Polk County Weather in March
Average highs run from 69°F on March 1 to 76°F on March 31, and lows from 47°F to 54°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 3.67 in over about 7 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
- 73°F
- Average low
- 51°F
- Precipitation
- 3.67 in
- Record high
- 97°FMar 31, 1946
- Record low
- 16°FMar 3, 1943
- Chance of a freeze
- 49%
- Daylight
- 11 h 32 min to 12 h 29 min
- Cloud cover
- 61%
- Humidity
- 80%
- Dew point
- 52°F
- Wind
- 5.1 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 | 69°F | 47°F | 86°F 1918 | 20°F 1968 | 26% | 0% |
| Mar 2 | 69°F | 47°F | 87°F 1946 | 18°F 1980 | 25% | 0% |
| Mar 3 | 70°F | 48°F | 88°F 1946 | 16°F 1943 | 25% | 0% |
| Mar 4 | 70°F | 48°F | 87°F 1938 | 16°F 1943 | 25% | 0% |
| Mar 5 | 70°F | 48°F | 87°F 1946 | 24°F 1917 | 25% | 0% |
| Mar 6 | 70°F | 49°F | 92°F 1929 | 23°F 1989 | 24% | 0% |
| Mar 7 | 70°F | 49°F | 89°F 1911 | 24°F 1943 | 24% | 0% |
| Mar 8 | 71°F | 49°F | 90°F 1911 | 24°F 1957 | 24% | 0% |
| Mar 9 | 71°F | 49°F | 89°F 1911 | 23°F 1932 | 24% | 0% |
| Mar 10 | 71°F | 50°F | 89°F 1911 | 24°F 1932 | 23% | 0% |
| Mar 11 | 71°F | 50°F | 89°F 1911 | 21°F 1948 | 23% | 0% |
| Mar 12 | 72°F | 50°F | 88°F 1955 | 19°F 1948 | 23% | 0% |
| Mar 13 | 72°F | 50°F | 89°F 1918 | 20°F 1948 | 23% | 0% |
| Mar 14 | 72°F | 51°F | 90°F 1967 | 23°F 1993 | 23% | 0% |
| Mar 15 | 72°F | 51°F | 87°F 1936 | 26°F 1988 | 22% | 0% |
| Mar 16 | 73°F | 51°F | 88°F 1908 | 29°F 1913 | 22% | 0% |
| Mar 17 | 73°F | 51°F | 88°F 1908 | 28°F 1913 | 22% | 0% |
| Mar 18 | 73°F | 52°F | 88°F 1908 | 29°F 1960 | 21% | 0% |
| Mar 19 | 73°F | 52°F | 89°F 1907 | 27°F 1988 | 21% | 0% |
| Mar 20 | 74°F | 52°F | 89°F 1907 | 25°F 1965 | 21% | 0% |
| Mar 21 | 74°F | 52°F | 89°F 1910 | 28°F 1996 | 20% | 0% |
| Mar 22 | 74°F | 52°F | 89°F 1910 | 24°F 1915 | 20% | 0% |
| Mar 23 | 74°F | 52°F | 92°F 1929 | 29°F 1913 | 20% | 0% |
| Mar 24 | 75°F | 53°F | 88°F 1907 | 28°F 1952 | 20% | 0% |
| Mar 25 | 75°F | 53°F | 93°F 1928 | 30°F 1912 | 19% | 0% |
| Mar 26 | 75°F | 53°F | 90°F 1928 | 25°F 1955 | 19% | 0% |
| Mar 27 | 75°F | 53°F | 90°F 2020 | 28°F 1955 | 19% | 0% |
| Mar 28 | 76°F | 53°F | 87°F 1907 | 31°F 1930 | 19% | 0% |
| Mar 29 | 76°F | 53°F | 89°F 1946 | 29°F 1955 | 19% | 0% |
| Mar 30 | 76°F | 54°F | 95°F 1946 | 30°F 2003 | 19% | 0% |
| Mar 31 | 76°F | 54°F | 97°F 1946 | 25°F 1987 | 18% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CDT).
- March 1
- sunrise 6:46 AM, sunset 6:18 PM
- March 31
- sunrise 7:09 AM, sunset 7:38 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00415271 (Livingston 2 Nne), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00093987, 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.