Kingston weather in March

In March, Kingston sees average daytime highs of 45°F and overnight lows near 28°F, with 4.2 in of precipitation across 10.5 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 41°F in the first days to 50°F by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 54 min at the start of March to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Kingston's 9th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kingston's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 45°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 28°; 4th coldest
Precipitation: 4.2 in; 10.5 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 6:16 AM – 5:55 PM
Cloud cover: 64%; 9th clearest
Wind: 6 mph; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 3.92 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.0; out of 10

Kingston is city in and the county seat of Ulster County, New York, United States.

Density: 1,031/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 41°F in the first days to 50°F by the end.

A typical March day in Kingston reaches about 45°F in the afternoon and slips back to 28°F overnight — a 17°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 33°F and 59°F. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 9°F warmer than February and about 13°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)	40	40	40	41	41	42	42	42	42	43	43	43	44	44	44	45	45	45	46	46	46	47	47	48	48	49	49	49	50	50	51
Avg low (°F)	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	28	28	28	29	29	29	30	30	31	31	32	32	33	33	33	34

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	40	24
2	40	24
3	40	24
4	41	24
5	41	25
6	42	25
7	42	25
8	42	25
9	42	26
10	43	26
11	43	26
12	43	26
13	44	27
14	44	27
15	44	27
16	45	28
17	45	28
18	45	28
19	46	29
20	46	29
21	46	29
22	47	30
23	47	30
24	48	31
25	48	31
26	49	32
27	49	32
28	49	33
29	50	33
30	50	33
31	51	34

How March really feels in Kingston

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

wind chill below the day's low

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

Kingston weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 9th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°F)	Rainfall (inches)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	34° / 19°	3.5	9	6.1	9.3	0.0
Feb	36° / 20°	2.9	8.4	5.7	10.3	0.0
Mar	45° / 28°	4.2	10.5	4.8	11.7	1.0
Apr	58° / 39°	4.0	10.9	1.3	13.1	4.1
May	68° / 49°	3.9	12.2	0.1	14.3	5.9
Jun	77° / 58°	4.3	12.5	0	15	6.3
Jul	82° / 64°	3.8	11.4	0	14.7	6.2
Aug	80° / 62°	4.0	10.7	0	13.7	6.5
Sep	73° / 55°	4.3	9	0	12.3	6.9
Oct	60° / 44°	4.7	9.3	0.3	10.9	5.0
Nov	49° / 34°	3.6	9	1.6	9.6	1.9
Dec	38° / 25°	4.2	10.1	5.6	9	0.0

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% 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 59%.

	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 (%)	40	41	41	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	41	41	40	40	40	42	41	41	41	42	42	42	42	42	41	41	40	40	40	40	40
Cloudier (%)	60	59	59	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	59	59	60	60	60	58	59	59	59	58	58	58	58	58	59	59	60	60	60	60	60

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	41	59
3	41	59
4	40	60
5	40	60
6	40	60
7	40	60
8	40	60
9	40	60
10	40	60
11	41	59
12	41	59
13	40	60
14	40	60
15	40	60
16	42	58
17	41	59
18	41	59
19	41	59
20	42	58
21	42	58
22	42	58
23	42	58
24	42	58
25	41	59
26	41	59
27	40	60
28	40	60
29	40	60
30	40	60
31	40	60

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Kingston gets around 4.2 in of rain and snow over 10.5 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 34% and peaks near 36% on the wettest days, and about 5 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 (%)	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	35	35	36	36	36	36	36
Snow chance (%)	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	12	11	11	10	10

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	34	19
2	34	19
3	34	18
4	34	18
5	34	18
6	34	17
7	34	17
8	34	17
9	34	17
10	34	17
11	34	16
12	34	16
13	34	16
14	34	16
15	34	16
16	34	16
17	33	16
18	33	16
19	33	16
20	33	15
21	33	15
22	33	14
23	34	14
24	34	14
25	35	13
26	35	13
27	36	12
28	36	11
29	36	11
30	36	10
31	36	10

