Thornaby-on-Tees weather in March

In March, Thornaby-on-Tees sees average daytime highs of 9°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 46 mm of precipitation across 10.7 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 8°C in the first days to 9°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 18 min at the start of March to 12 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Thornaby-on-Tees's 9th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Thornaby-on-Tees's year-round climate.

Daytime high
9th warmest
Overnight low
4th coldest
Precipitation
46 mm
10.7 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
6:31 AM – 5:58 PM
Cloud cover
72%
9th clearest
Wind
19 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
2.47 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.5
out of 10

Thornaby-on-Tees is town in North Yorkshire, England.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 8°C in the first days to 9°C by the end.

A typical March day in Thornaby-on-Tees reaches about 9°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 5°C and 12°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 2°C warmer than February and about 2°C cooler than April.

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How March really feels in Thornaby-on-Tees

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 26 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
26
wind chill below the day's low

The story in March is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Thornaby-on-Tees weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 9th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 5813.11.67.60.6
Feb / 5111.62.19.30.8
Mar / 4610.71.111.51.5
Apr11° / 5310.90.413.72.4
May13° / 4911015.83.6
Jun16° / 10°6411.1016.94.7
Jul18° / 12°6211.7016.45.6
Aug18° / 12°6711.7014.75.5
Sep16° / 10°589.8012.54.8
Oct13° / 6412.10.110.23.2
Nov / 6912.90.58.21.8
Dec / 6513.41.47.10.8

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 70%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13169
23169
33268
43268
53268
63268
73268
83169
93070
103070
113070
122971
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222872
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242971
253070
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293268
303268
313169

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Thornaby-on-Tees gets around 46 mm of rain and snow over 10.7 wet days in March, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 35% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1407
2397
3396
4386
5376
6375
7365
8355
9344
10334
11324
12324
13314
14314
15314
16314
17314
18314
19314
20323
21323
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23343
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25363
26373
27373
28383
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30383
31382

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of March feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, March lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Wind in March

Winds average 19 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 18 km/h on the calmest days to 20 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
120breezy
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Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 18 min at the start of March to 12 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 138 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:08 AM to 5:53 AM, and sunset from 5:28 PM to 6:28 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.37:085:28
210.47:065:30
310.57:045:33
410.67:015:35
510.66:595:37
610.76:565:39
710.86:545:41
810.96:515:43
910.96:495:45
1011.06:465:47
1111.16:445:49
1211.26:415:51
1311.26:395:53
1411.36:365:54
1511.46:345:56
1611.56:315:58
1711.56:296:00
1811.66:266:02
1911.76:246:04
2011.86:216:06
2111.86:186:08
2211.96:166:10
2312.06:136:12
2412.16:116:14
2512.16:086:16
2612.26:066:18
2712.36:036:20
2812.46:006:22
2912.45:586:24
3012.55:556:26
3112.65:536:28

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 2.47 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.47 kWh/m² to a high of 4.91 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 2.47 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.8Dim
21.9Dim
31.9Dim
42.0Dim
52.0Dim
62.0Moderate
72.1Moderate
82.1Moderate
92.1Moderate
102.2Moderate
112.2Moderate
122.3Moderate
132.3Moderate
142.4Moderate
152.4Moderate
162.4Moderate
172.5Moderate
182.5Moderate
192.6Moderate
202.6Moderate
212.7Moderate
222.7Moderate
232.8Moderate
242.8Moderate
252.9Moderate
262.9Moderate
273.0Moderate
283.0Moderate
293.0Moderate
303.1Moderate
313.1Moderate
Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Thornaby-on-Tees?

Our two travel scores rate March for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

1.5
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Thornaby-on-Tees.

What to pack for Thornaby-on-Tees in March

From March's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In March, Thornaby-on-Tees sees daytime highs around 9°C and nights near 4°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Thornaby-on-Tees in March

The nearest coast averages about 7°C in March — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 15 km away) is warmest in August at about 15°C and coldest in March near 7°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

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Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
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Jun12Bracing
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UV index in Thornaby-on-Tees in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Thornaby-on-Tees peaks around August 10 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowAug 10UV 6Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun5High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Thornaby-on-Tees?

Thornaby-on-Tees sits at 54.5°N, 1.3°W, 20 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Stockton-on-Tees, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Thornaby-on-Tees

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Thornaby-on-Tees.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Thornaby-on-Tees has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 58 m around an average of 21 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 443 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 906 m.

The land around Thornaby-on-Tees is covered by artificial surfaces (40%) and grassland (25%) within 3 km, cropland (35%) and grassland (33%) within 16 km, and grassland (46%), cropland (21%) and water (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
58 m
16 km
443 m
80 km
906 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
March weather nearby: Stockton-on-Tees 4.0 km · Yarm 5.0 km · Billingham 6.0 km · Middlesbrough 6.0 km · Guisborough 16 km · Darlington 16 km · Hartlepool 18 km · Redcar 18 km

United Kingdom travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type D / G / M
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 89% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$57,602
2025
Happiness
6.7 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.1
per 100k, 2021
Road deaths
3.2
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Christian 60%none 26%Muslim 4%other 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Thornaby-on-Tees (54.5333°, -1.3°, elevation 20 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).