Fayetteville, NC: March

31 March 2026: March 2026 averaged 59.9°F in Fayetteville, NC, the warmest March since 2016, 5th warmest of 117.

March 2026

Mean temperature: 59.9°F; Warmest since 2016; 5th warmest of 117
Precipitation: 1.01 in; Driest since 2016; 4th driest of 116

A normal March in Fayetteville, NC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 53.8°F, between 49°F and 57.4°F in eight years of ten and 3.39 in of precipitation, between 1.60 in and 5.13 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every March in Fayetteville, NC since 1910: 59.9°F in 2026; the highest is 64.2°F, in 1945.

Normal range, 49 to 57.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every March in Fayetteville, NC from 1910 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	59.9	5	74	4	45.8	8	1.01	112	0
2025	58.2	12	70.7	11	45.7	10	3.74	45	0
2024	58.5	10	70.5	15	46.4	7	3.39	61	0
2023	56.3	23	67.2	41	45.4	13	2.85	76	0
2022	57.5	15	70.2	16	44.8	18	2.11	96	0
2021	56.9	20	68.5	28	45.4	13	3.00	72	0
2020	59.6	6	69.3	20	49.8	3	2.51	88	0
2019	52.5	61	63.7	79	41.3	47	2.66	83	0
2018	50	91	61	101	39.1	72	2.87	75	0
2017	54.1	45	67.8	36	41	50	2.68	81	2
2016	60.6	4	72.6	7	48.6	5	1.01	112	0
2015	54.3	43	66.1	52	42.6	36	2.70	79	0
2014	48.8	101	60.8	103	36.7	100	3.64	48	0
2013	48.6	104	60.1	106	37	95	1.67	107	0
2012	62.5	2	74.5	2	50.5	1	3.49	54	0
2011	53.7	50	65.1	64	42.4	40	3.34	62	0
2010	52.9	58	65.4	62	40.3	55	3.45	56	1
2009	53	55	63.4	81	42.5	38	3.59	50	0
2008	55.8	29	68	32	43.6	28	3.43	58	0
2007	57.1	19	70.6	14	43.7	26	2.01	98	0
2006	53.8	48	65.8	54	41.9	42	0.87	114	0
2005	51.4	74	63.2	84	39.6	65	1.92	101	0
2004	54.1	45	67.1	44	41.6	45	0.28	116	2
2003	55.9	27	66.3	49	45.6	11	4.36	34	0
2002	55.5	31	67.9	35	43.1	32	4.37	33	0
2001	51	82	61.9	97	40.1	57	4.73	30	0
2000	55.5	31	68	32	43.1	32	2.28	90	0
1999	50	91	62.1	95	37.8	88	2.67	82	0
1998	51.9	68	62.5	90	41.3	47	7.62	2	0
1997	56.9	20	70.1	18	43.7	26	4.71	31	0
1996	47.5	109	59.2	108	35.7	107	4.28	36	0
1995	53.1	54	67.3	40	38.8	76	5.83	16	0
1994	53.8	48	67.5	38	40	59	5.63	20	1
1993	49	98	60.9	102	37.1	93	5.07	25	0
1992	50.6	90	64.5	72	37.2	91	2.53	87	2
1991	54.3	43	66.5	47	42.1	41	3.43	58	0
1990	55.3	35	67.6	37	42.9	35	3.45	56	0
1989	51.4	74	62.5	90	40.2	56	5.69	19	0
1988	51.2	78	65	66	37.5	89	3.50	53	1
1987	49.4	96	61.9	97	36.9	97	4.25	37	0
1986	51.3	77	64.7	70	38.1	87	1.81	104	1
1985	53.3	52	67.2	41	39.3	69	1.47	109	0
1984	48.7	102	61.6	100	36.3	101	5.45	21	1
1983	51.9	68	63.4	81	40.4	54	8.90	1	0
1982	51.5	73	63.3	83	39.8	62	2.23	94	0
1981	46.7	113	62.2	93	31.2	116	1.54	108	0
1980	47.5	109	58.9	111	36.1	102	5.93	15	0
1979	53	55	66.1	52	39.8	62	3.41	60	0
1978	49.3	97	60	107	38.6	79	4.17	38	0
1977	55.6	30	67	45	44.2	22	6.42	8	0
1976	57.4	16	70.2	16	44.6	20	2.82	77	0
1975	50.9	86	63	85	38.7	78	5.76	17	0
1974	55.5	31	68.5	28	42.6	36	3.83	44	0
1973	55.9	27	66.5	47	45.4	13	4.74	29	0
1972	52.8	59	65.5	59	40	59	3.46	55	0
1971	48.1	107	59.1	109	37	95	6.72	4	0
1970	50.9	86	62.9	87	38.9	75	3.51	52	0
1969	46.8	112	58.9	111	34.6	113	4.15	39	0
1968	51.8	70	66.2	50	37.5	89	2.27	92	0
1967	53.2	53	66.2	50	40.1	57	0.86	115	0
1966	51	82	63.5	80	38.5	80	3.24	65	0
1965	48.7	102	59	110	38.3	84	6.65	5	0
1964	52.4	62	64.9	67	40	59	4.90	27	0
1963	55.3	35	69.5	19	41	50	3.23	66	0
1962	47.3	111	58.8	113	35.8	105	4.01	40	0
