Colchester weather in March

In March, Colchester sees average daytime highs of 38°F and overnight lows near 23°F, with 2.9 in of precipitation across 11 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 33°F in the first days to 44°F by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 48 min at the start of March to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Colchester's 8th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Colchester's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 38°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 23°; 4th coldest
Precipitation: 2.9 in; 11 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 36 min; 6:14 AM – 5:51 PM
Cloud cover: 69%; 8th clearest
Wind: 7 mph; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 3.7 kWh/m²
Travel score: 0.1; out of 10

Colchester is town in Chittenden County, Vermont, United States.

Density: 112/km²; people per km²

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

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 33°F in the first days to 44°F by the end.

A typical March day in Colchester reaches about 38°F in the afternoon and slips back to 23°F overnight — a 15°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°F and 51°F. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 9°F warmer than February and about 14°F cooler than April.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°F)	33	33	33	34	34	34	35	35	35	35	36	36	37	37	37	38	38	38	39	39	40	40	41	41	42	42	43	43	44	44	45
Avg low (°F)	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	20	20	20	21	21	21	22	22	23	23	24	24	24	25	26	26	27	27	28	28	29	29	30

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	33	17
2	33	17
3	33	18
4	34	18
5	34	18
6	34	19
7	35	19
8	35	19
9	35	20
10	35	20
11	36	20
12	36	21
13	37	21
14	37	21
15	37	22
16	38	22
17	38	23
18	38	23
19	39	24
20	39	24
21	40	24
22	40	25
23	41	26
24	41	26
25	42	27
26	42	27
27	43	28
28	43	28
29	44	29
30	44	29
31	45	30

How March really feels in Colchester

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 days that feel above 90°F and 31 that feel at or below 32°F — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 90°F

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 32°F

15 feel bitter (≤ 14°F)

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

Colchester 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.

Month	High / Low (°F)	Rainfall (inches)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	27° / 13°	2.5	10.1	9.3	9	0.0
Feb	29° / 13°	2.2	8.9	8.1	10.1	0.0
Mar	38° / 23°	2.9	11	7	11.6	0.1
Apr	53° / 36°	3.4	11.6	2.7	13.2	2.7
May	65° / 46°	3.4	11.9	0.1	14.6	5.6
Jun	74° / 55°	3.8	12	0	15.3	6.4
Jul	79° / 61°	3.3	11.8	0	15	6.4
Aug	77° / 60°	3.1	11.4	0	13.9	6.7
Sep	69° / 53°	3.3	9.8	0	12.3	6.4
Oct	56° / 42°	4.2	12.4	0.5	10.7	3.6
Nov	44° / 32°	3.2	12.5	4	9.4	0.7
Dec	33° / 22°	3.0	12.1	9.3	8.7	0.0

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 67%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	31	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	33	35	34	34	34	35	35	35	35	34	34	33	34	33
Cloudier (%)	69	68	68	68	69	69	69	69	69	69	68	68	68	67	67	67	67	67	65	66	66	66	65	65	65	65	66	66	67	66	67

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	31	69
8	31	69
9	31	69
10	31	69
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	33	67
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	33	67
19	35	65
20	34	66
21	34	66
22	34	66
23	35	65
24	35	65
25	35	65
26	35	65
27	34	66
28	34	66
29	33	67
30	34	66
31	33	67

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Colchester gets around 2.9 in of rain and snow over 11 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 36% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days, and about 7 days bring snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	36	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	36	36	36	36	36	36	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	36	36	37	37	37	38
Snow chance (%)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	25	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	16	15	15	14	14

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	36	28
2	36	28
3	36	28
4	36	28
5	36	28
6	36	28
7	37	28
8	37	27
9	37	27
10	37	27
11	37	27
12	36	27
13	36	26
14	36	26
15	36	26
16	36	25
17	36	25
18	35	24
19	35	23
20	35	22
21	35	21
22	35	20
23	35	19
24	35	18
25	35	17
26	36	16
27	36	16
28	37	15
29	37	15
30	37	14
31	38	14

