Portal Weather in March
Average highs run from 65°F on March 1 to 72°F on March 31, and lows from 41°F to 47°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 4.28 in over about 7 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
- 69°F
- Average low
- 44°F
- Precipitation
- 4.28 in
- Record high
- 94°FMar 25, 1929
- Record low
- 15°FMar 3, 1980
- Chance of a freeze
- 72%
- Daylight
- 11 h 30 min to 12 h 30 min
- Cloud cover
- 53%
- Humidity
- 79%
- Dew point
- 49°F
- Wind
- 9.2 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 | 65°F | 41°F | 85°F 1932 | 22°F 2002 | 24% | 0% |
| Mar 2 | 65°F | 42°F | 88°F 1951 | 20°F 1980 | 24% | 0% |
| Mar 3 | 66°F | 42°F | 86°F 1932 | 15°F 1980 | 24% | 0% |
| Mar 4 | 66°F | 42°F | 87°F 1955 | 18°F 1980 | 24% | 0% |
| Mar 5 | 66°F | 42°F | 90°F 1961 | 23°F 2002 | 23% | 0% |
| Mar 6 | 66°F | 42°F | 89°F 1961 | 23°F 1960 | 23% | 0% |
| Mar 7 | 66°F | 43°F | 86°F 1961 | 27°F 1954 | 23% | 0% |
| Mar 8 | 67°F | 43°F | 88°F 1925 | 29°F 1960 | 23% | 0% |
| Mar 9 | 67°F | 43°F | 89°F 1925 | 21°F 1996 | 23% | 0% |
| Mar 10 | 67°F | 43°F | 90°F 1974 | 22°F 1932 | 23% | 0% |
| Mar 11 | 67°F | 43°F | 88°F 1925 | 25°F 1932 | 23% | 0% |
| Mar 12 | 68°F | 44°F | 91°F 1955 | 26°F 1969 | 22% | 0% |
| Mar 13 | 68°F | 44°F | 90°F 1955 | 26°F 1998 | 22% | 0% |
| Mar 14 | 68°F | 44°F | 87°F 1953 | 23°F 1926 | 22% | 0% |
| Mar 15 | 68°F | 44°F | 86°F 1973 | 22°F 1993 | 22% | 0% |
| Mar 16 | 68°F | 44°F | 89°F 1942 | 23°F 1926 | 22% | 0% |
| Mar 17 | 69°F | 45°F | 90°F 1945 | 25°F 1926 | 22% | 0% |
| Mar 18 | 69°F | 45°F | 91°F 1945 | 30°F 1941 | 22% | 0% |
| Mar 19 | 69°F | 45°F | 92°F 1945 | 31°F 1967 | 22% | 0% |
| Mar 20 | 69°F | 45°F | 90°F 1927 | 33°F 2023 | 22% | 0% |
| Mar 21 | 70°F | 45°F | 92°F 1955 | 28°F 1965 | 22% | 0% |
| Mar 22 | 70°F | 46°F | 92°F 1935 | 29°F 1965 | 22% | 0% |
| Mar 23 | 70°F | 46°F | 92°F 1935 | 30°F 1986 | 21% | 0% |
| Mar 24 | 70°F | 46°F | 93°F 1929 | 30°F 1943 | 21% | 0% |
| Mar 25 | 71°F | 46°F | 94°F 1929 | 32°F 1968 | 21% | 0% |
| Mar 26 | 71°F | 46°F | 91°F 1929 | 31°F 1940 | 21% | 0% |
| Mar 27 | 71°F | 47°F | 90°F 1950 | 24°F 1955 | 21% | 0% |
| Mar 28 | 71°F | 47°F | 88°F 1945 | 33°F 1955 | 21% | 0% |
| Mar 29 | 72°F | 47°F | 90°F 1928 | 30°F 1955 | 21% | 0% |
| Mar 30 | 72°F | 47°F | 89°F 1938 | 33°F 1941 | 21% | 0% |
| Mar 31 | 72°F | 47°F | 90°F 1938 | 30°F 1964 | 21% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EDT).
- March 1
- sunrise 6:55 AM, sunset 6:25 PM
- March 31
- sunrise 7:17 AM, sunset 7:47 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00097528 (Rocky Ford 4SE), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00091266, 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.