool coat will serve you well. Wet spells are common — about 86 mm, the 9th wettest month. Snow lies on the ground; mind the passes.
The sun is up for about 11 h 43 min in mid-March, 108 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 July and August.
Against its neighbours, Altena runs cooler than most and wetter than most in March. Lüdenscheid, 9 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
March in Altena, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus February
- 4° warmer, 6.0 mm less rain
- Versus April
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 43 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
March averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LüdenscheidNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 9 km SSW | 8° | 1° | 95 mm |
| IserlohnNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 9 km NNE | 10° | 1° | 70 mm |
| HagenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 16 km WNW | 10° | 2° | 73 mm |
| UnnaNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 27 km N | 10° | 2° | 57 mm |
| WittenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 28 km NW | 10° | 2° | 68 mm |
| DortmundNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 28 km NNW | 11° | 2° | 55 mm |
| ArnsbergNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 30 km ENE | 10° | 1° | 80 mm |
| HattingenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 36 km WNW | 10° | 3° | 74 mm |