Rochester, NY: March

31 March 2026: March 2026 averaged 39.4°F in Rochester, NY, the warmest March since 2025, 21st warmest of 155.

March 2026

Mean temperature: 39.4°F; Warmest since 2025; 21st warmest of 155
Precipitation: 5.89 in; Wettest since 1936; 4th wettest of 156

A normal March in Rochester, NY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 33.7°F, between 30°F and 40.1°F in eight years of ten and 2.09 in of precipitation, between 1.27 in and 3.91 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every March in Rochester, NY since 1872: 39.4°F in 2026; the highest is 47.3°F, in 2012.

Normal range, 30 to 40.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every March in Rochester, NY from 1871 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	39.4	21	49.5	14	29.2	29	5.89	4	0
2025	40.7	11	51.8	5	29.6	27	2.30	91	0
2024	41.5	8	50.1	10	32.8	7	1.94	108	0
2023	35	57	42.3	65	27.7	42	3.27	47	0
2022	37.4	30	46.9	26	28	40	1.55	132	0
2021	39.3	22	50.5	8	28.1	39	1.02	149	0
2020	40.1	15	48.6	19	31.7	16	1.64	127	0
2019	33.5	73	42.2	66	24.7	88	1.72	124	0
2018	32.2	87	38	109	26.3	66	3.02	51	0
2017	32.9	80	40.6	78	25.2	77	4.66	13	0
2016	40.1	15	49.9	11	30.4	20	1.82	113	0
2015	30	118	38.5	103	21.5	132	1.34	138	0
2014	27.7	140	37	123	18.5	147	2.36	87	0
2013	33.5	73	40.3	80	26.6	64	0.85	152	0
2012	47.3	1	57.3	1	37.4	1	1.28	141	0
2011	33.8	71	41.6	71	25.9	73	2.67	72	0
2010	39.9	18	47.9	23	31.9	13	2.09	98	0
2009	35.8	47	45.3	40	26.3	66	2.99	52	0
2008	31.5	100	39.1	90	23.9	102	3.75	29	0
2007	35.3	53	43.6	54	27	54	2.98	54	0
2006	36	45	44.5	46	27.5	46	1.80	116	0
2005	29.7	124	37.3	121	22.1	125	1.11	146	0
2004	38.6	24	46.5	28	30.6	19	2.04	104	0
2003	34.1	65	44.3	48	23.8	106	1.95	107	0
2002	35.1	54	44.2	51	26	71	2.09	98	0
2001	30.3	114	36.7	125	23.8	106	4.13	21	0
2000	41.2	10	49.9	11	32.5	10	2.04	104	0
1999	30.8	110	39	93	22.6	120	3.29	46	0
1998	38.1	27	45.9	33	30.2	22	3.50	39	0
1997	32.8	81	41.1	73	24.6	91	3.88	24	0
1996	29.6	127	38.8	98	20.5	141	2.07	102	0
1995	38.5	25	49.4	16	27.6	43	1.15	145	0
1994	32	91	39.6	87	24.4	95	1.70	125	0
1993	30	118	37.6	116	22.4	122	2.44	82	0
1992	30.2	116	38.7	100	21.7	130	3.53	38	0
1991	37	37	45	42	29	30	4.70	12	0
1990	37.3	31	46.1	30	28.5	36	1.56	130	0
1989	32.3	86	41.7	69	22.8	118	3.69	31	0
1988	34.6	59	44.6	44	24.7	88	1.62	129	0
1987	37.1	35	47.7	24	26.5	65	1.98	106	0
1986	37	37	47.1	25	26.8	59	1.90	110	0
1985	36.6	40	45.9	33	27.4	49	3.47	40	0
1984	26.5	145	34.3	140	18.6	144	2.08	100	0
1983	37.2	33	44.5	46	29.8	26	2.45	81	0
1982	33.5	73	42.5	62	24.5	93	1.73	123	0
1981	34.5	60	42.7	59	26.3	66	1.04	148	0
1980	32.4	84	39.9	86	24.9	84	3.83	27	0
1979	38.5	25	48.6	19	28.5	36	1.76	118	0
1978	29.6	127	37.8	112	21.5	132	1.48	135	0
