Bristol Weather in March
Average highs run from 45°F on March 1 to 54°F on March 31, and lows from 27°F to 34°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 5.55 in over about 12 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
- 49°F
- Average low
- 30°F
- Precipitation
- 5.55 in
- Snowfall
- 7.4 in
- Record high
- 85°FMar 31, 1998
- Record low
- 1°FMar 4, 1950
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 11 h 16 min to 12 h 39 min
- Cloud cover
- 62%
- Humidity
- 82%
- Dew point
- 32°F
- Wind
- 9.8 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 | 45°F | 27°F | 66°F 1972 | 4°F 1980 | 39% | 16% |
| Mar 2 | 45°F | 27°F | 64°F 1972 | 8°F 1962 | 39% | 15% |
| Mar 3 | 45°F | 27°F | 63°F 1991 | 5°F 1950 | 39% | 15% |
| Mar 4 | 46°F | 28°F | 70°F 1974 | 1°F 1950 | 38% | 15% |
| Mar 5 | 46°F | 28°F | 65°F 1979 | 3°F 1948 | 38% | 14% |
| Mar 6 | 46°F | 28°F | 63°F 2011 | 1°F 1948 | 38% | 14% |
| Mar 7 | 46°F | 28°F | 66°F 1974 | 7°F 2007 | 38% | 14% |
| Mar 8 | 47°F | 28°F | 69°F 1987 | 7°F 1986 | 38% | 13% |
| Mar 9 | 47°F | 29°F | 72°F 2020 | 7°F 2007 | 38% | 13% |
| Mar 10 | 47°F | 29°F | 72°F 2016 | 6°F 1984 | 38% | 12% |
| Mar 11 | 47°F | 29°F | 72°F 2021 | 8°F 1960 | 38% | 12% |
| Mar 12 | 48°F | 29°F | 72°F 2012 | 10°F 1984 | 38% | 12% |
| Mar 13 | 48°F | 29°F | 77°F 1990 | 12°F 1948 | 38% | 11% |
| Mar 14 | 48°F | 30°F | 67°F 2007 | 12°F 1948 | 38% | 11% |
| Mar 15 | 49°F | 30°F | 67°F 1990 | 11°F 1993 | 38% | 11% |
| Mar 16 | 49°F | 30°F | 71°F 2000 | 14°F 1979 | 38% | 10% |
| Mar 17 | 49°F | 30°F | 68°F 2003 | 13°F 1967 | 38% | 10% |
| Mar 18 | 49°F | 31°F | 73°F 2011 | 3°F 1967 | 38% | 10% |
| Mar 19 | 50°F | 31°F | 73°F 2012 | 1°F 1967 | 38% | 9% |
| Mar 20 | 50°F | 31°F | 78°F 2012 | 8°F 1949 | 39% | 9% |
| Mar 21 | 50°F | 31°F | 76°F 2012 | 12°F 1986 | 39% | 9% |
| Mar 22 | 51°F | 32°F | 81°F 2012 | 15°F 1956 | 39% | 8% |
| Mar 23 | 51°F | 32°F | 71°F 1990 | 16°F 1959 | 39% | 8% |
| Mar 24 | 51°F | 32°F | 66°F 1988 | 17°F 2014 | 39% | 7% |
| Mar 25 | 52°F | 33°F | 73°F 1964 | 13°F 1956 | 39% | 7% |
| Mar 26 | 52°F | 33°F | 70°F 1949 | 10°F 1960 | 39% | 7% |
| Mar 27 | 52°F | 33°F | 81°F 1998 | 16°F 1975 | 40% | 6% |
| Mar 28 | 53°F | 33°F | 83°F 1998 | 18°F 1966 | 40% | 6% |
| Mar 29 | 53°F | 34°F | 79°F 1998 | 16°F 1974 | 40% | 6% |
| Mar 30 | 54°F | 34°F | 79°F 1998 | 20°F 1970 | 40% | 5% |
| Mar 31 | 54°F | 34°F | 85°F 1998 | 22°F 1964 | 41% | 5% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EDT).
- March 1
- sunrise 6:20 AM, sunset 5:36 PM
- March 31
- sunrise 6:30 AM, sunset 7:09 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00377581 (Tiverton), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00014765, 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.