El Centro, CA: March

31 March 2026: March 2026 averaged 77.1°F in El Centro, CA, the warmest March on record, in 98 years since 1926 (1934 excluded: 8 of 31 days missing; 1935 excluded: 6 of 31 days missing; 2019 excluded: 5 of 31 days missing); provisional.

March 2026

Mean temperature: 77.1°F; Warmest on record; Warmest of 98, provisional
Precipitation: a trace; Driest since 2022; 19th driest of 98

A normal March in El Centro, CA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 65.7°F, between 61.7°F and 69.7°F in eight years of ten and 0.08 in of precipitation, between 0.00 in and 0.67 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every March in El Centro, CA since 1926: 77.1°F in 2026, the highest of them all.

Normal range, 61.7 to 69.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every March in El Centro, CA from 1926 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	77.1	1	93.6	1	60.7	1	trace	68	0
2025	65.7	29	79.7	45	51.7	18	0.15	36	0
2024	63.7	52	76.3	77	51.1	28	0.10	46	0
2023	61.9	73	74.2	89	49.6	44	0.17	33	0
2022	66.1	25	81.9	25	50.4	35	0.00	81	0
2021	62	72	76.7	72	47.3	67	trace	68	0
2020	62.3	67	73.6	93	50.9	30	0.56	15	1
2019					51.1	28	0.10	46	5
2018	65.7	29	79.8	44	51.6	19	0.01	62	0
2017	70.1	4	85.6	6	54.6	4	trace	68	0
2016	69.2	8	85.2	7	53.2	9	trace	68	0
2015	70.4	3	85.9	5	54.9	3	0.56	15	0
2014	67.9	11	83.3	16	52.4	13	0.01	62	0
2013	69.6	6	85.2	7	54.1	6	0.03	57	0
2012	63.6	54	79.3	51	48	61	trace	68	0
2011	66	26	80.8	34	51.3	24	trace	68	0
2010	63.3	62	77.5	66	49.1	52	0.66	8	0
2009	64.8	39	80.5	37	49.1	52	0.00	81	0
2008	65.8	28	82.1	22	49.5	45	0.00	81	0
2007	68.3	10	84.9	9	51.6	19	0.01	62	0
2006	61.3	79	73.9	90	48.7	56	0.36	24	0
2005	64.6	44	78.5	55	50.7	32	0.16	35	0
2004	70.5	2	86.9	4	54.2	5	0.26	27	0
2003	64.7	41	80	42	49.5	45	0.48	20	0
2002	60.9	85	77.4	67	44.3	96	trace	68	0
2001	65.7	29	80.1	40	51.4	22	0.41	21	0
2000	64.6	44	77.9	63	51.3	24	0.09	48	0
1999	61.8	76	76.8	70	46.8	75	0.00	81	0
1998	62.5	64	76.3	77	48.5	57	0.73	6	1
1997	66.6	21	84	10	49.2	50	0.00	81	0
1996	66.2	24	80.7	35	51.6	19	0.04	54	0
1995	64.7	41	78.7	54	50.6	34	0.07	49	0
1994	67	14	81.7	27	51.9	16	0.64	9	2
1993	67.5	13	82.8	19	52.3	14	0.15	36	0
1992	63.9	49	76.7	72	51.2	26	1.85	1	0
1991	60.1	89	72.6	97	47.5	64	0.72	7	1
1990	66.4	22	80.9	32	51.9	16	0.06	51	0
1989	68.8	9	83.9	12	53.7	8	0.01	62	0
1988	66.4	22	82.1	22	50.7	32	0.00	81	0
1987	64.1	48	78.1	57	50.2	38	trace	68	1
1986	69.5	7	83.8	13	55.2	2	0.12	43	0
1985	63.7	52	76.9	69	50.1	39	0.00	81	2
1984	66.7	19	82	24	51.4	22	0.00	81	0
1983	65.2	32	76.5	76	53.8	7	1.64	2	0
1982	63.4	58	76	80	50.8	31	0.82	5	1
1981	61	84	75	86	47.1	70	0.54	18	0
1980	60.9	85	74.4	87	47.3	67	1.00	4	0
1979	60.3	88	73.8	91	46.9	72	0.50	19	0
1978	64.8	39	77.3	68	52.2	15	0.24	28	0
1977	57.9	98	72.5	98	43.3	98	0.04	54	0
1976	60	90	74.3	88	45.6	87	trace	68	0
1975	59.3	94	73.4	95	45.2	91	0.17	33	0
1974	63.5	56	78.1	57	49	54	0.13	41	0
