Pampa weather in March

In March, Pampa sees average daytime highs of 62°F and overnight lows near 37°F, with 1.5 in of precipitation across 5.5 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 58°F in the first days to 66°F by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 12 min at the start of March to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Pampa's 11th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pampa's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 62°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 37°; 5th coldest
Precipitation: 1.5 in; 5.5 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 7:02 AM – 6:45 PM
Cloud cover: 43%; 11th clearest
Wind: 12 mph; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 5.28 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.1; out of 10

Pampa is city in Texas, United States.

Density: 778/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1888

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 58°F in the first days to 66°F by the end.

A typical March day in Pampa reaches about 62°F in the afternoon and slips back to 37°F overnight — a 25°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 45°F and 77°F. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 9°F warmer than February and about 8°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)	57	58	58	58	59	59	60	60	60	60	61	61	61	62	62	62	63	63	63	63	64	64	64	64	65	65	65	65	66	66	66
Avg low (°F)	32	33	33	33	33	34	34	35	35	35	36	36	36	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	39	39	39	39	40	40	40	40	40	41	41

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	57	32
2	58	33
3	58	33
4	58	33
5	59	33
6	59	34
7	60	34
8	60	35
9	60	35
10	60	35
11	61	36
12	61	36
13	61	36
14	62	37
15	62	37
16	62	37
17	63	38
18	63	38
19	63	38
20	63	38
21	64	39
22	64	39
23	64	39
24	64	39
25	65	40
26	65	40
27	65	40
28	65	40
29	66	40
30	66	41
31	66	41

How March really feels in Pampa

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 days that feel above 90°F and 24 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.

Pampa weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°F)	Rainfall (inches)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	49° / 27°	0.8	3	1.6	9.9	2.5
Feb	53° / 29°	0.8	3.8	1.8	10.7	3.7
Mar	62° / 37°	1.5	5.5	1.3	11.7	6.1
Apr	70° / 45°	1.9	6	0.4	12.9	7.4
May	78° / 55°	2.7	7.8	0.1	13.8	7.2
Jun	87° / 64°	2.4	8.5	0	14.4	5.1
Jul	91° / 68°	2.0	8	0	14.2	4.0
Aug	89° / 67°	2.4	9.4	0	13.3	4.5
Sep	82° / 59°	1.8	6.6	0	12.2	7.0
Oct	71° / 47°	2.0	5.5	0.4	11.1	7.8
Nov	59° / 36°	1.0	3.9	0.9	10.1	5.6
Dec	50° / 28°	1.1	3.6	2.2	9.6	2.7

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% 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 35%.

	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 (%)	66	66	67	66	66	66	66	66	66	65	65	65	64	64	64	65	64	64	65	65	64	65	65	66	66	65	66	66	66	66	67
Cloudier (%)	34	34	33	34	34	34	34	34	34	35	35	35	36	36	36	35	36	36	35	35	36	35	35	34	34	35	34	34	34	34	33

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	67	33
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	66	34
7	66	34
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	65	35
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	65	35
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	65	35
20	65	35
21	64	36
22	65	35
23	65	35
24	66	34
25	66	34
26	65	35
27	66	34
28	66	34
29	66	34
30	66	34
31	67	33

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Pampa gets around 1.5 in of rain and snow over 5.5 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 17% and peaks near 19% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings 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 (%)	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18
Snow chance (%)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2

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

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 12 mph in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 12 mph on the calmest days to 13 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)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy

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

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 12 min at the start of March to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:22 AM to 6:40 AM, and sunset from 6:32 PM to 6:58 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)	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	7:22	7:21	7:20	7:18	7:17	7:16	7:14	7:13	7:12	7:10	7:09	7:08	7:06	7:05	7:03	7:02	7:00	6:59	6:58	6:56	6:55	6:53	6:52	6:50	6:49	6:47	6:46	6:44	6:43	6:41	6:40
Sunset (PM)	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:58

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.2	7:22	6:32
2	11.2	7:21	6:33
3	11.2	7:20	6:34
4	11.3	7:18	6:35
5	11.3	7:17	6:35
6	11.3	7:16	6:36
7	11.4	7:14	6:37
8	11.4	7:13	6:38
9	11.5	7:12	6:39
10	11.5	7:10	6:40
11	11.5	7:09	6:41
12	11.6	7:08	6:42
13	11.6	7:06	6:43
14	11.6	7:05	6:43
15	11.7	7:03	6:44
16	11.7	7:02	6:45
17	11.8	7:00	6:46
18	11.8	6:59	6:47
19	11.8	6:58	6:48
20	11.9	6:56	6:49
21	11.9	6:55	6:49
22	12.0	6:53	6:50
23	12.0	6:52	6:51
24	12.0	6:50	6:52
25	12.1	6:49	6:53
26	12.1	6:47	6:54
27	12.1	6:46	6:54
28	12.2	6:44	6:55
29	12.2	6:43	6:56
30	12.3	6:41	6:57
31	12.3	6:40	6:58

