Cedar Rapids, IA: March

31 March 2026: March 2026 averaged 43.5°F in Cedar Rapids, IA, the warmest March since 2025, 9th warmest of 132.

March 2026

Mean temperature: 43.5°F; Warmest since 2025; 9th warmest of 132
Precipitation: 1.29 in; Driest since 2023; 41st driest of 130

A normal March in Cedar Rapids, IA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 36.5°F, between 31.5°F and 42.3°F in eight years of ten and 1.73 in of precipitation, between 0.52 in and 3.75 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every March in Cedar Rapids, IA since 1893: 43.5°F in 2026; the highest is 51.3°F, in 2012.

Normal range, 31.5 to 42.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every March in Cedar Rapids, IA from 1893 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	43.5	9	56.3	7	30.6	26	1.29	89	0
2025	44.6	6	57.2	5	31.9	12	1.82	64	1
2024	42.4	13	53.8	13	31	21	2.31	45	0
2023	35.8	67	45.4	67	26.2	65	0.80	108	0
2022	36	64	45.5	66	26.5	60	2.74	31	0
2021	40.6	21	50	26	31.2	19	1.77	67	0
2020	40.6	21	49.8	27	31.5	14	2.50	36	0
2019	31.6	106	40.6	106	22.6	108	1.66	72	0
2018	35.3	70	45.4	67	25.3	77	1.90	58	0
2017	37.1	52	46.2	60	28.1	47	2.25	47	0
2016	42.4	13	52.6	14	32.3	10	1.80	65	0
2015	36.6	60	48.3	47	25	80	0.52	119	0
2014	30.3	119	40	112	20.5	123	0.39	128	0
2013	28.9	125	36.9	126	20.9	120	2.34	43	0
2012	51.3	1	62.2	1	40.4	1	2.44	39	0
2011	35.7	68	44.5	73	26.8	57	1.93	56	0
2010	40.5	23	50.2	25	30.8	24	1.57	82	0
2009	37.6	48	47.8	51	27.4	51	3.72	12	0
2008	31.6	106	40.2	110	23.1	102	1.83	61	0
2007	42.3	15	51.6	19	33.1	7	3.15	23	0
2006	36.4	61	45.6	65	27.1	54	3.97	11	0
2005	36.2	63	47.6	52	24.8	82	0.73	111	0
2004	40.2	27	49.2	36	31.3	17	3.69	14	0
2003	34.4	79	45.2	69	23.7	94	0.52	119	0
2002	33.3	86	44.5	73	22.1	113	1.58	80	0
2001	30.4	118	38.1	123	22.7	106	1.55	83	0
2000	43	10	54.9	10	31	21	0.57	116	0
1999	35.2	72	46.4	58	24	91	1.29	89	0
1998	34.9	74	42.4	89	27.5	50	4.91	3	0
1997	38	45	49	39	27	55	1.22	93	0
1996	31.7	103	43.7	81	19.8	125	0.49	122	0
1995	39.9	31	50.4	24	29.3	36	1.37	86	0
1994	37.5	50	48.7	43	26.3	64	0.53	117	0
1993	32.2	101	39.3	117	25	80	3.63	16	0
1992	38.7	41	48.5	45	28.9	41	1.14	96	0
1991	39.7	33	49.6	31	29.7	34	4.39	7	0
1990	41	17	49.7	29	32.2	11	4.46	6	0
1989	34.4	79	43.3	85	25.5	75	0.84	102	0
1988	37.1	52	48	50	26.1	68	0.98	98	0
1987	40.5	23	49.7	29	31.3	17	3.32	22	0
1986	39.9	31	49.5	33	30.2	29	2.28	46	0
1985	39.2	37	48.3	47	30.1	31	2.83	28	0
1984	30	122	36.7	127	23.3	99	1.59	78	0
1983	36.3	62	43.2	86	29.3	36	1.62	74	0
1982	32.8	95	41	99	24.5	86	2.47	38	0
1981	40.4	26	51.8	18	29	39	0.14	129	0
1980	31.2	112	39.9	113	22.6	108	0.41	126	0
1979	33.3	86	40.9	101	25.7	72	2.78	30	0
1978	30.3	119	38.5	121	22.1	113	0.97	99	0
1977	40.8	18	49.8	27	31.8	13	6.09	2	0
1976	36.9	57	46.8	57	27	55	3.00	25	0
1975	25	130	33.6	130	16.4	130	3.05	24	0
1974	35.9	66	45.1	70	26.6	59	3.40	20	0
1973	44.8	5	52.2	15	37.5	2	4.33	10	0
1972	34.9	74	43.7	81	26.2	65	2.19	49	0
1971	33.2	89	40.8	102	25.6	74	0.58	115	0
1970	32.6	97	40.8	102	24.3	87	2.69	33	0
1969	30.6	116	39.6	115	21.6	117	0.45	123	0
1968	42.6	11	54.9	10	30.3	28	0.71	112	0
1967	37.6	48	47	54	28.2	45	2.06	54	0
1966	38.6	44	48.9	40	28.4	44	2.07	52	0
1965	25.4	129	32	132	18.7	129	2.61	35	0
1964	31.5	109	40.7	105	22.3	110	1.61	75	0
1963	40	28	48.5	45	31.4	16	2.79	29	0
1962	29.4	123	37	125	21.7	116	2.62	34	0
1961	37.1	52	44.4	76	29.9	32	4.35	9	0
1960	18.1	132	27.7	133	8.4	132	1.86	59	0
1959	34.5	78	42.6	87	26.4	63	3.71	13	0
1958	34.6	76	41.8	94	27.4	51	0.44	124	0
1957	35.2	72	44.5	73	25.9	69	0.84	102	0
1956	32.8	95	42.4	89	23.2	101	0.44	124	0
1955	33.9	83	44.2	78	23.6	95	0.81	106	0
1954	31.7	103	40.6	106	22.7	106	1.61	75	0
1953	37	56	45.9	62	28	49	3.42	19	0
1952	33.1	91	41.5	95	24.8	82	4.59	4	0
1951	29.2	124	37.4	124	21	119	6.35	1	0
1950	31.9	102	40.8	102	22.9	105	0.81	106	0
1949	35.3	70	44.1	79	26.5	60	2.49	37	0
1948	34.4	79	45	71	23.8	93			0
1947	32.4	100	41.2	97	23.6	95			0
1946	46.7	3	57.8	4	35.9	3			1
1945	47.5	2	59.7	3	35.4	4	3.65	15	0
1944	31.3	110	39.2	118	23.5	97	3.59	18	0
1943	31.6	106	42.4	89	20.7	121	2.17	50	0
1942	39.2	37	47.5	53	30.9	23	1.58	80	0
1941	33.2	89	42.2	92	24.1	89	1.73	68	0
1940	31.3	110	39.5	116	23.1	102	1.07	97	0
1939	36.8	58	48.2	49	25.4	76	1.83	61	0
1938	44.4	8	55.7	8	33	8	4.36	8	0
1937	32.6	97	41.4	96	23.9	92	1.71	70	1
1936	39.2	37	49.6	31	28.8	42	0.85	101	0
1935	40.7	19	50.5	22	30.8	24	1.65	73	0
1934	33.1	91	43.9	80	22.3	110	1.20	94	0
1933	35.7	68	45.7	64	25.7	72	2.01	55	0
1932	28.8	126	38.2	122	19.4	127	1.83	61	0
1931	36	64	45.8	63	26.2	65	1.79	66	0
1930	37.9	47	50.5	22	25.2	78	0.84	102	0
1929	40	28	50.7	20	29.4	35	1.34	87	0
1928	38	45	49.5	33	26.5	60	2.38	40	0
1927	39.7	33	49.3	35	30.2	29	2.34	43	0
1926	30.8	115	39.9	113	21.6	117	1.16	95	0
1925	40	28	56.5	6	23.5	97	0.75	110	0
1923	30.9	114	41.2	97	20.6	122	3.61	17	0
1922	39	40	46.9	55	31.2	19	1.73	68	0
1921	44.6	6	55.4	9	33.7	5	1.33	88	0
1920	39.6	35	49.2	36	29.9	32	2.98	26	0
1919	38.7	41	49.1	38	28.2	45	1.59	78	0
1918	41.6	16	54.2	12	29	39	0.41	126	0
1917	33.5	85	43.6	83	24.3	87	1.84	60	1
1916	34.4	79	44.7	72	24.1	89	0.94	100	0
1915	31	113	38.8	119	23.1	102	0.84	102	0
1914	33.7	84	42.6	87	24.8	82	2.35	42	0
1913	30.5	117	40.5	108	20.5	123	2.91	27	0
1912	22.2	131	32.6	131	12.1	131	1.93	56	2
1911	36.8	58	46.9	55	26.7	58	1.28	91	0
1910	46.6	4	60	2	33.2	6	trace	130	0
1909	32.6	97	40.1	111	25.2	78	1.47	85	0
1908	37.2	51	46.3	59	28.1	47	2.17	50	0
1907	40.5	23	51.9	17	29.1	38	0.76	109	0
1906	27.2	127	34.7	128	19.7	126	1.60	77	0
1905	39.6	35	48.7	43	30.5	27	2.23	48	0
1904	33.3	86	42.1	93	24.7	85	2.07	52	2
1903	42.6	11	52.1	16	33	8	0.65	113	0
1902	40.7	19	48.8	41	31.5	14	1.55	83	1
1901	34.6	76	43.4	84	25.8	70	2.74	31	0
1900	30.3	119	38.8	119	21.8	115	2.37	41	0
1899	26.8	128	34.5	129	19.2	128	0.53	117	0
1898	38.7	41	48.8	41	28.7	43	1.71	70	0
1897	31.7	103	41	99	23.3	99	1.28	91	2
1896	32.9	94	44.3	77	22.3	110	0.50	121	1
1895	37.1	52	46.2	60	27.2	53	0.60	114	3
1894			50.7	20			4.52	5	5
1893	33.1	91	40.3	109	25.8	70	3.39	21	2

