Columbia County Weather in March
Average highs run from 52°F on March 1 to 56°F on March 31, and lows from 32°F to 35°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 5.30 in over about 20 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
- 54°F
- Average low
- 34°F
- Precipitation
- 5.30 in
- Record high
- 82°FMar 26, 2025
- Record low
- 19°FMar 5, 1955
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 11 h 08 min to 12 h 46 min
- Cloud cover
- 75%
- Humidity
- 89%
- Dew point
- 40°F
- Wind
- 4.3 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 | 52°F | 32°F | 71°F 1968 | 20°F 1960 | 62% | 1% |
| Mar 2 | 52°F | 32°F | 70°F 1990 | 22°F 1971 | 62% | 1% |
| Mar 3 | 52°F | 32°F | 68°F 1980 | 22°F 1943 | 62% | 1% |
| Mar 4 | 52°F | 32°F | 69°F 1937 | 20°F 2019 | 63% | 1% |
| Mar 5 | 52°F | 32°F | 70°F 1965 | 19°F 1955 | 63% | 1% |
| Mar 6 | 52°F | 32°F | 70°F 1965 | 20°F 1955 | 63% | 1% |
| Mar 7 | 52°F | 33°F | 72°F 2005 | 26°F 1951 | 63% | 1% |
| Mar 8 | 53°F | 33°F | 72°F 2015 | 23°F 1931 | 63% | 1% |
| Mar 9 | 53°F | 33°F | 74°F 2004 | 23°F 1943 | 63% | 0% |
| Mar 10 | 53°F | 33°F | 76°F 1934 | 19°F 1943 | 63% | 0% |
| Mar 11 | 53°F | 33°F | 74°F 2005 | 25°F 2019 | 63% | 0% |
| Mar 12 | 53°F | 33°F | 76°F 2005 | 24°F 1932 | 63% | 0% |
| Mar 13 | 53°F | 33°F | 76°F 2005 | 23°F 1944 | 63% | 0% |
| Mar 14 | 53°F | 33°F | 78°F 1926 | 23°F 1941 | 63% | 0% |
| Mar 15 | 54°F | 34°F | 73°F 1996 | 26°F 1944 | 63% | 0% |
| Mar 16 | 54°F | 34°F | 79°F 1947 | 23°F 1930 | 63% | 0% |
| Mar 17 | 54°F | 34°F | 81°F 1947 | 25°F 1955 | 63% | 0% |
| Mar 18 | 54°F | 34°F | 78°F 1947 | 24°F 1943 | 63% | 0% |
| Mar 19 | 54°F | 34°F | 77°F 1928 | 26°F 1965 | 63% | 0% |
| Mar 20 | 54°F | 34°F | 78°F 1934 | 25°F 1955 | 63% | 0% |
| Mar 21 | 54°F | 34°F | 75°F 2019 | 26°F 1955 | 63% | 0% |
| Mar 22 | 54°F | 34°F | 72°F 2004 | 24°F 1936 | 63% | 0% |
| Mar 23 | 55°F | 34°F | 73°F 1979 | 28°F 1931 | 63% | 0% |
| Mar 24 | 55°F | 34°F | 72°F 1979 | 26°F 1945 | 63% | 0% |
| Mar 25 | 55°F | 35°F | 79°F 2025 | 23°F 1936 | 62% | 0% |
| Mar 26 | 55°F | 35°F | 82°F 2025 | 26°F 1996 | 62% | 0% |
| Mar 27 | 55°F | 35°F | 79°F 2025 | 26°F 1935 | 62% | 0% |
| Mar 28 | 55°F | 35°F | 80°F 1930 | 25°F 1939 | 62% | 0% |
| Mar 29 | 55°F | 35°F | 79°F 1930 | 27°F 1936 | 62% | 0% |
| Mar 30 | 56°F | 35°F | 80°F 2004 | 24°F 1954 | 62% | 0% |
| Mar 31 | 56°F | 35°F | 79°F 2016 | 25°F 1938 | 62% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (PDT).
- March 1
- sunrise 6:51 AM, sunset 5:59 PM
- March 31
- sunrise 6:54 AM, sunset 7:40 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00358884 (Vernonia #2), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00454769, 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.