Average Precipitation for Ohio in March

The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall plus snowfall during March at cities, communities and other locations around Ohio.

Each place has a total for the amount of precipitation it usually receives this month. There is also a count of the number of days with wet weather, when precipitation amounts to 0.01 inches (0.25 millimetres) or more.

The precipitation totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 for the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

You can jump to a separate table for Northern Ohio and Southern Ohio.

Northern Ohio

Average monthly precipitation in March
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
14	Akron	3.2	82
13	Ashtabula	2.4	60
14	Chardon	3.7	94
13	Chippewa Lake	3.1	78
15	Cleveland	3.1	78
12	Findlay	2.6	65
11	Fremont	2.8	71
12	Lima	3.0	77
14	Mansfield	3.3	85
11	Marion	2.7	69
13	New Philadelphia	3.3	83
12	Norwalk	2.9	74
10	Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge	2.6	65
13	Painesville on the Lake	2.8	72
13	Steubenville	3.2	82
11	Tiffin	2.7	69
12	Toledo	2.6	66
12	Wooster	3.0	76
15	Youngstown	3.2	82

Southern Ohio

March averages for total rainfall plus snowfall
Days	Place	Inches	Millimetres
12	Athens	3.6	91
11	Chilo Lock Park	4.3	109
13	Cincinnati	4.2	106
13	Columbus	3.6	92
11	Dayton	3.5	90
12	Gallipolis	4.1	103
11	Greenville	3.2	82
13	Hannibal Lock & Dam	3.9	99
14	Marietta	4.0	101
12	McConnelsville Lock	3.9	98
11	Newark	3.6	92
12	Portsmouth	4.1	105
10	Springfield	2.9	75
12	Wilmington	3.9	100
12	Zanesville	3.2	82

Average Precipitation for Ohio in March

Northern Ohio

Southern Ohio

Reference

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