Stanley County Weather in March
Average highs run from 42°F on March 1 to 56°F on March 31, and lows from 17°F to 28°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.85 in over about 6 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
- 23°F
- Precipitation
- 0.85 in
- Snowfall
- 3.9 in
- Record high
- 88°FMar 18, 2012
- Record low
- -20°FMar 1, 2014
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 11 h 11 min to 12 h 43 min
- Cloud cover
- 67%
- Humidity
- 67%
- Dew point
- 25°F
- Wind
- 12.1 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.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet | Chance of snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1 | 42°F | 17°F | 75°F 1974 | -20°F 2014 | 18% | 12% |
| Mar 2 | 42°F | 18°F | 80°F 1974 | -20°F 2014 | 18% | 12% |
| Mar 3 | 43°F | 18°F | 70°F 2000 | -16°F 2019 | 18% | 12% |
| Mar 4 | 43°F | 18°F | 75°F 2000 | -18°F 1960 | 18% | 12% |
| Mar 5 | 44°F | 19°F | 80°F 2000 | -13°F 1989 | 18% | 12% |
| Mar 6 | 44°F | 19°F | 73°F 2016 | -10°F 1943 | 18% | 11% |
| Mar 7 | 45°F | 20°F | 79°F 2020 | -15°F 1996 | 18% | 11% |
| Mar 8 | 45°F | 20°F | 75°F 2026 | -14°F 1951 | 18% | 11% |
| Mar 9 | 46°F | 20°F | 70°F 1936 | -13°F 1996 | 18% | 11% |
| Mar 10 | 46°F | 21°F | 74°F 2012 | -13°F 1948 | 18% | 11% |
| Mar 11 | 47°F | 21°F | 80°F 1995 | -19°F 1998 | 18% | 11% |
| Mar 12 | 47°F | 22°F | 82°F 2007 | -15°F 1950 | 18% | 11% |
| Mar 13 | 48°F | 22°F | 82°F 2012 | -15°F 1960 | 18% | 10% |
| Mar 14 | 48°F | 22°F | 79°F 1935 | -3°F 1951 | 18% | 10% |
| Mar 15 | 49°F | 23°F | 83°F 2015 | -7°F 1949 | 18% | 10% |
| Mar 16 | 49°F | 23°F | 86°F 2012 | -5°F 1962 | 19% | 10% |
| Mar 17 | 50°F | 24°F | 80°F 2012 | -3°F 1989 | 19% | 10% |
| Mar 18 | 50°F | 24°F | 88°F 2012 | -5°F 1989 | 19% | 10% |
| Mar 19 | 51°F | 24°F | 83°F 2026 | -8°F 1965 | 19% | 10% |
| Mar 20 | 51°F | 25°F | 82°F 2026 | -9°F 1965 | 19% | 10% |
| Mar 21 | 52°F | 25°F | 80°F 1939 | -6°F 1965 | 19% | 10% |
| Mar 22 | 52°F | 25°F | 84°F 1939 | -3°F 2002 | 20% | 10% |
| Mar 23 | 52°F | 26°F | 84°F 1939 | -5°F 1965 | 20% | 10% |
| Mar 24 | 53°F | 26°F | 84°F 1939 | -3°F 1965 | 20% | 9% |
| Mar 25 | 53°F | 26°F | 82°F 1939 | -2°F 1964 | 20% | 9% |
| Mar 26 | 54°F | 27°F | 79°F 1993 | -3°F 1964 | 21% | 9% |
| Mar 27 | 54°F | 27°F | 87°F 1988 | 4°F 1970 | 21% | 9% |
| Mar 28 | 55°F | 27°F | 87°F 1946 | 5°F 1944 | 21% | 9% |
| Mar 29 | 55°F | 28°F | 81°F 2021 | -7°F 1965 | 21% | 9% |
| Mar 30 | 55°F | 28°F | 86°F 1943 | 4°F 1975 | 22% | 9% |
| Mar 31 | 56°F | 28°F | 86°F 1946 | 5°F 1975 | 22% | 9% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (MDT).
- March 1
- sunrise 6:20 AM, sunset 5:31 PM
- March 31
- sunrise 6:26 AM, sunset 7:09 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00393076 (Ft Pierre 17 Wsw), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00024025, 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.