Riverside, CA: March

31 March 2026: March 2026 averaged 70.5°F in Riverside, CA, the warmest March on record, in 113 years since 1893 (1896 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing; 1897 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing; 1898 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing; 18 more years excluded for missing days); provisional.

March 2026

Mean temperature: 70.5°F; Warmest on record; Warmest of 113, provisional
Precipitation: 0.08 in; Driest since 2009; 11th driest of 114

A normal March in Riverside, CA (1991 to 2020): 0.91 in of precipitation, between 0.03 in and 3.57 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every March in Riverside, CA since 1893: 70.5°F in 2026, the highest of them all.

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every March in Riverside, CA from 1893 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	70.5	1	86.2	1	54.9	1	0.08	103	0
2025	57.8	51	68.7	86	46.9	24	1.76	43	0
2024	56.5	69	66.2	102	46.8	25	2.38	33	0
2023	53.8	96	62.9	114	44.6	51	4.25	13	0
2022	62.4	10	76.5	12	48.3	11	0.55	84	0
2021	56.8	65	69.4	79	44.1	57	1.45	49	0
2020	57.3	59	67.3	98	47.4	18	3.64	17	0
2019	58.1	46	68.9	83	47.3	19	1.43	51	0
2018	59.2	31	70.4	64	48	12	1.65	47	0
2017	63.5	4	77.7	9	49.3	7	0.16	99	0
2016	62.4	10	75.3	20	49.5	6	0.78	77	0
2015	67.1	2	81.7	2	52.5	2	0.24	95	0
2014	63.3	5	75.5	16	51.1	3	0.26	93	0
2013	62.6	8	76	15	49.3	7	0.63	82	0
2012	58.6	41	70.9	59	46.2	33	0.91	70	0
2011	58.9	36	71.1	58	46.6	29	1.45	49	0
2010	59.6	26	72.1	43	47.1	21	0.30	91	0
2009	58.2	45	71.2	56	45.2	44	0.05	105	0
2008							0.00	109	10
2007							0.00	109	6
2005									12
2004									8
2003	59.8	24	73.6	31	46	36	3.48	23	2
2002							0.21	97	7
2001							1.03	61	5
2000	59.5	28	71.8	45	47.1	21	1.63	48	0
1999							0.11	101	4
1998	58.1	46	69.4	79	46.7	27	1.40	53	2
1997	63.8	3	80.6	3	47	23	0.00	109	2
1996	59.6	26	73.5	34	45.8	37	1.14	58	1
1995	58.8	37	70.3	68	47.3	19	4.31	12	0
1994	61.5	15	74.3	25	48.8	10	3.22	25	1
1993	62.6	8	75.5	16	49.7	4	0.90	72	2
1992	59	33	68.3	90	49.6	5	3.52	21	0
1991	54.4	94	66.1	103	42.7	66	5.67	6	0
1990	60.1	23	72.7	37	47.5	15	0.26	93	0
1989	61.8	13	76.2	14	47.5	15	0.87	73	0
1988	62.8	7	79.9	4	45.8	37	0.69	80	2
1987	59	33	72.4	39	45.6	39	1.43	51	0
1986	60.8	18	75.5	16	46.2	33	2.99	27	0
1985	55.6	81	70.3	68	41.2	81	0.80	75	2
1984	61.6	14	77.6	10	45.6	39	0.10	102	0
1983	57.9	49	68.2	92	47.7	14	6.01	3	0
1982					43.9	58	4.04	14	4
1981	57.7	55	70	71	45.5	42	1.86	41	3
1980	57.3	59	70.1	70	44.5	53	2.32	34	0
1979	57.2	61	69.6	75	44.8	45	4.44	11	0
1978	60.3	21	71.5	50	49	9	5.13	9	0
1977	54.4	94	68.7	86	40	98	0.95	64	0
1976	56.9	64	71.4	53	42.3	69	1.27	56	1
1975	55.6	81	67.8	95	43.4	61	2.67	28	0
1974	57.9	49	69.5	76	46.5	30	1.73	44	1
1973	53.4	104	64.1	111	42.4	68	2.16	36	1
1972	61.9	12	77	11	46.8	25	0.00	109	0
1971	57.8	51	72.4	39	43.3	62	0.08	103	0
1970	57.8	51	71.7	47	43.9	58	1.94	39	0
1969	55.7	78	69.9	74	41.4	79	0.79	76	0
1968	59.4	29	74.3	25	44.6	51	2.13	37	0
1967	57.8	51	70	71	45.6	39	1.01	62	0
1966	58.7	39	73.3	35	44.2	56	0.37	90	0
1965	56.1	72	68	94	44.5	53	1.84	42	2
1964	55.5	84	69.5	76	41.5	78	1.04	60	0
1963	55.1	88	69.5	76	40.7	91	1.28	55	0
1962	52.9	107	65.8	105	39.9	101	0.94	65	0
1961	57.1	63	71.8	45	42.5	67	0.51	87	1
1960	60.2	22	74.1	27	46.3	31	0.29	92	0
1959	60.8	18	78.5	6	43.1	63	0.00	109	1
