Alturas, CA: March

31 March 2026: March 2026 averaged 46.8°F in Alturas, CA, the warmest March on record, in 85 years since 1936 (1937 excluded: 16 of 31 days missing; 1953 excluded: 5 of 31 days missing; 1956 excluded: 9 of 31 days missing; 3 more years excluded for missing days); provisional.

March 2026

Mean temperature: 46.8°F; Warmest on record; Warmest of 85, provisional
Precipitation: 0.30 in; Driest since 1968; 4th driest of 88

A normal March in Alturas, CA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 39.9°F, between 36°F and 42.7°F in eight years of ten and 1.37 in of precipitation, between 0.53 in and 2.19 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every March in Alturas, CA since 1936: 46.8°F in 2026, the highest of them all.

Normal range, 36 to 42.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every March in Alturas, CA from 1936 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	46.8	1	65.2	1	28.4	10	0.30	85	0
2025	39.5	34	51.8	41	27.1	17	0.85	61	0
2024	38.5	42	49.9	60	27.1	17	1.52	31	1
2023	31	85	41	86	20.9	80	2.80	7	0
2022	41	21	57.1	14	24.8	43	0.59	74	0
2021	36.5	63	51.8	41	21.1	78	0.94	57	0
2020	36.5	63	50.7	53	22.3	72	2.10	13	0
2019	37.7	51	49.4	63	26.1	25	1.71	23	0
2018	37	56	49.8	61	24.2	52	1.59	26	0
2017	42.3	11	54.3	29	30.4	2	1.18	46	0
2016	41.9	13	54.1	31	29.8	4	1.84	19	0
2015	44.9	2	63	2	26.9	21	0.53	79	0
2014	40.7	22	55	25	26.4	22	2.16	12	0
2013	40	28	56.9	17	23	63	0.32	84	0
2012	38	46	50.4	55	25.7	31	1.10	51	0
2011	37.6	52	46.7	75	28.5	9	1.75	21	0
2010	37.1	54	51.8	41	22.5	68	1.31	40	0
2009	36.9	57	50.1	57	23.6	55	0.75	66	0
2008	36	67	49.5	62	22.5	68	0.73	68	0
2007	42.6	8	59.4	5	25.8	30	0.49	81	0
2006	33.3	80	43	85	23.6	55	1.87	18	0
2005	39.9	29	55.2	24	24.5	48	1.43	35	0
2004	43.7	3	60.4	4	27	20	0.80	62	0
2003	40.1	25	53.8	33	26.4	22	2.09	14	0
2002	35.8	68	51.3	47	20.4	84	0.48	83	0
2001	40.7	22	55.9	22	25.4	33	0.95	56	1
2000	38.7	41	52.3	38	25.2	35	1.65	25	0
1999	36.9	57	49.2	66	24.5	48	0.66	73	0
1998	39.1	36	52.3	38	25.9	28	1.59	26	0
1997	41.7	14	58.5	9	25	37	0.67	72	0
1996	40.1	25	56.5	19	23.2	60	0.93	59	2
1995					28.3	11	3.18	5	4
1994	41.5	18	59.3	6	23.7	54	2.41	9	0
1993	43	6	54.1	31	31.9	1	2.08	15	0
1992	41.4	19	57.5	11	25.2	35	1.30	41	2
1991	34.6	74	44.5	81	24.7	44	3.34	2	0
1990	39.7	33	54.4	28	24.9	39	1.13	49	2
1989	39.8	31	51.3	47	28.2	12	1.88	17	3
1988	38	46	54.2	30	22.1	73	1.08	52	1
1987			51.7	44			1.15	47	5
1986	43.1	5	57.2	12	29.1	6	2.36	10	0
1985	33.2	81	47.8	71	18.6	85	0.78	64	3
1984	39.9	29	53.4	35	26.1	25	1.23	44	2
1983	39	38	47.6	73	30.1	3	2.86	6	3
1982	35.5	71	47.5	74	23.4	57	1.59	26	2
1981	37.8	49	51.2	49	24.4	51	0.77	65	0
1980							1.59	26	14
1979	39.2	35	53.6	34	24.9	39	1.55	30	0
1978	42.8	7	57	16	28.6	7	1.43	35	0
1977	32.8	83	44.9	80	20.7	82	0.49	81	0
1976	33.2	81	48.1	70	18.4	86	1.12	50	0
1975	34.4	76	44.2	82	24.6	46	1.24	43	0
1974	36.9	57	49.3	65	24.5	48	1.71	23	0
1973	34.6	74	46	77	23.2	60	0.57	77	1
1972	41.7	14	57.1	14	26.1	25	0.91	60	1
1971	33.6	79	45.6	79	21.5	76	3.34	2	0
1970	37.9	48	50.1	57	25.3	34	1.46	34	1
1969	37.6	52	52.8	36	22.4	71	0.53	79	0
1968	41.7	14	58.7	8	24.7	44	0.26	86	0
1967	37.1	54	51.6	45	22.7	66	0.94	57	0
1966	39.8	31	56.1	21	23.4	57	0.57	77	0
1965	39	38	57.2	12	20.7	82	0.23	87	0
1964	35.7	69	50.5	54	21	79	0.59	74	0
1963	38.5	42	52	40	24.9	39	1.20	45	0
1962	36.3	65	49.4	63	23.1	62	1.52	31	0
1961	38.5	42	51.2	49	25.9	28	1.30	41	0
1960	42.2	12	56.6	18	27.8	14	1.73	22	1
1959	41.2	20	59.1	7	23.4	57	0.18	88	0
1958	35.6	70	48.3	68	22.9	65	1.35	39	0
1957	41.6	17	54.5	27	28.6	7	2.50	8	0
1956									9
1955	36.7	61	50.4	55	23	63	0.80	62	0
1954	37.8	49	52.4	37	22.7	66	1.76	20	2
1953							1.05	54	5
1952	32.1	84	43.5	84	20.8	81	3.45	1	0
1951	36.1	66	50.8	52	21.5	76	1.07	53	0
1950	36.9	57	48.3	68	25	37	2.34	11	1
1949	38.1	45	47.8	71	28.2	12	1.14	48	1
1948	34.2	77	45.9	78	22.5	68			0
1947	42.4	10	57.6	10	27.2	16	0.68	70	1
1946	39.1	36	51.2	49	27.1	17	1.49	33	0
1945	35.5	71	46.3	76	24.6	46	1.39	37	0
1944	35.5	71	49.2	66	21.8	74	0.75	66	0
1943	39	38	50.1	57	27.8	14	1.39	37	2
1942	36.6	62	51.4	46	21.7	75	0.59	74	0
1941	43.7	3	61.1	3	26.2	24	0.68	70	1
1940	42.5	9	55.5	23	29.4	5	1.98	16	0
1939	40.1	25	54.8	26	25.5	32	0.98	55	0
1938	34.2	77	43.6	83	24.9	39	3.21	4	0
1937									16
1936	40.2	24	56.5	19	24.2	52	0.72	69	3

