Grand Forks, ND: March

31 March 2026: March 2026 averaged 25.3°F in Grand Forks, ND, the warmest March since 2025, 39th warmest of 85.

March 2026

Mean temperature: 25.3°F; Warmest since 2025; 39th warmest of 85
Precipitation: 0.45 in; Driest since 2025; 27th driest of 85

A normal March in Grand Forks, ND (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 24.4°F, between 17.7°F and 33°F in eight years of ten and 0.84 in of precipitation, between 0.30 in and 1.80 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every March in Grand Forks, ND since 1942: 25.3°F in 2026; the highest is 38°F, in 2012.

Normal range, 17.7 to 33°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every March in Grand Forks, ND from 1942 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	25.3	39	33.9	38	16.6	39	0.45	58	0
2025	30.3	17	41.9	10	18.7	25	0.45	58	0
2024	27.5	25	36.9	25	18.1	29	0.17	80	0
2023	12.6	82	23.4	83	1.7	83	1.05	26	0
2022	22	50	31.3	48	12.6	54	0.30	73	0
2021	34.3	4	48.3	2	20.2	19	0.23	77	0
2020	23.4	46	33	41	13.8	49	0.26	76	0
2019	17.4	69	27.1	69	7.8	68	1.21	20	0
2018	24.3	42	32.2	44	16.5	41	1.85	7	0
2017	27.5	25	36.3	26	18.7	25	0.85	38	0
2016	36.1	2	45.8	3	26.4	3	0.55	53	0
2015	30.9	13	42.9	6	18.9	24	0.31	71	0
2014	17.8	66	27.9	64	7.7	69	0.93	33	0
2013	14.2	79	24.9	76	3.5	80	0.98	29	0
2012	38	1	49.4	1	26.7	2	1.79	8	0
2011	19.4	62	27.6	66	11.2	59	0.76	42	0
2010	32.9	9	40	15	25.7	5	1.45	12	0
2009	21.3	55	29.2	60	13.4	50	2.17	5	0
2008	21.2	56	29.7	57	12.8	53	0.50	55	0
2007	26.5	32	35.6	28	17.3	34	2.30	3	0
2006	22.9	48	30.4	51	15.4	43	1.34	18	0
2005	23.7	43	34	36	13.4	50	0.30	73	0
2004	25.4	37	34.5	33	16.2	42	1.59	11	0
2003	21.5	53	32.5	42	10.6	60	0.47	57	0
2002	17.7	67	28.2	62	7.3	72	0.37	66	0
2001	24.4	40	31.5	46	17.3	34	0.21	78	0
2000	34	5	44.8	4	23.2	12	0.56	51	0
1999	26.1	35	34.9	31	17.2	36	1.04	27	0
1998	24.4	40	31.7	45	17.1	37	0.08	84	0
1997	19.8	60	29.8	56	9.8	61	0.85	38	0
1996	15.9	76	24.5	80	7.3	72	0.95	30	0
1995	26.1	35	33.7	39	18.5	28	1.65	9	0
1994	29.4	22	37.6	23	21.1	16	0.38	65	0
1993	26.4	33	34.7	32	18.1	29	0.35	67	0
1992	30.7	14	38.1	21	23.4	11	0.82	40	0
1991	28.6	24	39.1	18	18.1	29	0.40	64	0
1990	28.7	23	38.1	21	19.3	21	2.27	4	0
1989	16.9	72	25.3	75	8.5	63	1.35	17	0
1988	27.1	28	35.6	28	18.7	25	0.91	34	0
1987	26.6	31	34	36	19.1	22	0.54	54	0
1986	30.5	16	39.5	17	21.5	15	0.04	85	0
1985	33.9	6	41.4	11	26.4	3	1.31	19	0
1984	21.6	52	29.3	59	13.9	48	0.59	49	0
1983	29.5	20	34.1	35	24.9	7	1.95	6	0
1982	23.6	44	30.5	50	16.6	39	1.10	24	0
1981	33.2	8	42.7	7	23.8	8	0.74	43	0
1980	20.8	58	30	54	11.6	58	0.58	50	0
1979	17.9	65	27.2	68	8.5	63	1.63	10	0