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 6 mph in March, the windiest month of the year.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 6 mph on the calmest days to 6 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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
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27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm
31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 54 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 90 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:41 AM to 5:50 AM, and sunset from 5:37 PM to 6:12 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)	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:41	6:39	6:38	6:36	6:35	6:33	6:31	6:30	6:28	6:26	6:25	6:23	6:21	6:20	6:18	6:16	6:14	6:13	6:11	6:09	6:07	6:06	6:04	6:02	6:00	5:59	5:57	5:55	5:53	5:52	5:50
Sunset (PM)	5:37	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:12

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.9	6:41	5:37
2	11.0	6:39	5:39
3	11.0	6:38	5:40
4	11.1	6:36	5:41
5	11.1	6:35	5:42
6	11.2	6:33	5:43
7	11.2	6:31	5:45
8	11.3	6:30	5:46
9	11.3	6:28	5:47
10	11.4	6:26	5:48
11	11.4	6:25	5:49
12	11.5	6:23	5:51
13	11.5	6:21	5:52
14	11.6	6:20	5:53
15	11.6	6:18	5:54
16	11.7	6:16	5:55
17	11.7	6:14	5:56
18	11.7	6:13	5:57
19	11.8	6:11	5:59
20	11.8	6:09	6:00
21	11.9	6:07	6:01
22	11.9	6:06	6:02
23	12.0	6:04	6:03
24	12.0	6:02	6:04
25	12.1	6:00	6:05
26	12.1	5:59	6:07
27	12.2	5:57	6:08
28	12.2	5:55	6:09
29	12.3	5:53	6:10
30	12.3	5:52	6:11
31	12.4	5:50	6:12

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 3.92 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.55 kWh/m² to a high of 5.96 kWh/m² in July across the year — March's 3.92 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)	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.3	Moderate
2	3.4	Moderate
3	3.4	Moderate
4	3.5	Moderate
5	3.5	Moderate
6	3.5	Moderate
7	3.6	Moderate
8	3.6	Moderate
9	3.7	Moderate
10	3.7	Moderate
11	3.8	Moderate
12	3.8	Moderate
13	3.9	Moderate
14	3.9	Moderate
15	3.9	Moderate
16	4.0	Moderate
17	4.0	Bright
18	4.0	Bright
19	4.1	Bright
20	4.1	Bright
21	4.1	Bright
22	4.2	Bright
23	4.2	Bright
24	4.2	Bright
25	4.2	Bright
26	4.3	Bright
27	4.3	Bright
28	4.3	Bright
29	4.3	Bright
30	4.3	Bright
31	4.3	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Hazard calendar for Kingston

In seasonPeak

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

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

Atlantic hurricane

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Is March a good time to visit Kingston?

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

1.0

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kingston.

What to pack for Kingston in March

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

In March, Kingston sees daytime highs around 45°F and nights near 28°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 Kingston 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 Kingston peaks around July 11 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 8 months of the year.

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

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

Location & terrain

Where is Kingston?

Kingston sits at 41.9°N, 74.0°W, 197 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Poughkeepsie, 16 mi away.

Topography around Kingston

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Kingston has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 463 ft around an average of 177 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,417 ft; within 50 miles, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,370 ft.

The land around Kingston is covered by trees (62%) within 2 miles, trees (79%) within 10 miles, and trees (88%) within 50 miles.

2 miles

463 ft

trees 62%

10 miles

1,417 ft

trees 79%

50 miles

4,370 ft

trees 88%

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

March weather nearby: Poughkeepsie 16 mi · Newburgh 29 mi · Middletown 40 mi · Kiryas Joel 42 mi · Peekskill 44 mi · West Torrington 45 mi · Cortlandt Manor 45 mi · Torrington 46 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 Kingston (41.927°, -73.9974°, elevation 197 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	40	24
2	40	24
3	40	24
4	41	24
5	41	25
6	42	25
7	42	25
8	42	25
9	42	26
10	43	26
11	43	26
12	43	26
13	44	27
14	44	27
15	44	27
16	45	28
17	45	28
18	45	28
19	46	29
20	46	29
21	46	29
22	47	30
23	47	30
24	48	31
25	48	31
26	49	32
27	49	32
28	49	33
29	50	33
30	50	33
31	51	34

