Charlottesville, VA: March

31 March 2026: March 2026 averaged 53.1°F in Charlottesville, VA, the warmest March since 2024, tied 7th warmest of 113 (with 1946).

March 2026

Mean temperature: 53.1°F; Warmest since 2024; 7th warmest of 113
Precipitation: 1.82 in; Driest since 2025; 23rd driest of 118

A normal March in Charlottesville, VA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 47.4°F, between 42.2°F and 50.1°F in eight years of ten and 3.74 in of precipitation, between 1.55 in and 5.08 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every March in Charlottesville, VA since 1893: 53.1°F in 2026; the highest is 57.5°F, in 1921.

Normal range, 42.2 to 50.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every March in Charlottesville, VA 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	53.1	7	66.8	5	39.5	24	1.82	95	0
2025	52.1	12	64.7	8	39.5	24	0.84	112	0
2024	53.8	5	64.7	8	42.8	6	2.97	60	0
2023	50.4	24	61.5	26	39.3	26	1.05	109	0
2022	52	13	63.7	13	40.2	16	3.19	53	0
2021	51.2	19	62.5	20	39.8	20	2.01	89	0
2020	54.6	4	64.9	7	44.3	2	1.53	103	0
2019	46.6	55	57	64	36.1	61	3.96	37	0
2018	43.5	88	53	99	33.9	92	1.81	97	0
2017	48.6	36	59.4	45	37.9	40	2.91	62	0
2016	53.8	5	65.1	6	42.5	9	1.49	104	0
2015	45.1	73	55.9	72	34.4	83	3.88	38	0
2014	41.3	104	52.5	103	30	122	3.79	42	0
2013	41	106	50.4	111	31.7	111	5.51	13	0
2012	56.9	2	69.5	3	44.2	3	3.78	43	0
2011	47.3	49	58.3	56	36.2	59	6.30	6	0
2010	49.7	28	61.1	30	38.4	34	4.97	17	0
2009	44.5	78	55.2	76	33.9	92	2.33	79	0
2008	46.5	59	57.9	59	35.1	69	2.18	85	0
2007	49.2	34	61.6	24	36.7	55	1.57	101	0
2006	47.5	48	59.6	41	35.5	63	0.21	118	0
2005	42.2	99	52.5	103	31.9	109	3.74	44	0
2004	48.2	42	59.8	38	36.6	56	1.55	102	0
2003	47.7	47	60.1	35	35.4	64	4.81	22	0
2002	46.5	59	57.9	59	35	70	3.54	47	0
2001	43	94	53.8	90	32.1	107	4.34	31	0
2000	49.5	30	61.6	24	37.4	46	2.54	75	0
1999	43.7	85	54.4	85	33	103	4.31	32	0
1998	48.4	40	58.5	54	38.3	35	4.24	33	0
1997	49.4	31	60.5	33	38.3	35	4.91	18	0
1996	42	102	53	99	31.1	116	2.71	70	0
1995	49.3	32	61.7	23	36.9	52	2.81	67	0
1994	47.8	46	58.7	53	37	49			0
1993	42.7	97	51.5	108	34	90	5.72	12	0
1992	45.8	68	56.3	70	35.4	64	2.61	74	0
1991	48.5	37	59.2	48	37.9	40	3.88	38	0
1990	50.1	26	61.3	27	39	31	2.07	87	0
1989	45.9	66	57	64	34.8	76	2.17	86	0
1988	46.6	55	59.5	43	33.7	96	0.83	113	0
1987	45.4	71	57.5	62	33.3	101	1.65	100	0
1986	47.1	51	59.7	40	34.4	83	1.19	107	1
1985	46	64	55.3	75	36.8	53	1.13	108	0
1984	43.5	88	52.8	101	34.3	86	4.68	23	0
1983	48	44	56.2	71	39.8	20	3.04	57	0
1982	43.4	92	53.7	93	33.4	99	3.19	53	3
1981	44.5	78	54.1	87	34.9	73	0.74	114	0
1980	46.6	55	55.1	78	38	39	4.61	27	0
1979	50.8	20	61.8	22	39.8	20	3.59	46	0
1978	46	64	54.9	80	37.1	48	3.85	41	0
1977	52.5	10	63.3	15	41.8	10	2.31	81	0
1976	51.5	17	62.6	19	40.4	15	2.62	72	0
1975	43.7	85	52.3	105	35	70	7.29	1	0
1974	50.6	22	61.2	28	40.1	17	3.00	59	0
1973	50.7	21	59.8	38	41.5	11	4.03	35	0
1972	46.4	61	57.6	61	35.2	67	1.71	99	0
1971	44.2	82	54.4	85	34.1	88	2.29	82	0
1970	42	102	51.8	106	32.3	105	2.07	87	0
1969	43.4	92	54.5	84	32.3	105	2.97	60	0
1968	51.5	17	63.8	12	39.1	29	2.84	64	0
1967	45.7	69	57.1	63	34.4	83	5.32	14	0
1966	48	44	59.4	45	36.5	58	0.62	117	0
1965	42.8	96	51.7	107	34	90	3.70	45	0
1964	44.8	77	55.6	73	33.9	92	1.94	91	0
1963									7
1962	44.1	83	53.3	95	34.9	73	2.29	82	0
1961	49	35	58.8	51	39.2	27	3.12	56	0
1960	34.3	113	43.3	117	25.3	124	3.22	52	0
1959	46.6	55	58.8	51	34.5	82	3.52	48	0
1958	41.1	105	48.8	113	33.4	99	5.14	16	0
1957	45.9	66	54.6	82	37	49	2.38	77	1
1956	45.1	73	55.1	78	35.2	67	2.71	70	0
1955	49.6	29	60.1	35	39.1	29	5.20	15	0
1954	46.3	63	56.9	66	35.6	62	5.85	10	0
1953	46.7	54	56.6	68	36.8	53	6.42	5	0
1952	45.2	72	55.6	73	34.7	77	6.55	4	0
1951	45	75	54.6	82	35.4	64	4.62	26	0
1950	42.2	99	53.2	97	31.2	115	3.04	57	0
1949							2.74	68	4
1948	49.3	32	60.8	32	37.5	44	4.85	21	2
1947	38.7	112	48.4	114	28.9	123	2.83	66	2
1946	53.1	7	63.4	14	42.8	6	3.87	40	0
1945			70.9	1	44.7	1	0.86	111	5
1944							5.77	11	10
1943							3.42	51	10
1941	40.4	110	50.6	110	30.2	121			0
1940	42.3	98	52.7	102	31.7	111	1.77	98	3
1939			59.6	41	37	49	1.91	92	4
1938					38.8	32	2.33	79	6
1937	43.9	84	53.8	90	33.9	92	1.42	105	1
1936	51.9	14	62.9	17	41	12	6.99	2	3
1935					40	18	4.61	27	7
1934					30.7	118	4.67	24	4
1933			54	89	34.9	73	3.18	55	4
1932	43	94	54.1	87	32	108	5.92	9	3
1931	40.6	108	48.1	115	33	103	4.86	20	0
1930	47	52	58.4	55	34.6	79	2.72	69	3
1929	51.7	15	62.5	20	40.8	13	4.02	36	2
1928	46.4	61	59	50	34.1	88	1.91	92	3
1927	50.5	23	61.2	28	39.8	20	1.21	106	1
1926					30.5	119	1.82	95	7
1925			60.3	34	37.3	47	0.73	115	4
1924	44.4	81	53.8	90	35	70	2.84	64	2
1923					34.6	79	4.88	19	5
1922					38.1	37	5.97	7	4
1921	57.5	1	70.7	2	43.4	5	2.35	78	3
1920	48.4	40	59.9	37	36.2	59			2
1919	48.5	37	59.3	47	37.5	44	4.15	34	2
1918					39.9	19	2.91	62	4
1915	40.6	108	49.8	112	31.5	113	0.95	110	2
1914	40.8	107	50.7	109	31	117	3.52	48	1
1913	49.9	27	61.1	30	38.6	33	5.95	8	0
1912	43.5	88	53.3	95	33.6	98	6.85	3	0
1911	43.5	88	55.2	76	31.8	110			0
1910	55.7	3	67.9	4	43.6	4	0.66	116	0
1909	44.5	78	54.8	81	34.2	87			0
1908	50.4	24	62.7	18	37.7	42	2.62	72	2
1907	52.3	11	63.9	11	40.7	14	1.96	90	0
1906	39.2	111	47.9	116	30.5	119	4.66	25	0
1905	48.5	37	59.5	43	37.6	43	1.83	94	0
1904	47	52	59.2	48	34.7	77	2.22	84	0
1903	52.9	9	63	16	42.8	6	4.51	29	0
1902	48.2	42	58.2	57	38.1	37	3.51	50	1
1901	47.3	49	58.1	58	36.6	56	2.45	76	1
1900	42.2	99	53.1	98	31.4	114	4.48	30	2
1899	43.7	85	53.7	93	33.7	96			0
1895	45.5	70	56.5	69	34.6	79			0
1894	51.7	15	64.3	10	39.2	27			1
1893	44.9	76	56.8	67	33.3	101			2

