San Diego climate

San Diego Weather in March

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around San Diego, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 30°C on March 1 to 31°C on March 31, and lows from 17°C to 18°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 18 mm over about 3 wet days.

March day by day

The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at San Diego, in °C, with the record for each date.15202530354045151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

March at a glance

Average high
31°C
Average low
17°C
Precipitation
18 mm
Record high
42°CMar 20, 2016
Record low
18°CMar 20, 1976
Daylight
11 h 56 min to 12 h 13 min
Cloud cover
61%
Humidity
69%
Dew point
16°C
Wind
8.3 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wet
Mar 130°C17°C38°C 200322°C 20015%
Mar 230°C17°C38°C 201223°C 20225%
Mar 331°C17°C38°C 201019°C 19736%
Mar 431°C17°C38°C 201221°C 19767%
Mar 531°C17°C39°C 201921°C 19828%
Mar 631°C17°C39°C 202020°C 19798%
Mar 731°C17°C38°C 202019°C 19779%
Mar 831°C17°C38°C 201319°C 19779%
Mar 931°C17°C37°C 197722°C 19829%
Mar 1031°C17°C38°C 197321°C 200010%
Mar 1131°C17°C39°C 201522°C 201110%
Mar 1231°C17°C38°C 197819°C 197710%
Mar 1331°C17°C38°C 202022°C 202210%
Mar 1431°C17°C38°C 197819°C 197710%
Mar 1531°C17°C40°C 201921°C 201810%
Mar 1631°C17°C38°C 202019°C 19769%
Mar 1731°C17°C39°C 201022°C 20119%
Mar 1831°C17°C37°C 201522°C 197610%
Mar 1931°C17°C39°C 201922°C 197310%
Mar 2031°C17°C42°C 201618°C 197610%
Mar 2131°C17°C38°C 201322°C 198010%
Mar 2231°C18°C40°C 198322°C 197911%
Mar 2331°C18°C37°C 201022°C 198211%
Mar 2431°C18°C38°C 198318°C 197612%
Mar 2531°C18°C39°C 201523°C 198212%
Mar 2631°C18°C38°C 201518°C 197612%
Mar 2731°C18°C39°C 197322°C 200813%
Mar 2831°C18°C37°C 197722°C 197613%
Mar 2931°C18°C38°C 201520°C 200514%
Mar 3031°C18°C39°C 201018°C 197614%
Mar 3131°C18°C37°C 201223°C 200015%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at San Diego, in percent.0510151102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT-5).

March 1
sunrise 6:07 AM, sunset 6:03 PM
March 31
sunrise 5:50 AM, sunset 6:03 PM

Every day of March: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station COM00080036, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-26. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.