1977	39.8	19	49.4	16	30.1	23	2.18	95	0
1976	37.1	35	46.7	27	27.6	43	3.54	37	0
1975	31.5	100	38.2	107	24.9	84	2.74	67	0
1974	33	78	41.1	73	24.9	84	3.61	32	0
1973	42.5	6	51.3	7	33.7	4	2.92	57	0
1972	30.3	114	38.4	105	22.1	125	2.19	94	0
1971	28.5	135	35.3	137	21.7	130	3.43	42	0
1970	30.8	110	37.9	111	23.6	110	1.49	134	0
1969	32	91	39.6	87	24.4	95	1.16	144	0
1968	36	45	45.1	41	26.8	59	2.38	86	0
1967	32.5	83	40.2	82	24.7	88	1.31	140	0
1966	36.6	40	45.7	35	27.5	46	1.42	137	0
1965	29.5	129	36.2	129	22.7	119	2.07	102	0
1964	34.4	61	42.6	60	26.2	69	2.89	63	0
1963	35.6	48	44.1	52	27.2	51	2.53	77	0
1962	33.5	73	41.9	68	25.1	79	1.25	142	0
1961	34.3	63	42.6	60	26	71	2.70	69	0
1960	22.4	153	30.7	153	14.1	154	1.64	127	0
1959	30.2	116	38.2	107	22.2	124	2.28	92	0
1958	33.6	72	38.5	103	28.7	34	0.47	156	0
1957	34.4	61	41.2	72	27.5	46	1.75	120	0
1956	28.7	133	36.1	130	21.2	137	3.41	43	0
1955	33	78	41	76	25.1	79	4.25	20	0
1954	32	91	40.2	82	23.9	102	4.09	22	0
1953	36.8	39	44.7	43	28.9	32	3.38	44	0
1952	33.3	77	40.3	80	26.2	69	2.70	69	0
1951	35.4	52	42.4	63	28.4	38	5.03	9	0
1950	27.7	140	36.3	128	19.2	143	4.28	19	0
1949	34.1	65	43.2	56	25	82	1.89	111	0
1948	34.1	65	44.6	44	23.6	110	2.91	60	0
1947	30	118	36.9	124	23.1	117	2.92	57	0
1946	43.3	3	54.6	2	31.9	13	0.77	153	0
1945	43.7	2	54	3	33.5	5	3.87	26	0
1944	29.7	124	38	109	21.4	135	2.12	97	0
1943	31.8	94	41	76	22.5	121	2.59	74	0
1942	35.5	50	42.1	67	29	30	5.42	6	0
1941	25.2	151	33.7	144	16.7	151	2.20	93	0
1940	27.4	143	32.8	150	22	127	2.92	57	0
1939	31.2	107	37.7	114	24.6	91	2.56	76	0
1938	40.4	13	49.7	13	31.1	18	1.33	139	0
1937	28.4	136	33.6	145	23.2	115	2.83	65	0
1936	37.3	31	44.3	48	30.3	21	6.55	2	0
1935	37.8	28	45.5	37	30	24	1.76	118	0
1934	31.5	100	39.5	89	23.6	110	1.74	121	0
1933	32.6	82	37.4	119	27.9	41	4.39	17	0
1932	29.7	124	35.5	135	23.9	102	4.77	11	0
1931	35	57	40	85	30	24	3.61	32	0
1930	31.8	94	38.3	106	25.3	76	4.59	14	0
1929	40.5	12	49.4	16	31.6	17	2.43	84	0
1928	32.1	89	39.1	90	25.1	79	3.55	35	0
1927	39	23	46	32	31.9	13	1.81	114	0
1926	28.1	139	34.2	142	22	127	2.08	100	0
1925	37.7	29	46.1	30	29.3	28	2.51	79	0
1924	32.4	84	37.8	112	26.9	56	1.10	147	0
1923	30	118	38.6	101	21.3	136	2.71	68	0
1922	36.1	43	43.4	55	28.7	34	3.11	50	0
1921	42.8	4	52.6	4	32.9	6	3.61	32	0
1920	36.1	43	45.4	39	26.8	59	2.16	96	0
1919	35.6	48	44.1	52	27.1	53	2.66	73	0
1918	35.5	50	44.3	48	26.8	59	2.35	88	0
1917	34	68	41.1	73	26.9	56	2.96	55	0
1916	26.1	147	33.5	146	18.6	144	4.29	18	0
1915	29.5	129	35.3	137	23.6	110	0.70	155	0
1914	30.8	110	37.2	122	24.4	95	4.48	15	0
1913	36.2	42	45.5	37	27	54	5.15	8	0
1912	28.2	138	35.5	135	20.9	140	2.76	66	0
1911	31.4	104	39.1	90	23.6	110	2.68	71	0
1910	41.4	9	50.3	9	32.6	8	0.73	154	0
