Thornton-Cleveleys weather in March

In March, Thornton-Cleveleys sees average daytime highs of 8°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 81 mm of precipitation across 14.4 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 7°C in the first days to 9°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 24 min at the start of March to 12 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Thornton-Cleveleys's 7th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Thornton-Cleveleys's year-round climate.

Daytime high
9th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
81 mm
14.4 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
6:38 AM – 6:06 PM
Cloud cover
71%
7th clearest
Wind
23 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
2.61 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.3
out of 10

Thornton-Cleveleys is local government district of Wyre, Lancashire, England, covering the towns of Thornton and Cleveleys.

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 7°C in the first days to 9°C by the end.

A typical March day in Thornton-Cleveleys reaches about 8°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 6°C and 11°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 1°C warmer than February and about 2°C cooler than April.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How March really feels in Thornton-Cleveleys

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 6 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
6
wind chill below the day's low

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

Thornton-Cleveleys weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 9th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 108170.77.70.8
Feb / 8714.60.69.40.8
Mar / 8114.40.611.51.3
Apr10° / 7012.80.113.72.2
May13° / 7412.6015.73.4
Jun16° / 12°8613.5016.74.3
Jul17° / 14°9716.1016.34.8
Aug18° / 14°11716.8014.64.8
Sep16° / 13°11114.8012.54.3
Oct13° / 10°13717.3010.23.1
Nov10° / 13818.40.18.31.8
Dec / 13917.40.57.21.1

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 69%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13367
23268
33268
43268
53268
63169
73169
82971
92971
102872
112674
122674
132674
142674
152674
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183070
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203169
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283466
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303466
313565

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Thornton-Cleveleys gets around 81 mm of rain and snow over 14.4 wet days in March. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 47% and peaks near 54% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1543
2543
3543
4543
5533
6533
7523
8513
9513
10502
11492
12482
13472
14462
15452
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30451
31450

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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Dry (%)
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Wind in March

Winds average 23 km/h in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 22 km/h on the calmest days to 25 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
125breezy
225breezy
325breezy
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724breezy
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Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 24 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 132 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:14 AM to 6:00 AM, and sunset from 5:37 PM to 6:34 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.47:145:37
210.47:125:39
310.57:095:41
410.67:075:42
510.77:055:44
610.77:025:46
710.87:005:48
810.96:575:50
911.06:555:52
1011.06:535:54
1111.16:505:56
1211.26:485:58
1311.26:456:00
1411.36:436:02
1511.46:406:04
1611.56:386:06
1711.56:356:08
1811.66:336:10
1911.76:306:11
2011.86:286:13
2111.86:256:15
2211.96:236:17
2312.06:206:19
2412.16:186:21
2512.16:156:23
2612.26:136:25
2712.36:106:27
2812.36:086:29
2912.46:056:30
3012.56:026:32
3112.66:006:34

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 2.61 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.51 kWh/m² to a high of 5.43 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 2.61 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.9Dim
22.0Dim
32.0Moderate
42.0Moderate
52.1Moderate
62.1Moderate
72.2Moderate
82.2Moderate
92.2Moderate
102.3Moderate
112.3Moderate
122.4Moderate
132.4Moderate
142.5Moderate
152.5Moderate
162.6Moderate
172.6Moderate
182.7Moderate
192.7Moderate
202.8Moderate
212.8Moderate
222.9Moderate
232.9Moderate
243.0Moderate
253.0Moderate
263.1Moderate
273.1Moderate
283.2Moderate
293.3Moderate
303.3Moderate
313.4Moderate
Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Thornton-Cleveleys?

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

1.3
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 Thornton-Cleveleys.

What to pack for Thornton-Cleveleys in March

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

In March, Thornton-Cleveleys sees daytime highs around 8°C and nights near 5°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: a windbreaker. About 14 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Thornton-Cleveleys 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 offshore is warmest in August at about 17°C and coldest in February near 6°C.

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

5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan7Bracing
Feb6Bracing
Mar7Bracing
Apr9Bracing
May11Bracing
Jun14Bracing
Jul16Cool
Aug17Cool
Sep16Cool
Oct14Bracing
Nov11Bracing
Dec9Bracing

UV index in Thornton-Cleveleys in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Thornton-Cleveleys peaks around August 10 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 21 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 21UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May6High
Jun5High
Jul5High
Aug6High
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Thornton-Cleveleys?

Thornton-Cleveleys sits at 53.9°N, 3.0°W, 7 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Poulton-le-Fylde, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Thornton-Cleveleys

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Thornton-Cleveleys.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Thornton-Cleveleys has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 24 m around an average of 5 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 52 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 962 m.

The land around Thornton-Cleveleys is covered by artificial surfaces (35%), grassland (29%) and water (23%) within 3 km, water (56%) and grassland (26%) within 16 km, and grassland (48%) and water (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
24 m
16 km
52 m
80 km
962 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
March weather nearby: Poulton-le-Fylde 5.0 km · Fleetwood 6.0 km · Blackpool 7.0 km · Fylde 8.0 km · Lytham St Annes 15 km · Heysham 21 km · Morecambe 24 km · Lancaster 24 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 Thornton-Cleveleys (53.8739°, -3.0224°, elevation 7 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).