1978	23.2	47	31.1	49	15.4	43	0.20	79	0
1977	32.5	10	41.2	13	23.8	8	1.16	22	0
1976	19.8	60	30.4	51	9.2	62	1.36	16	0
1975	17.3	70	26.2	72	8.3	65	1.08	25	0
1974	16.5	74	25.6	73	7.3	72	0.42	61	0
1973	35.4	3	41.4	11	29.3	1	0.90	35	0
1972	21.1	57	29.2	60	13	52	0.70	46	0
1971	26.9	30	33.7	39	20.1	20	0.72	45	0
1970	9.6	85	22.6	85	-3.4	85	0.94	31	0
1969	12.5	83	23	84	2	82	0.15	81	0
1968	29.5	20	38.6	20	20.3	18	0.74	43	0
1967	21.8	51	31.5	46	12.1	56	0.56	51	0
1966	27.5	25	34.3	34	20.6	17	3.08	1	0
1965	16.1	75	24.8	77	7.4	71	0.32	70	0
1964	18.5	63	29.7	57	7.2	75	0.90	35	0
1963	30.1	18	42.1	9	18.1	29	0.33	68	0
1962	19.9	59	28	63	11.8	57	1.20	21	0
1961	32.3	12	39.6	16	25	6	0.48	56	0
1960	14	80	24.2	82	3.8	79	0.27	75	0
1959	27	29	37.1	24	17	38	0.14	82	0
1958	29.7	19	40.3	14	19.1	22	0.33	68	0
1957	25.4	37	35.7	27	15	45	0.11	83	0
1956	15.5	77	26.4	71	4.6	78	1.39	15	0
1955	11.9	84	24.6	78	-0.8	84	1.45	12	1
1954	23.6	44	32.4	43	14.9	46	0.41	63	0
1953	26.4	33	35.3	30	17.5	33	0.44	60	0
1952	22.1	49	29.9	55	14.3	47	0.31	71	0
1951	16.6	73	25.6	73	7.7	69	0.70	46	0
1950	17.1	71	27.1	69	7.2	75	0.94	31	0
1949	18	64	27.9	64	8.2	66	0.80	41	0
1948	13.4	81	24.6	78	2.3	81	0.62	48	0
1947	21.5	53	30.4	51	12.5	55	0.42	61	0
1946	32.5	10	42.2	8	22.7	13	0.89	37	0
1945	33.7	7	43.9	5	23.5	10	1.03	28	0
1944	17.7	67	27.3	67	8.1	67	1.43	14	0
1943	14.9	78	24.4	81	5.4	77	1.16	22	0
1942	30.7	14	39	19	22.5	14	2.42	2	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2012	38
2016	36.1
1973	35.4
2021	34.3
2000	34
1985	33.9
1945	33.7
1981	33.2
2010	32.9
1977	32.5
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1970	9.6
1955	11.9
1969	12.5
2023	12.6
1948	13.4
1960	14
2013	14.2
1943	14.9
1956	15.5
1996	15.9

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1966	3.08
1942	2.42
2007	2.30
1990	2.27
2009	2.17
1983	1.95
2018	1.85
2012	1.79
1995	1.65
1979	1.63

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1986	0.04
1998	0.08
1957	0.11
1959	0.14
1969	0.15
2024	0.17
1978	0.20
2001	0.21
2021	0.23
2020	0.26

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 51°F; 28 March 2026
Coldest night: -9°F; 1 March 2026
Wettest day: 0.35 in; 12 March 2026

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March 2026 brought 0.45 in of precipitation in Grand Forks, ND, the driest March since 2025, tied 27th driest of 85 (with 2025).
The hottest day of March 2026 in Grand Forks, ND: 51°F on Saturday 28 March 2026.
The coldest night of March 2026 in Grand Forks, ND: a low of -9°F on Sunday 1 March 2026.
The wettest day of March 2026 in Grand Forks, ND: 0.35 in on Thursday 12 March 2026.