Prairie City Weather in March
Average highs run from 48°F on March 1 to 54°F on March 31, and lows from 24°F to 28°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 1.14 in over about 10 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
- 52°F
- Average low
- 26°F
- Precipitation
- 1.14 in
- Snowfall
- 1.2 in
- Record high
- 80°FMar 30, 1966
- Record low
- -5°FMar 14, 1906
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 11 h 11 min to 12 h 44 min
- Cloud cover
- 70%
- Humidity
- 75%
- Dew point
- 26°F
- Wind
- 5.4 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 | 48°F | 24°F | 71°F 1986 | 11°F 1960 | 33% | 5% |
| Mar 2 | 49°F | 24°F | 75°F 1905 | 9°F 1971 | 33% | 5% |
| Mar 3 | 49°F | 24°F | 72°F 1905 | 12°F 1989 | 33% | 5% |
| Mar 4 | 49°F | 25°F | 72°F 1905 | 11°F 1989 | 33% | 5% |
| Mar 5 | 49°F | 25°F | 73°F 1968 | 4°F 1955 | 33% | 5% |
| Mar 6 | 50°F | 25°F | 72°F 1986 | 11°F 1955 | 33% | 5% |
| Mar 7 | 50°F | 25°F | 68°F 1979 | 14°F 1995 | 33% | 5% |
| Mar 8 | 50°F | 25°F | 71°F 1905 | 12°F 1958 | 33% | 5% |
| Mar 9 | 50°F | 25°F | 73°F 2004 | 15°F 2010 | 33% | 4% |
| Mar 10 | 51°F | 26°F | 75°F 1972 | 9°F 2022 | 34% | 4% |
| Mar 11 | 51°F | 26°F | 72°F 2015 | 10°F 1956 | 34% | 4% |
| Mar 12 | 51°F | 26°F | 77°F 2005 | 9°F 1906 | 34% | 4% |
| Mar 13 | 51°F | 26°F | 72°F 1992 | -2°F 1906 | 34% | 4% |
| Mar 14 | 51°F | 26°F | 73°F 1992 | -5°F 1906 | 34% | 4% |
| Mar 15 | 52°F | 26°F | 75°F 1994 | -3°F 1906 | 34% | 4% |
| Mar 16 | 52°F | 27°F | 75°F 1994 | -4°F 1906 | 34% | 3% |
| Mar 17 | 52°F | 27°F | 74°F 2007 | -1°F 1906 | 34% | 3% |
| Mar 18 | 52°F | 27°F | 79°F 1972 | 8°F 1965 | 34% | 3% |
| Mar 19 | 52°F | 27°F | 73°F 1988 | 10°F 1965 | 34% | 3% |
| Mar 20 | 52°F | 27°F | 77°F 1960 | 12°F 1955 | 35% | 3% |
| Mar 21 | 53°F | 27°F | 78°F 1960 | 19°F 2014 | 35% | 3% |
| Mar 22 | 53°F | 27°F | 78°F 1960 | 18°F 1966 | 35% | 3% |
| Mar 23 | 53°F | 28°F | 77°F 1960 | 17°F 2013 | 35% | 3% |
| Mar 24 | 53°F | 28°F | 77°F 1960 | 14°F 1965 | 35% | 3% |
| Mar 25 | 53°F | 28°F | 73°F 1960 | 14°F 1996 | 36% | 3% |
| Mar 26 | 53°F | 28°F | 79°F 1960 | 19°F 1975 | 36% | 3% |
| Mar 27 | 53°F | 28°F | 79°F 2025 | 12°F 1975 | 36% | 3% |
| Mar 28 | 54°F | 28°F | 77°F 2015 | 13°F 1975 | 36% | 3% |
| Mar 29 | 54°F | 28°F | 77°F 1966 | 17°F 1954 | 36% | 3% |
| Mar 30 | 54°F | 28°F | 80°F 1966 | 13°F 1954 | 36% | 3% |
| Mar 31 | 54°F | 28°F | 76°F 1966 | 17°F 1954 | 37% | 2% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (PDT).
- March 1
- sunrise 6:32 AM, sunset 5:43 PM
- March 31
- sunrise 6:37 AM, sunset 7:21 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00354291 (John Day), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00354291, 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.