Burlington, IA: March

31 March 2026: March 2026 averaged 47.4°F in Burlington, IA, the warmest March since 2012, 8th warmest of 129.

March 2026

Mean temperature: 47.4°F; Warmest since 2012; 8th warmest of 129
Precipitation: 3.48 in; Wettest since 2024; 36th wettest of 129

A normal March in Burlington, IA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 41.1°F, between 35.2°F and 45.5°F in eight years of ten and 1.91 in of precipitation, between 0.93 in and 4.03 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every March in Burlington, IA since 1898: 47.4°F in 2026; the highest is 54.7°F, in 2012.

Normal range, 35.2 to 45.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every March in Burlington, IA from 1898 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	47.4	8	59.5	6	35.3	16	3.48	36	0
2025	46.9	9	59.4	8	34.4	24	2.58	60	0
2024	45.9	11	56.1	12	35.6	12	5.56	8	0
2023	39.5	68	48.5	72	30.5	58	2.99	47	0
2022	40.5	60	49.8	62	31.3	52	2.51	66	0
2021	45.2	16	54.2	24	36.3	10	2.59	58	0
2020	44	25	52.2	43	35.8	11	2.36	72	0
2019	37.2	85	46.1	89	28.3	79	3.37	38	0
2018	38.3	76	47.4	83	29.2	69	2.90	51	0
2017	42.5	38	51.1	51	33.9	29	2.98	48	0
2016	45.9	11	55.1	17	36.8	7	3.21	43	0
2015	40	63	50.9	53	29.1	72	0.30	128	0
2014	33.6	113	43.8	107	23.4	120	1.17	109	0
2013	33.1	116	40.5	123	25.7	105	1.95	84	0
2012	54.7	1	65.5	1	43.9	1	1.04	114	0
2011	41	54	50.5	60	31.5	49	1.48	100	0
2010	43.8	28	52.8	37	34.8	22	2.75	56	0
2009	42.3	41	51.9	47	32.7	38	6.18	2	0
2008	38.8	71	48.8	70	28.7	76	1.75	94	0
2007	48.7	6	58.8	9	38.5	2	3.82	28	0
2006	42.4	39	51.8	49	32.9	37	3.63	32	0
2005	39.7	66	50.3	61	29.1	72	0.82	119	0
2004	43.3	32	52.5	39	34.2	25	3.53	35	0
2003	38.7	72	49.2	68	28.3	79	1.32	105	0
2002	36.6	91	47.1	86	26.2	100	1.87	88	0
2001	35.3	101	44.4	98	26.1	102	1.64	98	0
2000	45.5	13	56	13	34.9	21	0.78	121	0
1999	40.9	55	51.3	50	30.5	58	1.38	103	0
1998	40.8	56	48.2	74	33.4	32	5.71	5	0
1997	41.4	51	52.7	38	30	65	1.67	96	0
1996	34	111	44.3	100	23.7	119	1.76	93	0
1995	43.1	33	53.3	31	33	35	1.18	107	0
1994	41.1	53	52.1	44	30.2	62	0.94	116	0
1993	35.3	101	43.4	112	27.1	92	3.84	26	0
1992	43.1	33	52.9	36	33.3	34	2.36	72	0
1991	44.2	24	54.3	22	34	28	5.69	6	0
1990	43.8	28	52.5	39	35.2	17	5.59	7	0
1989	39.5	68	48.9	69	30.1	63	0.93	117	0
1988	40.4	61	50.8	56	29.9	66	1.65	97	0
1987	44.5	22	54.3	22	34.5	23	4.24	23	3
1986	43.7	31	53.8	27	33.5	31	1.05	113	0
1985	44	25	53.9	26	34.2	25	5.35	9	0
1984	31.9	124	38.5	125	25.2	110	3.09	44	0
1983	40	63	47.6	76	32.3	40	2.28	75	0
1982	35.8	97	44.2	102	27.4	88	4.68	15	2
1981	41.5	50	53.1	33	30.6	57	0.50	125	1
1980	35.9	95	44	104	27.7	85	2.43	70	0
1979	37.2	85	45.9	90	28.5	77	4.22	24	0
1978	33	118	41.7	117	24.4	115	0.78	121	0
1977	44.7	20	53.8	27	35.6	12	4.64	17	0
1976	42.3	41	53	35	31.6	48	3.36	39	0
1975	32.4	122	41	120	23.8	118	2.44	69	0
1974	40.6	59	51.1	51	30.1	63	3.71	30	0
1973	46.2	10	54.5	20	38	4	5.85	4	0
1972	37.3	83	47.3	84	27.4	88	2.82	54	0
1971	35.3	101	44.4	98	26.1	102	1.50	99	0
1970	34.5	107	44	104	25	111	1.91	86	0
1969	32.7	120	43.3	114	22.2	125	1.03	115	0
1968	42.6	37	54.8	18	30.5	58	1.30	106	0
1967	41.2	52	50.6	58	31.8	47	1.93	85	0
1966	41.6	49	52.1	44	31.1	55	2.12	79	0
1965	26.6	128	35.3	128	18	128	2.22	77	0
1964	35.7	98	44.9	96	26.5	97	2.85	53	0
1963	43.1	33	53.7	29	32.4	39	3.95	25	0
1962	33.4	114	42.1	116	24.7	114	1.82	91	0
1961	40.8	56	49.5	63	32.1	44	4.50	20	0
1960	23.3	129	32.9	129	13.7	129	2.97	49	0
1959	38.4	75	47.9	75	28.9	74	2.48	68	0
1958	36.5	93	44.2	102	28.8	75	0.35	127	0
1957	37.6	81	47.6	76	27.6	87	1.88	87	0
