Columbia, SC: March

31 March 2026: March 2026 averaged 62.1°F in Columbia, SC, the warmest March since 2020, tied 6th warmest of 139 (with 2020).

March 2026

Mean temperature: 62.1°F; Warmest since 2020; 6th warmest of 139
Precipitation: 0.82 in; Driest since 1985; 3rd driest of 139

A normal March in Columbia, SC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 56.7°F, between 51.5°F and 61.6°F in eight years of ten and 3.43 in of precipitation, between 1.65 in and 6.06 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every March in Columbia, SC since 1888: 62.1°F in 2026; the highest is 65.4°F, in 2012.

Normal range, 51.5 to 61.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every March in Columbia, SC from 1888 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	62.1	6	75.6	3	48.7	17	0.82	137	0
2025	58.3	35	72	18	44.7	54	3.51	69	0
2024	59.3	22	71.1	28	47.5	28	7.48	8	0
2023	58.5	31	69.8	40	47.1	32	4.82	41	0
2022	58.6	28	71.6	21	45.7	44	2.05	114	0
2021	58.5	31	70.5	33	46.5	37	3.43	73	0
2020	62.1	6	72.2	15	51.9	5	4.17	51	0
2019	55	70	67.4	63	42.7	81	2.61	94	0
2018	54.2	86	65.8	86	42.5	86	2.97	85	0
2017	57.5	45	70.9	29	44.1	63	2.38	99	0
2016	62.4	5	75	5	49.8	13	1.88	119	0
2015	58.6	28	70.3	37	46.9	33	2.78	92	0
2014	52.2	111	65.2	94	39.1	125	3.93	58	0
2013	51	127	63.5	114	38.5	128	3.65	65	0
2012	65.4	1	77.7	1	53.2	3	2.21	111	0
2011	57.1	48	68.6	54	45.7	44	4.00	55	0
2010	53.4	101	65.7	88	41.1	104	2.34	104	0
2009	54.9	71	66.1	81	43.7	70	3.41	74	0
2008	56.4	59	69.2	46	43.6	72	3.03	82	0
2007	59.1	24	72.3	14	45.8	43	3.45	72	0
2006	54.6	78	66.9	70	42.4	88	0.89	133	0
2005	53.6	95	65.8	86	41.4	100	4.87	39	0
2004	57.9	41	70.9	29	44.9	53	0.87	135	0
2003	58	39	68.3	58	47.7	26	7.42	9	0
2002	57	51	69.8	40	44.3	60	3.55	67	0
2001	53	104	64.5	101	41.5	99	5.33	31	0
2000	58.2	37	71.3	24	45.1	50	3.95	57	0
1999	51.5	120	64.4	104	38.5	128	2.36	101	0
1998	52.7	108	63.6	113	41.8	98	4.26	50	0
1997	61.5	12	74.6	6	48.3	20	1.19	128	0
1996	51	127	62.3	125	39.7	120	6.52	15	0
1995	57.6	44	70.8	32	44.5	57	1.70	122	0
1994	58.5	31	73	10	44	66	4.49	45	0
1993	51.2	124	62.9	120	39.5	122	6.01	24	0
1992	54.4	84	67.9	61	40.9	107	3.38	75	0
1991	58.3	35	71.2	27	45.4	47	7.57	7	0
1990	59.4	21	71.5	22	47.2	31	2.28	107	0
1989	56.5	57	67.9	61	45.1	50	4.89	38	0
1988	54.5	81	69.1	48	39.9	116	1.98	116	0
1987	53.4	101	66	84	40.8	110	5.38	29	0
1986	54.9	71	69.9	39	40	115	3.21	79	0
1985	57.5	45	72.2	15	42.8	80	0.56	139	0
1984	53.6	95	67.4	63	39.8	117	5.54	27	0
