Merced, CA: March

31 March 2026: March 2026 averaged 62.6°F in Merced, CA, the warmest March on record, in 120 years since 1900 (1901 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing; 1903 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing; 1910 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing; 4 more years excluded for missing days); provisional.

March 2026

Mean temperature: 62.6°F; Warmest on record; Warmest of 120, provisional
Precipitation: 0.01 in; Driest since 1997; 5th driest of 118

A normal March in Merced, CA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 54.9°F, between 51.9°F and 59.3°F in eight years of ten and 1.44 in of precipitation, between 0.19 in and 4.16 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every March in Merced, CA since 1900: 62.6°F in 2026, the highest of them all.

Normal range, 51.9 to 59.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every March in Merced, CA from 1900 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	62.6	1	78.5	1	46.8	2	0.01	114	0
2025	54.1	60	66.1	74	42.2	47	3.41	20	0
2024	55.6	34	66.9	62	44.2	20	2.48	37	0
2023	51	107	60.9	119	41.1	67	4.36	10	0
2022	57.5	13	73.3	6	41.7	56	0.82	91	0
2021	52.1	97	66.4	70	37.9	112	1.05	79	0
2020	53.8	67	65.5	82	42.2	47	2.11	46	0
2019	53.9	65	65.5	82	42.3	45	2.28	40	0
2018	53.6	70	65	85	42.2	47	3.08	25	0
2017	55.5	36	68.5	36	42.5	42	1.29	68	0
2016	56.4	28	68	48	44.8	16	2.39	38	1
2015	60.7	3	77	2	44.5	18	0.19	110	2
2014	59.6	5	72.3	10	46.9	1	1.41	61	0
2013	59.1	6	72.8	8	45.4	10	0.74	95	0
2012	55.2	44	67.1	57	43.3	31	2.02	48	0
2011	53.7	68	63.8	99	43.5	27	4.14	14	0
2010	52.3	92	64.4	96	40.3	81	1.09	77	0
2009	53.1	81	66.1	74	40.1	87	1.02	81	0
2008	53.5	74	67.1	57	40	88	0.06	113	1
2007	57.7	11	72.3	10	43.2	33	0.31	105	0
2006	48.7	119	58.8	121	38.7	103	3.37	21	0
2005	55.3	40	66.4	70	44.4	19	2.93	27	3
2004	59.7	4	74.4	4	45	13	0.78	93	3
2003	54.6	48	68.7	33	40.5	79	0.92	86	0
2002	51.9	99	64.9	87	38.8	101	1.48	58	1
2001	55.9	33	68.3	43	43.5	27	1.40	62	0
2000	54	62	66.1	74	42	53	0.95	84	0
1999	50.8	108	62.1	110	39.5	94	1.13	75	0
1998					45.9	6	4.81	8	6
1997					42.5	42	0.00	116	4
1996	56.7	24	70.3	24	43.1	35	1.84	52	1
1995	54.6	48	65.5	82	43.7	22	4.31	11	0
1994	57.8	10	72.2	12	43.4	29	0.18	111	0
1993	57.9	9	69.3	31	46.8	2	2.53	32	3
1992	56.6	25	68.4	40	44.9	15	2.02	48	0
1991	51.8	100	62	111	41.7	56	5.15	4	0
1990	55.3	40	69.4	30	41.2	65	0.68	96	0
1989	56.9	19	68.8	32	45	13	2.24	43	2
1988	56.2	29	72.2	12	40.7	77	0.29	107	1
1986	57.5	13	70.2	25	44.7	17	3.90	15	0
1985	51.1	106	64.1	98	38.3	110	1.91	51	1
1984	56.5	26	71.8	15	41.3	62	0.42	101	0
1983	55.5	36	64.5	90	46.7	4	4.70	9	1
1982	52.8	87	63.3	103	42.1	51	5.39	3	3
1981	53.5	74	64.8	89	42.1	51	3.27	22	0
1980	52.7	90	65.6	80	39.7	90	1.19	71	0
1979	54.6	48	66.3	72	42.9	37	1.73	56	0
1978	57	18	68.4	40	45.6	8	4.22	13	0
1977	50.3	112	65.9	77	34.7	121	1.05	79	0
1976	53.1	81	67.4	53	38.8	101	0.41	102	0
1975	51.6	101	64.5	90	38.7	103	2.54	31	1
1974	55.3	40	67.4	53	43	36	2.37	39	1
1973	51.3	104	62.9	106	39.6	92	3.16	23	0
1972	61.4	2	76.7	3	46	5	0.00	116	0
1971	54	62	68.4	40	39.6	92	0.92	86	0
1970	55.1	45	69.5	28	40.8	75	2.52	34	0
1969	54.5	51	67.7	50	41	68	0.89	88	1
1968	56.9	19	70.5	21	43.4	29	1.43	60	0
1967	53.2	78	65.9	77	40.3	81	2.53	32	1
1966	56.8	22	70.4	22	43.2	33	0.20	109	1
1965	54.7	47	68.5	36	40.9	72	0.67	98	0
1964	53.1	81	67.5	51	38.5	108	1.75	54	1
1963	53.7	68	66.7	66	40.7	77	1.93	50	0
1962	51.6	101	64.9	87	38.4	109	1.30	66	0