1961	55	38	68.1	30	41.9	42	3.70	47	0
1960	40	117	50.6	117	29.3	117	2.57	86	0
1959	50	91	64.3	75	35.7	107	5.76	17	0
1958	46.2	114	57.3	114	35.1	111	3.87	43	0
1957	50	91	61.8	99	38.5	80	5.97	14	1
1956	49.8	95	64.1	76	36.1	102	2.82	77	1
1955	54.7	42	68.9	25	40.5	53	2.23	94	0
1954	50.7	89	64.5	72	36.8	98	3.55	51	0
1953	52.6	60	65.7	55	39.4	67	4.96	26	0
1952	51	82	63.9	78	38.2	86	6.45	7	0
1951	52.4	62	65.3	63	39.4	67	3.15	70	0
1950	49	98	62.2	93	35.7	107	3.16	69	0
1949	52	66	65.7	55	38.4	83	1.99	99	0
1948	56.3	23	68.1	30	44.6	20	2.59	85	1
1947	45.8	115	56.5	116	35	112	3.30	63	3
1946	57.3	18	71.5	9	42.5	38	3.62	49	1
1945	64.2	1	78.3	1	50.1	2	1.85	103	0
1944	52.4	62	65.6	57	38.8	76	6.41	9	1
1943	54	47	69.1	24	39	73	6.20	10	0
1942	55	38	70.7	11	39.2	71	7.23	3	0
1941	48.5	105	62.6	88	34.3	114	4.78	28	0
1940	51.2	78	64.1	76	38.3	84	3.27	64	0
1939	57.4	16	70.8	10	44	23	3.05	71	0
1938	58.4	11	70.7	11	45.4	13	1.72	106	1
1937	50.9	86	64.8	68	37.1	93	2.24	93	0
1936	56.5	22	69.2	22	43.8	25	6.20	10	1
1935	59.6	6	74.3	3	44.8	18	2.95	74	0
1934	51.2	78	65.5	59	36.8	98	5.08	24	0
1933	54.9	40	68.6	27	41.1	49	1.87	102	0
1932	51	82	65.5	59	37.2	91	3.18	68	3
1931	49	98	62.1	95	36	104	2.62	84	0
1930	51.4	74	63	85	39.8	62	2.46	89	0
1929	57.6	14	69.3	20	45.8	8	6.11	12	2
1928	53.5	51	65.1	64	41.8	44	3.22	67	0
1927	54.9	40	66.7	46	43	34	4.66	32	0
1926	48.2	106	60.5	104	35.8	105	3.73	46	0
1925	56.2	25	69.2	22	43.2	30	1.94	100	0
1924	51.1	81	62.6	88	39.6	65	1.77	105	0
1923	56	26	68	32	44	23	4.32	35	0
1922	55.4	34	67.4	39	43.4	29	6.02	13	0
1921	61.7	3	74	4	49.7	4	5.09	23	1
1920	52	66	64.6	71	39.3	69	3.97	42	0
1919	55.2	37	67.2	41	43.2	30			0
1918	58.6	9	71.7	8	45.4	13	1.11	111	0
1917	53	55	64.4	74	41.5	46	2.98	73	0
1916	52.3	65	65.6	57	39	73	2.03	97	0
1915	44.8	116	56.8	115	32.8	115	2.70	79	0
1914	48.1	107	60.4	105	35.7	107	2.28	90	0
1913	57.8	13	68.9	25	46.6	6	5.10	22	0
1912	51.6	72	62.3	92	40.9	52	6.59	6	0
1911	51.7	71	64.8	68	38.5	80	3.99	41	0
1910	59.4	8	73.2	6	45.6	11	1.20	110	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1945	64.2
2012	62.5
1921	61.7
2016	60.6
2026	59.9
2020	59.6
1935	59.6
1910	59.4
1918	58.6
2024	58.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1960	40
1915	44.8
1947	45.8
1958	46.2
1981	46.7
1969	46.8
1962	47.3
1996	47.5
1980	47.5
1971	48.1
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1983	8.90
1998	7.62
1942	7.23
1971	6.72
1965	6.65
1912	6.59
1952	6.45
1977	6.42
1944	6.41
1943	6.20
More years share the last value

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2004	0.28
1967	0.86
2006	0.87
2026	1.01
2016	1.01
1918	1.11
1910	1.20
1985	1.47
1981	1.54
2013	1.67

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 90°F; 11 March 2026
Coldest night: 28°F; 18 March 2026
Wettest day: 0.58 in; 16 March 2026

Every month, season and year

Months

Seasons

Years

Fayetteville, NC the day's answers

All-time records

Every answer in words

March 2026 brought 1.01 in of precipitation in Fayetteville, NC, the driest March since 2016, tied 4th driest of 116 (with 2016).
The hottest day of March 2026 in Fayetteville, NC: 90°F on Wednesday 11 March 2026.
The coldest night of March 2026 in Fayetteville, NC: a low of 28°F on Wednesday 18 March 2026.
The wettest day of March 2026 in Fayetteville, NC: 0.58 in on Monday 16 March 2026.