Average temperature in March is -2.3 °C
Average daytime temperature is 4.4 °C
Average night temperature is -6.5 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: 17.6 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: -14.7 °C
Number of sunny days: 17
Number of rainy days: 4
Number of snow days: 10
Precipitation sum: 53 mm
* Weather data for Fort Pierre 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 | 2.8 | 7 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 4.5 | 1.4 | -3.8 | -3.2 | -2.5 | -1.3 | 3.2 | 0.4 | -0.5 | 16 | 17.6 | 5.1 | -1.3 | -1.9 | 13.9 | 5.4 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 6.9 | 9.8 | 7.3 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 2.7 | 8.9 | 5.4 |
| Apparent max temperature | -2.7 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 3.6 | -1.6 | -3.3 | -8.4 | -7.9 | -7.5 | -7.7 | -0.7 | -7.1 | -6.2 | 13.4 | 15.8 | 0.1 | -7.3 | -6.3 | 8.5 | 0.6 | -2 | -2.2 | 3 | 7.5 | 4.8 | -0.7 | -0.4 | -0.5 | -3.1 | 3.9 | 0.6 |
| Mean temperature | -2.5 | -6.2 | -1.2 | 2 | 1.7 | -1.4 | -7.7 | -6.2 | -5.3 | -3.8 | 0 | -5.4 | -7.9 | 2.3 | 4 | -1 | -3.6 | -8.3 | 1 | -2 | -2.1 | -3.1 | -1.1 | 1.8 | -0.7 | -1.6 | -1.6 | -1.7 | -4.5 | 0.5 | -2 |
| Apparent mean temperature | -13.5 | -17.2 | -11.9 | -6.8 | -6.2 | -9.5 | -15 | -14.4 | -12.1 | -10 | -9.4 | -16.2 | -20.1 | -12.2 | -6.6 | -10.3 | -15.7 | -18.7 | -11.3 | -11.7 | -9.7 | -12 | -9.5 | -7.7 | -8.6 | -10.8 | -10.8 | -11 | -13.2 | -9.9 | -11.8 |
| Minimum temperature | -6.8 | -12.6 | -7.2 | -2.1 | 0 | -3.7 | -9.7 | -9.6 | -7.3 | -6.4 | -2.1 | -8 | -14.7 | -5.1 | -2.7 | -3 | -7.1 | -11.6 | -5.9 | -7.2 | -5.8 | -7.3 | -5.4 | -3.4 | -4.9 | -6.4 | -6.5 | -6.3 | -8.5 | -4.1 | -3.4 |
| Apparent min temperature | -9.1 | -10.7 | -5.5 | -2.4 | -4.1 | -6.5 | -12.9 | -10.5 | -10.1 | -8.8 | -5.9 | -13.3 | -12.9 | -3.4 | 0.3 | -7.8 | -10.2 | -15.1 | -4.7 | -6.5 | -6.9 | -8 | -5.3 | -1.9 | -4.8 | -5.9 | -6.3 | -6.8 | -9.6 | -5.5 | -7.8 |
| 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 | 11.2 | 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 | 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 | 12.7 |
| Sunshine duration (h) | 7.6 | 8.9 | 8.4 | 9.9 | 6.5 | 7.1 | 1 | 5.3 | 0.3 | 1 | 9.1 | 7.6 | 9.6 | 10.7 | 8.1 | 9.8 | 8.2 | 10.3 | 11.1 | 10.1 | 6.3 | 7.9 | 8.9 | 9.9 | 8.5 | 10 | 11 | 11.3 | 10.2 | 10.9 | 1.4 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 4.5 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.3 | 4.8 | 1.4 | 2.9 | 0.2 | 4.6 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| Precipitation hours | 8 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Wind speed (m/s) | 46.8 | 14.8 | 16.9 | 16.4 | 30.4 | 22.2 | 15.8 | 17.6 | 17 | 35.6 | 33 | 38.6 | 20.3 | 26.2 | 16.2 | 33 | 38.6 | 34.8 | 20.9 | 19.8 | 21.8 | 20.6 | 15.7 | 14.3 | 16.9 | 16.1 | 20.1 | 20.5 | 20.3 | 20.9 | 39.3 |
In March 2023, the highest daytime temperature in Fort Pierre was 17.6°C.
While the minimum temperature at night dropped to -14.7°C.
The average nighttime and daytime temperatures during March in Fort Pierre are -6.5°C and 4.4°C respectively.
The precipitation sum in March is about 53 mm.