Portland, OR: March

31 March 2026: March 2026 averaged 50°F in Portland, OR, the warmest March since 2025, tied 13th warmest of 86 (with 2024 and 2005).

March 2026

Mean temperature: 50°F; Warmest since 2025; 13th warmest of 86
Precipitation: 5.03 in; Wettest since 2017; 15th wettest of 86

A normal March in Portland, OR (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 47.8°F, between 45.4°F and 50.4°F in eight years of ten and 3.65 in of precipitation, between 1.81 in and 7.15 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every March in Portland, OR since 1941: 50°F in 2026; the highest is 52.4°F, in 2015.

Normal range, 45.4 to 50.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every March in Portland, OR from 1941 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
2026	50	13	58	18	42.1	7	5.03	15
2025	50.8	7	58	18	43.7	1	4.68	24
2024	50	13	58.3	16	41.6	12	2.70	61
2023	45.2	69	52.7	69	37.7	61	4.36	27
2022	49.9	16	57.5	25	42.3	6	2.96	57
2021	47.2	38	56.2	37	38.1	53	1.55	80
2020	46.4	49	54.6	50	38.2	52	2.43	70
2019	46.7	45	56.6	34	36.7	70	1.54	81
2018	47.2	38	55.8	40	38.5	46	2.50	68
2017	47.6	34	54.2	54	41.1	15	7.26	4
2016	50.3	10	57.6	24	43	4	4.73	20
2015	52.4	1	62.8	3	42	9	4.71	21
2014	49.1	20	58	18	40.2	21	7.52	2
2013	48.7	24	57.4	27	39.9	23	1.46	84
2012	45	73	52.1	77	38	58	7.89	1
2011	46.1	53	52.5	72	39.7	26	6.43	8
2010	48.2	29	56.8	30	39.6	28	3.58	42
2009	45.3	67	52.5	72	38.1	53	3.36	46
2008	45.4	65	52.9	66	37.9	59	3.71	41
2007	50.1	12	57.7	22	42.5	5	3.20	50
2006	46.1	53	53.7	57	38.5	46	2.96	57
2005	50	13	60.1	8	39.8	25	3.77	40
2004	51.2	4	60.4	7	42	9	1.53	82
2003	49	22	55.8	40	42.1	7	5.75	10
2002	44.9	76	52.1	77	37.6	63	3.40	45
2001	48	31	56.6	34	39.4	30	3.11	53
2000	45.6	59	53.9	56	37.3	66	3.21	49
1999	45.8	56	52.7	69	38.9	40	4.03	35
1998	48.7	24	56.2	37	41.3	13	4.06	34
1997	46.7	45	54.4	52	38.9	40	7.14	5
1996	47.6	34	55.9	39	39.4	30	3.24	47
1995	48.3	28	57.5	25	39	37	3.82	37
1994	50.2	11	60.9	4	39.5	29	1.84	77
1993	47.9	32	56.7	31	39.1	35	4.39	26
1992	52.3	2	63.7	1	40.8	17	1.87	76
1991	46.2	51	54.6	50	37.8	60	4.64	25
1990	49.4	19	58.8	14	39.9	23	2.52	66
1989	45.6	59	52.6	71	38.5	46	6.73	7
1988	47.2	38	56.7	31	37.7	61	3.13	52
1987	48.7	24	56.7	31	40.7	18	4.91	16
1986	51.2	4	60.5	5	42	9	2.60	63
1985	45.8	56	54.8	46	36.7	70	3.08	55
1984	51.1	6	59.1	12	43.1	3	3.19	51
1983	50.7	8	57.7	22	43.7	1	6.80	6
1982	48.5	27	57.9	21	39	37	2.38	71
1981	48.8	23	58.4	15	39.2	34	2.33	72
1980	46.2	51	53.5	59	39	37	3.11	53
1979	50.7	8	60.5	5	41	16	2.51	67
1978	49.1	20	59.3	11	38.9	40	1.49	83
1977	45.5	62	52.9	66	38.1	53	3.50	43
1976	44.4	79	53	64	35.7	79	2.93	59
1975	44.9	76	52.3	76	37.6	63	3.45	44
1974	47.2	38	55.3	44	39.1	35	5.65	11
1973	47.9	32	55.7	42	40	22	2.45	69
1972	49.7	17	58.3	16	41.2	14	5.41	13
1971	43.7	84	52	79	35.4	82	4.87	17
1970	46.9	43	57.2	28	36.6	73	2.58	64
1969	46.5	47	58.9	13	34.1	84	1.13	85
1968	48.1	30	57	29	39.3	33	2.68	62
1967	43.9	81	51.9	82	36	77	4.31	28
1966	47.2	38	56.3	36	38.1	53	4.71	21
1965	47.5	37	59.6	10	35.5	81	1.10	86
1964	43.8	82	52	79	35.7	79	2.28	73
1963	45.2	69	53.7	57	36.7	70	4.69	23
1962	45.2	69	53.5	59	37	69	4.25	30
1961	47.6	34	54.7	48	40.6	19	6.04	9
1960	45	73	53.4	63	36.5	74	4.77	18
1959	46.8	44	54.9	45	38.6	44	3.22	48
1958	45.5	62	54.8	46	36.1	76	2.20	74
1957	46.1	53	52.9	66	39.4	30	7.52	2
1956	44.2	80	51.8	83	36.5	74	4.30	29
1955	41.5	86	49.2	86	33.8	85	3.06	56
1954	43.8	82	54.1	55	33.6	86	2.55	65
1953	45.8	56	53.5	59	38.1	53	3.82	37
1952	45.3	67	52.4	74	38.3	50	3.82	37
1951	41.9	85	49.4	85	34.5	83	3.86	36
1950	45	73	51.5	84	38.6	44	4.76	19
1949	45.6	59	53	64	38.3	50	2.78	60
1948	44.7	78	52.4	74	37.1	67	4.24	31
1947	49.7	17	59.8	9	39.7	26	4.11	33
1946	46.5	47	54.4	52	38.7	43	4.23	32
1945	45.2	69	52	79	38.4	49	5.30	14
1944	45.4	65	54.7	48	36	77	1.93	75
1943	45.5	62	53.5	59	37.5	65	5.54	12
1942	46.4	49	55.6	43	37.1	67	1.63	79
1941	52	3	63.5	2	40.6	19	1.74	78

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2015	52.4
1992	52.3
1941	52
2004	51.2
1986	51.2
1984	51.1
2025	50.8
1983	50.7
1979	50.7
2016	50.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1955	41.5
1951	41.9
1971	43.7
1964	43.8
1954	43.8
1967	43.9
1956	44.2
1976	44.4
1948	44.7
2002	44.9
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2012	7.89
2014	7.52
1957	7.52
2017	7.26
1997	7.14
1983	6.80
1989	6.73
2011	6.43
1961	6.04
2003	5.75

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1965	1.10
1969	1.13
2013	1.46
1978	1.49
2004	1.53
2019	1.54
2021	1.55
1942	1.63
1941	1.74
1994	1.84

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 71°F; 18 March 2026
Coldest night: 32°F; 26 March 2026
Wettest day: 1.73 in; 12 March 2026

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March 2026 brought 5.03 in of precipitation in Portland, OR, the wettest March since 2017, 15th wettest of 86.
The hottest day of March 2026 in Portland, OR: 71°F on Wednesday 18 March 2026.
The coldest night of March 2026 in Portland, OR: a low of 32°F on Thursday 26 March 2026.
The wettest day of March 2026 in Portland, OR: 1.73 in on Thursday 12 March 2026.