Opportunity weather in March

In March, Opportunity sees average daytime highs of 48°F and overnight lows near 31°F, with 2.7 in of precipitation across 12.8 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 43°F in the first days to 52°F by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 42 min at the start of March to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Opportunity's 9th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Opportunity's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 48°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 31°; 5th coldest
Precipitation: 2.7 in; 12.8 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 36 min; 6:11 AM – 5:46 PM
Cloud cover: 70%; 9th clearest
Wind: 6 mph; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 3.58 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.6; out of 10

Opportunity is neighborhood of Spokane Valley, Washington, United States.

Density: 1,496/km²; people per km²

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

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

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 43°F in the first days to 52°F by the end.

A typical March day in Opportunity reaches about 48°F in the afternoon and slips back to 31°F overnight — a 17°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 39°F and 58°F. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 8°F warmer than February and about 9°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)	43	43	43	44	44	45	45	46	46	46	47	47	47	48	48	48	49	49	49	49	50	50	50	50	51	51	51	51	52	52	52
Avg low (°F)	27	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	34

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	43	27
2	43	28
3	43	28
4	44	28
5	44	28
6	45	29
7	45	29
8	46	29
9	46	30
10	46	30
11	47	30
12	47	31
13	47	31
14	48	31
15	48	31
16	48	32
17	49	32
18	49	32
19	49	32
20	49	32
21	50	33
22	50	33
23	50	33
24	50	33
25	51	33
26	51	33
27	51	33
28	51	34
29	52	34
30	52	34
31	52	34

How March really feels in Opportunity

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.

Opportunity weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°F)	Rainfall (inches)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	35° / 25°	3.1	13.3	8.9	8.7	0.0
Feb	40° / 26°	2.1	10.6	6.3	9.9	0.0
Mar	48° / 31°	2.7	12.8	4.1	11.6	1.6
Apr	57° / 37°	2.3	11	1.2	13.3	3.8
May	66° / 45°	2.0	8.6	0	14.9	6.3
Jun	73° / 51°	1.5	6.6	0	15.7	7.2
Jul	84° / 57°	0.6	3	0	15.4	7.0
Aug	83° / 57°	0.5	2.6	0	14.1	7.2
Sep	73° / 49°	0.9	4.4	0.1	12.4	7.8
Oct	58° / 39°	2.0	8.5	0.3	10.6	4.5
Nov	43° / 31°	3.3	13.2	5	9.1	0.6
Dec	35° / 25°	3.4	12.8	9	8.3	0.0

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% 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 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 (%)	35	34	34	33	34	33	33	32	32	33	33	32	32	32	32	33	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	31
Cloudier (%)	65	66	66	67	66	67	67	68	68	67	67	68	68	68	68	67	68	68	68	68	68	67	67	67	67	67	68	68	68	68	69

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

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Opportunity gets around 2.7 in of rain and snow over 12.8 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 41% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days, and about 4 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 (%)	40	39	39	39	40	40	40	41	41	41	41	42	42	42	42	42	43	43	43	43	43	42	42	41	41	40	40	40	40	40	40
Snow chance (%)	23	22	22	21	20	19	18	18	17	16	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	40	23
2	39	22
3	39	22
4	39	21
5	40	20
6	40	19
7	40	18
8	41	18
9	41	17
10	41	16
11	41	15
12	42	14
13	42	14
14	42	13
15	42	12
16	42	12
17	43	11
18	43	11
19	43	10
20	43	10
21	43	10
22	42	9
23	42	9
24	41	9
25	41	9
26	40	9
27	40	9
28	40	9
29	40	9
30	40	9
31	40	9

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.

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
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
9	6	calm
10	6	calm
11	6	calm
12	6	calm
13	6	calm
14	6	calm
15	6	calm
16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
21	6	calm
22	6	calm
23	6	calm
24	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	6	calm
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 42 min at the start of March to 12 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 108 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 6:41 AM to 5:40 AM, and sunset from 5:23 PM to 6:08 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)	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3	12.4	12.5
Sunrise (AM)	6:41	6:39	6:37	6:35	6:33	6:32	6:30	6:28	6:26	6:24	6:22	6:20	6:18	6:16	6:13	6:11	6:09	6:07	6:05	6:03	6:01	5:59	5:57	5:55	5:53	5:51	5:49	5:46	5:44	5:42	5:40
Sunset (PM)	5:23	5:25	5:26	5:28	5:29	5:31	5:32	5:34	5:35	5:37	5:38	5:40	5:41	5:43	5:44	5:46	5:47	5:49	5:50	5:52	5:53	5:55	5:56	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:02	6:03	6:05	6:06	6:08

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.7	6:41	5:23
2	10.8	6:39	5:25
3	10.8	6:37	5:26
4	10.9	6:35	5:28
5	10.9	6:33	5:29
6	11.0	6:32	5:31
7	11.0	6:30	5:32
8	11.1	6:28	5:34
9	11.2	6:26	5:35
10	11.2	6:24	5:37
11	11.3	6:22	5:38
12	11.3	6:20	5:40
13	11.4	6:18	5:41
14	11.5	6:16	5:43
15	11.5	6:13	5:44
16	11.6	6:11	5:46
17	11.6	6:09	5:47
18	11.7	6:07	5:49
19	11.7	6:05	5:50
20	11.8	6:03	5:52
21	11.9	6:01	5:53
22	11.9	5:59	5:55
23	12.0	5:57	5:56
24	12.0	5:55	5:58
25	12.1	5:53	5:59
26	12.2	5:51	6:00
27	12.2	5:49	6:02
28	12.3	5:46	6:03
29	12.3	5:44	6:05
30	12.4	5:42	6:06
31	12.5	5:40	6:08

