Palm Springs, CA: March

31 March 2026: March 2026 averaged 79.2°F in Palm Springs, CA, the warmest March on record, in 99 years since 1922 (1931 excluded: 6 of 31 days missing; 1949 excluded: 4 of 31 days missing; 1953 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing; 3 more years excluded for missing days); provisional.

March 2026

Mean temperature: 79.2°F; Warmest on record; Warmest of 99, provisional
Precipitation: 0.00 in; Ties the record; Driest of 103, provisional

A normal March in Palm Springs, CA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 66.4°F, between 63.2°F and 71.6°F in eight years of ten and 0.16 in of precipitation, between 0.00 in and 1.50 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every March in Palm Springs, CA since 1922: 79.2°F in 2026, the highest of them all.

Normal range, 63.2 to 71.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every March in Palm Springs, CA from 1922 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	79.2	1	93.7	1	64.8	1	0.00	85	0
2025	67.2	23	79.6	44	54.8	15	0.50	38	0
2024	64.3	51	76.9	72	51.7	33	0.42	41	0
2023	61.3	79	72.3	96	50.3	43	1.62	13	0
2022	69.8	12	83.5	17	56.1	10	trace	76	0
2021	64.5	47	77.5	69	51.5	35	0.05	64	0
2020	63.2	65	74.2	89	52.3	28	2.49	4	0
2019	65.6	34	78	63	53.1	23	0.42	41	0
2018	67.3	21	79.7	41	54.9	13	0.24	51	0
2017	72.1	6	85.7	8	58.5	4	0.00	85	0
2016	69.9	11	83.4	20	56.4	8	0.02	71	0
2015	73.8	4	87.2	5	60.5	3	0.83	22	0
2014	69.8	12	82.4	26	57.1	7	0.28	49	0
2013	71.2	8	84.9	10	57.5	6	0.04	68	0
2012	65	40	79	51	51	40	0.18	55	0
2011	66	32	79.7	41	52.3	28	0.13	59	0
2010	64.9	42	77.9	65	52	32	trace	76	0
2009	65.4	37	79.7	41	51.2	38	trace	76	0
2008	67.5	19	81.4	30	53.6	20	trace	76	0
2007	70.5	9	84.5	11	56.4	8	0.07	63	0
2006	60.7	84	71.9	99	49.4	54	0.71	25	0
2005	65	40	77.8	66	52.1	30	0.21	52	0
2004	73.9	3	87.2	5	60.6	2	0.13	59	0
2003	66.4	28	78.8	53	54	18	1.01	18	0
2002	63.8	56	77.6	68	50	48	0.04	68	0
2001	66.7	26	79.3	49	54.1	17	0.55	36	0
2000	65.2	39	77.4	71	53.1	23	0.58	34	0
1999	63	68	75.8	82	50.1	46	0.00	85	0
1998			76.5	78	51.7	33	0.10	62	5
1997	71.5	7	87.6	4	55.4	11	0.00	85	1
1996	68.1	18	82.5	24	53.8	19	0.15	57	1
1995	64.5	47	76.6	75	52.4	27	1.49	15	0
1994	68.4	15	83.3	21	53.3	21	0.59	32	2
1993	68.4	15	83.5	17	53.2	22	trace	76	1
1992	63.8	56	76.4	79	51.2	38	1.57	14	0
1991	59.9	86	72.1	98	47.6	71	3.46	1	3
1990	67.3	21	82.4	26	52.1	30	trace	76	1
1989	70.3	10	85.5	9	55	12	0.20	53	1
1988	66.1	29	83.5	17	49.2	55	0.00	85	1
1987	64.4	50	79.4	47	49.7	51	0.20	53	2
1986	69	14	83.7	16	54.9	13	1.05	17	3
1985	63	68	78.9	52	47	78	trace	76	1
1984	68.4	15	83.8	15	52.8	25	0.00	85	2
1983	62.7	71	75.1	86	50.9	41	2.08	7	3
1982	62.7	71	75.6	83	50	48	0.49	39	2
1981	64.3	51	78.6	54	50.1	46	1.24	16	2
1980	62.3	74	76.6	75	48	69	0.63	29	0
1979	63.3	62	78.2	61	48.4	65	0.76	24	1
1978	64.8	44	79.8	40	49.7	51	1.96	8	0
1977	60.2	85	76.8	73	43.6	94	trace	76	0
1976	63.8	56	78.1	62	49.5	53	0.41	44	0
1975	61.6	76	75.6	83	48.1	67	0.30	48	2
1974	64.9	42	78.5	56	51.3	37	0.59	32	0
1973	58.8	93	72.4	94	45.1	85	0.68	28	0
1972	72.7	5	91.3	2	54.2	16	0.00	85	0
