Detmold Weather in March
Detmold in March
The short of it: Detmold in March averages a high of 9 °C (49 °F) and a low of 2 °C (36 °F), with 72 mm (2.8 in) of rain and about 11 h 42 min of daylight. Rated 1 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 9° · low 2° · rain 72 mm · daylight 11 h 42 min
✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: June & May
Thirty years of records give Detmold an average March high of 9°, a low of 2° and some 72 mm of rain. Much like February: highs about 9°, nights near 2°. A wool coat will serve you well. Wet spells are common — about 72 mm, the 8th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 42 min in mid-March, 111 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 June and May.
Against its neighbours, Detmold runs cooler than most and wetter than most in March. Lage, 8 km to the NW, sees much the same highs.
March in Detmold, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus February
- 4° warmer, 2.0 mm more rain
- Versus April
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 7°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 42 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
March averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LageNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 8 km NW | 10° | 2° | 67 mm |
| LemgoNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 10 km N | 10° | 2° | 66 mm |
| Bad SalzuflenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 19 km NNW | 10° | 2° | 62 mm |
| HerfordNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 24 km NW | 10° | 2° | 62 mm |
| BielefeldNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 26 km WNW | 10° | 2° | 66 mm |
| PaderbornNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 26 km SSW | 10° | 2° | 73 mm |
| DelbrückNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 29 km SW | 10° | 2° | 66 mm |
| Bad OeynhausenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 30 km N | 10° | 2° | 60 mm |