Indianapolis, IN: March

31 March 2026: March 2026 averaged 50.6°F in Indianapolis, IN, the warmest March since 2012, 5th warmest of 156.

March 2026

Mean temperature: 50.6°F; Warmest since 2012; 5th warmest of 156
Precipitation: 7.66 in; Wettest since 1963; 8th wettest of 156

A normal March in Indianapolis, IN (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 42.5°F, between 38°F and 47.4°F in eight years of ten and 3.73 in of precipitation, between 1.59 in and 5.58 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every March in Indianapolis, IN since 1871: 50.6°F in 2026; the highest is 56.6°F, in 2012.

Normal range, 38 to 47.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every March in Indianapolis, IN from 1871 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
2026	50.6	5	61.7	5	39.5	9	7.66	8
2025	48.5	11	60	7	37.1	23	2.78	105
2024	48.2	12	58.2	13	38.2	17	2.47	113
2023	42.2	67	51.9	58	32.6	68	6.03	22
2022	45.5	31	55.9	24	35.1	43	4.67	42
2021	46.9	23	58.3	12	35.5	38	3.87	67
2020	46.2	27	54.8	31	37.5	20	4.68	41
2019	38.2	107	47.3	106	29.1	113	5.02	35
2018	38.9	100	47.8	97	30	101	4.07	57
2017	43.8	46	52.8	51	34.9	45	4.72	39
2016	49.2	9	58.7	11	39.7	6	4.20	51
2015	39.2	95	48.7	91	29.8	104	3.53	77
2014	35.7	137	46.8	113	24.7	152	2.38	117
2013	35.5	140	43.1	140	27.9	131	1.96	127
2012	56.6	1	67.1	1	46.1	1	4.14	55
2011	43.6	48	52.4	54	34.9	45	3.73	69
2010	45.9	29	55.9	24	35.8	33	3.09	93
2009	47.2	19	57.8	16	36.7	24	2.28	120
2008	40.4	84	49.1	86	31.7	76	7.49	9
2007	49	10	59	8	38.9	13	4.91	36
2006	41.7	71	50.4	76	32.9	64	6.79	14
2005	38.3	106	47.5	104	29	117	1.14	150
2004	45.4	32	54.5	34	36.2	26	4.33	47
2003	43.3	51	54	39	32.6	68	3.72	71
2002	40.1	87	49.5	84	30.7	92	4.22	50
2001	38.4	103	47.7	99	29.1	113	0.64	155
2000	47	22	58	15	36	29	1.64	137
1999	38.4	103	47.7	99	29.1	113	1.71	136
1998	42	69	50.1	78	33.9	56	5.49	29
1997	42.9	57	52.6	52	33.3	58	4.59	43
1996	35.5	140	45.4	121	25.7	146	3.51	78
1995	45	34	55.2	27	34.8	48	2.99	98
1994	40.9	77	51	68	30.9	89	0.92	152
1993	39.1	97	47.1	108	31.1	84	3.72	71
1992	43.2	55	53	48	33.3	58	2.61	109
1991	43.7	47	53.2	46	34.1	53	6.41	16
1990	46.2	27	55.8	26	36.6	25	3.93	63
1989	42.5	62	53	48	32	73	3.72	71
1988	41.4	73	51	68	31.7	76	3.22	87
1987	44.5	39	54.9	30	34.1	53	1.84	133
1986	43.9	43	54.5	34	33.3	58	3.93	63
1985	44.6	38	54	39	35.2	42	5.94	23
1984	32.9	152	40.6	152	25.3	149	3.14	90
1983	42.9	57	51.6	62	34.2	51	2.94	100
1982	42.5	62	52	57	32.9	64	4.73	38
1981	39.9	88	50.3	77	29.5	111	1.22	149
1980	36	131	44.5	130	27.5	138	4.26	48
1979	43.3	51	51.8	60	34.9	45	2.43	116
1978	36.7	125	44.5	130	28.9	118	3.54	76
