Carbondale, IL: March

31 March 2026: March 2026 averaged 55.9°F in Carbondale, IL, the warmest March since 2012, 5th warmest of 117.

March 2026

Mean temperature: 55.9°F; Warmest since 2012; 5th warmest of 117
Precipitation: 4.46 in; Wettest since 2023; 47th wettest of 121

A normal March in Carbondale, IL (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 46.3°F, between 41.3°F and 51.2°F in eight years of ten and 3.57 in of precipitation, between 2.10 in and 6.60 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every March in Carbondale, IL since 1899: 55.9°F in 2026; the highest is 59.5°F, in 1910.

Normal range, 41.3 to 51.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every March in Carbondale, IL from 1899 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	55.9	5	68	6	43.8	8	4.46	47	0
2025	52.3	13	64.6	11	39.9	20	2.22	100	0
2024	52.1	14	64.4	13	40.2	15	0.72	120	2
2023	46.3	58	56.1	73	36.5	46	8.46	8	0
2022	48.2	38	59.6	36	36.8	40	5.41	30	0
2021	51.3	20	62.4	19	40.2	15	6.77	15	0
2020	49.7	25	59.4	40	40.1	18	4.62	43	0
2019	42.3	94	51.9	97	32.7	85	3.90	60	0
2018	43.8	81	52.6	93	35	61	6.57	18	0
2017	47.9	42	57.8	55	37.9	34	3.29	70	0
2016	51.5	18	61.5	24	41.5	11	4.12	55	0
2015	43.8	81	54.4	84	33.1	80	6.11	22	0
2014	41.3	99	53.2	89	29.4	110	2.16	101	0
2013	42.5	91	51.4	101	33.5	76	4.44	48	0
2012	59.4	2	70.7	2	48.1	1	2.93	79	0
2011	47.3	47	56.3	69	38.4	27	4.87	39	0
2010	47.5	46	57.5	57	37.5	37	3.69	63	0
2009	50	24	61.1	25	39	24	2.64	88	0
2008	46.3	58	54.9	79	37	38	11.04	2	1
2007	54	10	65.6	8	42.3	9	2.06	106	0
2006	47.1	50	57.4	58	36.8	40	9.24	5	0
2005	43.4	86	54.5	83	32.3	93	2.10	103	0
2004	51.2	21	61.7	22	40.7	14	4.92	38	0
2003	46.8	53	58.4	50	35.2	58	2.07	105	1
2002	43.1	88	53.3	88	32.9	82	6.91	14	0
2001	40.8	102	51.5	99	30	107	1.59	111	1
2000	48.5	32	60.3	30	36.6	44	3.14	71	0
1999	41.9	97	51.2	102	32.5	89	2.62	90	0
1998	44.7	70	53.1	90	36.4	48	4.32	52	0
1997	47.9	42	59.1	43	36.7	42	5.70	27	0
1996	38.7	113	48.9	111	28.5	115	5.96	24	0
1995	46.7	56	58.7	47	34.7	65	2.75	86	0
1994	42.8	89	55.9	75	30.5	105	2.25	99	1
1993	40.1	107	49.8	109	31.2	101	2.63	89	2
1992	45.4	66	56.5	66	34.3	67	3.44	66	0
1991	46.3	58	59	44	33.5	76	2.93	79	1
1990	48.5	32	58.5	48	38.3	28	3.04	73	1
1989	43.8	81	54.9	79	32.6	86	6.43	21	0
1988	44.5	75	56.7	64	33	81	5.39	31	1
1987	47	51	59.8	33	35	61	2.87	83	3
1985	47.3	47	59.8	33	35	61	6.92	13	1
1984	38.2	116	47.2	117	28.9	114	5.06	35	2
1983	45.3	67	54.2	86	36	51	3.09	72	1
1982	46.8	53	59.5	37	34.2	68	2.95	78	1
1981	43.6	84	56.4	67	30.8	104	1.96	107	0
1980	39.6	110	49.9	108	29.4	110	4.52	46	0
1979	44.6	74	53.1	90	35.4	56	5.26	33	1
1978	38.5	114	47.6	116	29.3	112	5.31	32	0
1977	49.4	29	61.9	21	36.9	39	9.23	6	1
1976	51.7	16	63.3	17	40	19	3.04	73	0
1975	40.1	107	50.4	106	29.7	109	6.64	17	0
1974	48.8	30	59.5	37	37.7	35	5.53	28	1
1973	51.6	17	60.8	27	42.1	10	7.37	10	1
1972							3.44	66	18
1971	44.1	78	55.2	78	32.9	82	1.11	115	0
1970	42.6	90	51.1	103	34	71	5.22	34	0
1969	39.8	109	51.9	97	27.8	117	2.46	95	0
1968	47.7	45	59.5	37	36	51	4.87	39	0
1967	51.9	15	62.8	18	41	13	3.39	68	0
1966	48.4	36	60	31	36.7	42	1.03	117	0
1965	38.3	115	48.1	115	28.5	115	2.36	98	0
1964	47	51	58.8	45	35.2	58	9.52	3	0
1963					38.3	28	7.15	11	26
1962	42.4	93	52	96	32.9	82	4.04	56	0
1961	49.5	28	58.8	45	40.2	15	5.42	29	0
1960	32.3	117	42.5	118	22.1	119	2.46	95	0
1959	47.3	47	60	31	34.6	66	3.81	61	0
