Columbia, MO: March

31 March 2026: March 2026 averaged 53°F in Columbia, MO, the warmest March since 2012, 4th warmest of 137.

March 2026

Mean temperature: 53°F; Warmest since 2012; 4th warmest of 137
Precipitation: 4.23 in; Wettest since 2021; 23rd wettest of 137

A normal March in Columbia, MO (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 45.8°F, between 39.9°F and 49.3°F in eight years of ten and 2.65 in of precipitation, between 1.22 in and 4.68 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every March in Columbia, MO since 1890: 53°F in 2026; the highest is 59.7°F, in 2012.

Normal range, 39.9 to 49.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every March in Columbia, MO from 1890 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	4	66.3	4	39.7	13	4.23	23	0
2025	52.2	8	65.1	5	39.4	15	2.52	84	0
2024	51	12	63.1	11	39	17	3.19	58	0
2023	44.7	62	54.6	73	34.9	53	2.82	72	0
2022	47.3	31	58.7	26	35.9	36	4.16	25	0
2021	50.5	14	60.6	17	40.4	12	5.80	9	0
2020	49.1	18	58.5	28	39.7	13	6.45	6	0
2019	41.9	87	51.1	96	32.6	76	4.53	18	0
2018	43.4	80	52.2	85	34.6	62	3.34	51	0
2017	48.7	19	58.4	29	39.1	16	3.21	57	0
2016	51.4	11	62.2	13	40.6	10	1.88	100	0
2015	45.9	49	57	45	34.8	55	1.54	111	0
2014	41.2	94	54.2	76	28.2	124	1.23	118	0
2013	38.5	118	47.5	122	29.5	111	3.29	52	0
2012	59.7	1	71	1	48.4	1	4.22	24	0
2011	44.5	66	53.3	82	35.6	44	4.31	22	0
2010	45.8	50	55.5	59	36.1	35	2.82	72	0
2009	46.5	39	58.1	30	35	51	3.67	34	0
2008	43.8	74	54.8	69	32.8	74	5.37	12	0
2007	52.7	6	63.2	8	42.3	4	2.35	90	0
2006	46.3	45	56.8	47	35.8	38	3.37	48	0
2005	43.3	81	54.5	74	32.1	85	0.92	128	0
2004	47	34	56.7	48	37.2	24	7.25	4	0
2003	44.5	66	56.4	51	32.6	76	2.81	75	0
2002	40.2	102	51.5	91	28.9	116	1.61	110	0
2001	39.9	105	50.8	100	28.9	116	1.09	124	0
2000	47.1	32	58	32	36.3	34	2.11	95	0
1999	41.6	91	52	87	31.1	95	2.49	85	0
1998	40.7	97	48.9	111	32.6	76	4.60	17	0
1997	45.8	50	57.5	38	34.1	65	1.86	102	0
1996	38.2	120	48.9	111	27.5	128	2.37	89	0
1995	46.4	43	58	32	34.8	55	0.96	127	0
1994	45.7	52	57.5	38	33.9	69	1.31	116	0
1993	39.9	105	48.5	116	31.2	94	2.14	93	0
1992	46.5	39	58.1	30	34.8	55	3.82	31	0
1991	48.6	21	60.3	18	37	26	2.13	94	0
1990	46.2	46	56	55	36.5	29	7.22	5	0
1989	43.6	77	55	65	32.3	80	2.95	65	0
1988	43.7	76	55.3	62	32.2	83	4.09	26	0
1987	47.4	29	57.6	37	37.1	25	1.82	104	0
1986	48.2	23	60.7	16	35.7	40	1.16	120	0
1985	48.2	23	58.6	27	37.8	20	3.18	59	0
1984	36.7	131	43.3	131	30.1	108	4.48	19	0