1977	46.5	25	56.9	18	36.1	27	3.83	68
1976	46.6	24	57.5	17	35.7	34	3.46	80
1975	36.8	123	45.9	118	27.8	134	4.16	54
1974	45.2	33	54.8	31	35.7	34	3.60	75
1973	49.4	8	59	8	39.7	6	5.63	28
1972	39.8	89	49.8	82	29.7	108	2.48	112
1971	37.3	118	46.9	110	27.7	136	1.49	140
1970	38	110	46.6	116	29.5	111	2.51	111
1969	35.6	138	46.1	117	25.2	150	1.33	144
1968	42.8	59	54	39	31.5	80	3.73	69
1967	43.9	43	52.9	50	35	44	3.33	82
1966	43.3	51	54.6	33	32	73	1.31	145
1965	33.7	149	41.6	147	25.8	145	2.17	122
1964	40.5	83	50.7	71	30.4	96	7.20	12
1963	42.4	64	52.1	55	32.7	66	10.74	2
1962	37.7	114	44.9	128	30.5	95	4.01	60
1961	43.6	48	51.6	62	35.6	36	7.91	5
1960	26.2	156	34.7	156	17.7	156	1.62	138
1959	38.8	101	48.9	88	28.7	123	2.58	110
1958	35.9	134	42	146	29.8	104	1.49	140
1957	40.8	79	50	80	31.5	80	1.92	131
1956	40.2	85	50.1	78	30.3	100	1.90	132
1955	40.6	82	50.7	71	30.4	96	2.26	121
1954	37.6	116	47.5	104	27.7	136	2.99	98
1953	42.1	68	51.9	58	32.3	71	5.41	30
1952	39.8	89	48.9	88	30.7	92	5.77	26
1951	37.8	113	46.7	115	28.9	118	3.16	88
1950	36.7	125	45.4	121	28.1	128	3.88	66
1949	41	76	50.7	71	31.4	83	3.16	88
1948	41.1	75	51.1	67	31.1	84	6.32	17
1947	32.9	152	41	150	24.7	152	1.95	129
1946	51.9	2	61.8	4	42	2	3.62	74
1945	51.1	4	61.9	3	40.4	5	7.76	6
1944	36.8	123	46.8	113	26.7	141	4.20	51
1943	35.8	136	46.9	110	24.7	152	3.30	84
1942	44	42	52.1	55	35.9	32	4.35	46
1941	36.4	129	44.8	129	27.9	131	1.12	151
1940	38.1	109	45.5	120	30.6	94	0.90	153
1939	43.9	43	53.7	43	34	55	3.03	96
1938	47.5	14	56.8	19	38.1	18	7.93	4
1937	37	119	45.1	125	28.8	122	1.47	142
1936	44.3	40	54.1	38	34.5	50	2.13	124
1935	47.4	16	56.5	22	38.4	15	3.49	79
1934	35.3	144	44.5	130	26.1	144	3.32	83
1933	39.7	92	47.3	106	32	73	6.20	19
1932	33.3	150	41.5	148	25.1	151	1.96	127
1931	36.5	128	42.2	144	30.8	90	2.32	119
1930	39.1	97	47.8	97	30.4	96	1.80	135
1929	47.2	19	56.7	20	37.8	19	3.24	86
1928	39.2	95	47.6	102	30.8	90	2.44	114
1927	44.9	35	52.6	52	37.3	22	6.32	17
1926	34.5	147	42.6	142	26.3	143	3.12	91
1925	43.3	51	53.8	42	32.7	66	2.87	102
1924	35.6	138	41.3	149	30	101	4.72	39
1923	38.2	107	48	95	28.3	126	4.41	45
1922	43.5	50	51.6	62	35.5	38	7.16	13
1921	49.9	6	60.8	6	39	12	7.25	11
1920	42.3	65	51.4	65	33.2	62	2.66	108
1919	42.6	61	51.8	60	33.5	57	6.72	15
1918	47.5	14	58.9	10	36	29	1.58	139
1917	41.6	72	50.8	70	32.4	70	4.75	37
1916	37.9	112	47.6	102	28.2	127	2.44	114
1915	35.5	140	42.5	143	28.5	124	1.47	142
1914	37.7	114	45	126	30.4	96	1.82	134
1913	39.4	94	49.7	83	29.1	113	7.76	6
1912	32.8	154	40.2	154	25.5	148	5.35	31
1911	40.8	79	50.7	71	31	87	2.89	101
1910	51.9	2	62.5	2	41.3	3	0.07	156
1909	39	99	46.9	110	31.1	84	2.37	118
