Nelson County Weather in March
Average highs run from 24°F on March 1 to 40°F on March 31, and lows from 5°F to 21°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.50 in over about 3 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
- 31°F
- Average low
- 13°F
- Precipitation
- 0.50 in
- Snowfall
- 7.7 in
- Record high
- 80°FMar 27, 1946
- Record low
- -36°FMar 10, 1948
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 11 h 05 min to 12 h 49 min
- Cloud cover
- 63%
- Humidity
- 75%
- Dew point
- 20°F
- Wind
- 12.8 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 | 24°F | 5°F | 57°F 1905 | -31°F 2009 | 12% | 12% |
| Mar 2 | 24°F | 6°F | 60°F 1905 | -34°F 2003 | 12% | 12% |
| Mar 3 | 24°F | 6°F | 56°F 2000 | -17°F 1978 | 12% | 12% |
| Mar 4 | 25°F | 7°F | 58°F 2000 | -24°F 1952 | 12% | 12% |
| Mar 5 | 25°F | 7°F | 66°F 2000 | -34°F 2003 | 12% | 12% |
| Mar 6 | 26°F | 8°F | 58°F 2000 | -21°F 1955 | 12% | 12% |
| Mar 7 | 26°F | 8°F | 58°F 2000 | -32°F 2008 | 12% | 12% |
| Mar 8 | 27°F | 9°F | 52°F 1977 | -20°F 1956 | 12% | 11% |
| Mar 9 | 27°F | 9°F | 52°F 1990 | -27°F 1948 | 11% | 11% |
| Mar 10 | 28°F | 10°F | 62°F 2012 | -36°F 1948 | 11% | 11% |
| Mar 11 | 28°F | 11°F | 57°F 2012 | -29°F 1948 | 11% | 11% |
| Mar 12 | 29°F | 11°F | 55°F 1981 | -24°F 2009 | 11% | 11% |
| Mar 13 | 29°F | 12°F | 57°F 2012 | -19°F 1993 | 11% | 10% |
| Mar 14 | 30°F | 12°F | 57°F 1981 | -18°F 1956 | 11% | 10% |
| Mar 15 | 30°F | 13°F | 60°F 2012 | -15°F 1997 | 11% | 10% |
| Mar 16 | 31°F | 13°F | 74°F 2012 | -15°F 1939 | 11% | 10% |
| Mar 17 | 32°F | 14°F | 74°F 2012 | -20°F 1941 | 11% | 10% |
| Mar 18 | 32°F | 14°F | 76°F 2012 | -17°F 1939 | 11% | 10% |
| Mar 19 | 33°F | 15°F | 75°F 2012 | -7°F 1965 | 12% | 9% |
| Mar 20 | 33°F | 15°F | 71°F 1946 | -13°F 1965 | 12% | 9% |
| Mar 21 | 34°F | 16°F | 69°F 2012 | -12°F 1965 | 12% | 9% |
| Mar 22 | 35°F | 17°F | 73°F 1945 | -10°F 1940 | 12% | 9% |
| Mar 23 | 35°F | 17°F | 79°F 1963 | -21°F 1974 | 12% | 9% |
| Mar 24 | 36°F | 18°F | 75°F 1939 | -20°F 1974 | 12% | 8% |
| Mar 25 | 36°F | 18°F | 71°F 1945 | -15°F 1940 | 12% | 8% |
| Mar 26 | 37°F | 19°F | 68°F 1939 | -16°F 1964 | 12% | 8% |
| Mar 27 | 38°F | 19°F | 80°F 1946 | -12°F 2011 | 12% | 8% |
| Mar 28 | 38°F | 20°F | 71°F 1963 | -10°F 1964 | 12% | 7% |
| Mar 29 | 39°F | 20°F | 73°F 1986 | -19°F 1969 | 12% | 7% |
| Mar 30 | 40°F | 21°F | 72°F 2010 | -16°F 1969 | 12% | 7% |
| Mar 31 | 40°F | 21°F | 73°F 1963 | -4°F 1936 | 12% | 7% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CDT).
- March 1
- sunrise 7:13 AM, sunset 6:18 PM
- March 31
- sunrise 7:13 AM, sunset 8:02 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00327027 (Petersburg 2 N), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00321766, 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.