Minneapolis-St Paul, MN: March

31 March 2026: March 2026 averaged 39.1°F in Minneapolis-St Paul, MN, the warmest March since 2025, tied 12th warmest of 154 (with 1918).

March 2026

Mean temperature: 39.1°F; Warmest since 2025; 12th warmest of 154
Precipitation: 1.29 in; Driest since 2018; 65th driest of 156

A normal March in Minneapolis-St Paul, MN (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 32.8°F, between 27°F and 41°F in eight years of ten and 1.47 in of precipitation, between 0.69 in and 2.30 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every March in Minneapolis-St Paul, MN since 1873: 39.1°F in 2026; the highest is 48.3°F, in 2012.

Normal range, 27 to 41°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every March in Minneapolis-St Paul, MN 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	Days missing
2026	39.1	12	49.1	12	29.2	17	1.29	92	0
2025	39.2	11	50.1	6	28.2	20	2.96	12	0
2024	37.4	21	46.5	19	28.3	19	2.51	25	0
2023	29	90	36.5	93	21.5	83	2.72	18	0
2022	31.8	59	39.5	68	24.1	56	2.95	13	0
2021	40.5	8	50.1	6	31	9	2.82	15	0
2020	37.7	18	45.2	25	30.1	10	2.41	28	0
2019	28.5	96	37.2	89	19.8	99	2.00	53	0
2018	32.4	54	40.3	64	24.6	52	1.19	101	0
2017	34	43	42.1	46	25.9	39	0.68	136	0
2016	41.3	5	49.4	11	33.2	6	2.26	32	0
2015	35.5	31	45.3	24	25.6	41	0.67	138	0
2014	25.5	125	33.9	125	17.1	124	0.82	127	0
2013	27.2	108	34.6	115	19.8	99	2.04	50	0
2012	48.3	1	57.5	1	39.1	1	1.40	82	0
2011	29.4	84	37.4	87	21.5	83	2.06	46	0
2010	41	7	50	9	32	7	0.69	135	0
2009	32.2	56	41.1	50	23.3	64	1.50	73	0
2008	28.3	98	36.2	96	20.4	94	1.97	54	0
2007	38.4	16	47	17	29.8	12	3.64	5	0
2006	33.6	48	40.9	53	26.2	35	2.01	52	0
2005	31.8	59	40.9	53	22.7	69	1.37	85	0
2004	36	25	44.2	30	27.8	23	2.11	40	0
2003	31.3	68	40.5	58	22.1	75	1.44	78	0
2002	24.9	130	32.3	136	17.5	120	1.38	84	0
2001	27.5	105	35.3	111	19.6	101	1.09	110	0
2000	41.1	6	50.5	5	31.6	8	1.12	105	0
1999	33.8	46	44	32	23.6	60	1.86	58	0
1998	31.9	58	39.7	66	24.1	56	4.56	2	0
1997	29.3	87	37.9	81	20.7	91	1.18	103	0
1996	25.3	127	34.5	117	16	132	1.39	83	0
1995	35	35	43.7	35	26.2	35	2.11	40	0
1994	34.7	36	43.9	33	25.4	45	0.32	152	0
1993	29.5	81	38.6	77	20.3	95	1.25	93	0
1992	33.1	51	41	52	25.2	47	1.56	71	0
1991	34.3	38	43.3	36	25.3	46	2.29	31	0
1990	35.7	29	44.7	28	26.6	31	3.66	4	0
1989	26.6	113	34	124	19.2	106	2.19	36	0
1988	33.7	47	42.4	44	25.1	48	1.33	89	0
1987	38.6	15	47.7	15	29.6	13	0.64	139	0
1986	33.9	45	42.8	40	24.9	49	2.03	51	0
1985	35.6	30	43.8	34	27.4	25	4.48	3	0
1984	24.8	132	32.8	131	16.8	127	1.47	77	0
1983	34.2	39	40.5	58	27.9	22	3.22	8	0
1982	29	90	35.7	104	22.2	72	2.09	44	0
1981	37.7	18	48.6	13	26.8	30	0.71	134	0
1980	27.2	108	36.4	94	18.1	116	1.12	105	0
1979	28.8	95	35.6	105	22.1	75	2.55	24	0
1978	29.9	76	39.2	72	20.7	91	0.79	130	0
