Lancaster, CA: March

31 March 2026: March 2026 averaged 62.4°F in Lancaster, CA, the warmest March on record, in 77 years since 1945 (1947 excluded: 4 of 31 days missing; 1973 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing; 1974 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing; 2 more years excluded for missing days); provisional.

March 2026

Mean temperature: 62.4°F; Warmest on record; Warmest of 77, provisional
Precipitation: 0.14 in; Driest since 2021; 15th driest of 80

A normal March in Lancaster, CA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 53.4°F, between 50.7°F and 57.9°F in eight years of ten and 0.63 in of precipitation, between 0.04 in and 2.75 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every March in Lancaster, CA since 1945: 62.4°F in 2026, the highest of them all.

Normal range, 50.7 to 57.9°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every March in Lancaster, CA from 1945 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	62.4	1	81.1	1	43.8	2	0.14	65	0
2025	52.2	40	64.8	49	39.5	33	1.21	19	0
2024	51.7	42	63.3	58	40.1	24	1.92	13	0
2023	48.6	68	58.8	76	38.5	40	1.16	21	0
2022	54.5	20	70.9	13	38	46	0.31	51	0
2021	50.7	54	65.6	42	35.8	63	0.14	65	0
2020	50.5	58	61.5	67	39.4	35	3.17	4	0
2019	51	51	63.7	54	38.2	44	1.00	26	0
2018	52.3	36	64.6	50	40	26	1.53	16	0
2017	55.9	13	71.9	10	39.8	27	0.17	62	0
2016	56.5	8	71	12	42.1	9	0.62	41	0
2015	57.9	5	75.4	4	40.3	23	0.04	72	0
2014	55.5	14	69.9	16	41.1	15	0.22	56	0
2013	58.5	4	73.9	6	43.1	5	0.35	48	0
2012	52.4	33	67.3	33	37.5	51	0.47	45	0
2011	52.4	33	65.3	44	39.5	33	1.69	14	0
2010	50.7	54	65	47	36.4	58	0.28	53	0
2009	51.1	49	66.5	38	35.7	64	0.13	67	0
2008	53.8	25	68.8	24	38.8	38	trace	74	0
2007	57.9	5	74.8	5	40.9	16	0.19	59	0
2006	47.8	72	59.4	74	36.2	60	1.02	25	0
2005	52.6	32	65.5	43	39.6	32	0.72	32	0
2004	60	2	77	2	43	6	0.23	55	0
2003	54.2	22	67.8	31	40.5	20	0.71	33	0
2002	50.8	53	67.3	33	34.3	74	0.30	52	0
2001	56.5	8	69.2	21	43.9	1	0.66	37	0
2000	53.2	27	66	40	40.5	20	1.12	23	0
1999	50.7	54	63.4	57	38.1	45	trace	74	2
1998			63.9	52	39.8	27	2.85	8	4
1997	56.4	10	73.7	7	39.1	37	0.00	76	0
1996	53.6	26	67.3	33	39.8	27	0.12	68	0
1995	51.6	46	62.4	62	40.9	16	2.74	9	0
1994	55.4	15	69.3	19	41.5	12	0.64	39	0
1993	55.2	16	68.4	28	42	10	1.21	19	0
1992	52.4	33	62	66	42.8	7	2.49	11	0
1991							4.13	2	8
1990	55	18	68.8	24	41.3	14	0.15	64	0
1989	56.6	7	69.4	17	43.8	2	0.06	71	0
1988	52.7	31	69.3	19	36.1	62	0.18	60	0
1987	50.7	54	63.8	53	37.6	50	0.69	34	0
1986	55.2	16	69	22	41.4	13	1.66	15	0
1985	49	66	62.4	62	35.6	66	0.12	68	0
1984	54.8	19	68.8	24	40.7	18	0.08	70	0
1983	51.7	42	60.5	69	42.8	7	5.56	1	0
1982	48.6	68	58.7	77	38.5	40	3.17	4	0
1981	51.1	49	62.5	61	39.7	31	3.02	7	0
1980	49.1	64	60.4	70	37.9	47	1.39	17	0
1979	51	51	62.3	64	39.8	27	3.07	6	0
1978	54.4	21	65.2	45	43.5	4	2.54	10	0
1977	46	76	59.3	75	32.8	78	0.78	29	0
1976	50.1	61	63.7	54	36.5	57	0.69	34	0
1975	49.1	64	60.3	71	37.9	47	1.05	24	0
1972	59.4	3	77	2	41.8	11	0.00	76	0
1971	52.3	36	69	22	35.6	66	0.20	58	0
1970	51.7	42	66.6	37	36.9	55	0.64	39	0
1969	50	62	65.2	45	34.7	72	0.18	60	0
1968	52.3	36	67.7	32	36.8	56	0.67	36	0
1967	52.1	41	65.9	41	38.3	43	0.54	44	0
1966	53.9	24	70.5	14	37.3	52	0.16	63	0
1965	51.6	46	64.5	51	38.7	39	0.45	46	0
1964	48.4	70	62.7	60	34.1	76	0.36	47	0
1963	50.4	59	63.6	56	37.2	53	0.78	29	0
1962	48.1	71	61.2	68	35.1	71	0.21	57	0
1961	53	30	66.8	36	39.2	36	0.34	50	0
1960	56.2	12	72.3	8	40.1	24	0.01	73	0
1959	56.3	11	72.2	9	40.4	22	0.00	76	0
1958	46.5	74	57.4	78	35.6	66	1.98	12	0
1957	53.1	28	66.1	39	40.6	19	0.61	42	2
1956	53.1	28	70	15	36.2	60	0.00	76	0
1955	52.3	36	68.3	29	36.4	58	0.00	76	0
1954	49	66	62.2	65	35.7	64	1.38	18	0
1953	51.2	48	68.8	24	33.6	77	0.27	54	0
1952	46.2	75	56.9	79	35.6	66	3.50	3	0
1951	51.7	42	68	30	35.5	70	0.35	48	0
1950	54	23	69.4	17	38.5	40	0.79	28	0
1949	50.2	60	63.2	59	37.2	53	0.65	38	0
1948	45.3	77	59.9	73	30.7	79	0.77	31	2
1947			71.6	11	37.9	47	0.59	43	4
1946	49.7	63	64.9	48	34.4	73	0.91	27	0
1945	47.2	73	60.2	72	34.2	75	1.16	21	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2026	62.4
2004	60
1972	59.4
2013	58.5
2015	57.9
2007	57.9
1989	56.6
2016	56.5
2001	56.5
1997	56.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1948	45.3
1977	46
1952	46.2
1958	46.5
1945	47.2
2006	47.8
1962	48.1
1964	48.4
2023	48.6
1982	48.6

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1983	5.56
1991	4.13
1952	3.50
2020	3.17
1982	3.17
1979	3.07
1981	3.02
1998	2.85
1995	2.74
1978	2.54

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1997	0.00
1972	0.00
1959	0.00
1956	0.00
1955	0.00
2008	trace
1999	trace
1960	0.01
2015	0.04
1989	0.06

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 95°F; 20 March 2026
Coldest night: 26°F; 6 March 2026
Wettest day: 0.14 in; 31 March 2026

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March 2026 brought 0.14 in of precipitation in Lancaster, CA, the driest March since 2021, tied 15th driest of 80 (with 2021).
The hottest day of March 2026 in Lancaster, CA: 95°F on Friday 20 March 2026.
The coldest night of March 2026 in Lancaster, CA: a low of 26°F on Friday 6 March 2026.
The wettest day of March 2026 in Lancaster, CA: 0.14 in on Tuesday 31 March 2026.