Portales Weather in March
Average highs run from 64°F on March 1 to 74°F on March 31, and lows from 31°F to 39°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.74 in over about 4 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
- 35°F
- Precipitation
- 0.74 in
- Snowfall
- 0.7 in
- Record high
- 91°FMar 12, 1989
- Record low
- -4°FMar 11, 1948
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 11 h 28 min to 12 h 32 min
- Cloud cover
- 49%
- Humidity
- 43%
- Dew point
- 26°F
- Wind
- 11.6 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 | 64°F | 31°F | 82°F 2006 | 1°F 1922 | 13% | 2% |
| Mar 2 | 64°F | 32°F | 78°F 2006 | 7°F 1980 | 13% | 2% |
| Mar 3 | 65°F | 32°F | 82°F 1916 | 2°F 1917 | 13% | 2% |
| Mar 4 | 65°F | 32°F | 82°F 1916 | 8°F 1989 | 13% | 2% |
| Mar 5 | 65°F | 32°F | 84°F 1934 | 4°F 1948 | 13% | 2% |
| Mar 6 | 65°F | 33°F | 82°F 1925 | 6°F 1948 | 13% | 2% |
| Mar 7 | 66°F | 33°F | 83°F 1972 | 6°F 1947 | 13% | 2% |
| Mar 8 | 66°F | 33°F | 80°F 1918 | 9°F 1932 | 13% | 2% |
| Mar 9 | 66°F | 33°F | 81°F 1916 | 13°F 1969 | 13% | 2% |
| Mar 10 | 67°F | 34°F | 84°F 1989 | 4°F 1948 | 13% | 2% |
| Mar 11 | 67°F | 34°F | 87°F 1989 | -4°F 1948 | 13% | 2% |
| Mar 12 | 67°F | 34°F | 91°F 1989 | 2°F 1948 | 13% | 2% |
| Mar 13 | 68°F | 34°F | 89°F 1989 | 9°F 1950 | 14% | 1% |
| Mar 14 | 68°F | 35°F | 83°F 1936 | 9°F 1988 | 14% | 1% |
| Mar 15 | 68°F | 35°F | 83°F 1921 | 9°F 1988 | 14% | 1% |
| Mar 16 | 69°F | 35°F | 85°F 1916 | 13°F 1988 | 14% | 1% |
| Mar 17 | 69°F | 35°F | 84°F 1916 | 9°F 1923 | 14% | 1% |
| Mar 18 | 69°F | 36°F | 85°F 2011 | 14°F 1988 | 14% | 1% |
| Mar 19 | 70°F | 36°F | 86°F 1936 | 11°F 1965 | 14% | 1% |
| Mar 20 | 70°F | 36°F | 84°F 2004 | 8°F 1965 | 14% | 1% |
| Mar 21 | 70°F | 36°F | 82°F 1922 | 12°F 1955 | 14% | 1% |
| Mar 22 | 71°F | 37°F | 86°F 1997 | 13°F 1955 | 13% | 1% |
| Mar 23 | 71°F | 37°F | 82°F 1925 | 10°F 1952 | 13% | 1% |
| Mar 24 | 71°F | 37°F | 81°F 1928 | 16°F 1965 | 13% | 1% |
| Mar 25 | 72°F | 37°F | 84°F 1998 | 15°F 1996 | 13% | 1% |
| Mar 26 | 72°F | 38°F | 86°F 1928 | 11°F 1955 | 13% | 1% |
| Mar 27 | 72°F | 38°F | 87°F 1971 | 11°F 1955 | 13% | 1% |
| Mar 28 | 73°F | 38°F | 87°F 1971 | 16°F 1975 | 13% | 1% |
| Mar 29 | 73°F | 38°F | 88°F 1963 | 13°F 1926 | 13% | 1% |
| Mar 30 | 73°F | 39°F | 90°F 1943 | 16°F 1975 | 13% | 1% |
| Mar 31 | 74°F | 39°F | 86°F 1946 | 12°F 1987 | 13% | 1% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (MDT).
- March 1
- sunrise 6:22 AM, sunset 5:50 PM
- March 31
- sunrise 6:42 AM, sunset 7:14 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00297008 (Portales), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00291939, 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.