Charleston, WV: March

31 March 2026: March 2026 averaged 53.8°F in Charleston, WV, the warmest March since 2012, 9th warmest of 121.

March 2026

Mean temperature: 53.8°F; Warmest since 2012; 9th warmest of 121
Precipitation: 3.08 in; Driest since 2025; 34th driest of 125

A normal March in Charleston, WV (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 46.1°F, between 40.3°F and 51.5°F in eight years of ten and 4.03 in of precipitation, between 2.22 in and 6.13 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every March in Charleston, WV since 1903: 53.8°F in 2026; the highest is 58.8°F, in 1903.

Normal range, 40.3 to 51.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every March in Charleston, WV from 1900 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	53.8	9	67.5	8	40	13	3.08	92	0
2025	50.4	23	64.8	13	36	41	1.55	121	0
2024	50.7	21	62.3	28	39.2	18	3.46	78	0
2023	46.2	64	58	62	34.4	69	2.89	95	0
2022	48.3	36	60.9	35	35.7	47	3.69	68	0
2021	49.2	31	62.8	25	35.6	48	3.61	71	0
2020	51.6	16	61.6	31	41.5	6	4.30	49	0
2019	43.8	82	54.2	89	33.5	78	1.59	120	0
2018	41.7	97	51	107	32.3	91	4.35	46	0
2017	46.5	59	57.2	69	35.8	44	4.19	55	0
2016	52.5	11	64.5	15	40.4	10	2.65	101	0
2015	45	74	56.5	74	33.4	81	5.77	19	0
2014	41.6	100	53.7	93	29.6	105	3.70	66	0
2013	39.7	110	48.4	119	31.1	94	3.17	87	0
2012	56.5	3	68.8	4	44.3	1	3.37	81	0
2011	46.4	61	56	75	36.8	33	4.32	47	0
2010	46.6	58	57.3	67	35.8	44	3.86	62	0
2009	47.9	40	58.9	52	36.8	33	2.90	94	0
2008	46.3	63	56.7	72	35.9	43	4.44	43	0
2007	51.5	17	63.1	23	39.8	16	4.49	41	0
2006	45.1	73	55.6	77	34.6	66	1.90	115	0
2005	41.7	97	51.3	104	32.1	92	3.51	76	0
2004	48	38	58.9	52	37.2	31	4.45	42	0
2003	48.6	34	60.7	37	36.5	37	1.78	119	0
2002	45.7	70	57.8	63	33.5	78	5.92	17	0
2001	40.3	107	49.6	115	30.9	98	3.28	85	0
2000	49.1	32	61.4	32	36.9	32	2.26	108	0
1999	40.1	108	51.4	103	28.8	113	3.70	66	0
1998	45.9	67	55.4	80	36.4	38	3.41	79	0
1997	47	51	58.1	61	36	41	8.35	1	0
1996	39.6	112	50.3	110	28.9	111	4.32	47	0
1995	46.9	55	58.8	55	35	59	2.73	96	0
1994	45.3	72	55.9	76	34.7	64	7.73	2	0
1993	41.8	96	50.6	109	33	84	6.68	7	0
1992	45.4	71	55.6	77	35.2	55	4.79	32	0
1991	47.3	45	58.4	58	36.3	39	6.07	14	0
1990	51.7	15	62.7	26	40.6	9	1.94	114	0
1989	47.8	41	60.3	44	35.3	53	5.81	18	0
1988	46.1	65	57.5	65	34.7	64	2.71	98	0
1987	47	51	59.8	47	34.2	71	1.30	124	0
1986	47.1	48	59.1	51	35	59	1.87	116	0
1985	49.3	29	60.8	36	37.9	26	4.23	52	0
1984	41.1	102	51.1	106	31.1	94	2.72	97	0
1983	47	51	57.3	67	36.7	35	3.15	89	0
1982	47.2	46	58.9	52	35.5	49	4.96	26	0
1981	41.4	101	51.2	105	31.6	93	1.80	118	0
1980	42	94	53.1	95	30.8	99	5.32	24	0
1979	50.5	22	61.4	32	39.6	17	3.00	93	0
1978	42.5	91	52.4	99	32.7	89	2.67	100	0
1977	49.8	26	61.8	29	37.8	27	3.16	88	0
1976	51.5	17	64.4	16	38.7	21	4.21	54	0
1975	39.8	109	49.4	117	30.2	102	6.01	15	0
1974	49.1	32	60.5	40	37.7	28	4.54	38	0
1973	52.2	12	63.6	20	40.8	7	3.40	80	0
1972	43.8	82	54.8	84	32.8	87	2.17	109	0
1971	39.7	110	50.2	111	29.2	108	1.97	113	0
1970	43.2	88	52.5	98	34	74	4.23	52	0
1969	38.7	117	49.8	112	27.5	117	1.43	123	0
1968	47.5	44	59.5	48	35.5	49	4.79	32	0
1967	48.5	35	60.4	41	36.6	36	6.80	5	0
1966	47.7	42	60.1	46	35.2	55	1.51	122	0
1965	39.6	112	48.6	118	30.5	101	4.52	39	0
1964	46.7	57	58.6	57	34.8	62	3.65	69	0
1963	49.5	27	60.6	38	38.3	22	6.37	11	0
1962	43.5	87	52.6	96	34.5	67	3.91	60	0
1961	48	38	56.9	71	39	19	4.86	30	0
1960	32.7	121	41.6	123	23.8	121	2.05	111	0
