Elmendorf Air Force Base climate

Elmendorf Air Force Base Weather in March

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Ft Richardson Wtp, 3.5 km from Elmendorf Air Force Base

Average highs run from 31°F on March 1 to 38°F on March 31, and lows from 13°F to 19°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.68 in over about 6 wet days.

March day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Elmendorf Air Force Base, in °F, with the record for each date.-200204060151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

March at a glance

Average high
33°F
Average low
15°F
Precipitation
0.68 in
Snowfall
10.7 in
Record high
55°FMar 21, 1998
Record low
-17°FMar 1, 2026
Chance of a freeze
100%
Daylight
10 h 26 min to 13 h 19 min
Cloud cover
60%
Humidity
82%
Dew point
15°F
Wind
6.0 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.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wetChance of snow
Mar 131°F13°F50°F 1991-17°F 202621%16%
Mar 231°F13°F47°F 2025-11°F 199221%16%
Mar 331°F13°F49°F 2025-15°F 199221%16%
Mar 431°F13°F46°F 2003-16°F 199221%16%
Mar 531°F13°F45°F 2000-17°F 199221%16%
Mar 631°F13°F46°F 2001-16°F 199220%16%
Mar 731°F13°F43°F 2008-11°F 200720%15%
Mar 831°F13°F46°F 2005-11°F 200720%15%
Mar 931°F13°F47°F 2013-8°F 199920%15%
Mar 1031°F13°F46°F 1994-8°F 202619%15%
Mar 1132°F13°F44°F 1992-9°F 202619%15%
Mar 1232°F13°F47°F 2005-10°F 199519%14%
Mar 1332°F14°F47°F 2005-13°F 199519%14%
Mar 1432°F14°F43°F 2001-13°F 200718%14%
Mar 1532°F14°F45°F 2019-13°F 199518%14%
Mar 1632°F14°F45°F 1998-11°F 200718%13%
Mar 1733°F14°F47°F 2019-12°F 199517%13%
Mar 1833°F14°F44°F 1998-6°F 202617%13%
Mar 1933°F15°F47°F 2019-6°F 202617%13%
Mar 2033°F15°F46°F 2022-6°F 199417%12%
Mar 2134°F15°F55°F 1998-9°F 199416%12%
Mar 2234°F16°F49°F 1998-8°F 199416%12%
Mar 2334°F16°F50°F 2016-10°F 199516%12%
Mar 2435°F16°F49°F 2016-9°F 199515%11%
Mar 2535°F17°F51°F 2016-6°F 199515%11%
Mar 2635°F17°F47°F 2020-2°F 199515%11%
Mar 2736°F18°F47°F 2025-3°F 201315%11%
Mar 2836°F18°F48°F 1996-2°F 201314%10%
Mar 2937°F19°F49°F 19955°F 200014%10%
Mar 3037°F19°F49°F 19933°F 200414%10%
Mar 3138°F19°F51°F 2016-7°F 200413%9%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Elmendorf Air Force Base, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.05101520251102030
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (AKDT).

March 1
sunrise 7:58 AM, sunset 6:24 PM
March 31
sunrise 7:24 AM, sunset 8:43 PM

Every day of March: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00503163 (Ft Richardson Wtp), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00503163, 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.