Chapel Hill Weather in March
Average highs run from 55°F on March 1 to 65°F on March 31, and lows from 32°F to 39°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 5.77 in.
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
- 60°F
- Average low
- 36°F
- Precipitation
- 5.77 in
- Snowfall
- 0.7 in
- Record high
- 89°FMar 24, 1910
- Record low
- -5°FMar 3, 2002
- Chance of a freeze
- 99%
- Daylight
- 11 h 26 min to 12 h 33 min
- Cloud cover
- 64%
- Humidity
- 82%
- Dew point
- 43°F
- Wind
- 8.3 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 | 55°F | 32°F | 75°F 1932 | 11°F 2002 | 1% | |
| Mar 2 | 56°F | 32°F | 80°F 1932 | 0°F 2002 | 1% | |
| Mar 3 | 56°F | 32°F | 80°F 1901 | -5°F 2002 | 1% | |
| Mar 4 | 56°F | 33°F | 82°F 1910 | -5°F 2002 | 1% | |
| Mar 5 | 57°F | 33°F | 82°F 1910 | 7°F 1960 | 1% | |
| Mar 6 | 57°F | 33°F | 83°F 1910 | 9°F 1960 | 1% | |
| Mar 7 | 57°F | 33°F | 80°F 1994 | 11°F 1960 | 1% | |
| Mar 8 | 57°F | 34°F | 80°F 1925 | 11°F 1943 | 1% | |
| Mar 9 | 58°F | 34°F | 83°F 1918 | 8°F 1996 | 1% | |
| Mar 10 | 58°F | 34°F | 80°F 1974 | 11°F 1996 | 1% | |
| Mar 11 | 58°F | 34°F | 83°F 1911 | 15°F 1996 | 1% | |
| Mar 12 | 59°F | 35°F | 87°F 1911 | 14°F 1969 | 1% | |
| Mar 13 | 59°F | 35°F | 82°F 1967 | 17°F 1932 | 1% | |
| Mar 14 | 59°F | 35°F | 83°F 1967 | 14°F 1926 | 1% | |
| Mar 15 | 60°F | 35°F | 81°F 1921 | 14°F 1993 | 1% | |
| Mar 16 | 60°F | 36°F | 84°F 2016 | 12°F 1900 | 1% | |
| Mar 17 | 60°F | 36°F | 82°F 1921 | 18°F 1970 | 1% | |
| Mar 18 | 61°F | 36°F | 86°F 1908 | 17°F 1902 | 1% | |
| Mar 19 | 61°F | 36°F | 84°F 1982 | 15°F 1923 | 1% | |
| Mar 20 | 61°F | 37°F | 84°F 1921 | 15°F 2023 | 1% | |
| Mar 21 | 62°F | 37°F | 88°F 1907 | 13°F 1965 | 1% | |
| Mar 22 | 62°F | 37°F | 88°F 1907 | 14°F 1914 | 1% | |
| Mar 23 | 62°F | 37°F | 85°F 1910 | 12°F 1968 | 1% | |
| Mar 24 | 63°F | 38°F | 89°F 1910 | 13°F 1968 | 1% | |
| Mar 25 | 63°F | 38°F | 88°F 1910 | 11°F 2013 | 0% | |
| Mar 26 | 63°F | 38°F | 87°F 1910 | 18°F 1955 | 0% | |
| Mar 27 | 64°F | 38°F | 89°F 1910 | 15°F 1955 | 0% | |
| Mar 28 | 64°F | 39°F | 86°F 1907 | 18°F 1955 | 0% | |
| Mar 29 | 64°F | 39°F | 83°F 1910 | 19°F 1966 | 0% | |
| Mar 30 | 65°F | 39°F | 84°F 2007 | 18°F 2015 | 0% | |
| Mar 31 | 65°F | 39°F | 82°F 1905 | 20°F 2010 | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CDT).
- March 1
- sunrise 6:16 AM, sunset 5:42 PM
- March 31
- sunrise 6:35 AM, sunset 7:08 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00401720 (Christiana 5W), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00405187, 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.