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 3.58 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.06 kWh/m² to a high of 7.56 kWh/m² in July across the year — March's 3.58 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)	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3
Level	Moderate	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

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.9	Moderate
2	3.0	Moderate
3	3.0	Moderate
4	3.0	Moderate
5	3.1	Moderate
6	3.1	Moderate
7	3.2	Moderate
8	3.2	Moderate
9	3.2	Moderate
10	3.3	Moderate
11	3.3	Moderate
12	3.4	Moderate
13	3.4	Moderate
14	3.5	Moderate
15	3.5	Moderate
16	3.6	Moderate
17	3.6	Moderate
18	3.7	Moderate
19	3.7	Moderate
20	3.8	Moderate
21	3.8	Moderate
22	3.9	Moderate
23	3.9	Moderate
24	4.0	Moderate
25	4.0	Bright
26	4.1	Bright
27	4.1	Bright
28	4.2	Bright
29	4.2	Bright
30	4.3	Bright
31	4.3	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Opportunity?

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

1.6

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Opportunity.

What to pack for Opportunity in March

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

In March, Opportunity sees daytime highs around 48°F and nights near 31°F. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Opportunity 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 Opportunity peaks around July 17 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 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)	1	2	4	5	7	6	9	6	4	3	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	5	Moderate
May	7	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	6	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Air quality in Opportunity in March

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where March falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Opportunity is worst in August — around 30 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.9× the cleanest month (December, 6 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	7	8	10	11	11	10	13	30	20	11	11	6
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	7	Good
Feb	8	Good
Mar	10	Good
Apr	11	Good
May	11	Good
Jun	10	Good
Jul	13	Moderate
Aug	30	Moderate
Sep	20	Moderate
Oct	11	Good
Nov	11	Good
Dec	6	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Opportunity?

Opportunity sits at 47.6°N, 117.2°W, 2,005 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Spokane Valley, 1.9 mi away.

Topography around Opportunity

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Opportunity has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 276 ft around an average of 2,034 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,524 ft; within 50 miles, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,023 ft.

The land around Opportunity is covered by artificial surfaces (49%) and trees (35%) within 2 miles, trees (43%) and grassland (27%) within 10 miles, and trees (51%), cropland (23%) and grassland (22%) within 50 miles.

2 miles

276 ft

artificial surfaces 49%

10 miles

3,524 ft

trees 43%

50 miles

5,023 ft

trees 51%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

March weather nearby: Spokane Valley 1.9 mi · Spokane 8.7 mi · Post Falls 14 mi · Coeur d'Alene 22 mi · Pullman 63 mi · Moscow 65 mi · Lewiston 86 mi · Lewiston Orchards 89 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 Opportunity (47.6499°, -117.2399°, elevation 2,005 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. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. 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	43	27
2	43	28
3	43	28
4	44	28
5	44	28
6	45	29
7	45	29
8	46	29
9	46	30
10	46	30
11	47	30
12	47	31
13	47	31
14	48	31
15	48	31
16	48	32
17	49	32
18	49	32
19	49	32
20	49	32
21	50	33
22	50	33
23	50	33
24	50	33
25	51	33
26	51	33
27	51	33
28	51	34
29	52	34
30	52	34
31	52	34

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	40	23
2	39	22
3	39	22
4	39	21
5	40	20
6	40	19
7	40	18
8	41	18
9	41	17
10	41	16
11	41	15
12	42	14
13	42	14
14	42	13
15	42	12
16	42	12
17	43	11
18	43	11
19	43	10
20	43	10
21	43	10
22	42	9
23	42	9
24	41	9
25	41	9
26	40	9
27	40	9
28	40	9
29	40	9
30	40	9
31	40	9

	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	43	27
2	43	28
3	43	28
4	44	28
5	44	28
6	45	29
7	45	29
8	46	29
9	46	30
10	46	30
11	47	30
12	47	31
13	47	31
14	48	31
15	48	31
16	48	32
17	49	32
18	49	32
19	49	32
20	49	32
21	50	33
22	50	33
23	50	33
24	50	33
25	51	33
26	51	33
27	51	33
28	51	34
29	52	34
30	52	34
31	52	34

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	40	23
2	39	22
3	39	22
4	39	21
5	40	20
6	40	19
7	40	18
8	41	18
9	41	17
10	41	16
11	41	15
12	42	14
13	42	14
14	42	13
15	42	12
16	42	12
17	43	11
18	43	11
19	43	10
20	43	10
21	43	10
22	42	9
23	42	9
24	41	9
25	41	9
26	40	9
27	40	9
28	40	9
29	40	9
30	40	9
31	40	9

	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	43	27
2	43	28
3	43	28
4	44	28
5	44	28
6	45	29
7	45	29
8	46	29
9	46	30
10	46	30
11	47	30
12	47	31
13	47	31
14	48	31
15	48	31
16	48	32
17	49	32
18	49	32
19	49	32
20	49	32
21	50	33
22	50	33
23	50	33
24	50	33
25	51	33
26	51	33
27	51	33
28	51	34
29	52	34
30	52	34
31	52	34

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	40	23
2	39	22
3	39	22
4	39	21
5	40	20
6	40	19
7	40	18
8	41	18
9	41	17
10	41	16
11	41	15
12	42	14
13	42	14
14	42	13
15	42	12
16	42	12
17	43	11
18	43	11
19	43	10
20	43	10
21	43	10
22	42	9
23	42	9
24	41	9
25	41	9
26	40	9
27	40	9
28	40	9
29	40	9
30	40	9
31	40	9

	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