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in March

Winds average 7 mph in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 7 mph on the calmest days to 7 mph at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (mph)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (mph)	Feels
1	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	7	calm
4	7	calm
5	7	calm
6	7	calm
7	7	calm
8	7	calm
9	7	calm
10	7	calm
11	7	calm
12	7	calm
13	7	calm
14	7	calm
15	7	calm
16	7	calm
17	7	calm
18	7	calm
19	7	calm
20	7	calm
21	7	calm
22	7	calm
23	7	calm
24	7	calm
25	7	calm
26	7	calm
27	7	calm
28	7	calm
29	7	calm
30	7	calm
31	7	calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 48 min at the start of March to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 96 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:41 AM to 5:45 AM, and sunset from 5:31 PM to 6:10 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	10.8	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.3	12.3	12.4	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:41	6:39	6:37	6:36	6:34	6:32	6:30	6:28	6:27	6:25	6:23	6:21	6:19	6:17	6:16	6:14	6:12	6:10	6:08	6:06	6:04	6:02	6:01	5:59	5:57	5:55	5:53	5:51	5:49	5:47	5:45
Sunset (PM)	5:31	5:32	5:34	5:35	5:36	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:58	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:09	6:10

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.8	6:41	5:31
2	10.9	6:39	5:32
3	10.9	6:37	5:34
4	11.0	6:36	5:35
5	11.0	6:34	5:36
6	11.1	6:32	5:38
7	11.1	6:30	5:39
8	11.2	6:28	5:40
9	11.2	6:27	5:42
10	11.3	6:25	5:43
11	11.4	6:23	5:44
12	11.4	6:21	5:46
13	11.5	6:19	5:47
14	11.5	6:17	5:48
15	11.6	6:16	5:49
16	11.6	6:14	5:51
17	11.7	6:12	5:52
18	11.7	6:10	5:53
19	11.8	6:08	5:55
20	11.8	6:06	5:56
21	11.9	6:04	5:57
22	11.9	6:02	5:58
23	12.0	6:01	6:00
24	12.0	5:59	6:01
25	12.1	5:57	6:02
26	12.1	5:55	6:04
27	12.2	5:53	6:05
28	12.3	5:51	6:06
29	12.3	5:49	6:07
30	12.4	5:47	6:09
31	12.4	5:45	6:10

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 3.7 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.18 kWh/m² to a high of 5.89 kWh/m² in July across the year — March's 3.7 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.1	Moderate
2	3.1	Moderate
3	3.2	Moderate
4	3.2	Moderate
5	3.3	Moderate
6	3.3	Moderate
7	3.3	Moderate
8	3.4	Moderate
9	3.4	Moderate
10	3.5	Moderate
11	3.5	Moderate
12	3.6	Moderate
13	3.6	Moderate
14	3.6	Moderate
15	3.7	Moderate
16	3.7	Moderate
17	3.8	Moderate
18	3.8	Moderate
19	3.9	Moderate
20	3.9	Moderate
21	3.9	Moderate
22	4.0	Moderate
23	4.0	Moderate
24	4.0	Bright
25	4.0	Bright
26	4.0	Bright
27	4.1	Bright
28	4.1	Bright
29	4.1	Bright
30	4.1	Bright
31	4.1	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Colchester

In seasonPeak

None of Colchester's seasonal hazards are active in March. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Colchester sits in the Atlantic hurricane belt; the season peaks August–October.

Atlantic hurricane

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Is March a good time to visit Colchester?

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

0.1

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Colchester.

What to pack for Colchester in March

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

In March, Colchester sees daytime highs around 38°F and nights near 23°F. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

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UV index in Colchester in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Colchester peaks around July 13 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	4	5	7	6	8	3	6	3	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Moderate	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	5	Moderate
May	7	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	6	High
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Colchester?

Colchester sits at 44.5°N, 73.1°W, 272 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is South Burlington, 5.6 mi away.

Topography around Colchester

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 2, 10 and 50 miles of Colchester.

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Colchester has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 591 ft around an average of 305 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,496 ft; within 50 miles, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,266 ft.

The land around Colchester is covered by trees (73%) within 2 miles, trees (56%) and water (23%) within 10 miles, and trees (77%) within 50 miles.