1909	31.1	108	36.6	127	25.6	74	2.41	85	0
1908	35.1	54	43	57	27.3	50	3.14	48	0
1907	37.2	33	45.7	35	28.8	33	1.52	133	0
1906	27.7	140	33.5	146	21.9	129	2.90	61	0
1905	33.9	70	42.4	63	25.4	75	1.23	143	0
1904	31.7	97	38.6	101	24.9	84	2.93	56	0
1903	42.4	7	49.5	14	35.3	2	3.88	24	0
1902	39.6	20	46.5	28	32.6	8	1.48	135	0
1901	31.5	100	38.9	95	24.2	100	3.75	29	0
1900	25.4	149	32.8	150	18	149	5.44	5	0
1899	31.8	94	39	93	24.5	93	3.47	40	0
1898	42.7	5	51.5	6	34	3	2.34	89	0
1897	35.1	54	43	57	27.2	51	3.14	48	0
1896	25.4	149	32.8	150	17.9	150	6.32	3	0
1895	28.4	136	35.6	134	21.2	137	1.56	130	0
1894	40	17	48.1	21	32	12	1.84	112	0
1893	31.3	105	37.5	117	25	82	1.81	114	0
1892	28.8	131	34.3	140	23.2	115	2.44	82	0
1891	31	109	37.7	114	24.3	99	4.44	16	0
1890	29.8	123	35.8	133	23.8	106	2.99	52	0
1889	34	68	40.4	79	27.6	43	1.78	117	0
1888	25.6	148	32.9	149	18.2	148	2.34	89	0
1887	27.1	144	34.2	142	20	142	0.94	151	0
1886	32.1	89	38.9	95	25.2	77	2.85	64	0
1885	21	155	29.1	155	13	155	0.96	150	0
1884	30.6	113	37.5	117	23.8	106	3.30	45	0
1883	24.5	152	33.1	148	15.9	152	1.65	126	0
1882	34.3	63	41.7	69	26.9	56	1.74	121	0
1881	31.7	97	36.7	125	26.8	59	5.33	7	0
1880	31.6	99	38.9	95	24.2	100	2.57	75	0
1879	32.2	87	40.1	84	24.4	95	2.53	77	0
1878	40.2	14	48	22	32.4	11	4.89	10	0
1877	28.6	134	36	131	21.2	137	3.55	35	0
1876	29.9	122	37.4	119	22.4	122	3.89	23	0
1875	26.5	145	34.5	139	18.6	144	1.92	109	0
1874	31.3	105	38.8	98	23.9	102	2.90	61	0
1873	28.8	131	36	131	21.5	132	7.02	1	0
1872	21.9	154	29.5	154	14.3	153	2.48	80	0
1871							3.82	28	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2012	47.3
1945	43.7
1946	43.3
1921	42.8
1898	42.7
1973	42.5
1903	42.4
2024	41.5
1910	41.4
2000	41.2

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1885	21
1872	21.9
1960	22.4
1883	24.5
1941	25.2
1900	25.4
1896	25.4
1888	25.6
1916	26.1
1984	26.5
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1873	7.02
1936	6.55
1896	6.32
2026	5.89
1900	5.44
1942	5.42
1881	5.33
1913	5.15
1951	5.03
1878	4.89

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1958	0.47
1915	0.70
1910	0.73
1946	0.77
2013	0.85
1887	0.94
1885	0.96
2021	1.02
1981	1.04
1924	1.10

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 73°F; 7 March 2026
Coldest night: 10°F; 2 March 2026
Wettest day: 1.65 in; 31 March 2026

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March 2026 brought 5.89 in of precipitation in Rochester, NY, the wettest March since 1936, 4th wettest of 156.
The hottest day of March 2026 in Rochester, NY: 73°F on Saturday 7 March 2026.
The coldest night of March 2026 in Rochester, NY: a low of 10°F on Monday 2 March 2026.
The wettest day of March 2026 in Rochester, NY: 1.65 in on Tuesday 31 March 2026.