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2012	51.3
1945	47.5
1946	46.7
1910	46.6
1973	44.8
2025	44.6
1921	44.6
1938	44.4
2026	43.5
2000	43

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1960	18.1
1912	22.2
1975	25
1965	25.4
1899	26.8
1906	27.2
1932	28.8
2013	28.9
1951	29.2
1962	29.4

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1951	6.35
1977	6.09
1998	4.91
1952	4.59
1894	4.52
1990	4.46
1991	4.39
1938	4.36
1961	4.35
1973	4.33

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1910	trace
1981	0.14
2014	0.39
1980	0.41
1918	0.41
1958	0.44
1956	0.44
1969	0.45
1996	0.49
1896	0.50

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 89°F; 21 March 2026
Coldest night: 0°F; 17 March 2026
Wettest day: 0.65 in; 6 March 2026

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March 2026 brought 1.29 in of precipitation in Cedar Rapids, IA, the driest March since 2023, tied 41st driest of 130 (with 1999).
The hottest day of March 2026 in Cedar Rapids, IA: 89°F on Saturday 21 March 2026.
The coldest night of March 2026 in Cedar Rapids, IA: a low of 0°F on Tuesday 17 March 2026.
The wettest day of March 2026 in Cedar Rapids, IA: 0.65 in on Friday 6 March 2026.