1973	58.8	97	72.2	99	45.3	89	0.31	25	0
1972	69.8	5	87	3	52.5	10	0.00	81	0
1971	63.4	58	81.2	31	45.6	87	0.00	81	0
1970	62.4	65	77.7	65	47.2	69	0.64	9	0
1969	62.1	71	78	61	46.2	82	0.01	62	0
1968	65.1	33	80.2	38	50	40	0.58	14	0
1967	64.7	41	80.2	38	49.2	50	0.14	39	0
1966	64.9	34	81.4	29	48.3	59	0.14	39	0
1965	61.2	82	76.6	75	45.7	85	0.19	30	0
1964	60	90	76.2	79	43.9	97	trace	68	0
1963	61.7	77	78.1	57	45.2	91	0.15	36	0
1962	59.2	95	75.3	84	43.1	99	0.03	57	0
1961	64.3	47	79.1	52	49.5	45	0.00	81	0
1960	67.8	12	83.2	17	52.5	10	0.30	26	0
1959	66.9	17	83.5	15	50.3	37	trace	68	1
1958	60.7	87	73.1	96	48.4	58	0.64	9	0
1957	64.9	34	79.5	46	50.4	35	0.07	49	0
1956	64.9	34	81.8	26	47.9	62	0.00	81	0
1955	63.6	54	79.4	49	47.8	63	0.06	51	0
1954	61.9	73	75.5	83	48.3	59	0.18	31	0
1953	63.5	56	79.5	46	47.5	64	0.18	31	0
1952	59.4	93	72.1	100	46.6	79	0.40	22	0
1951	62.4	65	78.1	57	46.7	77	0.01	62	0
1950	64.9	34	80.7	35	49	54	0.00	81	0
1949	61.6	78	75.9	81	47.4	66	0.06	51	0
1948	59	96	73.6	93	44.6	95	0.04	54	1
1947	64.9	34	80	42	49.8	42	0.02	60	1
1946	62.2	69	77.9	63	47.1	70	trace	68	2
1945	60	90	73.7	92	46.9	72	0.03	57	1
1944	61.3	79	76.8	70	45.7	85	0.13	41	0
1943	67	14	81.5	28	52.5	10	0.24	28	0
1942	62.6	63	78.4	56	46.8	75	0.55	17	0
1941	63.8	50	78	61	49.5	45	1.10	3	0
1940	66.8	18	83.6	14	50	40			0
1939	63.4	58	80.1	40	46.7	77	trace	68	0
1938	61.2	82	75.6	82	46.9	72	0.59	13	1
1937	61.3	79	76.7	72	45.8	84	0.61	12	0
1936	67	14	82.9	18	51.2	26	0.00	81	1
1935			75.3	84			0.12	43	6
1934			91.2	2					8
1933	63.4	58	80.9	32	45.9	83	0.00	81	0
1932	63.8	50	81.3	30	46.4	81	0.00	81	0
1931	64.5	46	82.3	21	46.6	79			0
1930	62.3	67	79.4	49	45.3	89	0.38	23	0
1929	61.9	73	79.1	52	44.8	94	0.00	81	0
1928	65.9	27	82.5	20	49.4	49	0.00	81	1
1927	62.2	69	79.5	46	44.9	93	0.11	45	1
1926	66.7	19	84	10	49.7	43	0.02	60	1

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2026	77.1
2004	70.5
2015	70.4
2017	70.1
1972	69.8
2013	69.6
1986	69.5
2016	69.2
1989	68.8
2007	68.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	57.9
1973	58.8
1948	59
1962	59.2
1975	59.3
1952	59.4
1976	60
1964	60
1945	60
1991	60.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1992	1.85
1983	1.64
1941	1.10
1980	1.00
1982	0.82
1998	0.73
1991	0.72
2010	0.66
1994	0.64
1970	0.64
More years share the last value

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2022	0.00
2009	0.00
2008	0.00
1999	0.00
1997	0.00
1988	0.00
1985	0.00
1984	0.00
1972	0.00
1971	0.00
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 107°F; 20 March 2026
Coldest night: 46°F; 6 March 2026

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March 2026 brought a trace of precipitation in El Centro, CA, the driest March since 2022, tied 19th driest of 98 (with 2021, 2017, 2016 and 9 other years).
The hottest day of March 2026 in El Centro, CA: 107°F on Friday 20 March 2026.
The coldest night of March 2026 in El Centro, CA: a low of 46°F on Friday 6 March 2026.