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Dubuque in March

Chilly and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Dubuque is chilly: highs near 48°F, lows near 28°F. Rain or snow falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 22 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Dubuque is chilly: highs near 9°C, lows near -2°C. Rain or snow falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 22 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
48°F9°Caverage
Low
28°F-2°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 30% of days
Daylight
11h 51mon average

Is March a good time to visit Dubuque?

March sits outside Dubuque's best months, which run from September. Expect chilly days and rain or snow on about two days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How March sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 48°F in March, against 33°F to 86°F through the year.Highs near 9°C in March, against 1°C to 30°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

30% of days in March, against 24% to 43% through the year.

Cloud cover

56% cover in March, against 35% to 62% through the year.

Daylight

11h 51m in March, against 9h 07m to 15h 15m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with March shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. February35°2°low 16°low -9°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. March48°9°low 28°low -2°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. April62°17°low 40°low 4°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Dubuque sits, in March

America/Chicago
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
7:17 AMsets 7:08 PM
Above the sea
180 mlow-lying
Latitude
42.5°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Chicago259 km east

The land around Dubuque, shaded by its typical high in March, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in United States in March

high · low · wet days
See March on the planning mapThe whole year in Dubuque

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Dubuque. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (180 m) against the climate model's (257 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (180 m) against the climate model's (257 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.