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Whitefish in March

Chilly and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Whitefish is chilly: highs near 43°F, lows near 23°F. Rain or snow falls on about four days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 41 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Whitefish is chilly: highs near 6°C, lows near -5°C. Rain or snow falls on about four days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 41 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
43°F6°Caverage
Low
23°F-5°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 51% of days
Daylight
11h 48mon average

Is March a good time to visit Whitefish?

March sits outside Whitefish's best months, which run from July to September. Expect chilly days and rain or snow on about four 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 43°F in March, against 32°F to 85°F through the year.Highs near 6°C in March, against 0°C to 29°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

51% of days in March, against 18% to 54% through the year.

Cloud cover

69% cover in March, against 30% to 74% through the year.

Daylight

11h 48m in March, against 8h 23m to 16h 02m 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. February36°2°low 18°low -8°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. March43°6°low 23°low -5°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. April52°11°low 31°low -1°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Whitefish sits, in March

America/Denver
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
7:53 AMsets 7:41 PM
Above the sea
920 mupland
Latitude
48.4°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Bonner179 km south-east

The land around Whitefish, 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 Whitefish

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Whitefish. 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 (920 m) against the climate model's (1,012 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 (920 m) against the climate model's (1,012 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.