1959	43	89	55.3	81	30.8	99	2.28	107	0
1958	39.3	115	45.5	122	33.1	82	3.09	90	0
1957	44	81	53.9	91	34.2	71	2.52	105	0
1956	44.1	80	55.2	82	33.1	82	6.59	8	0
1955	47	51	58.2	60	35.8	44	6.52	10	0
1954	43.6	86	54.3	88	32.8	87	3.25	86	0
1953	47.2	46	57.2	69	37.3	30	4.95	27	0
1952	44.5	77	54.8	84	34.2	71	4.01	57	0
1951	45.8	69	56.7	72	34.9	61	6.19	13	0
1950	40.7	103	52	101	29.5	107	4.12	56	0
1949	44.7	75	55.6	77	33.7	76	2.69	99	0
1948	49.3	29	60.4	41	38.3	22	3.51	76	0
1947	36.2	120	46.7	121	25.6	120	2.12	110	0
1946	53.9	8	67.7	5	40.1	12	3.09	90	0
1945	54.5	5	69.2	3	39.9	14	3.84	64	0
1944	41.9	95	54.8	84	29	110	4.92	29	0
1943	40.6	105	54.9	83	26.4	119	6.75	6	0
1942	46.1	65	59.2	50	32.9	85	4.51	40	0
1941	36.4	119	49.7	113	23.1	122	2.42	106	0
1940	40.7	103	52.1	100	29.6	105	3.35	83	2
1939	47.6	43	60.2	45	35.2	55	6.20	12	2
1938	53.2	10	67.6	7	38.8	20	4.24	50	0
1937	41.7	97	53.8	92	29.7	104	1.85	117	0
1936	50.9	19	64.3	17	37.5	29	4.77	34	0
1935	54.3	6	65	12	43.5	3	6.54	9	0
1934	43	89	57.8	63	28.1	116	3.55	72	0
1933							5.69	21	5
1932	40.5	106	51.8	102	29.2	108	5.95	16	0
1931	39.4	114	47.8	120	31	97	4.24	50	0
1930	44.4	79	58.7	56	30.1	103	3.54	73	0
1929	49.4	28	63.6	20	35.2	55	4.38	44	0
1928	43.8	82	54.7	87	32.9	85	4.36	45	0
1927	47.1	48	59.5	48	34.8	62	2.54	104	0
1926	38.3	118	49.7	113	26.9	118	2.64	102	0
1925	47.1	48	60.6	38	33.6	77	3.89	61	0
1924	42.2	93	51	107	33.5	78	3.62	70	3
1923	46.4	61	61.7	30	31.1	94	3.93	59	0
1922	48.2	37	61	34	35.3	53	4.93	28	0
1921	57.3	2	72.9	2	41.7	5	5.75	20	0
1920	44.6	76	60.4	41	28.8	113	3.95	58	0
1919	50.1	25	65.9	11	34.4	69	3.52	75	0
1918	51.9	13	67.7	5	36.1	40	6.85	4	0
1917			64.7	14					4
1916	45.9	67	63.2	22	28.5	115	4.66	35	0
1915	39.2	116	49.5	116	28.9	111	2.02	112	0
1914	43.7	85	53.6	94	33.8	75	3.35	83	0
1913	50.9	19	63.7	19	38.1	24	4.64	36	0
1912	44.5	77	54.2	89	34.5	67	5.52	22	1
1911	46.9	55	58.4	58	35.5	49	3.86	62	0
1910	54.1	7	67.5	8	40.8	7	0.66	125	1
1909	46.5	59	57.5	65	35.4	52	4.98	25	1
1908			63.1	23	40.4	10	7.10	3	4
1907	55.1	4	66.7	10	43.4	4	3.72	65	0
1906	42.5	91	52.6	96	32.4	90	5.37	23	1
1905	51.9	13	64	18	39.9	14	4.81	31	0
1904	50.3	24	62.5	27	38.1	24	3.54	73	1
1903	58.8	1	73.1	1	44.1	2			1
1902							4.59	37	31
1901							3.36	82	31
1900							2.60	103	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1903	58.8
1921	57.3
2012	56.5
1907	55.1
1945	54.5
1935	54.3
1910	54.1
1946	53.9
2026	53.8
1938	53.2

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1960	32.7
1947	36.2
1941	36.4
1926	38.3
1969	38.7
1915	39.2
1958	39.3
1931	39.4
1996	39.6
1965	39.6

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1997	8.35
1994	7.73
1908	7.10
1918	6.85
1967	6.80
1943	6.75
1993	6.68
1956	6.59
1935	6.54
1955	6.52

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1910	0.66
1987	1.30
1969	1.43
1966	1.51
2025	1.55
2019	1.59
2003	1.78
1981	1.80
1937	1.85
1986	1.87

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 88°F; 22 March 2026
Coldest night: 16°F; 18 March 2026
Wettest day: 0.58 in; 16 March 2026

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March 2026 brought 3.08 in of precipitation in Charleston, WV, the driest March since 2025, 34th driest of 125.
The hottest day of March 2026 in Charleston, WV: 88°F on Sunday 22 March 2026.
The coldest night of March 2026 in Charleston, WV: a low of 16°F on Wednesday 18 March 2026.
The wettest day of March 2026 in Charleston, WV: 0.58 in on Monday 16 March 2026.