McAllen, TX: March

31 March 2026: March 2026 averaged 78.4°F in McAllen, TX, the warmest March on record, in 85 years since 1942; provisional.

March 2026

Mean temperature: 78.4°F; Warmest on record; Warmest of 85, provisional
Precipitation: 0.00 in; Driest on record; Driest of 83, provisional

A normal March in McAllen, TX (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 71.8°F, between 67.9°F and 76.2°F in eight years of ten and 0.65 in of precipitation, between 0.09 in and 2.52 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every March in McAllen, TX since 1942: 78.4°F in 2026, the highest of them all.

Normal range, 67.9 to 76.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every March in McAllen, TX 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	78.4	1	90.6	1	66.1	5	0.00	83	0
2025	76.3	5	88.9	2	63.7	14	9.13	1	0
2024	73.8	15	83.4	26	64.1	12	0.35	47	0
2023	74.8	12	84.9	16	64.6	9	3.56	4	0
2022	68.7	60	82.3	37	55.1	73	0.02	77	0
2021	72.2	26	83.5	23	60.8	30	0.15	56	0
2020	77.7	2	87.5	4	67.8	1	0.73	29	0
2019	70.2	44	78.9	67	61.5	25	2.53	7	0
2018	76.8	3	87.2	5	66.4	4	0.11	63	0
2017	76.3	5	86.1	10	66.5	2	2.52	8	0
2016	76.2	8	86.5	8	65.9	6	0.79	26	0
2015	68	68	77	77	59	48	1.73	13	0
2014	66	76	75.9	79	56	70	1.17	21	0
2013	71.3	36	83	29	59.5	43	trace	80	0
2012	74.2	14	84.9	16	63.5	15	4.48	2	0
2011	75.4	10	86.2	9	64.6	9	0.31	51	0
2010	68.4	64	80.5	54	56.4	68	0.32	50	0
2009	72.8	20	84.3	19	61.2	27	0.30	52	0
2008	72.2	26	85.2	14	59.2	45	0.03	74	0
2007	72.9	19	82.4	35	63.4	17	0.57	37	0
2006	74.8	12	85.3	13	64.4	11	0.55	38	0
2005	71.2	39	83.3	28	59.1	46	0.39	46	0
2004	72.4	23	81.5	41	63.4	17	3.80	3	0
2003	67.9	69	78	73	57.8	57	1.76	12	0
2002	70.3	42	81	47	59.6	40	0.09	67	0
2001	67.4	71	78.2	71	56.7	64	0.49	40	0
2000	75.3	11	85.4	12	65.3	8	1.40	16	0
1999	73.3	17	83.9	20	62.8	21	2.25	10	0
1998	68.6	62	78.7	69	58.5	51			0
1997	69.9	48	79	66	60.8	30			0
1996	66.4	75	78.2	71	54.5	75	0.20	55	0
1995	68.1	66	77.5	74	58.4	53	1.36	17	3
1994	70.8	40	81.1	45	60.5	34	1.73	13	0
1993	70.3	42	81.3	43	59.3	44	2.29	9	0
1992	72.4	23	82.2	38	62.6	23	0.09	67	0
1991	75.6	9	87.9	3	63.3	19	0.34	49	0
1990	71.6	34	81.1	45	61.5	25	0.30	52	1
1989	70	45	83.9	20	56.1	69	0.03	74	0
1988	69.2	55	80.5	54	57.8	57	0.48	42	0
1987	65.8	78	77.4	75	54.3	77	0.49	40	0
1986	72.1	28	83.9	20	60.2	37	0.10	65	0
1985	72.1	28	80.8	50	63.5	15	0.75	28	0
1984	72.1	28	83.5	23	60.7	32	0.06	71	0
1983	69.4	50	81.5	41	57.3	62	0.72	31	0
1982	71.4	35	82	40	60.7	32	0.01	78	0
1981	69.2	55	80	60	58.5	51	1.90	11	0
1980	71.3	36	83	29	59.6	40	0.12	62	0
1979	70	45	79.5	65	60.4	36	0.09	67	0