1983	53.5	98	66.2	79	40.9	107	7.35	10	0
1982	56.5	57	69.1	48	43.8	69	1.65	123	0
1981	51.2	124	65.5	92	36.9	137	2.25	109	0
1980	49.7	133	61.4	129	38.1	131	10.72	2	0
1979	55.8	63	69.5	43	42	94	3.53	68	0
1978	51.3	122	64.9	99	37.8	134	3.49	70	0
1977	59.6	20	71.9	19	47.3	29	6.34	18	0
1976	60.9	15	74.1	9	47.8	24	5.24	33	0
1975	54	90	65.9	85	42.1	93	5.41	28	0
1974	61.7	9	75.4	4	47.9	23	2.36	101	0
1973	58.6	28	69.5	43	47.6	27	10.89	1	0
1972	53.9	93	67.2	65	40.6	111	3.79	61	0
1971	50	130	62.2	126	37.8	134	9.53	3	0
1970	57.1	48	70	38	44.1	63	8.42	4	0
1969	51	127	64.3	106	37.8	134	5.16	34	0
1968	54.7	74	70.5	33	39	126	1.92	118	0
1967	57.1	48	70.5	33	43.6	72	3.08	81	0
1966	51.8	117	65.6	91	38	132	2.23	110	0
1965	52.2	111	63.5	114	40.9	107	7.68	5	0
1964	54.7	74	66.8	73	42.7	81	6.16	22	0
1963	58.9	26	72.7	11	45.2	48	3.28	78	0
1962	51.3	122	62.8	122	39.7	120	4.40	47	0
1961	58	39	70.9	29	45.2	48	5.75	25	0
1960	43.7	139	54.7	139	32.8	139	6.17	21	0
1959	52.9	106	65.7	88	40.2	114	6.28	19	0
1958	49.9	131	59.9	133	39.8	117	4.47	46	0
1957	53.5	98	64.3	106	42.7	81	4.59	42	0
1956	54.7	74	68.2	59	41.2	102	3.99	56	0
1955	57.9	41	71.3	24	44.5	57	2.00	115	0
1954	54.5	81	67.1	66	41.9	95	2.44	97	0
1953	55.9	62	68.4	57	43.5	74	3.70	63	0
1952	53.7	94	66.2	79	41.3	101	7.00	11	0
1951	55.3	68	66.1	81	44.5	57	4.85	40	0
1950	51.8	117	63.4	116	40.3	113	4.16	52	0
1949	55.4	67	68.5	56	42.2	91	1.25	126	0
1948	58.2	37	69	50	47.3	29	7.67	6	0
1947	47.9	136	57.8	136	38	132	4.36	48	0
1946	61.8	8	71.8	20	51.7	6	2.81	90	0
1945	64.8	2	75.7	2	53.9	1	1.80	121	0
1944	54.7	74	64.8	100	44.6	56	6.90	13	0
1943	53.6	95	63.9	110	43.4	75	5.12	35	0
1942	56.2	60	66.3	78	46.2	40	6.12	23	0
1941	49.6	134	60.5	132	38.8	127	2.37	100	0
1940	53	104	64.1	109	41.9	95	3.01	84	0
1939	59.2	23	69.8	40	48.6	18	1.85	120	0
1938	61.6	10	72.4	13	50.8	8	1.09	131	0
1937	54.2	86	65	97	43.4	75	2.50	96	0
1936	58.5	31	68.8	53	48.3	20	5.36	30	0
1935	61.3	13	72.2	15	50.5	11	2.87	89	0
1934	52.9	106	63.4	116	42.5	86	3.16	80	0
1933	55.8	63	66.6	75	45	52	2.35	103	0
1932	52.6	109	63.3	118	41.9	95	3.03	82	0
1931	49.8	132	58.7	134	41	105	2.96	86	0
1930	51.5	120	60.8	131	42.2	91	2.31	106	0
1929	58.9	26	68.6	54	49.2	14	5.27	32	0
1928	55.5	66	65.3	93	45.6	46	2.90	87	0
1927	57	51	66.1	81	48	22	3.82	60	0
1926	48.4	135	58.3	135	38.5	128	5.00	37	0
1925	57.8	43	69	50	46.7	35	0.87	135	0
1924	52.2	111	61.8	128	42.6	85	2.90	87	0
1923	56.9	53	66.8	73	46.9	33	3.30	76	0
1922	56.8	54	66.9	70	46.7	35	6.51	16	0
1921	64	3	74.6	6	53.4	2	0.97	132	0
