Average Snowfall for Michigan in March

The tables below give monthly averages for snowfall during March at cities and other locations around Michigan. The numbers are for the total amount of new snow and how many days it snows at least 0.1 inches (0.25 centimetres) this month.

The snowfall 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 each region of the state: The Thumb & Southeast Michigan, West & Mid-Michigan, Northern Michigan and Upper Peninsula.

The Thumb & Southeast Michigan

Average total snowfall in March

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
2.4	Adrian	4.1	10.4
7.5	Ann Arbor	8.3	21.1
2.8	Dearborn	5.7	14.5
5.3	Detroit	6.2	15.7
6.2	Flint	6.6	16.8
3.8	Harbor Beach	6.0	15.2
2.9	Port Huron	4.6	11.7
3.5	Saginaw	5.0	12.7

West & Mid-Michigan

March snowfall averages

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
5.0	Battle Creek	6.0	15.2
3.0	Benton Harbor	7.7	19.6
5.9	Grand Rapids	7.6	19.3
4.8	Lansing	5.9	15.0
5.4	Muskegon	7.5	19.1
4.2	Niles	6.3	16.0

Northern Michigan

Average snow for March

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
7.1	Alpena	10.6	26.9
5.3	Cheboygan	11.6	29.5
4.3	East Tawas	7.2	18.3
6.2	Frankfort	12.8	32.5
7.9	Gaylord	14.9	37.8
5.0	Harrisville	8.0	20.3
7.0	Houghton Lake	11.4	29.0
5.4	Petoskey	12.2	31.0
7.1	Traverse City	12.3	31.2

Upper Peninsula

Average total snowfall in March

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
6.7	De Tour Village	12.0	30.5
2.5	Escanaba	6.1	15.5
4.9	Iron Mountain	8.9	22.6
10.6	Ironwood	23.9	60.7
8.9	Marquette	14.2	36.1
9.0	Munising	17.9	45.5
10.4	Sault Ste Marie	13.0	33.0
7.5	Tahquamenon Falls Park	16.3	41.4
8.5	Whitefish Point	12.2	31.0