1983	43.6	77	51.5	91	35.6	44	2.74	78	0
1982	45.3	55	55.8	58	34.7	59	3.23	55	0
1981	44.5	66	55.1	64	33.9	69	1.33	115	0
1980	38.9	115	48.2	117	29.7	110	2.71	79	0
1979	44.3	70	54	78	34.5	63	2.94	66	0
1978	37.6	123	47.3	123	28	126	5.44	11	0
1977	47.1	32	57.5	38	36.8	27	3.64	37	0
1976	46.4	43	57.7	36	35.2	50	4.39	21	0
1975	37.3	124	46.9	124	27.7	127	3.23	55	0
1974	46.9	36	58	32	35.7	40	3.03	61	0
1973	48.7	19	55.5	59	41.8	5	10.09	1	0
1972	44.2	71	54.9	67	33.6	72	4.01	29	0
1971	41.8	89	52.1	86	31.5	91	0.78	131	0
1970	39.2	112	47.8	120	30.5	101	1.01	126	0
1969	37.3	124	47.7	121	26.8	131	1.91	99	0
1968	46.6	37	57.5	38	35.7	40	0.75	132	0
1967	47.9	27	57.5	38	38.2	18	2.49	85	0
1966	47.4	29	59.3	23	35.5	47	0.84	130	0
1965	32.9	135	42.2	133	23.6	136	3.40	46	0
1964	40.7	97	51.1	96	30.3	105	3.66	35	0
1963	48.2	23	59.8	20	36.6	28	3.43	43	0
1962	38.8	116	48.6	115	29	114	3.04	60	0
1961	45	59	54.5	74	35.6	44	4.68	16	0
1960	28.7	137	36.8	137	20.6	137	2.19	92	0
1959	44.7	62	55.3	62	34	66	2.79	77	0
1958	37.1	126	43.2	132	30.9	97	2.88	68	0
1957	42.2	85	52	87	32.3	80	2.85	70	0
1956	44	72	56	55	31.9	87	0.51	137	0
1955	43.5	79	54.7	71	32.3	80	1.49	114	0
1954	41.2	94	52	87	30.4	104	1.20	119	0
1953	45.6	53	56.5	50	34.7	59	3.66	35	0
1952	40.7	97	50.3	104	31	96	3.39	47	0
1951	38.6	117	48.7	114	28.4	120	4.02	28	0
1950	39	113	49.4	109	28.6	118	1.70	108	0
1949	41.5	93	51.4	94	31.6	90	2.10	96	0
1948	40.6	100	50.7	101	30.6	100	2.99	62	0
1947	36.5	132	44.8	130	28.1	125	3.93	30	0
1946	56	2	66.7	3	45.2	2	2.41	88	0
1945	52.4	7	63.2	8	41.5	6	6.04	8	0
1944	40.4	101	48.9	111	31.8	89	3.81	32	0
1943	39	113	49.8	107	28.3	121	1.76	107	0
1942	45.3	55	54.7	71	35.9	36	2.56	83	0
1941	40.9	96	51.1	96	30.7	98	0.61	136	0
1940	42.3	84	50.9	99	33.7	71	1.87	101	0
1939	46.5	39	57.1	44	35.8	38	2.66	81	0
1938	52.8	5	64	7	41.5	6	5.59	10	0
1937	39.4	111	48.2	117	30.5	101	2.07	97	0
1936	48.2	23	60.1	19	36.4	33	2.20	91	0
1935	50.1	15	59.6	21	40.6	10	2.88	68	0
1934	39.8	107	50.1	106	29.5	111	2.91	67	0
1933	44	72	53.1	83	34.8	55	3.27	53	0
1932	37	128	45.8	127	28.3	121	1.16	120	0
1931	38.3	119	45.2	128	31.5	91	2.97	64	0
1930	42.8	83	53.4	81	32.2	83	1.03	125	0
1929	48.5	22	59.5	22	37.5	21	4.05	27	0
1928	46	47	57	45	34.9	53	0.69	133	0
1927	46	47	55.5	59	36.5	29	7.65	3	0
1926	37.9	121	46.5	126	29.2	113	2.43	87	0
1925	47	34	59.2	24	34.7	59	2.63	82	0
1924	37.8	122	45.1	129	30.5	101	1.81	105	0
1923	39.5	109	50.7	101	28.3	121	3.61	38	0
1922	44.7	62	53.9	80	35.5	47	8.46	2	0