1977	37.5	20	45.7	22	29.3	15	2.66	22	0
1976	31.4	65	41.1	50	21.7	81	2.83	14	0
1975	22.1	146	29.6	148	14.5	140	1.67	61	0
1974	29.5	81	37.7	82	21.3	86	1.00	115	0
1973	40.2	9	47.1	16	33.3	5	1.12	105	0
1972	26.5	114	34.5	117	18.4	112	1.25	93	0
1971	28	101	35.2	112	20.8	89	1.21	98	0
1970	26	118	33.6	127	18.4	112	2.05	48	0
1969	24.1	136	32.8	131	15.4	137	0.90	125	0
1968	38.8	14	50.1	6	27.5	24	1.89	56	0
1967	29.8	79	37.5	85	22	77	0.96	120	0
1966	35.8	27	45.1	26	26.5	33	2.48	26	0
1965	19.4	152	27	153	11.9	149	4.75	1	0
1964	25.8	121	34.7	114	16.8	127	1.35	86	0
1963	34.2	39	44.1	31	24.2	55	1.18	103	0
1962	24.5	134	32.1	138	16.9	126	1.87	57	0
1961	32	57	40.5	58	23.5	61	2.81	16	0
1960	19.8	151	29.7	147	9.8	152	0.81	128	0
1959	34	43	43.1	38	24.8	50	0.59	141	0
1958	33.1	51	40.8	56	25.5	43	0.32	152	0
1957	30.4	73	38.6	77	22.2	72	1.31	90	0
1956	25.9	120	33.6	127	18.1	116	1.62	67	0
1955	25.6	124	35.6	105	15.6	135	0.52	144	0
1954	27.9	102	35.9	100	19.9	97	2.10	43	0
1953	31.2	70	39.4	69	22.9	66	1.51	72	0
1952	26.1	116	33.2	130	18.9	109	3.09	9	0
1951	21.1	149	29.4	150	12.8	148	3.00	11	0
1950	24	138	31.7	140	16.3	130	2.20	35	0
1949	29.5	81	37.1	90	21.9	78	3.37	6	0
1948	27.3	107	37	91	17.6	119	1.43	79	0
1947	28.9	94	36	98	21.8	80	0.47	146	0
1946	42.4	4	51.3	4	33.5	4	1.20	99	0
1945	39.8	10	50	9	29.6	13	1.95	55	0
1944	25.8	121	32.4	135	19.3	105	1.20	99	0
1943	23.6	140	32.3	136	14.8	139	0.81	128	0
1942	35.8	27	42.9	39	28.8	18	1.74	60	0
1941	28.1	99	36	98	20.2	96	0.77	131	0
1940	24.2	135	31.7	140	16.6	129	2.16	38	0
1939	29.4	84	39.3	70	19.4	103	0.61	140	0
1938	38.1	17	46.8	18	29.3	15	2.11	40	0
1937	26.9	111	34.4	120	19.5	102	1.07	113	0
1936	29.9	76	36.6	92	23.2	65	2.66	22	0
1935	34.1	41	42	47	26.1	37	1.63	66	0
1934	29	90	39	74	18.9	109	0.68	136	0
1933	30.5	71	37.6	83	23.4	63	2.15	39	0
1932	21.8	147	29.2	151	14.5	140	1.42	81	0
1931	31.4	65	38.1	80	24.6	52	1.49	75	0
1930	31.6	62	40.5	58	22.8	68	0.48	145	0
1929	34.1	41	42.2	45	26.1	37	1.31	90	0
1928	32.9	53	41.5	48	24.3	54	0.93	122	0
1927	35.5	31	42.8	40	28.2	20	2.43	27	0
1926	26.1	116	34.1	123	18	118	1.61	68	0
1925	35.2	33	44.4	29	25.9	39	0.44	147	0
1924	29.8	79	36.2	96	23.5	61	1.23	97	0
1923	21.4	148	31.1	143	11.8	150	1.08	112	0
1922	32.4	54	39.3	70	25.5	43	1.60	69	0
1921	33.6	48	42.5	43	24.7	51	2.21	34	0
1920	31.3	68	40.8	56	21.7	81	2.71	20	0
1919	30.4	73	38.9	75	21.9	78	0.84	126	0
1918	39.1	12	48.2	14	29.9	11	0.93	122	0
1917	27.2	108	34.5	117	19.9	97	2.74	17	0
1916	26	118	34.6	115	17.4	121	1.19	101	0
1915	27.9	102	34.9	113	20.8	89	0.93	122	0
1914	30.5	71	37.4	87	23.7	59	0.98	117	0
1913	25.7	123	35.6	105	15.8	133	1.65	63	0
1912	24.1	136	32.5	133	15.8	133	0.34	150	0
1911	36	25	46.4	20	25.6	41	1.25	93	0
1910	44.9	2	55.4	2	34.5	3	0.09	155	0
