Motley Weather in March
Average highs run from 30°F on March 1 to 43°F on March 31, and lows from 9°F to 23°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 1.24 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
- 37°F
- Average low
- 16°F
- Precipitation
- 1.24 in
- Snowfall
- 9.2 in
- Record high
- 79°FMar 28, 1946
- Record low
- -33°FMar 10, 1948
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 11 h 07 min to 12 h 46 min
- Cloud cover
- 65%
- Humidity
- 80%
- Dew point
- 22°F
- Wind
- 12.3 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 | 30°F | 9°F | 49°F 1961 | -32°F 1962 | 22% | 16% |
| Mar 2 | 30°F | 9°F | 57°F 1992 | -25°F 1972 | 22% | 16% |
| Mar 3 | 31°F | 10°F | 57°F 1905 | -21°F 1972 | 22% | 16% |
| Mar 4 | 31°F | 10°F | 58°F 2000 | -18°F 1919 | 22% | 15% |
| Mar 5 | 32°F | 11°F | 57°F 2000 | -22°F 1936 | 22% | 15% |
| Mar 6 | 32°F | 11°F | 65°F 2000 | -21°F 1920 | 22% | 15% |
| Mar 7 | 32°F | 12°F | 65°F 1987 | -25°F 1967 | 22% | 15% |
| Mar 8 | 33°F | 12°F | 71°F 1987 | -21°F 2008 | 22% | 14% |
| Mar 9 | 33°F | 13°F | 49°F 1977 | -19°F 1948 | 22% | 14% |
| Mar 10 | 34°F | 13°F | 48°F 1977 | -33°F 1948 | 22% | 14% |
| Mar 11 | 34°F | 14°F | 54°F 2012 | -30°F 1948 | 22% | 14% |
| Mar 12 | 35°F | 14°F | 56°F 2012 | -18°F 1980 | 22% | 13% |
| Mar 13 | 35°F | 15°F | 62°F 1990 | -23°F 1993 | 22% | 13% |
| Mar 14 | 36°F | 15°F | 59°F 2012 | -21°F 1993 | 22% | 13% |
| Mar 15 | 36°F | 16°F | 63°F 1981 | -16°F 1997 | 22% | 12% |
| Mar 16 | 37°F | 16°F | 62°F 2003 | -16°F 1997 | 23% | 12% |
| Mar 17 | 37°F | 17°F | 72°F 2012 | -20°F 1941 | 23% | 12% |
| Mar 18 | 37°F | 17°F | 74°F 2012 | -19°F 1993 | 23% | 12% |
| Mar 19 | 38°F | 18°F | 71°F 2012 | -11°F 1989 | 23% | 11% |
| Mar 20 | 38°F | 18°F | 72°F 2012 | -8°F 1986 | 23% | 11% |
| Mar 21 | 39°F | 19°F | 72°F 1938 | -15°F 1965 | 23% | 11% |
| Mar 22 | 39°F | 19°F | 76°F 1945 | -17°F 2013 | 23% | 10% |
| Mar 23 | 40°F | 20°F | 70°F 1945 | -18°F 1965 | 23% | 10% |
| Mar 24 | 40°F | 20°F | 71°F 1968 | -23°F 1974 | 23% | 10% |
| Mar 25 | 41°F | 21°F | 71°F 2012 | -20°F 1974 | 23% | 10% |
| Mar 26 | 41°F | 21°F | 66°F 1968 | -20°F 1996 | 24% | 10% |
| Mar 27 | 42°F | 22°F | 77°F 1946 | -18°F 1996 | 24% | 9% |
| Mar 28 | 42°F | 22°F | 79°F 1946 | -7°F 1921 | 24% | 9% |
| Mar 29 | 42°F | 23°F | 69°F 1946 | -11°F 1969 | 24% | 9% |
| Mar 30 | 43°F | 23°F | 73°F 1967 | -12°F 1969 | 24% | 9% |
| Mar 31 | 43°F | 23°F | 75°F 1963 | -11°F 1975 | 24% | 9% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CDT).
- March 1
- sunrise 6:58 AM, sunset 6:05 PM
- March 31
- sunrise 7:00 AM, sunset 7:46 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00213411 (Gull Lake Dam), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00218579, 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.