Richmond, VA: March

31 March 2026: March 2026 averaged 55.1°F in Richmond, VA, the warmest March since 2012, 4th warmest of 130.

March 2026

Mean temperature: 55.1°F; Warmest since 2012; 4th warmest of 130
Precipitation: 1.71 in; Driest since 2023; 15th driest of 140

A normal March in Richmond, VA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 49°F, between 44.9°F and 52.1°F in eight years of ten and 3.78 in of precipitation, between 2.32 in and 6.23 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every March in Richmond, VA since 1897: 55.1°F in 2026; the highest is 58.5°F, in 1945.

Normal range, 44.9 to 52.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every March in Richmond, VA from 1887 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	55.1	4	69	3	41.2	16	1.71	126	0
2025	53.2	13	65.6	10	40.7	19	4.32	36	0
2024	53.4	11	64.9	13	41.8	12	7.13	8	0
2023	50.9	32	62.1	35	39.7	28	1.24	133	0
2022	52.4	17	64	18	40.7	19	3.51	71	0
2021	51.3	29	63.2	25	39.4	34	3.89	51	0
2020	54.8	5	64.9	13	44.7	5	2.66	96	0
2019	47.2	77	58	80	36.3	73	3.86	52	0
2018	43.9	109	53.9	114	33.8	105	2.33	108	0
2017	49	56	60.1	52	37.9	53	3.68	64	0
2016	53.4	11	65.2	12	41.7	13	1.02	138	0
2015	47.5	70	58.9	70	36.1	78	3.78	57	0
2014	45	101	56.3	93	33.6	107	3.24	77	0
2013	43.4	112	53.6	117	33.2	111	5.57	22	0
2012	58.3	2	69.9	2	46.6	1	2.51	102	0
2011	48.7	59	58.9	70	38.4	46	4.28	37	0
2010	51.9	23	62.8	29	41	17	6.17	12	0
2009	46.7	85	56.9	90	36.6	69	4.26	38	0
2008	50.9	32	63	26	38.8	43	3.50	73	0
2007	51.7	27	64.3	17	39.1	37	2.66	96	0
2006	49.8	46	61.9	37	37.6	61	0.20	140	0
2005	45.1	100	55	107	35.3	87	3.99	46	0
2004	49.9	45	60.9	45	39	39	2.22	111	0
2003	49.6	49	61.3	43	37.9	53	5.92	15	0
2002	49.1	54	60.5	49	37.7	60	4.48	34	0
2001	45.2	96	55.8	101	34.6	97	3.77	59	0
2000	51.9	23	64.5	16	39.4	34	3.67	67	0
1999	45.2	96	56.1	97	34.3	101	4.04	41	0
1998	48.5	62	58	80	39	39	6.72	10	0
1997	49.6	49	61.2	44	37.9	53	2.96	84	0
1996	43.2	117	53.7	116	32.7	115	2.71	92	0
1995	50.2	40	62.5	33	37.9	53	3.00	83	0
1994	48.9	57	60.4	50	37.4	63	7.92	6	0
1993	45.8	92	56.3	93	35.4	85	7.24	7	0
1992	47.2	77	58.7	73	35.6	84	5.87	17	0
1991	50.8	34	61.5	41	40.1	24	5.87	17	0
1990	52	20	62.8	29	41.3	15	2.54	101	0
1989	47.9	67	57.9	82	37.9	53	5.00	31	0
1988	47.9	67	60	56	35.7	82	1.98	120	0
1987	47	82	59.2	67	34.9	95	1.65	128	0
1986	50	43	62.7	31	37.2	65	1.16	135	0
1985	49.7	48	61.9	37	37.5	62	1.80	125	0
1984	43.5	111	53.6	117	33.5	109	8.65	2	0
1983	50.4	38	59.8	59	41	17	6.04	13	0
1982	49.1	54	59.8	59	38.3	47	3.74	60	0
1981	44.5	104	57.1	87	32	121	1.52	130	0
1980	47.4	75	58.1	79	36.6	69	5.49	25	0
1979	51	31	64.7	15	37.4	63	2.59	100	0
1978	44.5	104	54.5	110	34.5	98	5.67	20	0
1977	53.7	9	67	6	40.3	22	2.67	95	0
1976	52.6	15	66.2	7	39	39	2.14	116	0
1975	45.3	95	56.2	96	34.4	100	8.04	5	0
1974	50.4	38	62.7	31	38	51	3.79	55	0
1973	52.5	16	62.5	33	42.6	7	3.44	74	0
1972	47.2	77	58.4	77	35.9	80	2.11	119	0
1971	44.5	104	55.5	102	33.5	109	2.68	94	0
1970	42.9	120	53.6	117	32.1	120	3.70	62	0
1969	42.2	123	54.1	113	30.4	127	3.95	49	0
1968	52	20	65.7	8	38.3	47	4.00	43	0
1967	46.6	87	59.5	65	33.7	106	2.34	107	0
1966	47.5	70	59.1	68	35.9	80	0.94	139	0
1965	43	118	52.9	123	33.1	112	3.68	64	0
1964	47.5	70	59.8	59	35.3	87	2.61	99	0
1963	50.8	34	63	26	38.6	44	5.62	21	0
1962	44.9	102	55.4	103	34.5	98	4.87	32	0
1961	50.7	37	61.9	37	39.6	31	4.02	42	0
1960	35.9	130	45.5	130	26.2	130	3.29	76	0
1959	47.2	77	59.4	66	35.1	90	2.92	87	0
1958	42.3	122	50.6	126	34	103	3.81	54	0
1957	47.2	77	57.7	84	36.7	67	2.82	91	0
1956	46.3	90	57.9	82	34.7	96	3.06	81	0
1955	50.2	40	61.5	41	38.9	42	2.66	96	0
1954	46.9	84	58.9	70	35	93	2.44	104	0
