Elgin climate

Elgin Weather in March

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

Average highs run from 5°C on March 1 to 8°C on March 31, and lows from 0°C to 2°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 59 mm over about 16 wet days.

March day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Elgin, in °C, with the record for each date.-20-1001020151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

March at a glance

Average high
7°C
Average low
1°C
Precipitation
59 mm
Reanalysis high
17°CMar 26, 2012
Reanalysis low
-11°CMar 3, 2001
Daylight
10 h 37 min to 13 h 06 min
Cloud cover
77%
Humidity
89%
Dew point
2°C
Wind
23.0 km/h

Every day of the month

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

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Mar 15°C0°C8°C 2019-7°C 200154%
Mar 25°C0°C9°C 2012-10°C 200155%
Mar 35°C0°C9°C 1992-11°C 200154%
Mar 45°C0°C10°C 1992-6°C 201056%
Mar 55°C0°C9°C 1992-4°C 200957%
Mar 65°C0°C10°C 2000-4°C 200657%
Mar 76°C0°C11°C 2015-3°C 199557%
Mar 86°C0°C9°C 2000-7°C 199856%
Mar 96°C1°C10°C 2003-7°C 199855%
Mar 106°C1°C10°C 2007-3°C 201355%
Mar 116°C1°C12°C 1997-3°C 199854%
Mar 126°C1°C11°C 1993-4°C 199853%
Mar 137°C1°C11°C 2016-3°C 199252%
Mar 147°C1°C11°C 2016-3°C 201153%
Mar 157°C1°C10°C 2016-3°C 199252%
Mar 167°C1°C12°C 2004-3°C 201152%
Mar 177°C1°C12°C 2003-3°C 201852%
Mar 187°C1°C12°C 2005-3°C 201852%
Mar 197°C1°C13°C 2003-3°C 201850%
Mar 207°C1°C14°C 2009-3°C 200149%
Mar 217°C1°C12°C 2012-4°C 201349%
Mar 227°C1°C13°C 2012-4°C 200650%
Mar 237°C1°C13°C 2012-2°C 201350%
Mar 247°C1°C14°C 2012-3°C 200850%
Mar 257°C1°C17°C 2012-3°C 201349%
Mar 267°C1°C17°C 2012-3°C 201348%
Mar 278°C2°C16°C 2012-4°C 201348%
Mar 288°C2°C13°C 2003-3°C 199550%
Mar 298°C2°C12°C 2002-4°C 199550%
Mar 308°C2°C13°C 2017-1°C 201351%
Mar 318°C2°C11°C 2014-3°C 201351%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Elgin, in percent.02040601102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT).

March 1
sunrise 7:08 AM, sunset 5:45 PM
March 31
sunrise 6:45 AM, sunset 7:51 PM

Every day of March: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

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 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.