2 miles

591 ft

trees 73%

10 miles

1,496 ft

trees 56%

50 miles

5,266 ft

trees 77%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland

← February Colchester year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: South Burlington 5.6 mi · Burlington 5.6 mi · Plattsburgh 19 mi · Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu 53 mi · Saint-Constant 60 mi · Candiac 61 mi · Granby 63 mi · La Prairie 63 mi

United States travel facts

Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 100% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $90,027; 2025
Happiness: 6.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 98%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 5.8; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 12.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
Religion

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 Colchester (44.5439°, -73.1479°, elevation 272 ft), 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). 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).

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	33	17
2	33	17
3	33	18
4	34	18
5	34	18
6	34	19
7	35	19
8	35	19
9	35	20
10	35	20
11	36	20
12	36	21
13	37	21
14	37	21
15	37	22
16	38	22
17	38	23
18	38	23
19	39	24
20	39	24
21	40	24
22	40	25
23	41	26
24	41	26
25	42	27
26	42	27
27	43	28
28	43	28
29	44	29
30	44	29
31	45	30

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	31	69
8	31	69
9	31	69
10	31	69
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	33	67
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	33	67
19	35	65
20	34	66
21	34	66
22	34	66
23	35	65
24	35	65
25	35	65
26	35	65
27	34	66
28	34	66
29	33	67
30	34	66
31	33	67

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	36	28
2	36	28
3	36	28
4	36	28
5	36	28
6	36	28
7	37	28
8	37	27
9	37	27
10	37	27
11	37	27
12	36	27
13	36	26
14	36	26
15	36	26
16	36	25
17	36	25
18	35	24
19	35	23
20	35	22
21	35	21
22	35	20
23	35	19
24	35	18
25	35	17
26	36	16
27	36	16
28	37	15
29	37	15
30	37	14
31	38	14

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	33	17
2	33	17
3	33	18
4	34	18
5	34	18
6	34	19
7	35	19
8	35	19
9	35	20
10	35	20
11	36	20
12	36	21
13	37	21
14	37	21
15	37	22
16	38	22
17	38	23
18	38	23
19	39	24
20	39	24
21	40	24
22	40	25
23	41	26
24	41	26
25	42	27
26	42	27
27	43	28
28	43	28
29	44	29
30	44	29
31	45	30

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	31	69
8	31	69
9	31	69
10	31	69
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	33	67
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	33	67
19	35	65
20	34	66
21	34	66
22	34	66
23	35	65
24	35	65
25	35	65
26	35	65
27	34	66
28	34	66
29	33	67
30	34	66
31	33	67

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	36	28
2	36	28
3	36	28
4	36	28
5	36	28
6	36	28
7	37	28
8	37	27
9	37	27
10	37	27
11	37	27
12	36	27
13	36	26
14	36	26
15	36	26
16	36	25
17	36	25
18	35	24
19	35	23
20	35	22
21	35	21
22	35	20
23	35	19
24	35	18
25	35	17
26	36	16
27	36	16
28	37	15
29	37	15
30	37	14
31	38	14

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	33	17
2	33	17
3	33	18
4	34	18
5	34	18
6	34	19
7	35	19
8	35	19
9	35	20
10	35	20
11	36	20
12	36	21
13	37	21
14	37	21
15	37	22
16	38	22
17	38	23
18	38	23
19	39	24
20	39	24
21	40	24
22	40	25
23	41	26
24	41	26
25	42	27
26	42	27
27	43	28
28	43	28
29	44	29
30	44	29
31	45	30

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	31	69
8	31	69
9	31	69
10	31	69
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	33	67
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	33	67
18	33	67
19	35	65
20	34	66
21	34	66
22	34	66
23	35	65
24	35	65
25	35	65
26	35	65
27	34	66
28	34	66
29	33	67
30	34	66
31	33	67

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	36	28
2	36	28
3	36	28
4	36	28
5	36	28
6	36	28
7	37	28
8	37	27
9	37	27
10	37	27
11	37	27
12	36	27
13	36	26
14	36	26
15	36	26
16	36	25
17	36	25
18	35	24
19	35	23
20	35	22
21	35	21
22	35	20
23	35	19
24	35	18
25	35	17
26	36	16
27	36	16
28	37	15
29	37	15
30	37	14
31	38	14

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100