Girdwood climate

Girdwood Weather in March

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Alyeska, 3.4 km from Girdwood

Average highs run from 33°F on March 1 to 40°F on March 31, and lows from 19°F to 22°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 5.37 in over about 16 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 Girdwood, in °F, with the record for each date.-40-200204060151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

March at a glance

Average high
36°F
Average low
20°F
Precipitation
5.37 in
Snowfall
37.5 in
Record high
56°FMar 31, 2016
Record low
-24°FMar 9, 1999
Chance of a freeze
100%
Daylight
10 h 27 min to 13 h 17 min
Cloud cover
60%
Humidity
87%
Dew point
15°F
Wind
6.9 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 133°F19°F43°F 2003-10°F 202655%35%
Mar 234°F19°F44°F 2015-13°F 202655%34%
Mar 334°F19°F44°F 2003-10°F 202654%34%
Mar 434°F19°F46°F 2025-12°F 199954%34%
Mar 534°F19°F44°F 2015-20°F 199954%34%
Mar 634°F19°F43°F 2005-23°F 199954%34%
Mar 734°F19°F43°F 2005-19°F 199953%33%
Mar 834°F19°F43°F 2005-14°F 199953%33%
Mar 934°F19°F43°F 2016-24°F 199953%33%
Mar 1034°F19°F44°F 2005-10°F 201753%33%
Mar 1135°F19°F43°F 2005-10°F 200653%33%
Mar 1235°F19°F45°F 2016-10°F 200253%32%
Mar 1335°F19°F45°F 2016-13°F 202653%32%
Mar 1435°F19°F41°F 2005-11°F 200653%32%
Mar 1535°F19°F40°F 2000-9°F 200653%32%
Mar 1635°F19°F43°F 2003-9°F 200652%31%
Mar 1735°F19°F44°F 2015-14°F 200652%31%
Mar 1836°F19°F44°F 2019-8°F 200752%31%
Mar 1936°F19°F44°F 2015-6°F 200752%31%
Mar 2036°F19°F53°F 2019-11°F 200752%30%
Mar 2136°F20°F49°F 2016-15°F 200952%30%
Mar 2237°F20°F46°F 2016-9°F 201252%30%
Mar 2337°F20°F49°F 2016-10°F 201253%29%
Mar 2437°F20°F45°F 2015-8°F 201753%29%
Mar 2537°F20°F49°F 2015-9°F 202653%29%
Mar 2638°F21°F46°F 2019-10°F 202653%28%
Mar 2738°F21°F50°F 2019-18°F 201353%28%
Mar 2838°F21°F49°F 2019-8°F 202653%27%
Mar 2939°F22°F51°F 2019-7°F 200753%27%
Mar 3039°F22°F50°F 20193°F 200753%26%
Mar 3140°F22°F56°F 2016-7°F 200453%25%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Girdwood, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.02040601102030
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (AKDT).

March 1
sunrise 7:56 AM, sunset 6:23 PM
March 31
sunrise 7:23 AM, sunset 8:40 PM

Every day of March: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00500243 (Alyeska), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00026492, 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.