Dubuque, IA: March

31 March 2026: March 2026 averaged 41.6°F in Dubuque, IA, the warmest March since 2025, tied 10th warmest of 152 (with 1918).

March 2026

Mean temperature: 41.6°F; Warmest since 2025; 10th warmest of 152
Precipitation: 2.89 in; Wettest since 2020; 43rd wettest of 153

A normal March in Dubuque, IA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 35.1°F, between 29.6°F and 40.6°F in eight years of ten and 1.98 in of precipitation, between 0.90 in and 4.23 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every March in Dubuque, IA since 1875: 41.6°F in 2026; the highest is 50.2°F, in 2012.

Normal range, 29.6 to 40.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every March in Dubuque, IA from 1874 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	41.6	10	53.3	6	29.8	34	2.89	43	0
2025	41.8	9	52.9	7	30.7	28	2.71	55	0
2024	41.2	15	51.2	12	31.2	21	2.74	52	0
2023	34.8	68	43.3	71	26.4	70	1.71	101	0
2022	36	56	44.4	61	27.6	52	2.87	45	0
2021	39.8	23	48.5	24	31.1	23	1.88	89	0
2020	38.9	31	46.3	46	31.5	16	3.23	32	0
2019	31.1	112	39.3	113	22.9	111	1.69	102	0
2018	34	79	43.5	69	24.6	88	1.84	91	0
2017	36.1	55	44	63	28.1	44	2.13	81	0
2016	40.7	18	50	18	31.5	16	3.02	38	0
2015	34.4	74	44.8	59	23.5	103	0.80	143	1
2014	27.4	141	36.6	136	18.1	148	1.14	126	0
2013	26.9	146	34.5	143	19.4	138	2.57	60	0
2012	50.2	1	60	1	40.3	1	2.72	54	0
2011	34	79	42.3	80	25.8	76	2.28	73	0
2010	40.6	19	50	18	31.2	21	1.05	131	0
2009	36.7	52	46.3	46	27	64	4.17	14	0
2008	29.6	128	37.6	127	21.5	125	2.68	58	0
2007	39.9	22	48.7	23	31	25	2.71	55	0
2006	35.7	60	43.9	66	27.4	57	3.59	28	0
2005	34.2	77	43.9	66	24.5	89	0.90	139	0
2004	39	29	46.9	36	31.1	23	4.79	7	0
2003	33.6	84	43.1	72	24.2	91	0.90	139	0
2002	31.2	110	41	90	21.5	125	1.55	109	0
2001	30.7	119	38	124	23.4	104	1.01	134	0
2000	42.3	7	52.6	8	32	12	0.94	137	0
1999	34.3	76	44	63	24.5	89	0.91	138	0
1998	34.7	70	41.3	87	28.1	44	5.43	5	0
1997	35.5	62	44.4	61	26.6	69	1.18	124	0
1996	29.3	131	39.5	109	19	141	1.05	131	0
1995	37.3	45	46.7	40	27.8	49	2.32	70	0
1994	36	56	45.3	56	26.8	67	0.48	147	0
1993	31.6	104	38.3	123	25	83	3.10	34	0
1992	36.8	51	45.2	57	28.4	41	1.55	109	0
1991	37.9	39	46.9	36	28.9	38	5.81	3	0
1990	38.8	33	47.1	32	30.4	30	4.63	10	0
1989	32.2	94	40.3	97	24.2	91	1.85	90	0
1988	36	56	45.9	51	26.1	72	2.31	72	0
1987	38.4	35	47.1	32	29.7	35	2.11	83	0
1986	37.3	45	47.1	32	27.4	57	1.96	87	0
1985	39.8	23	48.5	24	31	25	4.35	12	0
1984	28.4	135	35.9	140	20.9	131	1.68	103	0
1983	35.3	64	42.3	80	28.3	42	2.91	42	0
1982	31.8	102	41	90	22.5	115	2.46	65	0
1981	38.4	35	49.5	21	27.3	60	0.41	148	0
1980	29.7	126	38.7	121	20.6	135	1.12	128	0
1979	30.8	115	38.4	122	23.2	107	2.54	63	0
