Richland Weather in March
Average highs run from 53°F on March 1 to 61°F on March 31, and lows from 32°F to 38°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.64 in over about 8 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
- 57°F
- Average low
- 35°F
- Precipitation
- 0.64 in
- Snowfall
- 0.1 in
- Record high
- 82°FMar 26, 1960
- Record low
- 7°FMar 5, 2019
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 11 h 08 min to 12 h 47 min
- Cloud cover
- 67%
- Humidity
- 65%
- Dew point
- 32°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 | 53°F | 32°F | 70°F 1967 | 11°F 1993 | 29% | 1% |
| Mar 2 | 53°F | 32°F | 73°F 1947 | 16°F 1971 | 29% | 1% |
| Mar 3 | 53°F | 32°F | 66°F 1968 | 11°F 2019 | 29% | 1% |
| Mar 4 | 54°F | 32°F | 70°F 1968 | 8°F 2019 | 29% | 1% |
| Mar 5 | 54°F | 33°F | 70°F 2021 | 7°F 2019 | 28% | 1% |
| Mar 6 | 54°F | 33°F | 68°F 1972 | 20°F 1947 | 28% | 1% |
| Mar 7 | 55°F | 33°F | 74°F 1979 | 21°F 1994 | 28% | 1% |
| Mar 8 | 55°F | 33°F | 72°F 2004 | 23°F 2019 | 28% | 1% |
| Mar 9 | 55°F | 34°F | 72°F 2015 | 22°F 2019 | 28% | 1% |
| Mar 10 | 56°F | 34°F | 72°F 1953 | 17°F 2019 | 28% | 1% |
| Mar 11 | 56°F | 34°F | 74°F 2007 | 17°F 2019 | 28% | 0% |
| Mar 12 | 56°F | 34°F | 74°F 2005 | 17°F 1950 | 27% | 0% |
| Mar 13 | 57°F | 34°F | 76°F 2003 | 21°F 2009 | 27% | 0% |
| Mar 14 | 57°F | 35°F | 74°F 2003 | 25°F 1953 | 27% | 0% |
| Mar 15 | 57°F | 35°F | 74°F 1947 | 25°F 1949 | 27% | 0% |
| Mar 16 | 57°F | 35°F | 75°F 1947 | 25°F 1982 | 27% | 0% |
| Mar 17 | 58°F | 35°F | 79°F 1947 | 22°F 1965 | 27% | 0% |
| Mar 18 | 58°F | 36°F | 79°F 1947 | 16°F 1965 | 27% | 0% |
| Mar 19 | 58°F | 36°F | 78°F 1947 | 15°F 1965 | 27% | 0% |
| Mar 20 | 58°F | 36°F | 79°F 1947 | 25°F 1959 | 27% | 0% |
| Mar 21 | 59°F | 36°F | 75°F 1947 | 26°F 1952 | 27% | 0% |
| Mar 22 | 59°F | 37°F | 74°F 1960 | 22°F 1952 | 27% | 0% |
| Mar 23 | 59°F | 37°F | 75°F 1960 | 24°F 1964 | 27% | 0% |
| Mar 24 | 59°F | 37°F | 76°F 1960 | 17°F 1965 | 27% | 0% |
| Mar 25 | 60°F | 37°F | 78°F 2025 | 22°F 1996 | 27% | 0% |
| Mar 26 | 60°F | 37°F | 82°F 1960 | 25°F 1955 | 26% | 0% |
| Mar 27 | 60°F | 38°F | 77°F 2015 | 23°F 1975 | 26% | 0% |
| Mar 28 | 60°F | 38°F | 76°F 1986 | 20°F 1975 | 26% | 0% |
| Mar 29 | 61°F | 38°F | 77°F 1966 | 17°F 1954 | 26% | 0% |
| Mar 30 | 61°F | 38°F | 77°F 1966 | 21°F 1954 | 26% | 0% |
| Mar 31 | 61°F | 38°F | 78°F 1964 | 28°F 1970 | 26% | 0% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (PDT).
- March 1
- sunrise 6:36 AM, sunset 5:44 PM
- March 31
- sunrise 6:38 AM, sunset 7:25 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00457015 (Richland), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00457015, 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.