Poughkeepsie, NY: March

31 March 2026: March 2026 averaged 41.2°F in Poughkeepsie, NY, the warmest March since 2025, 12th warmest of 93.

March 2026

Mean temperature: 41.2°F; Warmest since 2025; 12th warmest of 93
Precipitation: 3.79 in; Wettest since 2024; 29th wettest of 94

A normal March in Poughkeepsie, NY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 37.6°F, between 32.8°F and 43°F in eight years of ten and 3.08 in of precipitation, between 1.39 in and 5.19 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every March in Poughkeepsie, NY since 1931: 41.2°F in 2026; the highest is 48°F, in 2012.

Normal range, 32.8 to 43°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every March in Poughkeepsie, NY from 1931 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	41.2	12	52.4	14	30.1	16	3.79	29	0
2025	42.8	10	55.3	5	30.4	13	2.49	63	1
2024	43.3	6	52.8	11	33.7	5	6.01	4	0
2023	39.2	22	49.5	28	28.9	24	3.39	34	0
2022	40.4	18	51	17	29.8	19	2.87	50	0
2021	41	13	52.6	13	29.5	22	2.15	71	0
2020	42.9	9	53.7	6	32.1	9	2.48	64	0
2019	36.8	53	47.3	49	26.3	50	1.58	84	0
2018	36.5	56	44.8	69	27.8	34	2.23	69	1
2017	32.7	83	42.3	84	23.1	83	5.31	7	0
2016	45.9	4	58	4	33.8	4	1.04	92	0
2015	32.5	84	42.6	83	22.3	86	2.17	70	0
2014	31.6	87	41.8	85	21.4	89	2.75	53	0
2013	36.7	54	45.7	60	27.7	36	1.48	86	0
2012	48	1	59.7	2	36.4	2	1.19	87	0
2011	37.7	36	47.6	43	27.8	34	5.17	9	0
2010	43.1	8	53.5	8	32.7	8	4.56	16	0
2009	37.9	34	49	33	26.8	45	1.92	76	0
2008	37.6	38	48	39	27.2	41	5.24	8	1
2007	35.3	67	46.6	52	23.9	78	3.36	35	0
2006	37.7	36	49	33	26.3	50	1.19	87	0
2005	32.9	82	43.9	74	21.9	88	3.88	24	0
2004	40.6	16	50	24	31.2	10	1.88	78	0
2003	37	50	49.4	31	24.7	71	3.08	43	0
2002	39.3	20	50.3	21	28.3	29	2.40	66	0
2001	34	76	41.8	85	26.1	55	4.34	19	0
2000	40.8	14	53.3	9	28.3	29	2.60	57	0
1999	35.6	63	45.8	59	25.5	67	5.36	6	0
1998	39.1	24	49.7	26	28.5	28	4.17	21	0
1997	38.3	32	50.5	19	26.2	54	4.11	22	0
1996							3.26	38	7
1995									6
1994	34.7	72	45.5	64	23.9	78	4.61	15	0
1993									5
1992	33.4	81	43.1	79	23.6	80	3.08	43	0
1991	39.1	24	49.5	28	28.7	25	3.82	28	0
1990	39.1	24	50.7	18	27.5	37	3.25	39	0
1989	36.4	58	47.7	41	25.1	68	3.00	47	0
1988	37	50	48.3	38	25.8	59	1.61	82	0
1987	37.8	35	49.7	26	26	56	3.12	41	0
1986	38.1	33	50.4	20	25.7	61	2.96	48	0
1985	38.5	30	50.2	22	26.9	42	2.58	58	0
1984	30.6	90	38.9	91	22.4	85	3.70	31	0
1983	38.4	31	46.6	52	30.2	15	7.39	1	0
1982	35.6	63	46.3	56	25	69	2.78	52	0
1981	35.7	61	46.6	52	24.7	71	0.15	94	0
1980	35.6	63	45.2	66	26	56	5.97	5	0
1979	40.8	14	51.4	16	30.3	14	3.28	36	0
1978	32.4	85	42.7	82	22	87	2.54	61	0
1977	41.9	11	52.8	11	31	11	6.11	3	0
1976	39.2	22	49.8	25	28.6	26	1.79	80	3
1975	35.3	67	44.9	68	25.7	61	3.99	23	0
1974	37.4	42	46.9	50	28	32	3.86	25	0
1973	43.2	7	52.9	10	33.6	6	3.83	27	0
1972	34.8	71	44	73	25.6	64	3.22	40	0
