Redmond weather in March

In March, Redmond sees average daytime highs of 52°F and overnight lows near 32°F, with 1.9 in of precipitation across 10.6 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 48°F in the first days to 54°F by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% 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 Redmond's 10th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Redmond's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 52°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 32°; 5th coldest
Precipitation: 1.9 in; 10.6 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 36 min; 6:26 AM – 6:03 PM
Cloud cover: 69%; 10th clearest
Wind: 5 mph; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 4.07 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.6; out of 10

Redmond is city in Deschutes County, Oregon, United States.

Density: 659/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1910

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 48°F in the first days to 54°F by the end.

A typical March day in Redmond reaches about 52°F in the afternoon and slips back to 32°F overnight — a 20°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 42°F and 63°F. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 6°F warmer than February and about 7°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)	48	48	48	49	49	49	50	50	50	51	51	51	52	52	52	52	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	54	54	54	54	54	54
Avg low (°F)	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	34

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	48	29
2	48	29
3	48	29
4	49	30
5	49	30
6	49	30
7	50	30
8	50	31
9	50	31
10	51	31
11	51	31
12	51	31
13	52	32
14	52	32
15	52	32
16	52	32
17	53	32
18	53	32
19	53	32
20	53	32
21	53	33
22	53	33
23	53	33
24	53	33
25	53	33
26	54	33
27	54	33
28	54	33
29	54	33
30	54	33
31	54	34

How March really feels in Redmond

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.

Redmond weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-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	42° / 28°	2.6	11.4	6	9.1	0.3
Feb	46° / 29°	2.0	10	5.6	10.2	1.2
Mar	52° / 32°	1.9	10.6	3.7	11.6	2.6
Apr	58° / 36°	1.5	9.6	1.1	13.2	4.3
May	67° / 43°	1.4	7.8	0.2	14.5	6.5
Jun	75° / 48°	0.7	4.4	0	15.3	7.8
Jul	85° / 54°	0.3	2.3	0	15	6.5
Aug	85° / 53°	0.3	2.4	0	13.8	6.8
Sep	76° / 46°	0.4	2.2	0	12.3	8.4
Oct	63° / 38°	1.3	6	0.3	10.8	6.1
Nov	49° / 31°	2.6	10.4	3.2	9.4	1.9
Dec	41° / 27°	3.6	12.7	7.4	8.7	0.1

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 66%.

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

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

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Redmond gets around 1.9 in of rain and snow over 10.6 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 35% 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 (%)	35	35	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	35	35
Snow chance (%)	18	17	17	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10

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

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 5 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)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	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	5	calm
2	5	calm
3	5	calm
4	5	calm
5	5	calm
6	5	calm
7	5	calm
8	5	calm
9	5	calm
10	5	calm
11	5	calm
12	5	calm
13	5	calm
14	5	calm
15	5	calm
16	5	calm
17	5	calm
18	5	calm
19	5	calm
20	5	calm
21	5	calm
22	5	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 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 6:52 AM to 5:57 AM, and sunset from 5:43 PM to 6:22 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	11.1	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	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.4	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:52	6:51	6:49	6:47	6:46	6:44	6:42	6:40	6:39	6:37	6:35	6:33	6:31	6:29	6:28	6:26	6:24	6:22	6:20	6:18	6:16	6:15	6:13	6:11	6:09	6:07	6:05	6:03	6:01	5:59	5:57
Sunset (PM)	5:43	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:57	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:21	6:22

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.8	6:52	5:43
2	10.9	6:51	5:45
3	10.9	6:49	5:46
4	11.0	6:47	5:47
5	11.1	6:46	5:49
6	11.1	6:44	5:50
7	11.2	6:42	5:51
8	11.2	6:40	5:53
9	11.3	6:39	5:54
10	11.3	6:37	5:55
11	11.4	6:35	5:57
12	11.4	6:33	5:58
13	11.5	6:31	5:59
14	11.5	6:29	6:00
15	11.6	6:28	6:02
16	11.6	6:26	6:03
17	11.7	6:24	6:04
18	11.7	6:22	6:06
19	11.8	6:20	6:07
20	11.8	6:18	6:08
21	11.9	6:16	6:09
22	11.9	6:15	6:11
23	12.0	6:13	6:12
24	12.0	6:11	6:13
25	12.1	6:09	6:14
26	12.1	6:07	6:16
27	12.2	6:05	6:17
28	12.2	6:03	6:18
29	12.3	6:01	6:19
30	12.4	5:59	6:21
31	12.4	5:57	6:22

