Columbia climate

Columbia Weather in March

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Landisville 2 Nw, 11.5 km from Columbia

Average highs run from 44°F on March 1 to 56°F on March 31, and lows from 24°F to 32°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 3.61 in over about 10 wet days.

March day by day

The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Columbia, in °F, with the record for each date.-20020406080100151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

March at a glance

Average high
50°F
Average low
28°F
Precipitation
3.61 in
Snowfall
4.5 in
Record high
83°FMar 29, 2025
Record low
-3°FMar 7, 2015
Chance of a freeze
100%
Daylight
11 h 19 min to 12 h 38 min
Cloud cover
66%
Humidity
82%
Dew point
33°F
Wind
8.1 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.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wetChance of snow
Mar 144°F24°F70°F 20177°F 201431%11%
Mar 245°F24°F69°F 200413°F 200932%11%
Mar 345°F24°F65°F 20248°F 200932%11%
Mar 445°F24°F67°F 20249°F 201432%11%
Mar 546°F25°F62°F 20085°F 201932%10%
Mar 646°F25°F75°F 2022-1°F 201532%10%
Mar 746°F25°F77°F 2022-3°F 201532%10%
Mar 847°F26°F80°F 20007°F 200732%9%
Mar 947°F26°F78°F 201615°F 200732%9%
Mar 1048°F26°F81°F 202616°F 200332%9%
Mar 1148°F26°F79°F 202115°F 200332%8%
Mar 1248°F27°F69°F 202118°F 201732%8%
Mar 1349°F27°F78°F 200616°F 201732%8%
Mar 1449°F27°F78°F 200718°F 201433%8%
Mar 1549°F28°F75°F 201917°F 201733%7%
Mar 1650°F28°F71°F 202220°F 201733%7%
Mar 1750°F28°F71°F 201219°F 201733%7%
Mar 1851°F29°F78°F 201120°F 200033%7%
Mar 1951°F29°F75°F 202215°F 200733%6%
Mar 2051°F29°F80°F 202022°F 202334%6%
Mar 2152°F29°F74°F 201022°F 200634%6%
Mar 2252°F30°F77°F 202620°F 200234%6%
Mar 2353°F30°F79°F 201219°F 201734%5%
Mar 2453°F30°F70°F 201619°F 201434%5%
Mar 2554°F31°F77°F 201719°F 201434%5%
Mar 2654°F31°F79°F 202123°F 201135%4%
Mar 2755°F31°F80°F 200718°F 201435%4%
Mar 2855°F32°F69°F 201221°F 200135%4%
Mar 2955°F32°F83°F 202520°F 201535%4%
Mar 3056°F32°F75°F 201924°F 200835%3%
Mar 3156°F32°F80°F 202628°F 200336%3%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Columbia, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.0102030401102030
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (EDT).

March 1
sunrise 6:39 AM, sunset 5:58 PM
March 31
sunrise 6:51 AM, sunset 7:29 PM

Every day of March: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00364778 (Landisville 2 Nw), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00054737, 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.