Placer County Weather in March
Average highs run from 59°F on March 1 to 62°F on March 31, and lows from 38°F to 41°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 7.24 in over about 11 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
- 60°F
- Average low
- 40°F
- Precipitation
- 7.24 in
- Snowfall
- 1.2 in
- Record high
- 78°FMar 20, 2026
- Record low
- 9°FMar 6, 1956
- Chance of a freeze
- 75%
- Daylight
- 11 h 21 min to 12 h 37 min
- Cloud cover
- 59%
- Humidity
- 79%
- Dew point
- 35°F
- Wind
- 5.4 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 | 59°F | 38°F | 62°F 1959 | 11°F 1971 | 39% | 4% |
| Mar 2 | 59°F | 39°F | 63°F 1986 | 14°F 1951 | 39% | 4% |
| Mar 3 | 59°F | 39°F | 65°F 2020 | 14°F 1951 | 39% | 4% |
| Mar 4 | 59°F | 39°F | 65°F 1986 | 16°F 1976 | 39% | 4% |
| Mar 5 | 59°F | 39°F | 64°F 1972 | 11°F 1956 | 38% | 4% |
| Mar 6 | 59°F | 39°F | 66°F 1979 | 9°F 1956 | 38% | 4% |
| Mar 7 | 59°F | 39°F | 67°F 2018 | 20°F 1964 | 38% | 4% |
| Mar 8 | 59°F | 39°F | 66°F 2005 | 20°F 2002 | 37% | 3% |
| Mar 9 | 60°F | 39°F | 69°F 2015 | 19°F 1951 | 37% | 3% |
| Mar 10 | 60°F | 39°F | 62°F 1997 | 15°F 1954 | 36% | 3% |
| Mar 11 | 60°F | 39°F | 69°F 2007 | 13°F 1954 | 36% | 3% |
| Mar 12 | 60°F | 39°F | 66°F 2007 | 16°F 1954 | 36% | 3% |
| Mar 13 | 60°F | 39°F | 64°F 1947 | 15°F 1952 | 36% | 3% |
| Mar 14 | 60°F | 39°F | 66°F 1947 | 13°F 1944 | 35% | 3% |
| Mar 15 | 60°F | 40°F | 70°F 1947 | 19°F 1948 | 35% | 3% |
| Mar 16 | 60°F | 40°F | 72°F 2026 | 18°F 1952 | 35% | 3% |
| Mar 17 | 60°F | 40°F | 74°F 2026 | 19°F 1952 | 35% | 3% |
| Mar 18 | 61°F | 40°F | 74°F 2026 | 18°F 1945 | 34% | 3% |
| Mar 19 | 61°F | 40°F | 76°F 2026 | 19°F 1948 | 34% | 3% |
| Mar 20 | 61°F | 40°F | 78°F 2026 | 12°F 1952 | 34% | 3% |
| Mar 21 | 61°F | 40°F | 69°F 1960 | 16°F 1952 | 34% | 3% |
| Mar 22 | 61°F | 40°F | 69°F 2026 | 18°F 1952 | 33% | 3% |
| Mar 23 | 61°F | 40°F | 71°F 1960 | 19°F 2009 | 33% | 3% |
| Mar 24 | 61°F | 40°F | 68°F 2026 | 20°F 1945 | 33% | 3% |
| Mar 25 | 61°F | 40°F | 68°F 1988 | 19°F 1948 | 33% | 3% |
| Mar 26 | 61°F | 40°F | 68°F 2026 | 18°F 1975 | 32% | 2% |
| Mar 27 | 62°F | 40°F | 69°F 2026 | 19°F 1975 | 32% | 2% |
| Mar 28 | 62°F | 40°F | 68°F 1986 | 18°F 1975 | 32% | 2% |
| Mar 29 | 62°F | 40°F | 70°F 1966 | 19°F 1967 | 32% | 2% |
| Mar 30 | 62°F | 40°F | 70°F 2002 | 22°F 1946 | 31% | 2% |
| Mar 31 | 62°F | 41°F | 72°F 1966 | 20°F 1999 | 31% | 2% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (PDT).
- March 1
- sunrise 6:35 AM, sunset 5:56 PM
- March 31
- sunrise 6:49 AM, sunset 7:26 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00041912 (Colfax), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00023225, 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.