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 4.07 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.46 kWh/m² to a high of 7.86 kWh/m² in July across the year — March's 4.07 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)	3.4	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	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7
Level	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	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.4	Moderate
2	3.4	Moderate
3	3.5	Moderate
4	3.5	Moderate
5	3.6	Moderate
6	3.6	Moderate
7	3.7	Moderate
8	3.7	Moderate
9	3.8	Moderate
10	3.8	Moderate
11	3.9	Moderate
12	3.9	Moderate
13	4.0	Moderate
14	4.0	Moderate
15	4.0	Bright
16	4.1	Bright
17	4.1	Bright
18	4.2	Bright
19	4.2	Bright
20	4.3	Bright
21	4.3	Bright
22	4.3	Bright
23	4.4	Bright
24	4.4	Bright
25	4.5	Bright
26	4.5	Bright
27	4.6	Bright
28	4.6	Bright
29	4.7	Bright
30	4.7	Bright
31	4.7	Bright

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Redmond?

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

2.6

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Redmond.

What to pack for Redmond in March

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

In March, Redmond sees daytime highs around 52°F and nights near 32°F. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Redmond 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 Redmond peaks around July 15 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 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	2	4	6	9	8	9	7	5	4	1	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	2	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	9	Very high
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	7	Very high
Sep	5	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Air quality in Redmond 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 Redmond is worst in September — around 81 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 23.9× the cleanest month (January, 3 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)	3	5	6	11	9	8	8	46	81	12	6	5
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Poor	Unhealthy	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	3	Good
Feb	5	Good
Mar	6	Good
Apr	11	Good
May	9	Good
Jun	8	Good
Jul	8	Good
Aug	46	Poor
Sep	81	Unhealthy
Oct	12	Good
Nov	6	Good
Dec	5	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Redmond?

Redmond sits at 44.3°N, 121.2°W, 3,005 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Bend, 16 mi away.

Topography around Redmond

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Redmond has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 200 ft around an average of 3,012 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,041 ft; within 50 miles, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 9,180 ft.

The land around Redmond is covered by artificial surfaces (42%) and grassland (41%) within 2 miles, grassland (84%) within 10 miles, and trees (50%) and grassland (45%) within 50 miles.

2 miles

200 ft

artificial surfaces 42%

10 miles

2,041 ft

grassland 84%

50 miles

9,180 ft

trees 50%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

March weather nearby: Bend 16 mi · Lebanon 88 mi · The Dalles 91 mi · Springfield 93 mi · Eugene 96 mi · Albany 99 mi · Four Corners 100 mi · Canby 101 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 Redmond (44.2726°, -121.1739°, elevation 3,005 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	48	29
2	48	29
3	48	29
4	49	30
5	49	30
6	49	30
7	50	30
8	50	31
9	50	31
10	51	31
11	51	31
12	51	31
13	52	32
14	52	32
15	52	32
16	52	32
17	53	32
18	53	32
19	53	32
20	53	32
21	53	33
22	53	33
23	53	33
24	53	33
25	53	33
26	54	33
27	54	33
28	54	33
29	54	33
30	54	33
31	54	34

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	35	18
2	35	17
3	34	17
4	34	16
5	34	15
6	34	14
7	34	14
8	34	13
9	33	13
10	33	12
11	33	12
12	33	11
13	33	11
14	33	11
15	33	10
16	33	10
17	33	10
18	33	10
19	34	11
20	34	11
21	34	11
22	34	11
23	34	11
24	34	11
25	34	11
26	34	11
27	34	11
28	34	10
29	34	10
30	35	10
31	35	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	48	29
2	48	29
3	48	29
4	49	30
5	49	30
6	49	30
7	50	30
8	50	31
9	50	31
10	51	31
11	51	31
12	51	31
13	52	32
14	52	32
15	52	32
16	52	32
17	53	32
18	53	32
19	53	32
20	53	32
21	53	33
22	53	33
23	53	33
24	53	33
25	53	33
26	54	33
27	54	33
28	54	33
29	54	33
30	54	33
31	54	34

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

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	35	18
2	35	17
3	34	17
4	34	16
5	34	15
6	34	14
7	34	14
8	34	13
9	33	13
10	33	12
11	33	12
12	33	11
13	33	11
14	33	11
15	33	10
16	33	10
17	33	10
18	33	10
19	34	11
20	34	11
21	34	11
22	34	11
23	34	11
24	34	11
25	34	11
26	34	11
27	34	11
28	34	10
29	34	10
30	35	10
31	35	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	48	29
2	48	29
3	48	29
4	49	30
5	49	30
6	49	30
7	50	30
8	50	31
9	50	31
10	51	31
11	51	31
12	51	31
13	52	32
14	52	32
15	52	32
16	52	32
17	53	32
18	53	32
19	53	32
20	53	32
21	53	33
22	53	33
23	53	33
24	53	33
25	53	33
26	54	33
27	54	33
28	54	33
29	54	33
30	54	33
31	54	34

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

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