Santa Cruz Weather in March
Average highs run from 33°C on March 1 to 35°C on March 31, and lows from 21°C to 23°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 28 mm over about 6 wet days.
March day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
March at a glance
- Average high
- 34°C
- Average low
- 22°C
- Precipitation
- 28 mm
- Record high
- 39°CMar 13, 1988
- Record low
- 18°CMar 7, 1972
- Daylight
- 11 h 50 min to 12 h 16 min
- Cloud cover
- 42%
- Humidity
- 68%
- Dew point
- 20°C
- Wind
- 14.0 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1 | 33°C | 21°C | 36°C 1985 | 20°C 1963 | 23% |
| Mar 2 | 33°C | 21°C | 37°C 1988 | 19°C 1963 | 23% |
| Mar 3 | 33°C | 22°C | 37°C 1988 | 19°C 1981 | 22% |
| Mar 4 | 33°C | 22°C | 37°C 1988 | 20°C 1963 | 22% |
| Mar 5 | 33°C | 22°C | 36°C 1988 | 19°C 1981 | 20% |
| Mar 6 | 33°C | 22°C | 37°C 1988 | 19°C 1977 | 21% |
| Mar 7 | 34°C | 22°C | 36°C 1988 | 18°C 1972 | 22% |
| Mar 8 | 34°C | 22°C | 36°C 1988 | 19°C 1972 | 21% |
| Mar 9 | 34°C | 22°C | 37°C 1987 | 19°C 1971 | 21% |
| Mar 10 | 34°C | 22°C | 36°C 1987 | 20°C 1977 | 20% |
| Mar 11 | 34°C | 22°C | 38°C 1988 | 19°C 1991 | 18% |
| Mar 12 | 34°C | 22°C | 37°C 1988 | 20°C 1972 | 17% |
| Mar 13 | 34°C | 22°C | 39°C 1988 | 20°C 1981 | 16% |
| Mar 14 | 34°C | 22°C | 38°C 1988 | 19°C 1977 | 16% |
| Mar 15 | 34°C | 22°C | 38°C 1988 | 19°C 1981 | 16% |
| Mar 16 | 34°C | 22°C | 37°C 1979 | 20°C 1963 | 17% |
| Mar 17 | 34°C | 22°C | 38°C 1988 | 21°C 1982 | 18% |
| Mar 18 | 34°C | 22°C | 37°C 1987 | 21°C 1964 | 19% |
| Mar 19 | 35°C | 22°C | 38°C 1969 | 21°C 1971 | 18% |
| Mar 20 | 35°C | 22°C | 38°C 1988 | 21°C 1981 | 19% |
| Mar 21 | 35°C | 23°C | 37°C 1986 | 21°C 1971 | 19% |
| Mar 22 | 35°C | 23°C | 37°C 1987 | 22°C 1965 | 20% |
| Mar 23 | 35°C | 23°C | 37°C 1988 | 21°C 1971 | 21% |
| Mar 24 | 35°C | 23°C | 37°C 1988 | 22°C 2026 | 22% |
| Mar 25 | 35°C | 23°C | 37°C 1979 | 21°C 1981 | 22% |
| Mar 26 | 35°C | 23°C | 38°C 1979 | 21°C 1981 | 23% |
| Mar 27 | 35°C | 23°C | 38°C 1978 | 20°C 1981 | 24% |
| Mar 28 | 35°C | 23°C | 38°C 1988 | 22°C 1981 | 26% |
| Mar 29 | 35°C | 23°C | 38°C 1978 | 22°C 1963 | 28% |
| Mar 30 | 35°C | 23°C | 38°C 1979 | 22°C 1967 | 27% |
| Mar 31 | 35°C | 23°C | 38°C 1978 | 22°C 1959 | 27% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+8).
- March 1
- sunrise 6:15 AM, sunset 6:05 PM
- March 31
- sunrise 5:54 AM, sunset 6:10 PM
Other months
Sources
Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station RPW00041231, 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 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.