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 5.28 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.84 kWh/m² to a high of 7.21 kWh/m² in June across the year — March's 5.28 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)	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.7	Bright
2	4.8	Bright
3	4.8	Bright
4	4.8	Bright
5	4.9	Bright
6	4.9	Bright
7	5.0	Bright
8	5.0	Bright
9	5.0	Bright
10	5.1	Bright
11	5.1	Bright
12	5.1	Bright
13	5.2	Bright
14	5.2	Bright
15	5.2	Bright
16	5.3	Bright
17	5.3	Bright
18	5.3	Bright
19	5.4	Bright
20	5.4	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.5	Bright
23	5.5	Bright
24	5.6	Bright
25	5.6	Bright
26	5.7	Bright
27	5.7	Bright
28	5.8	Bright
29	5.8	Bright
30	5.8	Bright
31	5.9	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Pampa?

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

6.1

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

1.4

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

March is a reasonable time to visit Pampa for sightseeing.

What to pack for Pampa in March

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

In March, Pampa sees daytime highs around 62°F and nights near 37°F. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Pampa in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Pampa peaks around July 15 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	4	5	9	8	10	11	10	8	6	4	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	5	High
Apr	9	Very high
May	8	Very high
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Pampa?

Pampa sits at 35.5°N, 101.0°W, 3,238 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Amarillo, 53 mi away.

Topography around Pampa

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Pampa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 102 ft around an average of 3,225 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 515 ft; within 50 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,627 ft.

The land around Pampa is covered by grassland (45%) and artificial surfaces (37%) within 2 miles, grassland (75%) and cropland (23%) within 10 miles, and grassland (79%) within 50 miles.

2 miles

102 ft

grassland 45%

10 miles

515 ft

grassland 75%

50 miles

1,627 ft

grassland 79%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

March weather nearby: Amarillo 53 mi · Dumas 62 mi · Hereford 95 mi · Plainview 103 mi · Liberal 104 mi · Altus 111 mi · Lubbock 145 mi · Clovis 149 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 Pampa (35.5362°, -100.9599°, elevation 3,238 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. 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	57	32
2	58	33
3	58	33
4	58	33
5	59	33
6	59	34
7	60	34
8	60	35
9	60	35
10	60	35
11	61	36
12	61	36
13	61	36
14	62	37
15	62	37
16	62	37
17	63	38
18	63	38
19	63	38
20	63	38
21	64	39
22	64	39
23	64	39
24	64	39
25	65	40
26	65	40
27	65	40
28	65	40
29	66	40
30	66	41
31	66	41

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	67	33
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	66	34
7	66	34
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	65	35
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	65	35
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	65	35
20	65	35
21	64	36
22	65	35
23	65	35
24	66	34
25	66	34
26	65	35
27	66	34
28	66	34
29	66	34
30	66	34
31	67	33

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

	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	57	32
2	58	33
3	58	33
4	58	33
5	59	33
6	59	34
7	60	34
8	60	35
9	60	35
10	60	35
11	61	36
12	61	36
13	61	36
14	62	37
15	62	37
16	62	37
17	63	38
18	63	38
19	63	38
20	63	38
21	64	39
22	64	39
23	64	39
24	64	39
25	65	40
26	65	40
27	65	40
28	65	40
29	66	40
30	66	41
31	66	41

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	67	33
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	66	34
7	66	34
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	65	35
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	65	35
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	65	35
20	65	35
21	64	36
22	65	35
23	65	35
24	66	34
25	66	34
26	65	35
27	66	34
28	66	34
29	66	34
30	66	34
31	67	33

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

	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	57	32
2	58	33
3	58	33
4	58	33
5	59	33
6	59	34
7	60	34
8	60	35
9	60	35
10	60	35
11	61	36
12	61	36
13	61	36
14	62	37
15	62	37
16	62	37
17	63	38
18	63	38
19	63	38
20	63	38
21	64	39
22	64	39
23	64	39
24	64	39
25	65	40
26	65	40
27	65	40
28	65	40
29	66	40
30	66	41
31	66	41

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	67	33
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	66	34
7	66	34
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	65	35
13	64	36
14	64	36
15	64	36
16	65	35
17	64	36
18	64	36
19	65	35
20	65	35
21	64	36
22	65	35
23	65	35
24	66	34
25	66	34
26	65	35
27	66	34
28	66	34
29	66	34
30	66	34
31	67	33

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

	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