Needles, CA: March

31 March 2026: March 2026 averaged 77.5°F in Needles, CA, the warmest March on record, in 127 years since 1890 (1891 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing; 1896 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing; 1901 excluded: 6 of 31 days missing; 7 more years excluded for missing days); provisional.

March 2026

Mean temperature: 77.5°F; Warmest on record; Warmest of 127, provisional
Precipitation: 0.00 in; Ties the record; Driest of 131, provisional

A normal March in Needles, CA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 65.4°F, between 61.9°F and 70.3°F in eight years of ten and 0.14 in of precipitation, between 0.00 in and 1.63 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every March in Needles, CA since 1890: 77.5°F in 2026, the highest of them all.

Normal range, 61.9 to 70.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every March in Needles, CA from 1890 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	77.5	1	91.9	1	63.1	1	0.00	113	0
2025	65.5	35	77.8	44	53.3	28	0.23	59	0
2024	63.6	59	75	86	52.2	41	0.81	26	0
2023	59.6	108	70	124	49.3	83	1.95	6	0
2022	67.1	21	80.5	25	53.7	25	0.06	77	0
2021	63.1	70	76.5	64	49.8	73	0.05	82	0
2020	63.2	69	73.4	104	53	32	2.36	3	0
2019	65.1	40	76.7	61	53.5	27	0.55	38	0
2018	66.9	23	78.8	35	55.1	14	0.23	59	0
2017	71.3	5	85	6	57.6	4	0.06	77	0
2016	69.3	11	83.6	11	55	15	0.03	91	0
2015	71.8	3	84.8	8	58.8	3	0.79	29	0
2014	69	13	82	17	55.9	11	trace	100	0
2013	69.8	7	83.5	12	56.1	9	0.25	56	0
2012	65.8	30	79.4	30	52.1	43	0.11	71	0
2011	65.7	32	78.7	36	52.7	37	0.08	75	0
2010	61.8	91	73.8	99	49.8	73	0.63	35	0
2009	63.9	56	77.6	49	50.2	67	trace	100	0
2008	65.1	40	78.7	36	51.5	49	0.02	93	0
2007	68.8	14	82.7	14	54.8	16	0.05	82	0
2006	61.6	92	73.8	99	49.4	80	0.12	70	0
2005	64.6	50	77	57	52.2	41	0.15	65	0
2004	72.7	2	85.7	4	59.6	2	0.06	77	0
2003	63.4	66	75.9	69	50.9	58	0.81	26	0
2002	62	84	75.4	81	48.5	92	0.02	93	0
1999	66.6	26	80.5	25	52.7	37	0.00	113	0
1998	63.1	70	76.2	67	50.1	68	0.46	43	0
1997	69.6	10	85.2	5	54	22	0.00	113	0
1996	67.1	21	81	21	53.2	31	0.04	86	0
1995	63.5	64	75.3	83	51.7	47	0.44	44	0
1994	68.3	15	82	17	54.6	19	1.42	14	0
1993	65.1	40	79	32	51.2	52	0.43	45	0
1992	62.8	76	74.6	89	50.9	58	3.19	1	0
1991	58.1	117	70.7	120	45.5	118	2.12	5	0
1990	66.7	24	80.6	24	52.8	36	0.10	74	0
1989	69.7	8	84.7	9	54.8	16	0.00	113	0
1988	64.9	44	80	28	49.7	75	0.03	91	0
1987									10
1986	68.3	15	82.5	15	54.2	20	0.58	36	0
1985	62	84	75.2	85	48.8	88	0.33	48	0
1984	65.3	37	80.5	25	50.1	68	0.00	113	0
1983	62.6	78	74.2	94	51.1	53	1.89	7	0
1982	61.9	89	73.5	102	50.3	66	0.88	22	0
1981	63.5	64	75.5	75	51.5	49	0.92	20	0
1980	60.5	101	73	107	48.1	95	0.88	22	0
1979	61.2	94	73.9	97	48.5	92	1.34	15	0
1978	64.7	47	76.5	64	52.9	34	1.29	17	1
1977	58.6	114	70.9	119	46.3	109	0.26	55	0
1976	60.7	97	73.5	102	47.9	97	trace	100	0
1975	59.4	112	71.3	116	47.5	100	0.49	42	0
1974	65.2	38	77	57	53.3	28	0.65	31	0
1973	56.2	125	67.3	128	45.1	120	1.30	16	0
1972	71.6	4	86.7	2	56.6	6	0.00	113	0
1971	64.1	55	78.3	41	49.9	72	trace	100	0
1970	62	84	74	96	50.1	68	0.33	48	0
1969	60.8	96	74.3	93	47.3	102	0.04	86	0
1968	65.2	38	78.4	40	52	44	0.32	50	0
1967	65.1	40	77.8	44	52.4	40	0.01	98	0
1966	64.2	53	77.9	43	50.5	63	0.58	36	0
1965	59.9	106	71.9	112	47.9	97	1.57	10	0
1964	59.6	108	72.6	110	46.6	106	0.02	93	0
1963	62.3	83	75.6	73	49	85	0.04	86	0
1962	58.2	116	71.2	117	45.1	120	trace	100	0
1961	62.5	81	75.9	69	49	85	0.07	76	0
1960	65.5	35	79.8	29	51.1	53	trace	100	0
1959	64.9	44	78.9	33	50.9	58	0.00	113	0
1958	57.3	124	68.5	127	46	111	0.81	26	0
1957	63.6	59	76.9	60	50.4	64	0.02	93	0
1956	63	74	78.9	33	47	103	0.00	113	0
1955	62	84	75.5	75	48.6	91	0.00	113	0
1954	58.8	113	71.5	114	46	111	1.69	8	0
