Ketchikan Weather in March
Average highs run from 43°F on March 1 to 48°F on March 31, and lows from 34°F to 36°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 12.64 in over about 22 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
- 45°F
- Average low
- 35°F
- Precipitation
- 12.64 in
- Snowfall
- 7.8 in
- Record high
- 69°FMar 28, 1915
- Record low
- 3°FMar 3, 1955
- Chance of a freeze
- 97%
- Daylight
- 10 h 46 min to 13 h 03 min
- Cloud cover
- 71%
- Humidity
- 90%
- Dew point
- 29°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.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet | Chance of snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1 | 43°F | 34°F | 56°F 1938 | 7°F 2011 | 67% | 17% |
| Mar 2 | 43°F | 34°F | 62°F 1938 | 7°F 1976 | 68% | 17% |
| Mar 3 | 43°F | 34°F | 55°F 1938 | 3°F 1955 | 68% | 17% |
| Mar 4 | 43°F | 34°F | 57°F 1949 | 9°F 1951 | 68% | 17% |
| Mar 5 | 43°F | 34°F | 53°F 1949 | 8°F 2024 | 69% | 17% |
| Mar 6 | 43°F | 34°F | 51°F 1950 | 13°F 2002 | 69% | 17% |
| Mar 7 | 43°F | 34°F | 55°F 1973 | 8°F 2002 | 69% | 17% |
| Mar 8 | 43°F | 34°F | 55°F 1937 | 6°F 2002 | 70% | 17% |
| Mar 9 | 44°F | 34°F | 59°F 1934 | 6°F 2002 | 70% | 17% |
| Mar 10 | 44°F | 34°F | 63°F 1934 | 7°F 2017 | 70% | 17% |
| Mar 11 | 44°F | 34°F | 63°F 1934 | 10°F 1918 | 70% | 17% |
| Mar 12 | 44°F | 34°F | 60°F 2018 | 12°F 1921 | 71% | 17% |
| Mar 13 | 44°F | 34°F | 65°F 2018 | 11°F 1921 | 71% | 17% |
| Mar 14 | 44°F | 35°F | 62°F 1926 | 12°F 1921 | 71% | 17% |
| Mar 15 | 45°F | 35°F | 57°F 2003 | 13°F 2006 | 71% | 17% |
| Mar 16 | 45°F | 35°F | 56°F 2024 | 13°F 2002 | 71% | 17% |
| Mar 17 | 45°F | 35°F | 54°F 1949 | 10°F 1919 | 71% | 17% |
| Mar 18 | 45°F | 35°F | 60°F 2019 | 9°F 1913 | 70% | 17% |
| Mar 19 | 45°F | 35°F | 62°F 2019 | 10°F 1913 | 70% | 16% |
| Mar 20 | 46°F | 35°F | 66°F 2019 | 10°F 1913 | 70% | 16% |
| Mar 21 | 46°F | 35°F | 61°F 1998 | 12°F 1913 | 70% | 16% |
| Mar 22 | 46°F | 35°F | 60°F 1998 | 13°F 1913 | 70% | 15% |
| Mar 23 | 46°F | 35°F | 62°F 1915 | 12°F 1913 | 70% | 15% |
| Mar 24 | 46°F | 36°F | 64°F 1915 | 13°F 1913 | 70% | 15% |
| Mar 25 | 47°F | 36°F | 65°F 1915 | 18°F 1914 | 69% | 14% |
| Mar 26 | 47°F | 36°F | 64°F 1915 | 12°F 1967 | 69% | 14% |
| Mar 27 | 47°F | 36°F | 64°F 1915 | 19°F 1914 | 69% | 14% |
| Mar 28 | 47°F | 36°F | 69°F 1915 | 17°F 1914 | 69% | 13% |
| Mar 29 | 47°F | 36°F | 63°F 1915 | 19°F 1924 | 69% | 13% |
| Mar 30 | 48°F | 36°F | 60°F 1923 | 21°F 1925 | 68% | 12% |
| Mar 31 | 48°F | 36°F | 65°F 2016 | 23°F 1925 | 68% | 12% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (AKDT).
- March 1
- sunrise 6:36 AM, sunset 5:22 PM
- March 31
- sunrise 6:20 AM, sunset 7:23 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00500657 (Beaver Falls), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00025325, 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.