Preston County Weather in March
Average highs run from 41°F on March 1 to 52°F on March 31, and lows from 22°F to 31°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 5.01 in over about 18 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
- 46°F
- Average low
- 26°F
- Precipitation
- 5.01 in
- Snowfall
- 28.2 in
- Record high
- 86°FMar 23, 1966
- Record low
- -3°FMar 6, 2015
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 11 h 20 min to 12 h 38 min
- Cloud cover
- 73%
- Humidity
- 83%
- Dew point
- 31°F
- Wind
- 6.9 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 | 41°F | 22°F | 75°F 1972 | 9°F 1967 | 62% | 41% |
| Mar 2 | 41°F | 23°F | 74°F 1991 | 5°F 1980 | 62% | 41% |
| Mar 3 | 42°F | 23°F | 75°F 1974 | 4°F 2014 | 61% | 40% |
| Mar 4 | 42°F | 23°F | 79°F 1976 | 1°F 2014 | 61% | 40% |
| Mar 5 | 42°F | 23°F | 80°F 1983 | 5°F 2015 | 61% | 39% |
| Mar 6 | 43°F | 24°F | 75°F 1946 | -3°F 2015 | 61% | 38% |
| Mar 7 | 43°F | 24°F | 83°F 2026 | 6°F 1960 | 60% | 38% |
| Mar 8 | 43°F | 24°F | 79°F 2000 | 4°F 1986 | 60% | 37% |
| Mar 9 | 44°F | 24°F | 77°F 2016 | 5°F 1960 | 60% | 37% |
| Mar 10 | 44°F | 25°F | 78°F 2026 | 4°F 1996 | 60% | 36% |
| Mar 11 | 44°F | 25°F | 79°F 2026 | 5°F 1960 | 59% | 36% |
| Mar 12 | 45°F | 25°F | 80°F 1990 | 9°F 1984 | 59% | 35% |
| Mar 13 | 45°F | 25°F | 79°F 1990 | 11°F 1960 | 59% | 34% |
| Mar 14 | 45°F | 26°F | 80°F 1973 | 11°F 1993 | 59% | 34% |
| Mar 15 | 46°F | 26°F | 80°F 1990 | 8°F 1993 | 59% | 33% |
| Mar 16 | 46°F | 26°F | 75°F 1990 | 12°F 1992 | 58% | 32% |
| Mar 17 | 46°F | 26°F | 79°F 2012 | 13°F 1967 | 58% | 32% |
| Mar 18 | 47°F | 27°F | 76°F 1966 | 11°F 1993 | 58% | 31% |
| Mar 19 | 47°F | 27°F | 83°F 2025 | 8°F 1967 | 58% | 31% |
| Mar 20 | 48°F | 27°F | 82°F 2012 | 12°F 1965 | 58% | 30% |
| Mar 21 | 48°F | 27°F | 83°F 1948 | 7°F 1965 | 58% | 29% |
| Mar 22 | 48°F | 28°F | 85°F 2012 | 13°F 1965 | 57% | 29% |
| Mar 23 | 49°F | 28°F | 86°F 1966 | 18°F 1959 | 57% | 28% |
| Mar 24 | 49°F | 28°F | 80°F 2016 | 14°F 2014 | 57% | 27% |
| Mar 25 | 50°F | 29°F | 82°F 1954 | 10°F 1974 | 57% | 27% |
| Mar 26 | 50°F | 29°F | 81°F 1967 | 14°F 1955 | 57% | 26% |
| Mar 27 | 51°F | 29°F | 85°F 1950 | 15°F 1955 | 57% | 25% |
| Mar 28 | 51°F | 30°F | 84°F 2020 | 10°F 1982 | 57% | 25% |
| Mar 29 | 51°F | 30°F | 83°F 1977 | 14°F 2015 | 56% | 24% |
| Mar 30 | 52°F | 30°F | 82°F 1986 | 12°F 1970 | 56% | 23% |
| Mar 31 | 52°F | 31°F | 80°F 2026 | 18°F 1965 | 56% | 23% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EDT).
- March 1
- sunrise 6:51 AM, sunset 6:11 PM
- March 31
- sunrise 7:04 AM, sunset 7:42 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00468777 (Terra Alta #1), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00013736, 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.