1909	29.2	89	35.5	109	22.9	66	0.40	149	0
1908	29.3	87	37.5	85	21.1	87	1.48	76	0
1907	31.4	65	40	65	22.7	69	0.56	142	0
1906	22.5	144	29.6	148	15.3	138	0.76	132	0
1905	35.1	34	43.2	37	27	29	0.73	133	0
1904	27.7	104	34.4	120	21	88	1.64	64	0
1903	33.6	48	40.5	58	26.6	31	2.05	48	0
1902	36.1	24	45.1	26	27.2	27	0.30	154	0
1901	29	90	36.4	94	21.5	83	1.84	59	0
1900	25.5	125	33.9	125	17.2	123	1.50	73	0
1899	17.1	154	25	154	9.2	154	2.40	29	0
1898	34.7	36	42.8	40	26.5	33	1.67	61	0
1897	24.7	133	32	139	17.4	121	3.05	10	0
1896	26.3	115	35.6	105	17	125	2.70	21	0
1895	30	75	40.5	58	19.4	103	0.44	147	0
1894	36.5	23	45.7	22	27.3	26	2.72	18	0
1893	24.9	130	34.3	122	15.6	135	2.09	44	0
1892	29.9	76	39.2	72	20.5	93	0.97	118	0
1891	23.5	141	30.9	144	16.1	131	0.94	121	0
1890	22.5	144	30.8	145	14.3	144	1.11	108	0
1889	36.7	22	46.4	20	27.1	28	0.99	116	0
1888	18.8	153	28.2	152	9.4	153	1.11	108	0
1887	26.9	111	35.4	110	18.4	112	0.33	151	0
1886	27.5	105	35.8	102	19.2	106	1.09	110	0
1885	28.4	97	38.5	79	18.3	115	0.55	143	0
1884	28.1	99	37.6	83	18.5	111	1.34	87	0
1883	25.1	128	35.8	102	14.4	143	0.06	156	0
1882	31.5	64	38.9	75	24.1	56	3.25	7	0
1881	31.6	62	40.9	53	22.2	72	1.06	114	0
1880	29.4	84	39.7	66	19.2	106	2.30	30	0
1879	31.8	59	41.2	49	22.4	71	0.97	118	0
1878	44.8	3	54.6	3	34.9	2	1.24	96	0
1877	24	138	33.5	129	14.5	140	1.57	70	0
1876	23.3	142	32.5	133	14	147	1.43	79	0
1875	21	150	30.7	146	11.4	151	2.19	36	0
1874	22.7	143	31.4	142	14.1	146	2.24	33	0
1873	25.1	128	35.9	100	14.3	144	1.34	87	0
1872							1.64	64	31
1871							2.06	46	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2012	48.3
1910	44.9
1878	44.8
1946	42.4
2016	41.3
2000	41.1
2010	41
2021	40.5
1973	40.2
1945	39.8

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1899	17.1
1888	18.8
1965	19.4
1960	19.8
1875	21
1951	21.1
1923	21.4
1932	21.8
1975	22.1
1906	22.5
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1965	4.75
1998	4.56
1985	4.48
1990	3.66
2007	3.64
1949	3.37
1882	3.25
1983	3.22
1952	3.09
1897	3.05

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1883	0.06
1910	0.09
1902	0.30
1994	0.32
1958	0.32
1887	0.33
1912	0.34
1909	0.40
1925	0.44
1895	0.44

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 79°F; 21 March 2026
Coldest night: 1°F; 17 March 2026
Wettest day: 0.44 in; 14 March 2026

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March 2026 brought 1.29 in of precipitation in Minneapolis-St Paul, MN, the driest March since 2018, 65th driest of 156.
The hottest day of March 2026 in Minneapolis-St Paul, MN: 79°F on Saturday 21 March 2026.
The coldest night of March 2026 in Minneapolis-St Paul, MN: a low of 1°F on Tuesday 17 March 2026.
The wettest day of March 2026 in Minneapolis-St Paul, MN: 0.44 in on Saturday 14 March 2026.