Portland, ME: March

31 March 2026: March 2026 averaged 35.1°F in Portland, ME, the warmest March since 2025, 38th warmest of 152.

March 2026

Mean temperature: 35.1°F; Warmest since 2025; 38th warmest of 152
Precipitation: 4.22 in; Wettest since 2025; 57th wettest of 154

A normal March in Portland, ME (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 33.4°F, between 29.8°F and 37.9°F in eight years of ten and 3.80 in of precipitation, between 1.92 in and 6.31 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every March in Portland, ME since 1875: 35.1°F in 2026; the highest is 41.1°F, in 2012.

Normal range, 29.8 to 37.9°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every March in Portland, ME 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	35.1	38	44.1	27	26	57	4.22	57	0
2025	35.8	27	44.3	23	27.3	41	4.40	50	0
2024	37.9	11	44.8	17	31.1	9	11.00	2	0
2023	35.7	29	43.6	31	27.8	33	2.84	103	0
2022	35.7	29	45	15	26.4	51	3.06	100	0
2021	34.9	39	45.2	13	24.5	74	2.78	105	0
2020	39	7	48	5	29.9	15	3.44	86	0
2019	32	85	40.7	76	23.3	98	2.69	108	0
2018	34	53	40.8	73	27.1	42	3.20	94	0
2017	28.8	136	37	129	20.6	133	3.50	85	0
2016	37.8	13	46.2	10	29.4	18	4.37	51	0
2015	30.2	117	39.4	97	21	129	1.79	137	0
2014	27	146	36.2	137	17.7	148	4.31	54	0
2013	34.8	41	42.2	53	27.4	38	1.69	138	0
2012	41.1	1	50.5	2	31.8	4	2.05	128	0
2011	33.3	66	41.9	56	24.8	69	4.86	40	0
2010	39.8	2	48.3	4	31.4	7	11.24	1	0
2009	32.9	72	41.5	62	24.4	77	2.66	111	0
2008	31.9	88	39.4	97	24.4	77	5.54	29	0
2007	32.1	82	41.6	61	22.7	104	3.01	101	0
2006	34.5	49	44.8	17	24.1	83	1.02	151	0
2005	30.1	119	38.9	107	21.2	128	4.81	42	0
2004	34.8	41	42.2	53	27.5	37	1.94	132	0
2003	31.6	95	40.4	82	22.8	102	3.65	80	0
2002	34.8	41	43	39	26.7	45	4.18	61	0
2001	30.6	110	37.7	122	23.5	95	8.01	9	0
2000	37.7	14	46.7	7	28.8	21	3.66	79	0
1999	35.6	32	43.6	31	27.6	35	4.52	47	0
1998	36.7	19	46	11	27.4	38	4.23	56	0
1997	30.4	112	38.2	116	22.6	106	4.05	67	0
1996	29.8	121	39.4	97	20.2	137	2.68	109	0
1995	34.8	41	41.9	56	27.7	34	2.14	125	0
1994	33.5	62	40.5	79	26.5	49	6.71	14	0
1993	29.8	121	39.1	105	20.4	135	6.26	18	0
1992	30.8	107	39.3	101	22.4	111	3.93	72	0
1991	37	18	45.1	14	28.8	21	6.19	20	0
1990	34.6	46	44.3	23	25	66	1.42	145	0
1989	31.6	95	40.9	71	22.3	116	2.14	125	0
1988	34.1	52	44.1	27	24.2	82	1.85	136	0
1987	34	53	42.5	49	25.4	60	4.29	55	0
1986	34.6	46	44.9	16	24.3	81	4.21	59	0
1985	34.8	41	44.8	17	24.7	71	3.15	99	0
1984	28.1	141	35.8	143	20.5	134	5.12	36	0
1983	35.8	27	43.1	36	28.5	24	9.75	4	0
1982	32.1	82	40.8	73	23.4	97	3.20	94	0
1981	35.6	32	44.7	20	26.6	47	1.44	143	0
1980	32	85	41.2	65	22.7	104	4.54	45	0
1979	35.6	32	42.7	44	28.5	24	4.17	62	0
1978	30.2	117	40	90	20.3	136	4.19	60	0