1961	54.3	54	67	59	41.5	58	1.74	55	0
1960	57.3	15	71.5	18	43.3	31	1.21	69	1
1959	57.1	17	72.9	7	41.3	62	0.30	106	3
1958	51.4	103	62.5	109	40.3	81	6.93	1	0
1957	55.1	45	68.6	34	41.5	58	1.10	76	3
1956	55.6	34	71.2	19	39.7	90	trace	115	1
1955	53.2	78	68.2	44	38.2	111	0.18	111	3
1954	52.2	95	64.4	96	40	88	2.50	36	0
1953	53.6	70	68.5	36	38.7	103	0.68	96	0
1952	51.2	105	63.1	104	39.3	97	3.71	17	0
1951	53.2	78	68.6	34	37.8	113	0.55	99	0
1950	54.1	60	67	59	41.3	62	1.17	72	0
1949	52.3	92	63.6	102	40.9	72	2.88	28	0
1948	50.1	114	63.7	101	36.2	119	2.73	30	1
1947	56.1	30	69.5	28	42.3	45	1.00	83	1
1946	53	85	66.6	68	39.4	96	1.20	70	0
1945	49.3	118	61.3	118	37.3	114	3.12	24	0
1944	52.9	86	68.5	36	37.3	114	0.78	93	0
1943	54.4	53	66.9	62	41.9	54	3.73	16	0
1942	52.8	87	70.1	26	35.5	120	1.15	73	0
1941	55.4	38	67.2	55	43.7	22	2.23	45	0
1940	55.3	40	67.9	49	42.6	40			0
1939	52.6	91	65	85	40.3	81	2.26	41	0
1938	50.8	108	61.4	115	40.2	86	4.25	12	0
1937	52.8	87	64.5	90	41	68	3.60	19	0
1936	54.2	56	67.5	51	41	68	1.48	58	0
1935			59.6	120			2.52	34	10
1934	59	7	72.7	9	45.2	12	0.00	116	0
1933	54.2	56	65.6	80	42.8	39	1.31	65	1
1932	54.3	54	66.2	73	42.4	44	0.32	104	0
1931	54.2	56	68.2	44	40.3	81	0.51	100	0
1930	54.5	51	67.2	55	41.8	55	1.57	57	0
1929	53.6	70	66.8	64	40.4	80	1.40	62	0
1928	57.6	12	69.8	27	45.3	11	2.24	43	0
1927	52.2	95	62.9	106	41.5	58	0.94	85	0
1926	58.8	8	71.6	17	45.9	6	0.80	92	0
1925	53.1	81	66.8	64	39.5	94	0.89	88	0
1924	50.8	108	64.5	90	37.2	116	1.81	53	0
1923	54.2	56	71.7	16	36.7	117			0
1922	50.1	114	61.7	113	38.9	99	2.77	29	2
1921	56	32	66.5	69	45.6	8	1.37	64	0
1920	50.2	113	61.4	115	38.9	99	4.88	7	0
1919	50	116	61.4	115	38.6	106			0
1918	54	62	64.5	90	43.6	25	4.89	6	0
1917	49.8	117	63	105	36.5	118	1.15	73	0
1916	55.4	38	67	59	43.7	22	2.94	26	0
1915	56.1	30	68.2	44	44.1	21	0.83	90	0
1914	57.3	15	73.7	5	40.9	72	0.29	107	1
1913	53.9	65	66.7	66	41	68	1.01	82	0
1912	52.1	97	61.6	114	42.6	40			0
1911	53.4	76	64.5	90	42.2	47	4.90	5	0
1909	50.5	111	61.8	112	39.2	98	1.30	66	0
1908	53.4	76	68.2	44	38.6	106	0.34	103	0
1907	52.3	92	63.8	99	40.8	75	3.68	18	1
1906	53.6	70	65.7	79	41.4	61	6.62	2	0
1905	56.9	19	70.4	22	43.6	25	2.05	47	2
1904	56.5	26	71.9	14	41.2	65			2
1902	48.5	120	62.8	108	34.2	122	2.25	42	0
1900	56.8	22	70.6	20	42.9	37	1.07	78	1

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2026	62.6
1972	61.4
2015	60.7
2004	59.7
2014	59.6
2013	59.1
1934	59
1926	58.8
1993	57.9
1994	57.8

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1902	48.5
2006	48.7
1945	49.3
1917	49.8
1919	50
1948	50.1
1922	50.1
1920	50.2
1977	50.3
1909	50.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1958	6.93
1906	6.62
1982	5.39
1991	5.15
1911	4.90
1918	4.89
1920	4.88
1998	4.81
1983	4.70
2023	4.36

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1997	0.00
1972	0.00
1934	0.00
1956	trace
2026	0.01
2008	0.06
1994	0.18
1955	0.18
2015	0.19
1966	0.20

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 90°F; 20 March 2026
Coldest night: 36°F; 7 March 2026
Wettest day: 0.01 in; 31 March 2026

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Every answer in words

March 2026 brought 0.01 in of precipitation in Merced, CA, the driest March since 1997, 5th driest of 118.
The hottest day of March 2026 in Merced, CA: 90°F on Friday 20 March 2026.
The coldest night of March 2026 in Merced, CA: a low of 36°F on Saturday 7 March 2026.
The wettest day of March 2026 in Merced, CA: 0.01 in on Tuesday 31 March 2026.