1978	28.6	134	36.7	132	20.5	136	1.30	117	0
1977	41.5	12	50	18	32.9	8	4.82	6	0
1976	36.5	54	45.8	54	27.2	61	3.71	27	0
1975	24.5	150	32.8	150	16.3	151	3.33	31	0
1974	34.2	77	42.5	76	25.8	76	2.62	59	0
1973	42.3	7	50.1	17	34.5	6	4.72	9	0
1972	30.8	115	39.2	114	22.4	118	2.85	47	0
1971	29.6	128	36.7	132	22.5	115	1.58	107	0
1970	31.4	107	40.4	95	22.4	118	2.55	61	0
1969	29.4	130	39.8	105	19	141	1.11	130	0
1968	40.1	20	52	11	28.3	42	1.26	120	0
1967	35	66	43.1	72	26.9	65	3.06	35	0
1966	37.4	42	47.3	30	27.5	54	5.50	4	0
1965	24.1	151	31.8	151	16.5	149	3.81	22	0
1964	30.6	120	39.7	107	21.5	125	2.41	67	0
1963	36.9	50	46.3	46	27.5	54	3.18	33	0
1962	29	133	36.7	132	21.2	129	3.89	19	0
1961	34.6	72	41.8	84	27.5	54	5.96	2	0
1960	20	152	29.4	152	10.5	152	2.10	84	0
1959	30.8	115	39	116	22.6	113	6.50	1	0
1958	33.2	87	41.1	88	25.3	82	0.36	150	0
1957	33.3	86	42.8	75	23.8	98	1.30	117	0
1956	31.2	110	39.9	102	22.5	115	0.89	141	0
1955	31.7	103	41.5	85	22	121	1.54	111	0
1954	30.8	115	40.1	99	21.4	128	1.79	96	0
1953	34	79	42.3	80	25.6	78	3.88	20	0
1952	29.7	126	37.6	127	21.8	123	3.72	26	0
1951	27.1	143	35.1	142	19.1	140	4.17	14	0
1950	30.3	125	38	124	22.6	113	1.50	113	0
1949	35.2	65	43	74	27.4	57	2.25	75	0
1948	33.7	83	43.5	69	23.9	97	3.76	24	0
1947	32	96	39.1	115	24.8	86	1.50	113	0
1946	45.9	5	55.8	4	36.1	4	3.58	29	0
1945	47	4	57.9	3	36.1	4	3.92	17	0
1944	30.9	114	37.7	126	24	96	3.00	39	0
1943	30.6	120	40.4	95	20.7	134	2.75	51	0
1942	39.5	26	46.5	43	32.4	9	1.12	128	0
1941	31.9	100	40.1	99	23.6	102	2.17	79	0
1940	30.6	120	37.4	130	23.7	99	0.72	145	0
1939	36	56	45.9	51	26	74	1.59	106	0
1938	42.8	6	52.5	9	33	7	3.73	25	0
1937	31.9	100	38.8	120	24.9	85	1.84	91	0
1936	38.2	38	46.9	36	29.4	37	0.81	142	0
1935	39.4	27	48.2	26	30.6	29	2.32	70	0
1934	32.8	89	41.5	85	24.1	95	1.72	99	0
1933	35	66	42.4	78	27.6	52	4.76	8	0
1932	27.1	143	34.2	146	20.1	137	2.73	53	0
1931	34.4	74	41	90	27.8	49	2.20	77	0
1930	35.6	61	45.1	58	26.2	71	1.23	122	0
1929	38.6	34	46.9	36	30.4	30	2.41	67	0
1928	37.4	42	45.9	51	28.8	39	2.14	80	0
1927	40.1	20	47.9	27	32.3	10	2.18	78	0
1926	29.2	132	36.7	132	21.8	123	1.15	125	0
1925	38.4	35	49.1	22	27.7	51	1.03	133	0
1924	32	96	37.4	130	26.7	68	2.85	47	0
1923	27.5	140	36.4	138	18.7	144	2.93	41	0
1922	37.4	42	44.5	60	30.3	32	1.65	105	0
1921	41.3	14	50.9	13	31.6	14	2.05	86	0
1920	37.2	48	46.6	42	27.9	48	3.04	37	0
1919	36.7	52	46.2	49	27.1	62	2.24	76	0
1918	41.6	10	52.2	10	31	25	2.12	82	0
1917	34.8	68	43.6	68	26	74	1.56	108	0
1916	33.6	84	42.4	78	24.7	87	3.91	18	0
1915	32	96	38.9	118	25	83	1.14	126	0
1914	34.5	73	42	83	27.1	62	1.74	98	0
1913	32.8	89	42.5	76	23.2	107	2.81	49	0
1912	25.2	149	33.8	147	16.5	149	2.07	85	0
1911	38.9	31	47.9	27	29.9	33	0.52	146	0
