March Weather in Orlando Florida, United States

Daily high temperatures increase by 4°F, from 75°F to 80°F, rarely falling below 65°F or exceeding 86°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 5°F, from 56°F to 61°F, rarely falling below 45°F or exceeding 69°F.

For reference, on July 21, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Orlando typically range from 76°F to 91°F, while on January 15, the coldest day of the year, they range from 52°F to 70°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on March. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Pāsighāt, Arunachal Pradesh, India (8,529 miles away) and Nantou, Taiwan (8,536 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Orlando (view comparison).

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The month of March in Orlando experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 39% throughout the month.

The clearest day of the month is March 4, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 62% of the time.

For reference, on July 6, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 67%, while on April 30, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 65%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Orlando, the chance of a wet day over the course of March is gradually increasing, starting the month at 24% and ending it at 26%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 68% on August 7, and its lowest chance is 15% on November 20.

Rainfall

To show variation within the month and not just the monthly total, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during March in Orlando is essentially constant, remaining about 2.8 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 5.9 inches or falling below 0.6 inches.

The highest average 31-day accumulation is 3.0 inches on March 21.

Over the course of March in Orlando, the length of the day is increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 51 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 1 minute, 42 seconds, and weekly increase of 11 minutes, 57 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is March 1, with 11 hours, 36 minutes of daylight and the longest day is March 31, with 12 hours, 27 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the month in Orlando is 6:41 AM on March 9 and the latest sunrise is 59 minutes later at 7:40 AM on March 10.

The earliest sunset is 6:25 PM on March 1 and the latest sunset is 1 hour, 17 minutes later at 7:43 PM on March 31.

Daylight saving time (DST) starts at 3:00 AM on March 10, 2024, shifting sunrise and sunset to be an hour later.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:28 AM and sets 13 hours, 58 minutes later, at 8:26 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:14 AM and sets 10 hours, 20 minutes later, at 5:33 PM.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for March 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy in Orlando is increasing during March, rising from 11% to 19% over the course of the month.

For reference, on July 20, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 100% of the time, while on January 30, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 7% of the time.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed in Orlando is essentially constant during March, remaining within 0.2 miles per hour of 9.2 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on March 9, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.4 miles per hour, while on August 3, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.6 miles per hour.

The highest daily average wind speed during March is 9.4 miles per hour on March 9.

The wind direction in Orlando during March is predominantly out of the west from March 1 to March 9 and the east from March 9 to March 31.

Orlando is located near a large body of water (e.g., ocean, sea, or large lake). This section reports on the wide-area average surface temperature of that water.

The average surface water temperature in Orlando is essentially constant during March, remaining within 1°F of 69°F throughout.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

While it does not do so every year, freezing temperatures are seen in Orlando over some winters. The day least likely to be in the growing season is January 13, with a 70% chance.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days in Orlando are rapidly increasing during March, increasing by 512°F, from 724°F to 1,236°F, over the course of the month.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy in Orlando is gradually increasing during March, rising by 0.9 kWh, from 5.1 kWh to 6.0 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Orlando are 28.538 deg latitude, -81.379 deg longitude, and 98 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Orlando is essentially flat, with a maximum elevation change of 56 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 93 feet. Within 10 miles is essentially flat (157 feet). Within 50 miles also contains only modest variations in elevation (302 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Orlando is covered by artificial surfaces (98%), within 10 miles by artificial surfaces (94%), and within 50 miles by herbaceous vegetation (32%) and artificial surfaces (24%).