Fairchild climate

Fairchild Weather in March

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Augusta RS, 16.5 km from Fairchild

Average highs run from 32°F on March 1 to 47°F on March 31, and lows from 12°F to 27°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 1.70 in.

March day by day

The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Fairchild, in °F, with the record for each date.-50-250255075100151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

March at a glance

Average high
40°F
Average low
19°F
Precipitation
1.70 in
Snowfall
7.7 in
Record high
84°FMar 30, 1986
Record low
-30°FMar 1, 1962
Chance of a freeze
100%
Daylight
11 h 11 min to 12 h 44 min
Cloud cover
64%
Humidity
81%
Dew point
25°F
Wind
11.6 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.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wetChance of snow
Mar 132°F12°F63°F 2000-30°F 196215%
Mar 233°F12°F61°F 1964-14°F 197215%
Mar 333°F13°F61°F 2024-23°F 201415%
Mar 434°F13°F73°F 2024-19°F 200214%
Mar 534°F14°F63°F 2000-17°F 196014%
Mar 635°F14°F71°F 2000-16°F 196014%
Mar 735°F15°F72°F 2000-13°F 196014%
Mar 836°F15°F80°F 2000-16°F 194313%
Mar 936°F16°F73°F 2000-14°F 197513%
Mar 1037°F16°F65°F 2021-6°F 191813%
Mar 1137°F17°F65°F 2012-19°F 194813%
Mar 1238°F17°F67°F 2012-5°F 196912%
Mar 1338°F18°F76°F 1990-16°F 195612%
Mar 1439°F19°F69°F 1973-12°F 197512%
Mar 1539°F19°F75°F 2012-12°F 195611%
Mar 1640°F20°F74°F 2012-14°F 195611%
Mar 1740°F20°F80°F 2012-10°F 194111%
Mar 1841°F21°F83°F 2012-9°F 194111%
Mar 1941°F21°F80°F 2012-1°F 196510%
Mar 2042°F22°F74°F 2012-21°F 196510%
Mar 2142°F22°F78°F 1938-9°F 196510%
Mar 2243°F23°F77°F 2012-3°F 194010%
Mar 2343°F23°F77°F 19390°F 19559%
Mar 2444°F24°F79°F 1939-6°F 19659%
Mar 2544°F24°F73°F 1939-6°F 19409%
Mar 2645°F25°F81°F 2007-10°F 19379%
Mar 2745°F25°F83°F 2007-3°F 19648%
Mar 2846°F25°F79°F 1945-1°F 19558%
Mar 2946°F26°F79°F 1986-3°F 19698%
Mar 3046°F26°F84°F 1986-4°F 19698%
Mar 3147°F27°F77°F 1943-11°F 19698%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Fairchild, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.051015201102030
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (CDT).

March 1
sunrise 6:41 AM, sunset 5:52 PM
March 31
sunrise 6:46 AM, sunset 7:30 PM

Every day of March: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00470382 (Augusta RS), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00477997, 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.