1910	47.7	2	58.9	2	36.6	3	0.14	153	0
1909	32.7	91	39.4	111	26.1	72	1.25	121	0
1908	37.8	40	46	50	29.6	36	1.72	99	0
1907	40.9	16	50.3	15	31.5	16	0.99	135	0
1906	27.1	143	33.5	148	20.8	132	2.36	69	0
1905	39	29	46.5	43	31.5	16	2.27	74	0
1904	33.8	82	40.8	93	26.9	65	2.86	46	0
1903	39.7	25	47.6	29	31.7	13	1.84	91	0
1902	39.3	28	47.1	32	31.5	16	1.76	97	0
1901	32.9	88	40.2	98	25.5	79	2.88	44	0
1900	28.4	135	36	139	20.8	132	1.84	91	0
1899	25.8	148	33	149	18.6	145	1.52	112	0
1898	37.6	41	46.7	40	28.5	40	2.78	50	0
1897	32.5	93	39.5	109	25.5	79	2.97	40	0
1896	31.6	104	40.1	99	23.1	110	0.76	144	0
1895	35.5	62	47.3	30	23.7	99	0.99	135	0
1894	41.4	13	50.4	14	32.3	10	3.06	35	0
1893	32	96	39.8	105	24.2	91	2.52	64	0
1892	31.4	107	39.6	108	23.2	107	1.91	88	0
1891	27.7	139	34.4	144	21	130	2.69	57	0
1890	27.9	137	36.6	136	19.2	139	1.68	103	0
1889	40.9	16	50.3	15	31.6	14	0.30	152	0
1888	26.3	147	34.3	145	18.3	146	3.44	30	0
1887	32.6	92	41.1	88	24.2	91	1.80	95	0
1886	31.6	104	39.9	102	23.4	104	4.32	13	0
1885	30.5	124	39	116	22.1	120	0.41	148	0
1884	32.1	95	40.6	94	23.7	99	3.85	21	0
1883	30.6	120	39.4	111	21.9	122	0.32	151	0
1882	37	49	45.8	54	28.1	44	1.49	115	0
1881	31.1	112	38.9	118	23.3	106	3.78	23	0
1880	34.7	70	44	63	25.5	79	2.55	61	0
1879	37.3	45	46.5	43	28.1	44	1.20	123	0
1878	47.1	3	55.7	5	38.6	2	2.44	66	0
1877	27.3	142	35.8	141	18.9	143	4.53	11	0
1876	31.3	109	39.9	102	22.7	112	4.00	16	0
1875	27.9	137	37.5	129	18.3	146	1.45	116	0
1874							1.28	119	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2012	50.2
1910	47.7
1878	47.1
1945	47
1946	45.9
1938	42.8
2000	42.3
1973	42.3
2025	41.8
2026	41.6
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1960	20
1965	24.1
1975	24.5
1912	25.2
1899	25.8
1888	26.3
2013	26.9
1951	27.1
1932	27.1
1906	27.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1959	6.50
1961	5.96
1991	5.81
1966	5.50
1998	5.43
1977	4.82
2004	4.79
1933	4.76
1973	4.72
1990	4.63

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1910	0.14
1889	0.30
1883	0.32
1958	0.36
1981	0.41
1885	0.41
1994	0.48
1911	0.52
1940	0.72
1896	0.76

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 82°F; 30 March 2026, 21 March 2026
Coldest night: 3°F; 17 March 2026
Wettest day: 0.92 in; 6 March 2026

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March 2026 brought 2.89 in of precipitation in Dubuque, IA, the wettest March since 2020, 43rd wettest of 153.
The hottest day of March 2026 in Dubuque, IA: 82°F on Monday 30 March 2026 and Saturday 21 March 2026.
The coldest night of March 2026 in Dubuque, IA: a low of 3°F on Tuesday 17 March 2026.
The wettest day of March 2026 in Dubuque, IA: 0.92 in on Friday 6 March 2026.