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2026	46.8
2015	44.9
2004	43.7
1941	43.7
1986	43.1
1993	43
1978	42.8
2007	42.6
1940	42.5
1947	42.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
2023	31
1952	32.1
1977	32.8
1985	33.2
1976	33.2
2006	33.3
1971	33.6
1948	34.2
1938	34.2
1975	34.4

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1952	3.45
1991	3.34
1971	3.34
1938	3.21
1995	3.18
1983	2.86
2023	2.80
1957	2.50
1994	2.41
1986	2.36

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1959	0.18
1965	0.23
1968	0.26
2026	0.30
2013	0.32
2002	0.48
2007	0.49
1977	0.49
2015	0.53
1969	0.53

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 82°F; 20 March 2026
Coldest night: 20°F; 27 March 2026, 11 March 2026
Wettest day: 0.19 in; 4 March 2026

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Every answer in words

March 2026 brought 0.30 in of precipitation in Alturas, CA, the driest March since 1968, 4th driest of 88.
The hottest day of March 2026 in Alturas, CA: 82°F on Friday 20 March 2026.
The coldest night of March 2026 in Alturas, CA: a low of 20°F on Friday 27 March 2026 and Wednesday 11 March 2026.
The wettest day of March 2026 in Alturas, CA: 0.19 in on Wednesday 4 March 2026.