1953	63.4	66	77	57	49.7	75	0.18	64	0
1952	56	126	67.3	128	44.7	123	1.02	19	0
1951	61.9	89	75	86	48.8	88	trace	100	0
1950	63.8	58	77.8	44	49.7	75	0.30	51	0
1949	60.3	102	73.9	97	46.8	105	trace	100	0
1948	57.5	122	69.9	125	45.1	120	0.05	82	0
1947	65.7	32	78.5	39	53	32	trace	100	0
1946	62	84	75	86	49	85	trace	100	0
1945	57.7	121	69	126	46.4	108	0.90	21	0
1944	59.5	111	71	118	47.9	97	0.23	59	0
1943	64.8	46	77.7	48	51.9	45	0.40	46	0
1942	60.1	103	74.6	89	45.7	114	0.27	54	0
1941	60.7	97	72.6	110	48.7	90	2.65	2	0
1940							0.28	53	31
1939	61.6	92	75.9	69	47.4	101	0.14	66	0
1938	57.9	120	70.5	121	45.3	119	1.48	11	0
1937	57.5	122	72.9	108	42	125	0.82	25	0
1936	64.2	53	77.8	44	50.6	61	0.30	51	0
1935	58.3	115	70.5	121	46.2	110	0.24	58	0
1934	70.1	6	84.9	7	55.2	12	0.00	113	0
1933	63.1	70	76.7	61	49.5	79	0.00	113	0
1932	63.9	56	80.9	22	46.9	104	0.00	113	0
1931	63.6	59	77.2	55	50	71	0.01	98	0
1930	64.4	51	77.3	53	51.5	49	1.06	18	0
1929	63.3	68	77.2	55	49.4	80	trace	100	0
1928	66.5	27	81.2	20	51.9	45	0.02	93	0
1927	60.7	97	75.7	72	45.6	117	0.34	47	0
1926	68.3	15	84.2	10	52.5	39	0.11	71	0
1925	66	28	82.4	16	49.6	78	0.74	30	0
1924	59.6	108	73.6	101	45.7	114	0.13	68	0
1923	61	95	75.5	75	46.5	107	0.22	62	0
1922	60	105	75.5	75	44.5	124	0.53	41	0
1921							0.14	66	31
1920	58.1	117	70.1	123	46	111	0.04	86	0
1919	60.1	103	74.5	91	45.7	114	0.65	31	0
1918	63.6	59	76.3	66	51	55	0.87	24	0
1917	58	119	75.5	75	40.5	126	0.00	113	0
1916			75.4	81			0.04	86	6
1915	62.6	78	76.1	68	49.1	84	0.00	113	0
1914	68	19	80.8	23	55.2	12	0.54	40	0
1913	64.7	47	76.6	63	52.9	34	0.00	113	0
1912	63.6	59	73.4	104	53.8	24	2.31	4	0
1911	67.8	20	79.2	31	56.4	7	0.06	77	0
1910	68.2	18	85.8	3	50.6	61	0.11	71	0
1909	56	126	72.9	108	39	127	1.43	13	0
1908	65.6	34	77.6	49	53.6	26	0.00	113	2
1907			78.6	38			0.00	113	31
1906	64.7	47	75.5	75	54	22	1.65	9	0
1905	66.7	24	77.4	51	56	10	1.45	12	0
1904	69.7	8	83.2	13	56.2	8	0.00	113	0
1903	64.3	52	77.4	51	51	55	0.65	31	3
1902	62.7	77	71.4	115	54.1	21	0.05	82	0
1901									6
1900	69.1	12	81.4	19	56.9	5	trace	100	0
1899	66	28	77.3	53	54.7	18	trace	100	0
1898	60.7	97	73.1	106	48.4	94	0.13	68	0
1897	59.9	106	71.8	113	48	96	0.00	113	0
1895	62.5	81	75.6	73	49.4	80	0.06	77	0
1894	63.1	70	75.3	83	50.4	64	0.65	31	2
1893	62.6	78	74.2	94	51	55	0.55	38	0
1892	65.8	30	78.3	41	53.3	28	0.25	56	0
1890	63	74	74.4	92	51.7	47	0.21	63	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2026	77.5
2004	72.7
2015	71.8
1972	71.6
2017	71.3
1934	70.1
2013	69.8
1989	69.7
1904	69.7
1997	69.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1952	56
1909	56
1973	56.2
1958	57.3
1948	57.5
1937	57.5
1945	57.7
1938	57.9
1917	58
1991	58.1
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1992	3.19
1941	2.65
2020	2.36
1912	2.31
1991	2.12
2023	1.95
1983	1.89
1954	1.69
1906	1.65
1965	1.57

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2026	0.00
1999	0.00
1997	0.00
1989	0.00
1984	0.00
1972	0.00
1959	0.00
1956	0.00
1955	0.00
1934	0.00
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 106°F; 21 March 2026
Coldest night: 53°F; 9 March 2026, 6 March 2026

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March 2026 brought 0.00 in of precipitation in Needles, CA, tying the record for the driest March, set in 1999, 1997, 1989 and 15 other years, in 131 years since 1890 (1891 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing; 1896 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing; 1901 excluded: 6 of 31 days missing; 3 more years excluded for missing days); provisional.
The hottest day of March 2026 in Needles, CA: 106°F on Saturday 21 March 2026.
The coldest night of March 2026 in Needles, CA: a low of 53°F on Monday 9 March 2026 and Friday 6 March 2026.