Anchorage Weather in March
Average highs run from 31°F on March 1 to 40°F on March 31, and lows from 14°F to 22°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.54 in over about 6 wet days.
March day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
March at a glance
- Average high
- 34°F
- Average low
- 17°F
- Precipitation
- 0.54 in
- Snowfall
- 11.3 in
- Record high
- 56°FMar 10, 1926
- Record low
- -20°FMar 6, 1951
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 10 h 27 min to 13 h 19 min
- Cloud cover
- 60%
- Humidity
- 89%
- Dew point
- 18°F
- Wind
- 6.7 mph
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 0.01 inch of precipitation; snow means at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet | Chance of snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1 | 31°F | 14°F | 45°F 1930 | -19°F 2026 | 20% | 23% |
| Mar 2 | 31°F | 14°F | 52°F 2025 | -17°F 1918 | 20% | 23% |
| Mar 3 | 31°F | 14°F | 48°F 1938 | -16°F 1918 | 20% | 22% |
| Mar 4 | 31°F | 14°F | 47°F 1931 | -14°F 2026 | 20% | 22% |
| Mar 5 | 32°F | 14°F | 45°F 1921 | -17°F 1951 | 20% | 22% |
| Mar 6 | 32°F | 14°F | 50°F 1926 | -20°F 1951 | 20% | 22% |
| Mar 7 | 32°F | 14°F | 50°F 1926 | -18°F 1916 | 20% | 21% |
| Mar 8 | 32°F | 15°F | 45°F 1931 | -18°F 1916 | 20% | 21% |
| Mar 9 | 32°F | 15°F | 48°F 1926 | -17°F 1918 | 19% | 21% |
| Mar 10 | 33°F | 15°F | 56°F 1926 | -15°F 2026 | 19% | 21% |
| Mar 11 | 33°F | 15°F | 47°F 1924 | -17°F 2026 | 19% | 20% |
| Mar 12 | 33°F | 15°F | 50°F 1926 | -19°F 1916 | 19% | 20% |
| Mar 13 | 33°F | 15°F | 52°F 1947 | -17°F 1919 | 19% | 20% |
| Mar 14 | 33°F | 16°F | 55°F 1926 | -14°F 1951 | 19% | 20% |
| Mar 15 | 34°F | 16°F | 49°F 1926 | -19°F 1919 | 19% | 19% |
| Mar 16 | 34°F | 16°F | 52°F 1926 | -19°F 1922 | 19% | 19% |
| Mar 17 | 34°F | 17°F | 50°F 2015 | -14°F 1922 | 19% | 19% |
| Mar 18 | 35°F | 17°F | 48°F 1947 | -12°F 1922 | 19% | 19% |
| Mar 19 | 35°F | 17°F | 47°F 1947 | -11°F 2021 | 19% | 18% |
| Mar 20 | 35°F | 18°F | 50°F 1924 | -9°F 2021 | 18% | 18% |
| Mar 21 | 36°F | 18°F | 49°F 2016 | -11°F 1920 | 18% | 18% |
| Mar 22 | 36°F | 18°F | 50°F 2016 | -9°F 1951 | 18% | 18% |
| Mar 23 | 36°F | 19°F | 51°F 2016 | -9°F 1917 | 18% | 18% |
| Mar 24 | 37°F | 19°F | 54°F 2016 | -15°F 1918 | 18% | 17% |
| Mar 25 | 37°F | 20°F | 51°F 2025 | -12°F 1918 | 18% | 17% |
| Mar 26 | 37°F | 20°F | 51°F 1932 | -7°F 1922 | 18% | 17% |
| Mar 27 | 38°F | 20°F | 50°F 2015 | -7°F 1922 | 18% | 17% |
| Mar 28 | 38°F | 21°F | 55°F 1926 | -13°F 1920 | 18% | 17% |
| Mar 29 | 39°F | 21°F | 50°F 1926 | -19°F 1920 | 18% | 16% |
| Mar 30 | 39°F | 22°F | 51°F 2011 | -19°F 1944 | 18% | 16% |
| Mar 31 | 40°F | 22°F | 54°F 2016 | -19°F 1920 | 18% | 16% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (AKDT).
- March 1
- sunrise 7:59 AM, sunset 6:26 PM
- March 31
- sunrise 7:25 AM, sunset 8:44 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USW00026409 (Anchorage Merrill Fld), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00026409, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: 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.