1958	53.4	104	64.9	108	42.3	69	3.58	19	1
1957	57.7	55	70.8	61	44.8	45	0.93	67	1
1956	58.7	39	76.3	13	40.8	88	0.00	109	2
1955	57.2	61	73.6	31	40.9	87	0.22	96	1
1954	51.9	111	64	112	39.7	103	2.59	29	0
1953	54.7	92	71.3	55	38.2	111	0.84	74	0
1952	51.5	112	62.4	115	40.5	93	3.88	15	0
1951	55.7	78	72.3	41	39.1	105	0.48	89	0
1950	55.2	87	71.7	47	38.6	109	0.65	81	0
1949	52.4	109	66.8	101	38	113	0.73	78	0
1948			68.3	90			1.19	57	9
1947			72.2	42			0.91	70	5
1946	55.9	74	71.5	50	40.3	95	2.08	38	0
1945	52.2	110	65.5	106	39	107	3.78	16	0
1944	56.5	69	71.7	47	41.2	81	0.98	63	0
1943									6
1942	56.3	71	73.8	30	38.7	108	0.20	98	0
1941	58.5	42	70.8	61	46.1	35	5.96	4	0
1940	59.7	25	74	29	45.4	43	0.53	86	1
1939	55	89	68.8	85	41.3	80	1.14	58	0
1938	54.7	92	67.4	97	42.1	71	9.41	1	0
1937	55.7	78	70.4	64	41	86	3.53	20	0
1936	59	33	74.1	27	43.8	60	0.94	65	0
1935	51.1	113	64.2	110	38	113	2.52	30	0
1934									4
1933	56.1	72	73.2	36	39.1	105	0.03	107	0
1932	56.8	65	71.5	50	42.1	71	0.05	105	0
1931	59.3	30	77.8	8	40.8	88	0.16	99	0
1930	56.8	65	70.5	63	43.1	63	3.27	24	0
1929	54.8	91	69.2	82	40.4	94	0.92	68	0
1928									5
1927	55.3	86	68.7	86	41.9	76	2.51	31	0
1926	61.5	15	75.5	16	47.5	15			0
1925	57.7	55	74.4	24	41.1	85			0
1924	53.5	102	67	100	40	98			0
1923	57.5	58	75	22	40	98			0
1922	53.7	98	67.1	99	40.3	95			0
1921	58.8	37	72.7	37	44.8	45			0
1920	53.7	98	67.7	96	39.8	102			0
1919					40.8	88			5
1918	58.3	44	71.4	53	44.7	50	5.49	7	2
1917	56.7	68	75.3	20	38.2	111	0.01	108	0
1916	61.5	15	78.7	5	44.3	55	1.38	54	0
1915	60.4	20	74.5	23	46.3	31	0.59	83	0
1914	63.1	6	78.2	7	48	12	0.51	87	0
1913	55.4	85	72.1	43	38.6	109	0.54	85	0
1912	52.9	107	63.7	113	42	75	3.64	17	0
1911	58.5	42	70.4	64	46.7	27	1.66	46	0
1910	59.2	31	73.6	31	44.8	45	1.73	44	0
1909	53.7	98	65.3	107	42.1	71	1.87	40	0
1908	55.6	81	70.9	59	40.3	95	0.92	68	0
1907	53.6	101	66.1	103	41.2	81	3.49	22	0
1906	55.8	76	70	71	41.6	77	6.86	2	1
1905	58.1	46	71.2	56	44.8	45	4.87	10	1
1904	55.8	76	70.4	64	41.2	81	3.22	25	0
1903	53.8	96	68.2	92	39.5	104	5.22	8	1
1902	53.5	102	69.3	81	37.5	115	2.23	35	1
1895	55.9	74	68.7	86	43.1	63	2.42	32	0
1894	54.9	90	68.9	83	40.7	91	0.72	79	3
1893	53.3	106	64.5	109	42.1	71	5.74	5	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2026	70.5
2015	67.1
1997	63.8
2017	63.5
2014	63.3
1914	63.1
1988	62.8
2013	62.6
1993	62.6
2022	62.4
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1935	51.1
1952	51.5
1954	51.9
1945	52.2
1949	52.4
1962	52.9
1912	52.9
1893	53.3
1973	53.4
1958	53.4

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1938	9.41
1906	6.86
1983	6.01
1941	5.96
1893	5.74
1991	5.67
1918	5.49
1903	5.22
1978	5.13
1905	4.87

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2008	0.00
2007	0.00
1997	0.00
1972	0.00
1959	0.00
1956	0.00
1917	0.01
1933	0.03
2009	0.05
1932	0.05

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 102°F; 20 March 2026
Coldest night: 47°F; 3 March 2026
Wettest day: 0.08 in; 31 March 2026

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March 2026 brought 0.08 in of precipitation in Riverside, CA, the driest March since 2009, tied 11th driest of 114 (with 1971).
The hottest day of March 2026 in Riverside, CA: 102°F on Friday 20 March 2026.
The coldest night of March 2026 in Riverside, CA: a low of 47°F on Tuesday 3 March 2026.
The wettest day of March 2026 in Riverside, CA: 0.08 in on Tuesday 31 March 2026.