Aptos climate

Aptos Weather in March

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Santa Cruz, 9 km from Aptos

Average highs run from 65°F on March 1 to 68°F on March 31, and lows from 44°F to 45°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 4.31 in over about 10 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 Aptos, in °F, with the record for each date.20406080100151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

March at a glance

Average high
67°F
Average low
44°F
Precipitation
4.31 in
Record high
93°FMar 19, 2026
Record low
31°FMar 8, 2002
Chance of a freeze
7%
Daylight
11 h 24 min to 12 h 34 min
Cloud cover
49%
Humidity
83%
Dew point
46°F
Wind
5.8 mph

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 0.01 inch of precipitation.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wet
Mar 165°F44°F78°F 201334°F 200736%
Mar 265°F44°F72°F 201332°F 202336%
Mar 365°F44°F76°F 201236°F 201236%
Mar 465°F44°F82°F 201235°F 199935%
Mar 565°F44°F77°F 201533°F 201835%
Mar 665°F44°F78°F 201535°F 202235%
Mar 766°F44°F81°F 200433°F 202234%
Mar 866°F44°F86°F 200431°F 200234%
Mar 966°F44°F80°F 201234°F 201034%
Mar 1066°F44°F79°F 200432°F 200933%
Mar 1166°F44°F84°F 200533°F 200933%
Mar 1266°F44°F81°F 200734°F 202233%
Mar 1366°F44°F85°F 201734°F 200633%
Mar 1466°F44°F89°F 201533°F 200232%
Mar 1566°F44°F79°F 202634°F 200232%
Mar 1667°F44°F85°F 202635°F 200232%
Mar 1767°F44°F89°F 202635°F 200231%
Mar 1867°F44°F90°F 202635°F 200231%
Mar 1967°F44°F93°F 202635°F 200231%
Mar 2067°F44°F90°F 202638°F 200030%
Mar 2167°F44°F76°F 202638°F 200830%
Mar 2267°F44°F78°F 202237°F 200730%
Mar 2367°F44°F83°F 202634°F 200929%
Mar 2467°F44°F85°F 202536°F 202329%
Mar 2568°F44°F81°F 202535°F 202329%
Mar 2668°F45°F86°F 201533°F 202328%
Mar 2768°F45°F83°F 202631°F 202328%
Mar 2868°F45°F83°F 200435°F 200727%
Mar 2968°F45°F84°F 202637°F 200727%
Mar 3068°F45°F82°F 201836°F 202126%
Mar 3168°F45°F84°F 201138°F 200926%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Aptos, in percent.0102030401102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (PDT).

March 1
sunrise 6:38 AM, sunset 6:02 PM
March 31
sunrise 6:55 AM, sunset 7:29 PM

Every day of March: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00047916 (Santa Cruz), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00023277, 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.