1971	66	32	83.2	22	48.7	63	0.02	71	1
1970					48.2	66	1.71	11	4
1969	63.3	62	79.4	47	47.2	76	trace	76	0
1968	65.6	34	82.3	28	48.9	59	0.61	31	0
1967	63.7	59	80	39	47.5	72	0.02	71	0
1966	66.1	29	83.1	23	49	56	0.31	46	0
1965	61.1	81	76.6	75	45.6	82	0.63	29	0
1964	60.9	82	76.8	73	45	87	0.93	21	1
1963					47.5	72	0.45	40	13
1962	58.5	95	74.2	89	42.8	98	0.02	71	0
1961	63.1	67	79.5	46	46.6	79	0.05	64	0
1960	67.1	24	83.9	13	50.3	43	0.00	85	0
1959	67.5	19	86	7	49	56	0.00	85	0
1958	57.4	98	71.9	99	42.9	97	1.63	12	0
1957	64.1	54	80.9	33	47.3	75	0.25	50	0
1956	64.2	53	83.9	13	44.6	90	0.00	85	0
1955	61.5	78	79.6	44	43.3	95	0.00	85	0
1954	59.8	87	74.6	88	45	87	2.64	2	1
1953			80.1	37			0.01	75	31
1952	56.2	99	70.3	101	42	100	0.69	27	0
1951	63.7	59	78.4	57	49	56	0.31	46	0
1950	64.7	45	80.5	36	48.9	59	0.05	64	0
1949									4
1948	58.3	97	74.1	91	42.5	99	0.18	55	0
1947	63.3	62	81.2	31	45.4	84	0.04	68	0
1946	61.2	80	78.3	59	44.2	93	0.11	61	0
1945	58.8	93	75.5	85	42	100	0.99	19	0
1944	60.9	82	77.5	69	44.3	92	0.79	23	0
1943	64.5	47	80.1	37	48.9	59	2.20	6	0
1942	59.1	89	78.3	59	40	102	0.71	25	0
1941	61.6	76	76	81	47.2	76	2.50	3	1
1940	66.5	27	84.3	12	48.8	62	0.00	85	3
1939	62.3	74	79.1	50	45.5	83	0.14	58	0
1938	59.6	88	74.1	91	45.1	85	2.31	5	1
1937	63.4	61	78.6	54	48.1	67	1.94	9	0
1936	63.2	65	76.1	80	50.3	43	1.72	10	0
1935	59	90	74.8	87	43.2	96	0.54	37	0
1934	74.2	2	90.8	3	57.6	5	0.00	85	0
1933	63.9	55	81.6	29	46.2	80	0.00	85	0
1932	65.5	36	82.5	24	48.6	64	0.00	85	0
1931									6
1930	64.6	46	78.4	57	50.9	41	0.58	34	0
1929	62.6	73	77.7	67	47.5	72	0.00	85	0
1928	65.3	38	80.8	34	49.8	50	0.00	85	0
1927	58.5	95	72.2	97	44.8	89	0.00	85	0
1926	66.9	25	81.1	32	52.8	25	0.00	85	0
1925	66.1	29	80.7	35	51.5	35	0.32	45	0
1924	58.9	91	72.4	94	45.8	81	0.42	41	1
1923	62.9	70	78	63	47.8	70	0.05	64	0
1922	58.9	91	73.5	93	44.4	91	0.97	20	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2026	79.2
1934	74.2
2004	73.9
2015	73.8
1972	72.7
2017	72.1
1997	71.5
2013	71.2
2007	70.5
1989	70.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1952	56.2
1958	57.4
1948	58.3
1962	58.5
1927	58.5
1973	58.8
1945	58.8
1924	58.9
1922	58.9
1935	59

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1991	3.46
1954	2.64
1941	2.50
2020	2.49
1938	2.31
1943	2.20
1983	2.08
1978	1.96
1937	1.94
1936	1.72

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2026	0.00
2017	0.00
1999	0.00
1997	0.00
1988	0.00
1984	0.00
1972	0.00
1960	0.00
1959	0.00
1956	0.00
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The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 108°F; 20 March 2026
Coldest night: 54°F; 6 March 2026

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March 2026 brought 0.00 in of precipitation in Palm Springs, CA, tying the record for the driest March, set in 2017, 1999, 1997 and 15 other years, in 103 years since 1922 (1931 excluded: 6 of 31 days missing; 1949 excluded: 4 of 31 days missing); provisional.
The hottest day of March 2026 in Palm Springs, CA: 108°F on Friday 20 March 2026.
The coldest night of March 2026 in Palm Springs, CA: a low of 54°F on Friday 6 March 2026.