Average temperature in March is 2.1 °C
Average daytime temperature is 8 °C
Average night temperature is -2.2 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: 22.6 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: -12.6 °C
Number of sunny days: 14
Number of rainy days: 12
Number of snow days: 5
Precipitation sum: 56 mm
* Weather data for West Des Moines United States is based on climate observations for 2023 year
| March (°C) | 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 |
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| Maximum temperature | 10.3 | 5.2 | 9.7 | 9.1 | 11.3 | 9.9 | 7.4 | 6.2 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 3 | 0.3 | -3.8 | 1.7 | 13.4 | 12.8 | 1.7 | -2.2 | 6.8 | 14.1 | 11.9 | 10.9 | 9 | 10 | 11.5 | 8.5 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 6.4 | 18.6 | 22.6 |
| Apparent max temperature | 4.8 | 1.3 | 6.2 | 6.7 | 7.6 | 5.9 | 2.3 | 1.2 | -1.5 | -0.8 | -2.5 | -2.6 | -9.7 | -2.9 | 8.1 | 6.9 | -5.4 | -9.9 | 0.3 | 10.1 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 5.2 | 6.9 | 9.1 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 2.8 | 14.4 | 19.8 |
| Mean temperature | 3.5 | -0.5 | 1.7 | 3 | 1.8 | 5.2 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 0.1 | -0.7 | -2 | -5 | -4.4 | 3.4 | 7.8 | -3.2 | -8.1 | -3.9 | 4.8 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 5.8 | 3 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 4.9 | 16.6 |
| Apparent mean temperature | -5.5 | -9.7 | -6.3 | -5.6 | -7.3 | -3.1 | -6.5 | -3 | -3.6 | -6.2 | -8.8 | -9.9 | -12.5 | -13.4 | -6.9 | -5.5 | -15 | -20.5 | -15.9 | -7 | -0.7 | 1.4 | -5.9 | -7.3 | -3.1 | -4.7 | -9.1 | -9.1 | -10.1 | -7.3 | 4.1 |
| Minimum temperature | -2.2 | -5 | -2.1 | -2.2 | -2.8 | 0.9 | -1.9 | 1.2 | 0.6 | -1.4 | -3.4 | -4.8 | -5.9 | -9 | -1.3 | 1.2 | -7.7 | -12.6 | -10.8 | 0.2 | 3.6 | 4.8 | -0.8 | -3.3 | 0.8 | 0.4 | -4.6 | -3.8 | -4.3 | -1.8 | 11 |
| Apparent min temperature | -0.9 | -5.1 | -2.1 | -0.4 | -2.7 | 1.1 | -2.4 | -1.5 | -2.4 | -4.1 | -5.5 | -6.7 | -11.2 | -8.6 | -1.9 | 3.2 | -10.7 | -16 | -9.9 | -1.2 | 2.7 | 4.2 | -2.3 | -1.6 | 2.2 | -1.8 | -3 | -3 | -4.1 | 0.1 | 13.4 |
| March | 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 |
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| Daylight duration (h) | 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 | 11.9 | 12 | 12 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 12.6 |
| Sunshine duration (h) | 9.8 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 7.7 | 5.5 | 9.5 | 9.3 | 0 | 0 | 4.4 | 0.7 | 5.4 | 7.3 | 8.7 | 9.9 | 0.9 | 9 | 10.2 | 11.1 | 10.9 | 7.7 | 2.5 | 5.2 | 11.2 | 8.8 | 3.5 | 10.7 | 11 | 9 | 9.8 | 7.7 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 1.4 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0 | 2.8 | 11.2 | 0.3 | 9.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 7.1 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.1 |
| Precipitation hours | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Wind speed (m/s) | 25.1 | 19.6 | 13.2 | 17.2 | 28.5 | 24.7 | 22.9 | 20.1 | 15.5 | 16.4 | 22.5 | 30.6 | 25.7 | 15.3 | 29.9 | 31.5 | 35.6 | 33.3 | 24.9 | 26.9 | 25.4 | 21.1 | 23.2 | 15.8 | 17.2 | 19.6 | 16.4 | 18 | 21 | 29.7 | 34.4 |
In March 2023, the highest daytime temperature in West Des Moines was 22.6°C.
While the minimum temperature at night dropped to -12.6°C.
The average nighttime and daytime temperatures during March in West Des Moines are -2.2°C and 8°C respectively.
The precipitation sum in March is about 56 mm.