Dorsten Weather in March
Dorsten in March
The short of it: Dorsten in March averages a high of 11 °C (52 °F) and a low of 3 °C (37 °F), with 58 mm (2.3 in) of rain and about 11 h 42 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 11° · low 3° · rain 58 mm · daylight 11 h 42 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: May & April
Thirty years of records give Dorsten an average March high of 11°, a low of 3° and some 58 mm of rain. Much like February: highs about 11°, nights near 3°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 58 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 42 min in mid-March, 110 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates March 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are May and April.
Against its neighbours, Dorsten runs about middling and drier than most in March. Marl, 9 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
March in Dorsten, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus February
- 4° warmer, 4.0 mm less rain
- Versus April
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- Dec–Jan
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MarlNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 9 km E | 11° | 3° | 60 mm |
| GladbeckNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 10 km S | 11° | 3° | 61 mm |
| HertenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 14 km ESE | 11° | 3° | 62 mm |
| BottropNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 16 km S | 11° | 3° | 60 mm |
| RecklinghausenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 17 km ESE | 11° | 3° | 62 mm |
| DinslakenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 19 km SW | 11° | 3° | 55 mm |
| GelsenkirchenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 20 km SSE | 11° | 3° | 64 mm |
| OberhausenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 22 km SSW | 11° | 3° | 59 mm |