Wake County Weather in March
Average highs run from 59°F on March 1 to 67°F on March 31, and lows from 36°F to 44°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 4.17 in over about 8 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
- 63°F
- Average low
- 40°F
- Precipitation
- 4.17 in
- Snowfall
- 0.1 in
- Record high
- 92°FMar 17, 1945
- Record low
- 11°FMar 1, 1980
- Chance of a freeze
- 93%
- Daylight
- 11 h 26 min to 12 h 34 min
- Cloud cover
- 60%
- Humidity
- 78%
- Dew point
- 41°F
- Wind
- 5.8 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 | 59°F | 36°F | 82°F 1997 | 11°F 1980 | 26% | 1% |
| Mar 2 | 59°F | 36°F | 82°F 1976 | 11°F 1980 | 26% | 1% |
| Mar 3 | 59°F | 37°F | 87°F 1976 | 12°F 1980 | 26% | 1% |
| Mar 4 | 59°F | 37°F | 87°F 1976 | 16°F 2014 | 26% | 1% |
| Mar 5 | 60°F | 37°F | 83°F 1967 | 15°F 1960 | 26% | 1% |
| Mar 6 | 60°F | 37°F | 84°F 2026 | 11°F 1960 | 26% | 1% |
| Mar 7 | 60°F | 38°F | 85°F 1974 | 15°F 1960 | 26% | 1% |
| Mar 8 | 60°F | 38°F | 87°F 1974 | 18°F 1960 | 26% | 1% |
| Mar 9 | 61°F | 38°F | 84°F 2009 | 17°F 1996 | 26% | 0% |
| Mar 10 | 61°F | 38°F | 86°F 2026 | 19°F 1996 | 26% | 0% |
| Mar 11 | 61°F | 39°F | 89°F 2026 | 18°F 1960 | 25% | 0% |
| Mar 12 | 61°F | 39°F | 90°F 1990 | 19°F 1969 | 25% | 0% |
| Mar 13 | 62°F | 39°F | 88°F 1990 | 20°F 1998 | 25% | 0% |
| Mar 14 | 62°F | 40°F | 86°F 1973 | 19°F 1960 | 25% | 0% |
| Mar 15 | 62°F | 40°F | 87°F 1967 | 14°F 1993 | 25% | 0% |
| Mar 16 | 63°F | 40°F | 86°F 1945 | 20°F 1970 | 25% | 0% |
| Mar 17 | 63°F | 40°F | 92°F 1945 | 18°F 1981 | 25% | 0% |
| Mar 18 | 63°F | 41°F | 85°F 2011 | 19°F 1967 | 25% | 0% |
| Mar 19 | 63°F | 41°F | 88°F 1945 | 19°F 1967 | 25% | 0% |
| Mar 20 | 64°F | 41°F | 88°F 1948 | 24°F 1981 | 25% | 0% |
| Mar 21 | 64°F | 41°F | 89°F 1968 | 17°F 1965 | 25% | 0% |
| Mar 22 | 64°F | 42°F | 88°F 2026 | 22°F 1986 | 25% | 0% |
| Mar 23 | 65°F | 42°F | 83°F 2007 | 22°F 1986 | 25% | 0% |
| Mar 24 | 65°F | 42°F | 87°F 2023 | 23°F 1971 | 25% | 0% |
| Mar 25 | 65°F | 43°F | 82°F 1954 | 23°F 1971 | 25% | 0% |
| Mar 26 | 66°F | 43°F | 81°F 1949 | 24°F 1955 | 25% | 0% |
| Mar 27 | 66°F | 43°F | 87°F 2007 | 20°F 1955 | 25% | 0% |
| Mar 28 | 66°F | 43°F | 89°F 2020 | 20°F 1969 | 25% | 0% |
| Mar 29 | 67°F | 44°F | 88°F 2020 | 20°F 1966 | 25% | 0% |
| Mar 30 | 67°F | 44°F | 87°F 1985 | 27°F 1964 | 25% | 0% |
| Mar 31 | 67°F | 44°F | 87°F 1986 | 23°F 1964 | 25% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EDT).
- March 1
- sunrise 6:44 AM, sunset 6:10 PM
- March 31
- sunrise 7:02 AM, sunset 7:36 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00317079 (Raleigh State Univ), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00013722, 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.