Rochester, MN: March

31 March 2026: March 2026 averaged 37.4°F in Rochester, MN, the warmest March since 2025, 12th warmest of 112.

March 2026

Mean temperature: 37.4°F; Warmest since 2025; 12th warmest of 112
Precipitation: 2.09 in; Wettest since 2025; 40th wettest of 112

A normal March in Rochester, MN (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 31.3°F, between 25°F and 38.3°F in eight years of ten and 2.09 in of precipitation, between 0.87 in and 3.22 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every March in Rochester, MN since 1887: 37.4°F in 2026; the highest is 49.1°F, in 2012.

Normal range, 25 to 38.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every March in Rochester, MN 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	37.4	12	47.5	10	27.2	17	2.09	40	0
2025	38.7	7	49.5	5	28	13	2.79	23	0
2024	37.3	13	48.2	9	26.4	19	2.35	34	0
2023	29	64	36.3	73	21.7	55	3.38	7	0
2022	32.3	40	39.9	47	24.7	30	2.29	36	0
2021	38	11	47.1	14	28.9	10	2.08	41	0
2020	35.7	20	42	33	29.3	8	2.51	31	0
2019	25.9	87	33.9	90	17.9	84	1.47	64	0
2018	30.5	52	38.7	52	22.4	50	0.91	91	0
2017	31.2	47	38.3	56	24.1	31	2.87	18	0
2016	38.5	9	46.6	17	30.4	4	3.98	3	0
2015	32.5	38	42	33	22.9	46	1.07	80	0
2014	24.2	95	32.5	100	16	96	1.15	77	0
2013	23.8	102	31.7	102	16	96	2.85	19	0
2012	49.1	1	58.8	1	39.5	1	1.24	73	0
2011	29.9	59	37.2	67	22.6	48	3.51	5	0
2010	38.3	10	47.5	10	29.1	9	1.05	82	0
2009	32.7	36	41.9	35	23.6	39	0.88	92	0
2008	28.5	68	36	75	21	64	1.58	60	0
2007	35.7	20	43.5	24	28	13	3.21	10	0
2006	32.8	34	39.5	49	26.1	21	2.54	27	0
2005	29.6	61	38.2	59	21.1	63	1.98	45	0
2004	35.9	17	43.2	26	28.7	11	2.21	38	0
2003	30.8	49	40.2	44	21.5	57	2.28	37	0
2002	25.5	90	33.4	96	17.5	88	1.24	73	0
2001	24	96	31.3	105	16.6	92	1.39	66	0
2000	39.2	4	49.1	7	29.4	7	0.64	102	0
1999	32.8	34	41.5	40	24.1	31	0.81	94	0
1998	30	56	36.5	72	23.5	40	3.27	9	0
1997	28.3	69	36	75	20.5	66	1.63	57	0
1996	25.1	92	34.5	85	15.7	98	2.64	26	0
1995	33.3	30	41.4	41	25.3	27	2.98	13	0
1994	33.1	31	42.6	27	23.5	40	0.32	109	0
1993	25.7	89	33.5	94	17.8	85	2.92	16	0
1992	31.3	46	38.7	52	23.9	35	2.53	29	0
1991	34	27	42.4	30	25.7	23	2.82	22	0
1990	35.3	23	44.7	20	25.9	22	3.58	4	0
1989	26.3	83	34.1	88	18.5	78	1.65	56	0
1988	31.8	43	40.9	42	22.8	47	1.56	62	0
1987	36.1	16	44.9	19	27.4	16	1.29	72	0
1986	32.7	36	41.6	38	23.7	38	2.15	39	0
1985	35.8	19	43.4	25	28.3	12	2.31	35	0
1984	23.4	104	30.6	107	16.2	94	1.08	78	0
1983	32.1	41	37.3	66	26.9	18	2.01	44	0
1982	28.6	67	34.6	84	22.5	49	1.31	70	0
1981	35.6	22	45	18	26.2	20	0.54	105	0
1980	26.5	82	35.9	77	17.2	90	0.82	93	0
1979	26.7	81	33.5	94	19.8	68	2.49	32	0
1978	28.3	69	38.1	60	18.5	78	0.43	107	0
1977	38.7	7	47.4	12	30	5	2.94	15	0
1976	31.8	43	42.2	32	21.4	58	2.91	17	0
1975	21	108	29.9	109	12.1	107	1.78	50	0
1974	29.4	63	37.5	64	21.3	59	2.42	33	0
1973	39.2	4	47.3	13	31.2	3	2.85	19	0
1972	27.9	74	36.7	70	19	77	0.72	99	0
1971	26.2	85	34	89	18.3	82	0.97	86	0
1970	26.3	83	34.2	87	18.4	81	1.57	61	0
1969	21.2	106	31.2	106	11.3	110	0.99	85	0
1968	36.7	15	49.5	5	24	33	0.51	106	0
1967	31.2	47	39.1	51	23.3	43	1.52	63	0
1966	33.9	29	42.3	31	25.6	25	3.32	8	0
1965	18.1	111	25.9	112	10.3	111	2.85	19	0
1964	25.5	90	34.4	86	16.7	91	0.94	89	0