1908	44.8	37	53.5	45	36.1	27	5.06	34
1907	48.1	13	56.6	21	39.5	9	4.07	57
1906	30.9	155	37.5	155	24.4	155	6.20	19
1905	45.9	29	54.4	36	37.5	20	3.10	92
1904	40.7	81	49.1	86	32.3	71	10.95	1
1903	47.1	21	55.1	29	39.2	11	2.13	124
1902	43	56	50.6	75	35.3	40	3.08	94
1901	39.8	89	48.1	94	31.5	80	4.11	56
1900	35.1	145	43.2	139	27	139	2.10	126
1899	36.6	127	45.4	121	27.9	131	4.18	53
1898	46.3	26	54.3	37	38.3	16	9.90	3
1897	42.8	59	51.4	65	34.2	51	5.85	24
1896	36	131	43.9	136	28	129	3.08	94
1895	38.8	101	47.7	99	29.9	103	1.30	147
1894	47.4	16	56	23	38.8	14	2.82	104
1893	40.2	85	48.9	88	31.6	78	2.69	107
1892	37.5	117	45.2	124	29.7	108	1.93	130
1891	35.5	140	42.1	145	28.9	118	5.77	26
1890	36.1	130	43.3	138	28.9	118	4.46	44
1889	44.3	40	53.1	47	35.6	36	2.15	123
1888	35.9	134	43.9	136	27.8	134	4.26	48
1887	38.4	103	47.1	108	29.8	104	2.78	105
1886	39.5	93	47.9	96	31	87	2.85	103
1885	33.3	150	40.8	151	25.7	146	0.82	154
1884	40.9	77	48.4	92	33.3	58	3.01	97
1883	36	131	45	126	27	139	3.25	85
1882	44.9	35	53.7	43	36	29	6.11	21
1881	37	119	44.3	135	29.8	104	4.01	60
1880	41.2	74	49.3	85	33.1	63	4.03	59
1879	42.3	65	50	80	34.6	49	3.36	81
1878	49.6	7	58.2	13	41	4	1.23	148
1877	34.7	146	43	141	26.5	142	5.23	32
1876	37	119	45.6	119	28.4	125	7.44	10
1875	37	119	44.5	130	29.6	110	5.23	32
1874	41.8	70	48.4	92	35.3	40	5.79	25
1873	38	110	44.5	130	31.6	78	3.90	65
1872	34.2	148	40.5	153	28	129	1.31	145
1871	47.4	16	55.2	27	39.6	8	4.00	62

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2012	56.6
1946	51.9
1910	51.9
1945	51.1
2026	50.6
1921	49.9
1878	49.6
1973	49.4
2016	49.2
2007	49

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1960	26.2
1906	30.9
1912	32.8
1984	32.9
1947	32.9
1932	33.3
1885	33.3
1965	33.7
1872	34.2
1926	34.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1904	10.95
1963	10.74
1898	9.90
1938	7.93
1961	7.91
1945	7.76
1913	7.76
2026	7.66
2008	7.49
1876	7.44

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1910	0.07
2001	0.64
1885	0.82
1940	0.90
1994	0.92
1941	1.12
2005	1.14
1981	1.22
1878	1.23
1895	1.30

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 88°F; 22 March 2026
Coldest night: 16°F; 17 March 2026
Wettest day: 2.59 in; 3 March 2026

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March 2026 brought 7.66 in of precipitation in Indianapolis, IN, the wettest March since 1963, 8th wettest of 156.
The hottest day of March 2026 in Indianapolis, IN: 88°F on Sunday 22 March 2026.
The coldest night of March 2026 in Indianapolis, IN: a low of 16°F on Tuesday 17 March 2026.
The wettest day of March 2026 in Indianapolis, IN: 2.59 in on Tuesday 3 March 2026.