Santa Maria, CA: March

31 March 2026: March 2026 averaged 63.2°F in Santa Maria, CA, the warmest March on record, in 116 years since 1906 (1913 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing; 1914 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing; 1915 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing; 2 more years excluded for missing days); provisional.

March 2026

Mean temperature: 63.2°F; Warmest on record; Warmest of 116, provisional
Precipitation: 0.01 in; Driest since 2008; 3rd driest of 112

A normal March in Santa Maria, CA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 55.2°F, between 51.7°F and 58.8°F in eight years of ten and 2.20 in of precipitation, between 0.29 in and 5.60 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every March in Santa Maria, CA since 1906: 63.2°F in 2026, the highest of them all.

Normal range, 51.7 to 58.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every March in Santa Maria, CA from 1906 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	63.2	1	77.6	1	48.8	2	0.01	107	0
2025	53.3	68	63.4	86	43.2	42	2.48	50	0
2024	53.9	55	64.3	74	43.5	38	3.59	28	0
2023	51.2	99	59.4	113	43	44	6.05	6	0
2022	55	39	67.5	34	42.4	49	1.07	77	0
2021	51.4	97	63.1	94	39.6	95	0.78	82	0
2020	53.7	60	62.9	97	44.4	28	3.81	25	0
2019	55.8	27	66.6	42	44.9	24	3.31	36	0
2018	54.9	41	65.5	59	44.2	31	3.44	34	0
2017	57.3	15	69.6	15	45	21	0.84	81	0
2016	58.3	7	68.7	21	47.8	6	3.08	42	0
2015	61.4	2	76.5	2	46.4	13	0.30	98	0
2014	60	4	71.6	6	48.4	4	1.27	70	0
2013	56.5	19	68.7	21	44.2	31	0.70	86	0
2012	53.4	66	65.9	54	40.9	76	2.72	48	0
2011	54.3	49	64.9	67	43.7	36	5.77	8	0
2010	53.7	60	66.3	49	41	75	0.66	88	0
2009	52.6	78	64.7	69	40.5	80	0.69	87	0
2008	53.4	66	66.5	44	40.3	84	0.01	107	0
2007	59.3	5	72	5	46.5	10	0.17	105	0
2006	49.5	113	60.1	108	39	107	3.57	30	0
2005	55.6	29	65.6	57	45.6	18	3.27	38	0
2004	58.1	10	69.6	15	46.5	10	0.55	92	0
2003	54.8	44	67.6	33	41.9	54	1.52	68	0
2002	51.9	89	64.5	71	39.4	101	0.75	83	0
2001	55.1	37	63.9	76	46.2	15	3.66	26	0
2000	53.8	58	65.3	62	42.3	51	1.28	69	0
1999	49.8	110	59.7	112	39.9	91	5.58	10	0
1998	58.7	6	68.6	23	48.8	2	3.61	27	0
1997	55.4	34	68.9	20	41.8	57	0.01	107	0
1996	54.9	41	66.3	49	43.5	38	1.17	75	0
1995	55.3	36	65.9	54	44.8	26	7.72	3	0
1994	56.4	21	67.9	29	44.9	24	2.15	55	0
1993	57.5	14	68.4	27	46.5	10	3.54	31	0
1992	56.1	24	65.2	64	46.9	8	2.25	54	0
1991	50.3	107	59.4	113	41.2	67	9.41	1	0
1990	53.6	63	63.8	78	43.3	41	0.19	103	0
1989	55.4	34	66.8	41	44	34	0.61	90	0
1988	56.5	19	70.9	8	42.2	53	0.08	106	0
1987	52.4	81	65.1	66	39.6	95	3.47	33	0
1986	56	25	67	39	45	21	4.99	13	0
1985	51.7	93	63.3	89	40.2	87	1.82	61	0
1984	55.5	32	69.4	18	41.6	63	0.60	91	0
1983	54.9	41	64.2	75	45.7	17	5.26	11	0
1982	52	88	62.2	101	41.8	57	4.86	15	0
1981	53.1	71	63.4	86	42.8	46	5.59	9	0
1980	52.5	80	64.5	71	40.5	80	1.79	62	0
1979	52.8	75	63.8	78	41.8	57	3.49	32	0
1978	57.7	13	66.5	44	48.9	1	4.97	14	0
1977	49.1	115	62.8	98	35.5	116	1.55	67	0
1976	52.3	85	64.5	71	40.2	87	0.71	84	0
1975	50.3	107	59.8	111	40.8	77	3.02	44	0
1974	52.8	75	60.5	107	45	21	5.08	12	0
1973	48.8	116	59.1	115	38.6	112	3.02	44	0
1972	55.6	29	68.4	27	42.9	45	0.01	107	0
1971	51	104	63.2	91	38.7	109	0.35	95	0
1970	54.3	49	67.4	35	41.2	67	1.98	58	0
1969	51.2	99	63	95	39.5	97	0.66	88	0
1968	54.3	49	67.3	37	41.3	65	1.90	60	0
1967	50.9	105	61.2	106	40.6	79	2.31	53	0