1953	48.3	63	58.7	73	37.9	53	3.95	49	0
1952	46.3	90	57.5	86	35.1	90	5.05	30	0
1951	46.7	85	57	89	36.5	71	2.85	90	0
1950	44.4	108	56.1	97	32.6	116	3.20	78	0
1949	48.7	59	60.6	48	36.7	67	2.12	118	0
1948	50.8	34	61.9	37	39.7	28	5.52	24	0
1947	40.1	129	50.9	125	29.2	128	2.22	111	0
1946	53.9	7	65.5	11	42.2	8	2.23	110	0
1945	58.5	1	71	1	46.1	3	1.33	132	0
1944	45.2	96	55.4	103	35	93	5.85	19	0
1943	47	82	58.6	75	35.4	85	3.01	82	0
1942	47.9	67	60.2	51	35.7	82	5.31	27	0
1941	40.7	127	53	122	28.5	129	1.97	121	0
1940	43.3	113	55.4	103	31.2	125	2.31	109	0
1939	48.2	65	60.1	52	36.3	73	5.33	26	0
1938	53.5	10	67.9	5	39.1	37	3.72	61	0
1937	43.3	113	55.9	100	30.7	126	1.66	127	0
1936	51.2	30	63.7	19	38.6	44	3.83	53	0
1935	51.9	23	63.6	21	40.1	24	4.00	43	0
1934	42.9	120	53.5	120	32.3	118	4.36	35	0
1933	45.5	94	56	99	35.1	90	2.15	114	0
1932	43.3	113	54.7	109	31.9	123	6.21	11	0
1931	41.3	126	49.8	127	32.8	113	2.94	86	0
1930	45.2	96	57.6	85	32.8	113	1.07	137	0
1929	52.7	14	63.4	24	42.1	9	3.96	48	0
1928	47.4	75	58.4	77	36.3	73	2.71	92	0
1927	50.2	40	60.8	46	39.5	32	1.95	123	0
1926	43	118	53.5	120	32.5	117	1.96	122	0
1925	48.9	57	59.8	59	38	51	2.47	103	0
1924	45.6	93	54.9	108	36.3	73	4.00	43	0
1923	48.1	66	60.1	52	36	79	5.88	16	0
1922	49.4	53	58.6	75	40.1	24	7.01	9	0
1921	57.6	3	69	3	46.2	2	2.13	117	0
1920	48.3	63	60.1	52	36.4	72	3.11	80	0
1919	49.5	52	59.8	59	39.2	36	3.51	71	0
1918	51.7	27	63.7	19	39.7	28	3.98	47	0
1917	46.6	87	56.3	93	37	66	5.97	14	0
1916	43.3	113	54.5	110	32.2	119	1.57	129	0
1915	40.6	128	49.6	129	31.6	124	1.10	136	0
1914	41.8	125	51.5	124	32	121	3.66	68	0
1913	51.9	23	62	36	41.9	11	3.53	69	0
1912	44.9	102	54.5	110	35.3	87	8.18	3	0
1911	44.5	104	55.1	106	34	103	2.15	114	0
1910	53.9	7	65.7	8	42.1	9	1.42	131	0
1909	46.4	89	56.5	92	36.2	77	4.14	40	0
1908	52.2	18	63	26	41.5	14	2.96	84	0
1907	52.1	19	63.5	22	40.7	19	2.91	88	0
1906	41.9	124	49.8	127	34.1	102	4.78	33	0
1905	49.8	46	59.9	57	39.8	27	2.18	113	0
1904	47.5	70	56.9	90	38.1	49	3.52	70	0
1903	54.3	6	63.5	22	45.2	4	8.14	4	0
1902	50	43	59.9	57	40.2	23	1.89	124	0
1901	49.6	49	59.7	64	39.5	32	3.79	55	0
1900	43.8	110	53.9	114	33.6	107	2.89	89	0
1899	47.5	70	57.1	87	37.9	53	5.56	23	0
1898	52	20	60.8	46	43.3	6	3.78	57	0
1897	48.6	61	59.1	68	38.1	49	5.11	29	0
1896							3.70	62	31
1895							4.23	39	31
1894							1.21	134	31
1893							2.44	104	31
1892							3.19	79	31
1891							8.78	1	31
1890							3.34	75	31
1889							3.68	64	31
1888							5.25	28	31
1887							2.38	106	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1945	58.5
2012	58.3
1921	57.6
2026	55.1
2020	54.8
1903	54.3
1946	53.9
1910	53.9
1977	53.7
1938	53.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1960	35.9
1947	40.1
1915	40.6
1941	40.7
1931	41.3
1914	41.8
1906	41.9
1969	42.2
1958	42.3
1970	42.9
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1891	8.78
1984	8.65
1912	8.18
1903	8.14
1975	8.04
1994	7.92
1993	7.24
2024	7.13
1922	7.01
1998	6.72

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2006	0.20
1966	0.94
2016	1.02
1930	1.07
1915	1.10
1986	1.16
1894	1.21
2023	1.24
1945	1.33
1910	1.42

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 89°F; 11 March 2026
Coldest night: 27°F; 18 March 2026
Wettest day: 0.95 in; 12 March 2026

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March 2026 brought 1.71 in of precipitation in Richmond, VA, the driest March since 2023, 15th driest of 140.
The hottest day of March 2026 in Richmond, VA: 89°F on Wednesday 11 March 2026.
The coldest night of March 2026 in Richmond, VA: a low of 27°F on Wednesday 18 March 2026.
The wettest day of March 2026 in Richmond, VA: 0.95 in on Thursday 12 March 2026.