1977	36.1	24	44.4	22	27.9	31	6.92	12	0
1976	31.5	101	40.5	79	22.5	109	2.47	117	0
1975	29.8	121	38.9	107	20.7	132	3.20	94	0
1974	33.9	56	42.9	41	24.8	69	3.82	75	0
1973	37.6	15	44.3	23	31	10	3.33	91	0
1972	28.9	135	36.4	135	21.4	125	6.01	22	0
1971	31.6	95	39.1	105	24.1	83	4.74	43	0
1970	32.4	78	40.1	87	24.6	73	4.22	57	0
1969	31.1	104	39.5	95	22.6	106	3.36	90	0
1968	33.2	68	41.2	65	25.1	63	4.16	63	0
1967	26.4	150	36	140	16.9	150	2.16	123	0
1966	32.6	75	40.2	86	25.1	63	3.77	76	0
1965	33.3	66	42.1	55	24.5	74	0.81	153	0
1964	31.9	88	41.2	65	22.5	109	3.64	81	0
1963	31.8	90	41.5	62	22.2	119	3.38	88	0
1962	33.4	64	42.9	41	23.8	92	2.15	124	0
1961	30.1	119	40.4	82	19.7	141	2.48	116	0
1960	27.3	144	36.1	138	18.6	145	3.27	92	0
1959	30.7	109	40.1	87	21.3	126	4.50	48	0
1958	36.1	24	43.1	36	29.2	19	2.06	127	0
1957	33.6	59	42.7	44	24.4	77	1.91	134	0
1956	25.6	152	35.8	143	15.3	152	3.75	77	0
1955	30.4	112	38.6	113	22.2	119	4.10	66	0
1954	31.6	95	41.4	64	21.8	123	3.97	69	0
1953	34.4	51	42.7	44	26.1	55	9.97	3	0
1952	31.7	92	39.3	101	24	86	3.20	94	0
1951	33.2	68	40.1	87	26.3	52	9.19	5	0
1950	26.3	151	37.3	126	15.4	151	4.14	65	0
1949	33.2	68	42.7	44	23.7	94	2.04	129	0
1948	30.8	107	41.8	58	19.7	141	2.63	112	0
1947	32.5	77	41.7	59	23.3	98	2.72	107	0
1946	39.5	4	51.4	1	27.6	35	1.07	150	0
1945	38.6	8	48.6	3	28.5	24	1.86	135	0
1944	29.1	132	38	121	20.2	137	5.10	37	0
1943	29.6	124	38.2	116	21	129	2.43	118	0
1942	36	26	43.4	34	28.6	23	7.55	11	0
1941	27.3	144	37.2	127	17.4	149	2.24	121	0
1940	30.5	111	37.1	128	23.9	89	5.34	33	0
1939	29.1	132	36.1	138	22.2	119	8.00	10	0
1938	33.8	57	41	70	26.6	47	3.17	98	0
1937	31.3	103	38.6	113	24	86	5.68	26	0
1936	38.2	10	44.5	21	31.9	3			0
1935	33.6	59	40.9	71	26.2	53			0
1934	31.7	92	39.9	93	23.5	95	3.86	73	0
1933	32.6	75	38.9	107	26.2	53	5.94	24	0
1932	31.4	102	38.2	116	24.5	74	4.35	53	0
1931	36.6	22	41.7	59	31.6	5	6.78	13	0
1930	33.4	64	40.6	77	26.1	55	8.02	7	0
1929	35.7	29	43.2	35	28.1	29	3.41	87	0
1928	32	85	38.8	110	25.2	62	2.79	104	0
1927	35.6	32	43	39	28.3	27	1.32	147	0
1926	28.5	138	35.6	146	21.3	126	3.54	84	0
1925	36.7	19	43.7	30	29.7	17	6.12	21	0
1924	34	53	40	90	28	30	0.89	152	0
1923	26.5	149	34.9	150	18.1	147	3.96	71	0
1922	34.9	39	42.4	51	27.4	38	3.85	74	0
1921	39.2	5	47.3	6	31	10	2.61	113	0
1920	34.5	49	42.6	48	26.5	49	5.53	30	0
1919	36.5	23	42.9	41	30	14	4.02	68	0
1918	31.1	104	39.5	95	22.6	106	1.93	133	0
1917	32.1	82	39.2	104	25	66	4.53	46	0
1916	26.8	148	34.5	151	19.2	144	5.22	35	0
1915	32.2	80	40.6	77	23.9	89	0.09	154	0
1914	32.7	74	38.8	110	26.7	45	4.37	51	0
1913	35.2	37	42.5	49	27.9	31	5.35	32	0
1912	30.3	115	38.2	116	22.3	116	6.34	17	0
1911	29.5	127	37	129	22	122	5.60	27	0
1910	37.2	17	44.2	26	30.2	13	1.62	140	0