1966	53.8	58	66.3	49	41.3	65	0.20	101	0
1965	52.6	78	63	95	42.3	51	1.69	63	0
1964	49.6	112	63.6	82	35.7	115	2.38	52	0
1963	51.1	102	62.7	99	39.5	97	3.59	28	0
1962	49.8	110	60	110	39.7	93	1.23	73	0
1961	52.4	81	63.5	84	41.2	67	0.71	84	0
1960	54.8	44	65.2	64	44.4	28	0.90	80	0
1959	56.7	18	70.8	10	42.7	48	trace	111	0
1958	51.2	99	61.3	104	41.1	72	4.68	16	0
1957	53.5	65	63.8	78	43.2	42	0.52	93	0
1956	52.4	81	65.3	62	39.5	97	trace	111	0
1955	53	72	64.9	67	41.2	67	0.28	99	0
1954	51.6	94	62.1	103	41.2	67	3.44	34	0
1953	52.1	87	64.7	69	39.5	97	0.91	79	0
1952	50.3	107	60.1	108	40.5	80	4.38	19	0
1951	53	72	67	39	39.1	106	0.18	104	0
1950	53.9	55	66.1	53	41.7	61	1.16	76	0
1949	51.8	90	61.3	104	42.4	49	3.12	40	0
1948	50.6	106	62.4	100	38.9	108	2.96	47	0
1947	56.4	21	68.5	25	44.2	31	1.27	70	0
1946	53.6	63	66.5	44	40.7	78	4.13	20	0
1945	51.1	102	63.5	84	38.7	109	3.27	38	0
1944	55	39	69.5	17	40.5	80	1.26	72	0
1943	55.9	26	66.6	42	45.2	19	3.04	43	0
1942	54.2	52	68.5	25	39.9	91	2.04	57	0
1941	58	12	69.2	19	46.9	8	8.72	2	0
1940	58.2	9	70.4	11	46	16	1.98	58	0
1939	51.8	90	63.3	89	40.3	84	2.39	51	0
1938	52.2	86	63.4	86	41.1	72	4.09	21	0
1937	53.2	70	66.3	49	40	90	4.65	17	0
1936	54.8	44	67.8	31	41.8	57	1.23	73	0
1935	51.3	98	63.2	91	39.4	101	3.11	41	0
1934	61.2	3	75.3	3	47.1	7	0.20	101	0
1933	53.9	55	68.6	23	39.2	105	0.94	78	0
1932	55.7	28	70.3	12	41.1	72	0.31	97	0
1931	58.1	10	74.6	4	41.7	61	0.28	99	0
1930	54.7	47	67.4	35	41.9	54	2.70	49	1
1929	51.6	94	65.8	56	37.4	113	1.61	64	0
1928	57.1	16	69.9	14	44.4	28	3.99	23	0
1927	54.1	54	66.5	44	41.6	63	2.10	56	0
1926	58.3	7	71.5	7	45.1	20	0.41	94	0
1925	53.7	60	67.3	37	40.1	89	3.28	37	0
1924	52.4	81	65.5	59	39.4	101	3.01	46	0
1923	54.2	52	70.9	8	37.4	113			0
1922	51.8	90	63.2	91	40.3	84			0
1921	54.7	47	65.6	57	43.9	35	1.57	65	0
1920	51.5	96	63.6	82	39.3	104	4.02	22	0
1919	49.4	114	59.1	115	39.7	93	1.57	65	0
1918	55.5	32	66.5	44	44.5	27	5.87	7	0
1912	53.3	68	67.9	29	38.7	109			2
1911	52.8	75	63.7	81	41.9	54	6.68	5	0
1910	56.4	21	70	13	42.8	46	3.82	24	1
1909	52.9	74	62.2	101	43.6	37	4.39	18	0
1908	55.6	29	67.7	32	43.5	38	0.35	95	0
1907	55.1	37	63.9	76	46.4	13			0
1906	56.9	17	65.4	61	48.4	4	6.94	4	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2026	63.2
2015	61.4
1934	61.2
2014	60
2007	59.3
1998	58.7
2016	58.3
1926	58.3
1940	58.2
2004	58.1
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1973	48.8
1977	49.1
1919	49.4
2006	49.5
1964	49.6
1999	49.8
1962	49.8
1991	50.3
1975	50.3
1952	50.3

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1991	9.41
1941	8.72
1995	7.72
1906	6.94
1911	6.68
2023	6.05
1918	5.87
2011	5.77
1981	5.59
1999	5.58

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1959	trace
1956	trace
2026	0.01
2008	0.01
1997	0.01
1972	0.01
1988	0.08
2007	0.17
1951	0.18
1990	0.19

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 95°F; 17 March 2026
Coldest night: 39°F; 7 March 2026
Wettest day: 0.01 in; 31 March 2026

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March 2026 brought 0.01 in of precipitation in Santa Maria, CA, the driest March since 2008, tied 3rd driest of 112 (with 2008, 1997 and 1972).
The hottest day of March 2026 in Santa Maria, CA: 95°F on Tuesday 17 March 2026.
The coldest night of March 2026 in Santa Maria, CA: a low of 39°F on Saturday 7 March 2026.
The wettest day of March 2026 in Santa Maria, CA: 0.01 in on Tuesday 31 March 2026.