Fort Yates Weather in March
Average highs run from 34°F on March 1 to 50°F on March 31, and lows from 12°F to 25°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.94 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
- 42°F
- Average low
- 19°F
- Precipitation
- 0.94 in
- Snowfall
- 3.7 in
- Record high
- 80°FMar 17, 2012
- Record low
- -22°FMar 3, 2019
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 11 h 08 min to 12 h 46 min
- Cloud cover
- 67%
- Humidity
- 70%
- Dew point
- 22°F
- Wind
- 12.5 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 | 12°F | 66°F 1992 | -20°F 2002 | 15% | 5% |
| Mar 2 | 34°F | 12°F | 65°F 1992 | -19°F 2014 | 15% | 5% |
| Mar 3 | 35°F | 13°F | 60°F 2000 | -22°F 2019 | 15% | 5% |
| Mar 4 | 35°F | 13°F | 70°F 2000 | -20°F 2019 | 15% | 5% |
| Mar 5 | 36°F | 14°F | 74°F 2000 | -10°F 2015 | 15% | 5% |
| Mar 6 | 36°F | 14°F | 65°F 2000 | -22°F 1996 | 15% | 5% |
| Mar 7 | 37°F | 15°F | 72°F 2016 | -22°F 1996 | 15% | 5% |
| Mar 8 | 37°F | 15°F | 58°F 2016 | -16°F 1995 | 15% | 5% |
| Mar 9 | 38°F | 16°F | 66°F 2026 | -15°F 1995 | 15% | 5% |
| Mar 10 | 38°F | 16°F | 61°F 2025 | -15°F 2002 | 15% | 5% |
| Mar 11 | 39°F | 17°F | 65°F 2025 | -18°F 1998 | 15% | 5% |
| Mar 12 | 40°F | 17°F | 66°F 2016 | -19°F 2009 | 15% | 4% |
| Mar 13 | 40°F | 18°F | 71°F 2016 | -9°F 2009 | 15% | 4% |
| Mar 14 | 41°F | 18°F | 70°F 2012 | -9°F 2023 | 15% | 4% |
| Mar 15 | 41°F | 18°F | 68°F 2016 | -11°F 1997 | 15% | 4% |
| Mar 16 | 42°F | 19°F | 72°F 2015 | -11°F 1997 | 15% | 4% |
| Mar 17 | 42°F | 19°F | 80°F 2012 | -4°F 2026 | 15% | 4% |
| Mar 18 | 43°F | 20°F | 76°F 2012 | -8°F 2023 | 15% | 4% |
| Mar 19 | 43°F | 20°F | 77°F 2012 | -7°F 2023 | 15% | 4% |
| Mar 20 | 44°F | 21°F | 73°F 2026 | -20°F 2002 | 15% | 4% |
| Mar 21 | 45°F | 21°F | 67°F 2021 | -15°F 2002 | 15% | 4% |
| Mar 22 | 45°F | 21°F | 67°F 2012 | -3°F 2002 | 15% | 4% |
| Mar 23 | 46°F | 22°F | 66°F 2012 | 1°F 2023 | 15% | 4% |
| Mar 24 | 46°F | 22°F | 68°F 2004 | -1°F 2002 | 15% | 4% |
| Mar 25 | 47°F | 23°F | 70°F 2007 | -6°F 1996 | 15% | 4% |
| Mar 26 | 47°F | 23°F | 76°F 2007 | -8°F 1996 | 15% | 4% |
| Mar 27 | 48°F | 23°F | 66°F 1997 | -7°F 1996 | 15% | 4% |
| Mar 28 | 48°F | 24°F | 70°F 1993 | 0°F 2024 | 15% | 3% |
| Mar 29 | 49°F | 24°F | 65°F 2026 | -9°F 2023 | 15% | 3% |
| Mar 30 | 49°F | 24°F | 70°F 2010 | -8°F 2023 | 15% | 3% |
| Mar 31 | 50°F | 25°F | 72°F 2003 | 0°F 2018 | 16% | 3% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CDT).
- March 1
- sunrise 7:21 AM, sunset 6:29 PM
- March 31
- sunrise 7:24 AM, sunset 8:10 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00395406 (Mc Laughlin), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00324083, 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.