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1921	57.5
2012	56.9
1910	55.7
2020	54.6
2024	53.8
2016	53.8
2026	53.1
1946	53.1
1903	52.9
1977	52.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1960	34.3
1947	38.7
1906	39.2
1941	40.4
1931	40.6
1915	40.6
1914	40.8
2013	41
1958	41.1
2014	41.3

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1975	7.29
1936	6.99
1912	6.85
1952	6.55
1953	6.42
2011	6.30
1922	5.97
1913	5.95
1932	5.92
1954	5.85

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2006	0.21
1966	0.62
1910	0.66
1925	0.73
1981	0.74
1988	0.83
2025	0.84
1945	0.86
1915	0.95
2023	1.05

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 88°F; 22 March 2026
Coldest night: 23°F; 18 March 2026
Wettest day: 0.54 in; 16 March 2026

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March 2026 brought 1.82 in of precipitation in Charlottesville, VA, the driest March since 2025, tied 23rd driest of 118 (with 1926).
The hottest day of March 2026 in Charlottesville, VA: 88°F on Sunday 22 March 2026.
The coldest night of March 2026 in Charlottesville, VA: a low of 23°F on Wednesday 18 March 2026.
The wettest day of March 2026 in Charlottesville, VA: 0.54 in on Monday 16 March 2026.