1971	35	69	43.4	77	26.6	47	1.99	74	0
1970	33.8	78	43	80	24.5	73	2.01	73	0
1969	33.6	80	43.8	76	23.5	81	2.51	62	0
1968	39.3	20	50.1	23	28.6	26	3.86	25	0
1967	30.7	89	41.8	85	19.6	92	4.44	17	0
1966	37.3	43	47.4	45	27.3	39	1.99	74	0
1965	33.7	79	43.4	77	24	77	1.13	90	0
1964	37.6	38	48.7	36	26.5	48	2.26	68	0
1963	37.2	45	47.5	44	26.9	42	2.57	60	0
1962	36.6	55	47.4	45	25.8	59	1.11	91	0
1961	35.7	61	45.9	58	25.6	64	3.08	43	0
1960	28.5	93	38.7	92	18.4	93	1.71	81	0
1959	35.4	66	45.7	60	25	69	2.43	65	0
1958	37.2	45	44.1	72	29.9	18	3.60	33	1
1957	37.2	45	47.7	41	26.7	46	2.13	72	0
1956	30.4	91	39.6	90	21.1	91	3.71	30	0
1955	36.5	56	46.1	57	26.9	42	4.38	18	0
1954	36.9	52	47.4	45	26.3	50	3.07	46	0
1953	38.7	29	47.4	45	30	17	6.63	2	0
1952	35	69	44.3	71	25.7	61	3.28	36	0
1951	37.1	48	46.7	51	27.5	37	5.07	10	0
1950	31	88	40.9	88	21.2	90	2.80	51	0
1949	37.6	38	48.8	35	26.3	50	1.19	87	0
1948	37.1	48	48.5	37	25.6	64	3.12	41	0
1947	34.7	72	45	67	24.5	73	2.39	67	0
1946	46.8	3	60.3	1	33	7	1.58	84	1
1945	47.6	2	58.6	3	36.5	1	1.89	77	0
1944	34.5	74	43	80	26	56	4.22	20	0
1943	37.3	43	46.5	55	28	32	2.58	58	0
1942	40.1	19	49.4	31	30.8	12	4.98	12	0
1941	38.9	28	47.9	40	29.7	20	0.95	93	1
1940	30.2	92	37.1	93	23.3	82	3.66	32	0
1939	34	76	43.9	74	24.1	75	2.75	53	0
1938	40.6	16	52.1	15	29	23	1.61	82	0
1937	32.4	85	40.7	89	24.1	75	2.73	55	0
1936	44.7	5	53.7	6	35.6	3	4.82	14	1
1935	39.1	24	49.5	28	28.3	29	1.84	79	1
1934	34.4	75	45.7	60	23	84	2.95	49	1
1933	36.3	59	44.8	69	27.3	39	4.86	13	2
1932	36.1	60	45.7	60	26.4	49	5.07	10	1
1931	37.5	41	45.5	64	29.6	21	2.62	56	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2012	48
1945	47.6
1946	46.8
2016	45.9
1936	44.7
2024	43.3
1973	43.2
2010	43.1
2020	42.9
2025	42.8

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1960	28.5
1940	30.2
1956	30.4
1984	30.6
1967	30.7
1950	31
2014	31.6
1978	32.4
1937	32.4
2015	32.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1983	7.39
1953	6.63
1977	6.11
2024	6.01
1980	5.97
1999	5.36
2017	5.31
2008	5.24
2011	5.17
1951	5.07
More years share the last value

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1981	0.15
1941	0.95
2016	1.04
1962	1.11
1965	1.13
2012	1.19
2006	1.19
1949	1.19
2013	1.48
2019	1.58
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 81°F; 31 March 2026
Coldest night: 11°F; 2 March 2026
Wettest day: 0.71 in; 12 March 2026, 5 March 2026

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Every answer in words

March 2026 brought 3.79 in of precipitation in Poughkeepsie, NY, the wettest March since 2024, 29th wettest of 94.
The hottest day of March 2026 in Poughkeepsie, NY: 81°F on Tuesday 31 March 2026.
The coldest night of March 2026 in Poughkeepsie, NY: a low of 11°F on Monday 2 March 2026.
The wettest day of March 2026 in Poughkeepsie, NY: 0.71 in on Thursday 12 March 2026 and Thursday 5 March 2026.