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	41	59
3	41	59
4	40	60
5	40	60
6	40	60
7	40	60
8	40	60
9	40	60
10	40	60
11	41	59
12	41	59
13	40	60
14	40	60
15	40	60
16	42	58
17	41	59
18	41	59
19	41	59
20	42	58
21	42	58
22	42	58
23	42	58
24	42	58
25	41	59
26	41	59
27	40	60
28	40	60
29	40	60
30	40	60
31	40	60

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	34	19
2	34	19
3	34	18
4	34	18
5	34	18
6	34	17
7	34	17
8	34	17
9	34	17
10	34	17
11	34	16
12	34	16
13	34	16
14	34	16
15	34	16
16	34	16
17	33	16
18	33	16
19	33	16
20	33	15
21	33	15
22	33	14
23	34	14
24	34	14
25	35	13
26	35	13
27	36	12
28	36	11
29	36	11
30	36	10
31	36	10

	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	40	24
2	40	24
3	40	24
4	41	24
5	41	25
6	42	25
7	42	25
8	42	25
9	42	26
10	43	26
11	43	26
12	43	26
13	44	27
14	44	27
15	44	27
16	45	28
17	45	28
18	45	28
19	46	29
20	46	29
21	46	29
22	47	30
23	47	30
24	48	31
25	48	31
26	49	32
27	49	32
28	49	33
29	50	33
30	50	33
31	51	34

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	41	59
3	41	59
4	40	60
5	40	60
6	40	60
7	40	60
8	40	60
9	40	60
10	40	60
11	41	59
12	41	59
13	40	60
14	40	60
15	40	60
16	42	58
17	41	59
18	41	59
19	41	59
20	42	58
21	42	58
22	42	58
23	42	58
24	42	58
25	41	59
26	41	59
27	40	60
28	40	60
29	40	60
30	40	60
31	40	60

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	34	19
2	34	19
3	34	18
4	34	18
5	34	18
6	34	17
7	34	17
8	34	17
9	34	17
10	34	17
11	34	16
12	34	16
13	34	16
14	34	16
15	34	16
16	34	16
17	33	16
18	33	16
19	33	16
20	33	15
21	33	15
22	33	14
23	34	14
24	34	14
25	35	13
26	35	13
27	36	12
28	36	11
29	36	11
30	36	10
31	36	10

	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	40	24
2	40	24
3	40	24
4	41	24
5	41	25
6	42	25
7	42	25
8	42	25
9	42	26
10	43	26
11	43	26
12	43	26
13	44	27
14	44	27
15	44	27
16	45	28
17	45	28
18	45	28
19	46	29
20	46	29
21	46	29
22	47	30
23	47	30
24	48	31
25	48	31
26	49	32
27	49	32
28	49	33
29	50	33
30	50	33
31	51	34

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	41	59
3	41	59
4	40	60
5	40	60
6	40	60
7	40	60
8	40	60
9	40	60
10	40	60
11	41	59
12	41	59
13	40	60
14	40	60
15	40	60
16	42	58
17	41	59
18	41	59
19	41	59
20	42	58
21	42	58
22	42	58
23	42	58
24	42	58
25	41	59
26	41	59
27	40	60
28	40	60
29	40	60
30	40	60
31	40	60

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	34	19
2	34	19
3	34	18
4	34	18
5	34	18
6	34	17
7	34	17
8	34	17
9	34	17
10	34	17
11	34	16
12	34	16
13	34	16
14	34	16
15	34	16
16	34	16
17	33	16
18	33	16
19	33	16
20	33	15
21	33	15
22	33	14
23	34	14
24	34	14
25	35	13
26	35	13
27	36	12
28	36	11
29	36	11
30	36	10
31	36	10

	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