1958	40.6	104	48.8	113	32.4	91	3.99	58	0
1957	45.8	64	56.3	69	35.3	57	2.98	76	0
1956			57.9	54	33.3	79	2.38	97	5
1955	48	41	59.3	41	36.6	44	5.74	26	0
1954	44.9	69	57.1	62	32.6	86	1.32	112	0
1953	49.7	25	61.7	22	37.6	36	6.56	19	0
1952	45.5	65	56.9	63	34.1	69	6.66	16	0
1951	44.7	70	55.7	77	33.8	72	2.98	76	0
1950	44.7	70	55.8	76	33.5	76	4.43	49	0
1949	46.7	56	57.2	61	36.2	50	6.99	12	1
1948							4.00	57	31
1947	38.8	112	48.4	114	29.2	113	2.65	87	0
1946	57.9	3	69	3	46.8	2	1.75	110	0
1945	55.1	7	65.4	9	44.8	4	12.00	1	0
1944	44.2	77	54.6	82	33.8	72	3.73	62	0
1943	42.5	91	52.8	92	31.1	102	5.01	36	2
1942	48.2	38	58.4	50	38.1	32	4.59	44	0
1941	41	101	50.6	105	31.4	100	2.08	104	0
1940	45.1	68	56.4	67	33.8	72	2.55	92	0
1939	50.4	22	62.2	20	38.6	26	4.37	51	0
1938	55.5	6	66.7	7	44.3	5	4.69	42	0
1937	43.2	87	54.3	85	32.1	95	1.04	116	0
1936	52.4	12	64.8	10	39.9	20	2.54	93	0
1935	54.1	8	64	15	44.2	7	9.52	3	0
1934	43.6	84	54.7	81	32.6	86	3.55	65	0
1933	46.1	62	56.3	69	35.9	53	4.93	37	0
1932	41.8	98	52.1	95	31.6	98	2.90	81	0
1931	42	96	51.5	99	32.4	91	3.38	69	0
1930	46	63	58.3	52	33.8	72	2.15	102	0
1929	52.6	11	63.9	16	41.3	12	2.77	85	0
1928	46.3	58	57.6	56	35	61	1.32	112	0
1927	48.7	31	58.5	48	38.8	25	6.47	20	0
1926	42.1	95	52.3	94	31.9	97	3.03	75	0
1925	51.4	19	64.6	11	38.1	32	2.90	81	0
1924	40.7	103	49.8	109	31.5	99	2.52	94	0
1923	44.1	78	56.2	72	32.1	95	4.58	45	0
1922	48.2	38	58.1	53	38.2	31	8.59	7	0
1921	56.5	4	68.8	4	44.3	5	4.82	41	0
1920	46.8	53	57.4	58	36.3	49	5.93	25	0
1919	48.5	32	61.1	25	35.9	53	4.28	53	0
1918	54.1	8	68.5	5	39.8	23	0.84	119	0
1917	48.3	37	60.8	27	36.5	46	4.41	50	1
1916	44.7	70	57.3	60	32.2	94	1.95	108	0
1915	39.6	110	48.9	111	30.3	106	0.92	118	0
1914	44	80	53.8	87	34.1	69	2.60	91	0
1913	44.3	76	56.1	73	32.5	89	7.63	9	0
1912	40.5	105	50.9	104	30	107	6.10	23	0
1911	49.7	25	64.2	14	35.2	58	1.85	109	0
1910	59.5	1	74.1	1	45	3	0.09	121	0
1903	50.2	23	60.5	29	39.9	20	3.98	59	0
1902	48.5	32	59.3	41	38.3	28	2.87	83	1
1901	47.8	44	59.7	35	35.9	53	4.21	54	3
1900	41.3	99	56.7	64	25.9	118	1.15	114	0
1899	40.5	105	50	107	31	103	3.58	64	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1910	59.5
2012	59.4
1946	57.9
1921	56.5
2026	55.9
1938	55.5
1945	55.1
1935	54.1
1918	54.1
2007	54

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1960	32.3
1984	38.2
1965	38.3
1978	38.5
1996	38.7
1947	38.8
1980	39.6
1915	39.6
1969	39.8
1993	40.1
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1945	12.00
2008	11.04
1964	9.52
1935	9.52
2006	9.24
1977	9.23
1922	8.59
2023	8.46
1913	7.63
1973	7.37

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1910	0.09
2024	0.72
1918	0.84
1915	0.92
1966	1.03
1937	1.04
1971	1.11
1900	1.15
1954	1.32
1928	1.32

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 86°F; 26 March 2026, 22 March 2026, 21 March 2026
Coldest night: 19°F; 17 March 2026
Wettest day: 1.10 in; 5 March 2026

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Every answer in words

March 2026 brought 4.46 in of precipitation in Carbondale, IL, the wettest March since 2023, 47th wettest of 121.
The hottest day of March 2026 in Carbondale, IL: 86°F on Thursday 26 March 2026, Sunday 22 March 2026 and Saturday 21 March 2026.
The coldest night of March 2026 in Carbondale, IL: a low of 19°F on Tuesday 17 March 2026.
The wettest day of March 2026 in Carbondale, IL: 1.10 in on Thursday 5 March 2026.