1956	38.1	78	49.3	66	27	93	2.05	81	0
1955	37.7	79	48.7	71	26.7	94	1.08	112	0
1954	35.5	99	45.4	94	25.6	107	3.48	36	0
1953	38.7	72	48.3	73	29.2	69	3.54	34	0
1952	35	105	43.8	107	26.2	100	5.06	14	0
1951	31.9	124	40.8	122	22.9	123	5.24	10	0
1950	34.2	109	43.5	111	24.8	113	0.80	120	0
1949	37.7	79	47.5	81	27.8	84	2.93	50	0
1948	36.6	91	46.6	88	26.7	94	3.69	31	0
1947	32.3	123	41.5	119	23.2	121	1.73	95	0
1946	49.4	3	61	3	37.7	6	4.53	19	0
1945	48.2	7	59.6	5	36.8	7	5.15	13	0
1944	34	111	41.7	117	26.3	98	5.20	11	0
1943	33.3	115	43.9	106	22.6	124	1.34	104	0
1942	40.7	58	49.4	64	32	45	1.86	90	0
1941	35.3	101	45.1	95	25.5	108	0.40	126	0
1940	35.9	95	43.6	109	28.3	79	2.59	58	0
1939	42.3	41	53.1	33	31.4	50	5.18	12	0
1938	48.8	5	59.5	6	38.2	3	3.73	29	0
1937	36.9	88	45.5	93	28.3	79	1.18	107	0
1936	43.8	28	54.7	19	33	35	1.13	111	0
1935	44.9	17	54.2	24	35.6	12	2.49	67	0
1934	37.1	87	47.6	76	26.6	96	1.14	110	0
1933	40	63	49.3	66	30.8	56	3.62	33	0
1932	32.6	121	41	120	24.2	116	2.00	83	0
1931	36.9	88	44.6	97	29.2	69	2.41	71	0
1930	40.2	62	50.8	56	29.7	67	0.77	123	0
1929	44.8	18	54.4	21	35.2	17	4.32	22	0
1928	41.9	47	51.9	47	31.9	46	2.10	80	0
1927	44.6	21	53.7	29	35.5	15	3.24	42	0
1926	34.5	107	43.4	112	25.7	105	2.54	61	0
1925	43.9	27	56.7	11	31.3	52	0.70	124	1
1924	36	94	43.6	109	28.4	78	3.06	45	0
1923	34.9	106	45.6	92	24.2	116	4.65	16	0
1922	42.1	44	50.9	53	33.4	32	3.31	40	0
1921	49	4	60	4	37.9	5	6.62	1	0
1920	42.4	39	52.5	39	32.3	40	4.45	21	0
1919	42.8	36	53.3	31	32.3	40	2.03	82	0
1918	44.4	23	57.7	10	31.2	54	0.30	128	0
1917	38.3	76	49.4	64	27.3	90	1.47	101	0
1916	36.8	90	47.3	84	26.3	98	2.63	57	0
1915	34.2	109	42.6	115	25.9	104	1.46	102	0
1914	37.4	82	47.5	81	27.2	91	2.52	63	0
1913	33.1	116	44.3	100	21.9	126	1.87	88	0
1912	28.3	127	36.2	127	20.4	127	2.88	52	2
1911	39.6	67	50.9	53	28.3	79	2.78	55	0
1910	50.8	2	64.9	2	36.7	9	0.91	118	0
1909	37.3	83	46.8	87	27.7	85	2.52	63	0
1908	41.8	48	52.3	42	31.4	50	2.18	78	0
1907	45.5	13	56	13	35.1	19	2.54	61	0
1906	30.5	126	38	126	23.1	122	4.55	18	0
1905	45.5	13	56	13	35.1	19	1.82	91	0
1904	38.6	74	47.6	76	29.5	68	3.05	46	0
1903	44.8	18	55.5	16	34.2	25	2.32	74	0
1902	42.1	44	50.6	58	33.6	30	2.52	63	0
1901	39	70	47.6	76	30.3	61	3.30	41	1
1900	35.4	100	45.8	91	24.9	112	2.23	76	0
1899	33	118	40.4	124	25.5	108	3.83	27	0
1898	42.1	44	52	46	32.3	40	6.13	3	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2012	54.7
1910	50.8
1946	49.4
1921	49
1938	48.8
2007	48.7
1945	48.2
2026	47.4
2025	46.9
1973	46.2

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1960	23.3
1965	26.6
1912	28.3
1906	30.5
1984	31.9
1951	31.9
1947	32.3
1975	32.4
1932	32.6
1969	32.7

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1921	6.62
2009	6.18
1898	6.13
1973	5.85
1998	5.71
1991	5.69
1990	5.59
2024	5.56
1985	5.35
1951	5.24

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2015	0.30
1918	0.30
1958	0.35
1941	0.40
1981	0.50
1925	0.70
1930	0.77
2000	0.78
1978	0.78
1950	0.80

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 86°F; 26 March 2026, 21 March 2026
Coldest night: 6°F; 17 March 2026
Wettest day: 1.15 in; 6 March 2026

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March 2026 brought 3.48 in of precipitation in Burlington, IA, the wettest March since 2024, tied 36th wettest of 129 (with 1954).
The hottest day of March 2026 in Burlington, IA: 86°F on Thursday 26 March 2026 and Saturday 21 March 2026.
The coldest night of March 2026 in Burlington, IA: a low of 6°F on Tuesday 17 March 2026.
The wettest day of March 2026 in Burlington, IA: 1.15 in on Friday 6 March 2026.