1978	67.8	70	79.7	63	55.8	71	0.03	74	0
1977	69.4	50	79.9	62	58.8	49	0.07	70	0
1976	70.6	41	80.6	52	60.5	34	0.80	25	0
1975	72.3	25	83.5	23	61.2	27	0.13	60	0
1974	73.5	16	82.9	31	64.1	12	2.56	6	0
1973	72.1	28	82.2	38	61.9	24	0.15	56	0
1972	73.2	18	83.4	26	63	20	2.88	5	0
1971	71.8	32	84.7	18	58.8	49	trace	80	0
1970	66	76	77.3	76	54.6	74	0.14	59	0
1969	63	85	73.6	84	52.4	84	0.52	39	0
1968	63.8	83	73.6	84	54	78	0.84	23	0
1967	72.6	22	82.5	33	62.7	22	0.35	47	0
1966	66.9	74	76.3	78	57.5	60	0.65	33	0
1965	64.9	80	75.8	80	54	78	0.44	45	0
1964	69.2	55	80.2	57	58.2	54	0.04	73	0
1963	71.7	33	82.5	33	60.9	29	0.10	65	0
1962	67.4	71	79.7	63	55.2	72	1.06	22	0
1961	72.7	21	85.7	11	59.6	40	trace	80	0
1960	64.1	82	74.7	82	53.5	81	0.73	29	0
1959	64.9	80	75.3	81	54.5	75	0.15	56	0
1958	63.7	84	73.8	83	53.5	81	1.19	19	0
1957	69.4	50	80.9	49	58	55	1.70	15	1
1956	68.7	60	80.7	51	56.7	64	0.58	36	0
1955	71.3	36	82.6	32	59.9	38	0.11	63	0
1954	69.1	58	81.3	43	57	63	0.29	54	0
1953	76.3	5	86.8	7	65.8	7	0.45	44	0
1952	69.8	49	80.6	52	59.1	46	0.64	34	0
1951	69.1	58	80.1	59	58	55	1.18	20	0
1950	69.3	54	81	47	57.6	59	0.78	27	0
1949	70	45	80.2	57	59.8	39	0.59	35	0
1948	68.1	66	78.8	68	57.4	61	1.35	18	0
1947	65.6	79	78.3	70	53	83	0.01	78	0
1946	68.5	63	85.2	14	51.7	85	0.13	60	0
1945	76.8	3	87.1	6	66.5	2	0.71	32	0
1944	69.4	50	82.4	35	56.5	66	0.84	23	0
1943	68.3	65	80	60	56.5	66	0.48	42	0
1942	67.2	73	80.5	54	53.9	80	0.05	72	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2026	78.4
2020	77.7
2018	76.8
1945	76.8
2025	76.3
2017	76.3
1953	76.3
2016	76.2
1991	75.6
2011	75.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1969	63
1958	63.7
1968	63.8
1960	64.1
1965	64.9
1959	64.9
1947	65.6
1987	65.8
2014	66
1970	66

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2025	9.13
2012	4.48
2004	3.80
2023	3.56
1972	2.88
1974	2.56
2019	2.53
2017	2.52
1993	2.29
1999	2.25

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2026	0.00
2013	trace
1971	trace
1961	trace
1982	0.01
1947	0.01
2022	0.02
2008	0.03
1989	0.03
1978	0.03

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 104°F; 15 March 2026
Coldest night: 52°F; 13 March 2026

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March 2026 brought 0.00 in of precipitation in McAllen, TX, the driest March on record, in 83 years since 1942 (1997 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing; 1998 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing); provisional.
The hottest day of March 2026 in McAllen, TX: 104°F on Sunday 15 March 2026.
The coldest night of March 2026 in McAllen, TX: a low of 52°F on Friday 13 March 2026.