Rough and Ready Weather in March
Average highs run from 56°F on March 1 to 60°F on March 31, and lows from 36°F to 38°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 8.16 in over about 12 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
- 58°F
- Average low
- 37°F
- Precipitation
- 8.16 in
- Snowfall
- 3.0 in
- Record high
- 92°FMar 17, 1914
- Record low
- 12°FMar 6, 1908
- Chance of a freeze
- 92%
- Daylight
- 11 h 20 min to 12 h 38 min
- Cloud cover
- 59%
- Humidity
- 76%
- Dew point
- 43°F
- Wind
- 6.3 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 | 56°F | 36°F | 77°F 1936 | 13°F 1939 | 42% | 4% |
| Mar 2 | 56°F | 36°F | 77°F 1921 | 18°F 1951 | 42% | 4% |
| Mar 3 | 56°F | 36°F | 82°F 1929 | 16°F 1920 | 42% | 4% |
| Mar 4 | 57°F | 36°F | 78°F 1929 | 17°F 1923 | 41% | 4% |
| Mar 5 | 57°F | 36°F | 76°F 1901 | 19°F 1939 | 41% | 4% |
| Mar 6 | 57°F | 36°F | 80°F 1913 | 12°F 1908 | 41% | 4% |
| Mar 7 | 57°F | 36°F | 80°F 1905 | 17°F 1919 | 41% | 4% |
| Mar 8 | 57°F | 36°F | 80°F 1914 | 21°F 1908 | 40% | 4% |
| Mar 9 | 57°F | 37°F | 81°F 1936 | 19°F 1919 | 40% | 4% |
| Mar 10 | 57°F | 37°F | 85°F 1916 | 13°F 1935 | 40% | 4% |
| Mar 11 | 57°F | 37°F | 85°F 1916 | 18°F 1919 | 40% | 4% |
| Mar 12 | 57°F | 37°F | 79°F 1934 | 13°F 1922 | 39% | 4% |
| Mar 13 | 58°F | 37°F | 80°F 1926 | 18°F 1913 | 39% | 3% |
| Mar 14 | 58°F | 37°F | 78°F 1934 | 18°F 1913 | 39% | 3% |
| Mar 15 | 58°F | 37°F | 84°F 1914 | 20°F 1920 | 39% | 3% |
| Mar 16 | 58°F | 37°F | 87°F 1914 | 18°F 1955 | 38% | 3% |
| Mar 17 | 58°F | 37°F | 92°F 1914 | 22°F 1922 | 38% | 3% |
| Mar 18 | 58°F | 37°F | 84°F 2026 | 20°F 1920 | 38% | 3% |
| Mar 19 | 58°F | 37°F | 85°F 1914 | 20°F 1920 | 38% | 3% |
| Mar 20 | 58°F | 37°F | 86°F 2026 | 22°F 1952 | 37% | 3% |
| Mar 21 | 59°F | 38°F | 87°F 2026 | 19°F 1924 | 37% | 3% |
| Mar 22 | 59°F | 38°F | 85°F 1926 | 21°F 1924 | 37% | 3% |
| Mar 23 | 59°F | 38°F | 82°F 1926 | 21°F 1936 | 37% | 3% |
| Mar 24 | 59°F | 38°F | 80°F 1925 | 17°F 1913 | 37% | 3% |
| Mar 25 | 59°F | 38°F | 80°F 2026 | 17°F 1913 | 36% | 3% |
| Mar 26 | 59°F | 38°F | 80°F 2025 | 18°F 1942 | 36% | 2% |
| Mar 27 | 59°F | 38°F | 79°F 1947 | 19°F 1942 | 36% | 2% |
| Mar 28 | 59°F | 38°F | 78°F 1911 | 21°F 1938 | 35% | 2% |
| Mar 29 | 59°F | 38°F | 81°F 1911 | 23°F 1938 | 35% | 2% |
| Mar 30 | 60°F | 38°F | 83°F 1911 | 24°F 1897 | 34% | 2% |
| Mar 31 | 60°F | 38°F | 81°F 1911 | 23°F 1929 | 34% | 2% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (PDT).
- March 1
- sunrise 6:37 AM, sunset 5:57 PM
- March 31
- sunrise 6:50 AM, sunset 7:28 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00043573 (Grass Valley #2), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00046136, 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.