Petersburg Weather in March
Average highs run from 38°F on March 1 to 44°F on March 31, and lows from 28°F to 32°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 7.60 in over about 20 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
- 40°F
- Average low
- 30°F
- Precipitation
- 7.60 in
- Snowfall
- 20.0 in
- Record high
- 66°FMar 20, 2019
- Record low
- -6°FMar 3, 1955
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 10 h 41 min to 13 h 07 min
- Cloud cover
- 70%
- Humidity
- 90%
- Dew point
- 26°F
- Wind
- 8.1 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 | 38°F | 28°F | 55°F 1968 | -1°F 2011 | 61% | 25% |
| Mar 2 | 38°F | 28°F | 54°F 1988 | -2°F 1955 | 61% | 25% |
| Mar 3 | 38°F | 28°F | 48°F 1938 | -6°F 1955 | 61% | 25% |
| Mar 4 | 38°F | 28°F | 51°F 1940 | 1°F 1951 | 61% | 25% |
| Mar 5 | 38°F | 28°F | 49°F 1941 | 0°F 1951 | 61% | 25% |
| Mar 6 | 38°F | 28°F | 48°F 1984 | 4°F 1951 | 62% | 25% |
| Mar 7 | 38°F | 28°F | 59°F 1937 | -2°F 1974 | 62% | 25% |
| Mar 8 | 39°F | 28°F | 55°F 1937 | -2°F 1972 | 62% | 25% |
| Mar 9 | 39°F | 28°F | 54°F 1984 | 2°F 1951 | 62% | 25% |
| Mar 10 | 39°F | 29°F | 53°F 1970 | 3°F 1951 | 62% | 24% |
| Mar 11 | 39°F | 29°F | 56°F 1941 | 7°F 2017 | 62% | 24% |
| Mar 12 | 39°F | 29°F | 56°F 2018 | 8°F 2003 | 62% | 24% |
| Mar 13 | 39°F | 29°F | 56°F 2018 | 6°F 1974 | 63% | 24% |
| Mar 14 | 40°F | 29°F | 50°F 1947 | 4°F 1974 | 63% | 23% |
| Mar 15 | 40°F | 29°F | 54°F 2003 | 5°F 2006 | 62% | 23% |
| Mar 16 | 40°F | 29°F | 57°F 2024 | 9°F 2006 | 62% | 22% |
| Mar 17 | 40°F | 30°F | 54°F 2019 | 11°F 2006 | 62% | 22% |
| Mar 18 | 41°F | 30°F | 63°F 2019 | 6°F 2006 | 62% | 21% |
| Mar 19 | 41°F | 30°F | 59°F 2019 | 13°F 1930 | 62% | 21% |
| Mar 20 | 41°F | 30°F | 66°F 2019 | 12°F 1930 | 62% | 20% |
| Mar 21 | 41°F | 30°F | 66°F 2019 | 8°F 2001 | 62% | 19% |
| Mar 22 | 41°F | 31°F | 54°F 1981 | 6°F 2001 | 62% | 19% |
| Mar 23 | 42°F | 31°F | 53°F 1990 | 10°F 2001 | 62% | 18% |
| Mar 24 | 42°F | 31°F | 57°F 2024 | 12°F 1964 | 62% | 17% |
| Mar 25 | 42°F | 31°F | 55°F 2001 | 5°F 1967 | 62% | 17% |
| Mar 26 | 43°F | 31°F | 55°F 2011 | 0°F 1967 | 62% | 16% |
| Mar 27 | 43°F | 31°F | 55°F 1931 | 12°F 1948 | 62% | 16% |
| Mar 28 | 43°F | 32°F | 54°F 1993 | 20°F 1954 | 62% | 15% |
| Mar 29 | 43°F | 32°F | 61°F 1994 | 16°F 1965 | 62% | 14% |
| Mar 30 | 44°F | 32°F | 58°F 1995 | 19°F 1946 | 62% | 14% |
| Mar 31 | 44°F | 32°F | 55°F 2016 | 16°F 1963 | 61% | 13% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (AKDT).
- March 1
- sunrise 6:44 AM, sunset 5:25 PM
- March 31
- sunrise 6:23 AM, sunset 7:30 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USW00025329 (Petersburg 1), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00025329, 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.