Weather in Tulsa in March

A good month. March is a solid month to be in Tulsa. Highs average 17 °C, lows 4.6 °C, and rain falls on 8 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

March ranks 4 of 12 in Tulsa: past the worst of the year but short of October, which is the month to book if the dates are open.

Rain on 8 days, 3 of them heavy. Enough to need a plan B, not enough to need a plan around it. Pack for 17 °C days and 4.6 °C nights; the spread matters more here than any single number.

What the averages hide

Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: 7 nights fall below freezing. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest March day reached 32 °C and the coldest night fell to -13.7 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 85 mm — roughly 110% of the month's rain in one day.

March is moderately variable: 23 mm in the driest year against 156 mm in the wettest, around an average of 77 mm. Roughly two Marchs in three land near that average, and the third does something else entirely.

Wind is light at 13.8 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity is unremarkable at 73%.

How March sits in the year

The month is on the way up: 6.4 °C warmer than February, and April adds another 5 °C. Late in the month feels noticeably different from the start of it, which is worth knowing if the trip is short.

Daylight in March

11.9 hours of daylight, gaining 1.1 hours across the month. That is between Tulsa's extremes of 14.6 and 9.7 hours, so days are long enough not to constrain the plan.

An inland climate

With no coast nearby, the year swings a fair way — 37.2 °C between the warmest afternoons and the coldest nights, wider than any coastal city at this latitude would manage.

How busy it gets

Busy. Popular without being frantic; book the things you care about, improvise the rest.

Crowd levels are estimated from climate desirability and school-holiday calendars, not from visitor numbers.

March in Tulsa versus nearby

If Tulsa is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Oklahoma City is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 1 day less rain. Wichita is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 1 day less rain.

So: March works, with October the better month by 8 points if the dates can move. If they cannot, nothing here should stop you booking.

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