1909	31.6	95	38.2	116	25	66	2.76	106	0
1908	32.3	79	40.5	79	24.1	83	2.26	120	0
1907	32.2	80	39.3	101	25.1	63	2.58	114	0
1906	26.9	147	33.8	152	19.9	139	4.95	39	0
1905	31.6	95	39.4	97	23.8	92	1.97	130	0
1904	30.3	115	37.6	123	23.1	100	2.52	115	0
1903	39.1	6	46.6	8	31.6	5	5.60	27	0
1902	39.6	3	46.3	9	32.9	1	8.76	6	0
1901	31.7	92	38.8	110	24.7	71	6.43	16	0
1900	28.4	139	37	129	19.8	140	6.00	23	0
1899	29.3	130	35.7	145	22.8	102	6.49	15	0
1898	37.4	16	44	29	30.7	12	1.21	148	0
1897	31.8	90	39.6	94	23.9	89	4.55	44	0
1896	28.1	141	35.4	147	20.9	131	8.02	7	0
1895	29.4	128	36.4	135	22.4	111	3.37	89	0
1894	36.7	19	43.5	33	29.9	15	1.97	130	0
1893	29.6	124	36.7	133	22.4	111	3.58	83	0
1892	29.6	124	36.8	132	22.4	111	2.27	119	0
1891	30.4	112	36.7	133	24	86	5.48	31	0
1890	31	106	37.6	123	24.4	77	6.24	19	0
1889	34.6	46	41.1	69	28.2	28	2.68	109	0
1888	28.7	137	35.2	148	22.3	116	3.72	78	0
1887	28.4	139	35.1	149	21.6	124	4.15	64	0
1886	29.4	128	35.9	142	22.9	101	3.26	93	0
1885	29	134	38.4	115	19.7	141	1.59	141	0
1884	33.5	62	41.2	65	25.7	59	4.86	40	0
1883	28	143	37.4	125	18.5	146	1.58	142	0
1882	35.6	32	42.3	52	28.9	20	3.97	69	0
1881	37.9	11	43.1	36	32.7	2	5.09	38	0
1880	32.8	73	40.3	84	25.3	61	1.42	145	0
1879	33.8	57	40.8	73	26.8	44	4.42	49	0
1878	38.6	8	45.8	12	31.4	7	2.19	122	0
1877	33.6	59	40.3	84	27	43	5.91	25	0
1876	33	71	40	90	25.9	58	5.29	34	0
1875	29.2	131	36	140	22.4	111	3.63	82	0
1874							1.14	149	31
1873							2.87	102	31
1872							1.44	143	31
1871							1.69	138	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2012	41.1
2010	39.8
1902	39.6
1946	39.5
1921	39.2
1903	39.1
2020	39
1945	38.6
1878	38.6
1936	38.2

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1956	25.6
1950	26.3
1967	26.4
1923	26.5
1916	26.8
1906	26.9
2014	27
1960	27.3
1941	27.3
1883	28

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2010	11.24
2024	11.00
1953	9.97
1983	9.75
1951	9.19
1902	8.76
1930	8.02
1896	8.02
2001	8.01
1939	8.00

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1915	0.09
1965	0.81
1924	0.89
2006	1.02
1946	1.07
1874	1.14
1898	1.21
1927	1.32
1990	1.42
1880	1.42

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 69°F; 30 March 2026
Coldest night: 4°F; 2 March 2026
Wettest day: 1.53 in; 16 March 2026

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March 2026 brought 4.22 in of precipitation in Portland, ME, the wettest March since 2025, tied 57th wettest of 154 (with 1970).
The hottest day of March 2026 in Portland, ME: 69°F on Monday 30 March 2026.
The coldest night of March 2026 in Portland, ME: a low of 4°F on Monday 2 March 2026.
The wettest day of March 2026 in Portland, ME: 1.53 in on Monday 16 March 2026.