1920	53.1	103	63.2	119	43.1	79	5.72	26	0
1919	56.8	54	67.1	66	46.5	37	1.11	130	0
1918	60.5	16	70.5	33	50.6	10	1.54	124	0
1917	55.2	69	64.4	104	46	41	2.54	95	0
1916	54.6	78	66.4	77	42.7	81	1.98	116	0
1915	46.5	138	56.9	137	36.2	138	2.33	105	0
1914	51.2	124	62.5	124	39.8	117	2.08	113	0
1913	57.4	47	66.9	70	47.8	24	6.85	14	0
1912	53.5	98	62.9	120	44	66	4.56	43	0
1911	54.9	71	66.5	76	43.2	78	1.15	129	0
1910	59.9	18	71.3	24	48.4	19	0.76	138	0
1909	54.4	84	64.5	101	44.2	62	3.47	71	0
1908	61.6	10	72.5	12	50.7	9	4.15	54	0
1907	62.7	4	74.2	8	51.2	7	0.88	134	0
1906	51.7	119	61	130	42.4	88	5.01	36	0
1905	59	25	69.2	46	48.9	16	2.26	108	0
1904	56.8	54	67	68	46.5	37	2.63	93	0
1903	61.1	14	69	50	53.2	3	3.90	59	0
1902	54.6	78	64.5	101	44.7	54	4.16	52	0
1901	54	90	67	68	41	105	4.50	44	0
1900	52.1	115	63.8	111	40.4	112	4.35	49	0
1899	56	61	68	60	44	66	3.57	66	0
1898	59.9	18	69.5	43	50.3	12	3.29	77	0
1897	55.8	63	65.7	88	45.9	42	3.66	64	0
1896	52.3	110	65.1	96	39.5	122	1.52	125	0
1895	54.2	86	64.3	106	44.1	63	6.38	17	0
1894	60.4	17	71.5	22	49.2	14	2.09	112	0
1893	54.5	81	65.2	94	43.7	70	1.20	127	0
1892	52	116	62.8	122	41.2	102	3.78	62	0
1891	47.7	137	55.9	138	39.4	124	6.99	12	2
1890	54.2	86	65	97	43.4	75	2.80	91	0
1889	54	90	63.8	111	44.3	60	2.44	97	0
1888	52.2	111	62.1	127	42.3	90	6.20	20	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2012	65.4
1945	64.8
1921	64
1907	62.7
2016	62.4
2026	62.1
2020	62.1
1946	61.8
1974	61.7
1938	61.6
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1960	43.7
1915	46.5
1891	47.7
1947	47.9
1926	48.4
1941	49.6
1980	49.7
1931	49.8
1958	49.9
1971	50

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1973	10.89
1980	10.72
1971	9.53
1970	8.42
1965	7.68
1948	7.67
1991	7.57
2024	7.48
2003	7.42
1983	7.35

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1985	0.56
1910	0.76
2026	0.82
2004	0.87
1925	0.87
1907	0.88
2006	0.89
1921	0.97
1938	1.09
1919	1.11

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 89°F; 11 March 2026
Coldest night: 32°F; 19 March 2026
Wettest day: 0.46 in; 16 March 2026

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March 2026 brought 0.82 in of precipitation in Columbia, SC, the driest March since 1985, 3rd driest of 139.
The hottest day of March 2026 in Columbia, SC: 89°F on Wednesday 11 March 2026.
The coldest night of March 2026 in Columbia, SC: a low of 32°F on Thursday 19 March 2026.
The wettest day of March 2026 in Columbia, SC: 0.46 in on Monday 16 March 2026.