Princeton Weather in March
Average highs run from 34°F on March 1 to 44°F on March 31, and lows from 15°F to 26°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 3.98 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
- 39°F
- Average low
- 20°F
- Precipitation
- 3.98 in
- Snowfall
- 13.4 in
- Record high
- 80°FMar 22, 2012
- Record low
- -24°FMar 2, 2001
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 11 h 10 min to 12 h 44 min
- Cloud cover
- 64%
- Humidity
- 85%
- Dew point
- 25°F
- Wind
- 7.6 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 | 34°F | 15°F | 51°F 1954 | -16°F 2001 | 37% | 19% |
| Mar 2 | 34°F | 15°F | 50°F 1997 | -24°F 2001 | 37% | 19% |
| Mar 3 | 35°F | 16°F | 55°F 1964 | -18°F 2001 | 37% | 19% |
| Mar 4 | 35°F | 16°F | 53°F 1964 | -13°F 2001 | 37% | 19% |
| Mar 5 | 35°F | 16°F | 52°F 1964 | -9°F 1948 | 37% | 18% |
| Mar 6 | 35°F | 17°F | 49°F 2010 | -8°F 2007 | 37% | 18% |
| Mar 7 | 36°F | 17°F | 50°F 2010 | -17°F 2003 | 37% | 18% |
| Mar 8 | 36°F | 17°F | 62°F 2012 | -14°F 2019 | 37% | 17% |
| Mar 9 | 36°F | 18°F | 58°F 2026 | -17°F 1967 | 37% | 17% |
| Mar 10 | 37°F | 18°F | 70°F 2026 | -14°F 1972 | 36% | 17% |
| Mar 11 | 37°F | 19°F | 56°F 2021 | -14°F 1972 | 36% | 17% |
| Mar 12 | 37°F | 19°F | 57°F 2012 | -7°F 1945 | 36% | 16% |
| Mar 13 | 38°F | 19°F | 59°F 1946 | -11°F 1967 | 36% | 16% |
| Mar 14 | 38°F | 20°F | 52°F 2025 | -18°F 1948 | 36% | 15% |
| Mar 15 | 38°F | 20°F | 55°F 2010 | -7°F 1968 | 36% | 15% |
| Mar 16 | 39°F | 20°F | 59°F 2010 | 1°F 1963 | 36% | 15% |
| Mar 17 | 39°F | 21°F | 57°F 2012 | -5°F 1997 | 36% | 14% |
| Mar 18 | 39°F | 21°F | 72°F 2012 | -10°F 1967 | 35% | 14% |
| Mar 19 | 40°F | 21°F | 58°F 2010 | -3°F 1997 | 35% | 14% |
| Mar 20 | 40°F | 22°F | 76°F 2012 | 2°F 2019 | 35% | 13% |
| Mar 21 | 40°F | 22°F | 79°F 2012 | 1°F 1967 | 35% | 13% |
| Mar 22 | 41°F | 23°F | 80°F 2012 | 1°F 1965 | 35% | 13% |
| Mar 23 | 41°F | 23°F | 66°F 1953 | 3°F 2014 | 35% | 12% |
| Mar 24 | 41°F | 23°F | 58°F 2021 | -2°F 2008 | 35% | 12% |
| Mar 25 | 42°F | 24°F | 57°F 1963 | -9°F 2014 | 35% | 12% |
| Mar 26 | 42°F | 24°F | 64°F 1945 | 7°F 2019 | 35% | 11% |
| Mar 27 | 42°F | 24°F | 65°F 1998 | 0°F 1971 | 35% | 11% |
| Mar 28 | 43°F | 25°F | 63°F 1999 | 4°F 1947 | 35% | 11% |
| Mar 29 | 43°F | 25°F | 74°F 1946 | 5°F 1947 | 35% | 10% |
| Mar 30 | 44°F | 25°F | 62°F 1998 | -3°F 1954 | 36% | 10% |
| Mar 31 | 44°F | 26°F | 71°F 1998 | -10°F 1954 | 36% | 10% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EDT).
- March 1
- sunrise 6:08 AM, sunset 5:18 PM
- March 31
- sunrise 6:13 AM, sunset 6:57 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00173261 (Grand Lake Stream), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00014610, 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.