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
Reference

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.

Michigan Snowfall
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