1963	32.4	39	41.7	37	23.1	45	1.76	51	0
1962	23.9	99	31.4	103	16.5	93	1.33	69	0
1961	30.4	53	36.8	69	23.9	35	2.70	25	0
1960	18.9	110	29.7	110	8.1	113	0.74	98	0
1959	28.9	65	38.1	60	19.7	70	1.16	76	0
1958	30.8	49	40.3	43	21.3	59	0.21	111	0
1957	30	56	38.6	54	21.3	59	0.77	95	0
1956	24.5	94	33.7	93	15.2	99	3.42	6	0
1955	27.6	76	36.9	68	17.6	86	0.95	88	1
1954	28	72	37.5	64	18.5	78	1.88	46	0
1953	30.7	51	39.5	49	22	54	1.67	55	0
1952	25.9	87	33.9	90	18	83	2.07	42	0
1951	21.2	106	30.3	108	12.2	106	4.01	2	0
1950	23.5	103	32	101	15.1	101	1.86	47	0
1949	30	56	37.8	63	22.3	51	2.71	24	0
1948	27.2	79	38.4	55	16.1	95	0.59	104	0
1947	28.3	69	35.9	77	20.8	65	1.42	65	0
1946	42.5	3	51.6	3	33.3	2	1.62	58	0
1945	39	6	50	4	27.9	15	2.53	29	0
1944	26	86	33	97	19.1	75	1.04	84	0
1943	24	96	33.9	90	14	103	1.86	47	0
1942	34.1	26	42.5	28	25.7	23	3.02	12	0
1941	27.5	78	35.5	80	19.5	71	2.54	27	0
1940	23.9	99	32.8	98	15.2	99	1.60	59	2
1939	28	72	38.3	56	17.6	86	0.61	103	0
1938	35.9	17	46.9	15	24.8	28	2.05	43	0
1937	23.9	99	32.7	99	15.1	101	0.76	96	0
1936	31.9	42	40	46	23.8	37	0.96	87	0
1935	34.3	25	43.8	22	24.8	28	1.07	80	0
1934	29.6	61	41.9	35	17.4	89	1.74	52	0
1933	30.3	55	40.1	45	20.3	67	1.82	49	1
1932	19.9	109	28.7	111	11.4	109	0.75	97	2
1931	31.6	45	39.9	47	23.4	42	1.73	53	0
1930	33	32	43.6	23	22.3	51	1.08	78	0
1929	34	27	43.9	21	24	33	1.31	70	0
1920	32.9	33	42.5	28	23.3	43	3.10	11	2
1919	30.4	53	41.6	38	19.3	72	1.73	53	0
1918	37.1	14	48.5	8	25.5	26	2.97	14	1
1917	27.9	74	36.3	73	19.2	73	1.36	68	2
1916			38.3	56	19.1	75	0.92	90	4
1915	27.1	80	35	82	19.2	73	0.65	100	0
1914	29.9	59	38	62	21.7	55	1.19	75	0
1913	24.9	93	35.9	77	13.8	104	1.39	66	0
1912	21.6	105	31.4	103	11.8	108	0.35	108	0
1911	34.9	24	46.8	16	22.3	51	0.65	100	1
1910	42.8	2	56	2	29.5	6	trace	112	1
1909	28.9	65	36.6	71	21.3	59	1.05	82	0
1893	24	96	34.8	83	13	105			1
1892									5
1888	17.4	112	25.2	113	9.6	112	4.02	1	0
1887	27.6	76	35.3	81	19.8	68	0.22	110	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2012	49.1
1910	42.8
1946	42.5
2000	39.2
1973	39.2
1945	39
2025	38.7
1977	38.7
2016	38.5
2010	38.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1888	17.4
1965	18.1
1960	18.9
1932	19.9
1975	21
1969	21.2
1951	21.2
1912	21.6
1984	23.4
1950	23.5

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1888	4.02
1951	4.01
2016	3.98
1990	3.58
2011	3.51
1956	3.42
2023	3.38
1966	3.32
1998	3.27
2007	3.21

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1910	trace
1958	0.21
1887	0.22
1994	0.32
1912	0.35
1978	0.43
1968	0.51
1981	0.54
1948	0.59
1939	0.61

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 77°F; 30 March 2026
Coldest night: -3°F; 17 March 2026
Wettest day: 1.16 in; 6 March 2026

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Rochester, MN the day's answers

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Every answer in words

March 2026 brought 2.09 in of precipitation in Rochester, MN, the wettest March since 2025, 40th wettest of 112.
The hottest day of March 2026 in Rochester, MN: 77°F on Monday 30 March 2026.
The coldest night of March 2026 in Rochester, MN: a low of -3°F on Tuesday 17 March 2026.
The wettest day of March 2026 in Rochester, MN: 1.16 in on Friday 6 March 2026.