1921	52	9	63.2	8	40.8	9	3.37	48	0
1920	45.5	54	56.1	54	35	51	5.03	14	0
1919	46.6	37	57.5	38	35.7	40	1.30	117	0
1918	50.9	13	64.4	6	37.4	22	0.64	134	0
1917	44.4	69	54.8	69	34	66	3.52	40	0
1916	44.7	62	56.3	53	33.1	73	1.93	98	0
1915	35.1	133	41.8	134	28.5	119	1.15	122	0
1914	41.6	91	51.2	95	32.1	85	3.36	50	0
1913	40.2	102	50.2	105	30.2	107	4.95	15	0
1912	33.5	134	41.5	135	25.4	133	6.23	7	0
1911	45.3	55	57.8	35	32.8	74	1.54	111	0
1910	55.8	3	69.2	2	42.5	3	0.64	134	0
1909	42	86	52.8	84	31.3	93	1.67	109	0
1908	47.8	28	59.1	25	36.5	29	1.79	106	0
1907	51.7	10	61.8	14	41.5	6	2.99	62	0
1906	31.9	136	38.9	136	24.8	134	2.83	71	0
1905	49.6	17	61	15	38.2	18	0.92	128	0
1904	43.8	74	54.9	67	32.6	76	3.69	33	0
1903	46.5	39	56.4	51	36.5	29	3.46	42	0
1902	45	59	54.1	77	35.5	47	3.58	39	1
1901	41.7	90	51.5	91	31.9	87	3.25	54	0
1900	39.5	109	51.8	90	27.2	130	1.51	113	0
1899	37.1	126	48.1	119	26.2	132	2.71	79	0
1898	45.3	55	56.7	48	34	66	4.41	20	0
1897	44.8	61	55	65	34.5	63	5.33	13	0
1896	39.7	108	50.5	103	29	114	1.13	123	0
1895	43.3	81	56	55	30.7	98	3.41	45	0
1894	49.9	16	62.6	12	37.3	23	1.84	103	0
1893	41.9	87	54	78	29.8	109	2.82	72	0
1892	40.2	102	49.8	107	30.3	105	3.50	41	1
1891	37	128	46.7	125	27.3	129	3.43	43	0
1890	36.9	130	49.1	110	24.8	134	2.80	76	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2012	59.7
1946	56
1910	55.8
2026	53
1938	52.8
2007	52.7
1945	52.4
2025	52.2
1921	52
1907	51.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1960	28.7
1906	31.9
1965	32.9
1912	33.5
1915	35.1
1947	36.5
1984	36.7
1890	36.9
1932	37
1891	37

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1973	10.09
1922	8.46
1927	7.65
2004	7.25
1990	7.22
2020	6.45
1912	6.23
1945	6.04
2021	5.80
1938	5.59

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1956	0.51
1941	0.61
1918	0.64
1910	0.64
1928	0.69
1968	0.75
1971	0.78
1966	0.84
2005	0.92
1905	0.92

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 93°F; 26 March 2026
Coldest night: 12°F; 17 March 2026
Wettest day: 0.85 in; 7 March 2026

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March 2026 brought 4.23 in of precipitation in Columbia, MO, the wettest March since 2021, 23rd wettest of 137.
The hottest day of March 2026 in Columbia, MO: 93°F on Thursday 26 March 2026.
The coldest night of March 2026 in Columbia, MO: a low of 12°F on Tuesday 17 March 2026.
The wettest day of March 2026 in Columbia, MO: 0.85 in on Saturday 7 March 2026.