Basingstoke Weather in March
Basingstoke in March
The short of it: Basingstoke in March averages a high of 11 °C (52 °F) and a low of 3 °C (38 °F), with 53 mm (2.1 in) of rain and about 11 h 43 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 11° · low 3° · rain 53 mm · daylight 11 h 43 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & August
March in Basingstoke brings afternoons near 11° and nights around 3°, with about 53 mm of rain over the month. Much like February: highs about 11°, nights near 3°. A wool coat will serve you well. Rain is modest, about 53 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 43 min in mid-March, 108 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 July and August.
Against its neighbours, Basingstoke runs cooler than most and wetter than most in March. Reading, 23 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
March in Basingstoke, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus February
- 3° warmer, 4.0 mm less rain
- Versus April
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ReadingEngland | 23 km NNE | 11° | 4° | 46 mm |
| BracknellEngland | 29 km NE | 11° | 3° | 48 mm |
| GuildfordEngland | 36 km E | 11° | 3° | 48 mm |
| WokingEngland | 37 km E | 12° | 4° | 44 mm |
| MaidenheadEngland | 39 km NE | 12° | 4° | 42 mm |
| WaterloovilleEngland | 43 km S | 11° | 4° | 60 mm |
| SloughEngland | 44 km NE | 12° | 4° | 40 mm |
| SouthamptonEngland | 46 km SSW | 12° | 4° | 52 mm |