Ely Weather in March
Ely in March
The short of it: Ely in March averages a high of 11 °C (52 °F) and a low of 3 °C (38 °F), with 36 mm (1.4 in) of rain and about 11 h 42 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 11° · low 3° · rain 36 mm · daylight 11 h 42 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & July
Thirty years of records give Ely an average March high of 11°, a low of 3° and some 36 mm of rain. Much like February: highs about 11°, nights near 3°. A wool coat will serve you well. It is the driest month of the year, only 36 mm of rain.
The sun is up for about 11 h 42 min in mid-March, 113 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates March 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are May and July.
Against its neighbours, Ely runs warmer than most and drier than most in March. Newmarket, 20 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
March in Ely, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus February
- 3° warmer, 1.0 mm less rain
- Versus April
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 42 min
- Average wind
- 17 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
March averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NewmarketEngland | 20 km SSE | 11° | 3° | 39 mm |
| MarchEngland | 21 km NW | 11° | 3° | 37 mm |
| CambridgeEngland | 24 km SSW | 11° | 3° | 36 mm |
| WisbechEngland | 30 km NNW | 11° | 3° | 38 mm |
| HuntingdonEngland | 31 km WSW | 11° | 3° | 37 mm |
| ThetfordEngland | 33 km E | 11° | 3° | 41 mm |
| Bury St EdmundsEngland | 35 km ESE | 11° | 3° | 38 mm |
| HaverhillEngland | 37 km SSE | 11° | 3° | 39 mm |