Spencer, IA: March

31 March 2026: March 2026 averaged 39°F in Spencer, IA, the warmest March since 2025, 11th warmest of 112.

March 2026

Mean temperature: 39°F; Warmest since 2025; 11th warmest of 112
Precipitation: 1.13 in; Driest since 2015; 40th driest of 112

A normal March in Spencer, IA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 33.7°F, between 27.3°F and 39.5°F in eight years of ten and 1.24 in of precipitation, between 0.22 in and 2.65 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every March in Spencer, IA since 1895: 39°F in 2026; the highest is 49.5°F, in 2012.

Normal range, 27.3 to 39.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every March in Spencer, IA from 1895 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	11	53.5	2	24.4	39	1.13	73	0
2025	40.2	4	53.5	2	27	16	2.50	19	0
2024	38	17	51.5	10	24.4	39	2.35	23	0
2023	29.8	76	38.8	78	20.9	71	1.54	46	0
2022	35.3	36	45.5	41	25.1	35	1.41	55	0
2021	40.2	4	51.4	11	28.8	8	1.60	39	1
2020	38.5	14	47.9	24	29	6	2.40	22	0
2019	29.3	78	38.3	84	20.4	75	1.42	54	0
2018	33.3	52	40.3	69	26.2	23	2.46	20	0
2017	33.5	51	43.2	53	23.9	46	1.36	58	0
2016	39.6	7	50.7	13	28.5	10	1.52	47	0
2015	37.9	19	51.6	8	24.1	43	0.56	99	0
2014	28.8	80	39.3	76	18.3	90	0.38	103	0
2013	27.5	91	35.7	96	19.3	82	1.18	68	0
2012	49.5	1	61.9	1	37.1	1	0.87	83	0
2011	31.4	68	39.9	72	22.8	55	0.54	100	0
2010	35.3	36	44.4	49	26.2	23	1.22	65	2
2009	34.3	43	44.5	47	24.1	43	1.26	63	0
2008	27.3	92	35.8	95	18.8	86	0.58	96	0
2007	38	17	47.5	26	28.5	10	3.53	8	0
2006	32.8	54	41.8	61	23.8	48	2.64	16	0
2005	33.8	48	45.2	43	22.4	59	0.23	108	0
2004	39.5	8	49.8	16	29.3	3	2.55	18	0
2003	32.6	56	45.4	42	19.8	78	2.18	24	0
2002	25.4	103	34.6	104	16.2	100	0.85	85	0
2001	26	99	33.3	105	18.8	86	0.08	112	0
2000	40	6	52.8	5	27.1	15	0.95	79	0
1999	35.1	40	46.3	33	23.9	46	0.12	110	1
1998	28.7	81	36	91	21.4	70	2.00	30	0
1997	32.5	60	42.2	57	22.8	55	0.33	105	0
1996	27.8	89	38.8	78	16.4	99	1.14	72	1
1995	34	47	42	60	26	27	2.73	14	0
1994	36.2	31	46.2	34	26.2	23	0.09	111	0
1993	27.3	92	35.1	99	19.5	79	1.44	53	0
1992	35.5	34	44.3	50	26.8	19	2.06	29	0
1991	35.3	36	45.1	44	25.5	30	3.16	11	0
1990	35.9	32	45.6	39	26.3	21	2.64	16	0
1989	29.9	75	39.3	76	20.6	73	0.59	95	0
1988	36.8	26	48.1	20	25.5	30	0.74	90	0
1987	37.7	21	47.5	26	27.9	13	3.07	12	0
1986	37.3	24	47.5	26	27	16	1.59	40	0
1985	37.7	21	46.4	31	29	6	3.67	6	0
1984	25.3	104	32.5	107	18	92	1.51	48	0
1983	32.6	56	39.4	75	25.8	29	4.08	3	0
1981	38.5	14	51.9	7	25.1	35	1.19	67	0
1980	30.5	72	40.3	69	20.6	73	0.90	82	0
1979	27.2	95	35	100	19.5	79	3.47	9	0
1978	33.7	49	44	52	23.3	50	0.57	97	0
1977	38.7	12	48.1	20	29.3	3	4.60	1	0
1976	33.7	49	43.2	53	24.2	41	3.71	5	0
1975	22.9	107	31.9	108	13.9	106	2.15	25	0
1974	35.3	36	44.2	51	25	37	1.20	66	2
1972	31.6	67	40.9	66	22.4	59	1.09	74	0
1971	28.6	82	37.3	89	20	77	1.18	68	0
1970	26.5	97	35.3	97	17.7	93	1.89	31	0
1969	20.9	108	31.2	109	10.5	110	1.47	52	0
1967	37.7	21	48.9	18	25.4	32	0.41	102	1
1966	37.9	19	49.5	17	26.2	23	0.80	88	0
1965	20.7	109	28.1	111	13.3	109	2.70	15	0
1964	26.5	97	38.4	83	14.6	105	1.05	76	0
1963	37	25	48	22	26	27	1.31	60	0
1962	24.1	106	32.7	106	15.5	104	1.68	36	0
1961	32.8	54	40.4	68	25.3	34	3.67	6	0
1960	17.2	112	27.6	112	6.7	113	1.40	56	0
1959	32.1	64	42.2	57	21.9	63	2.14	26	0
1958	32.2	62	41.1	65	23.3	50	0.46	101	0
1957	31.7	66	41.6	63	21.9	63	1.29	61	0
1956	28.2	85	37.5	88	18.8	86	0.85	85	0
1955	28.4	83	39.5	74	17.3	96	0.34	104	0
1954	27.9	88	36.3	90	19.5	79	1.67	37	0
1953	32.3	61	42.6	55	21.9	63	2.94	13	0
1952	27.1	96	34.8	102	19.3	82	1.55	44	0
1951	19.5	110	29.1	110	10	111	4.29	2	0
1950					18.4	89	0.94	80	4
1949	30.7	71	38.7	80	22.4	59	1.58	41	1
1948	27.3	92	38.7	80	15.9	103			0
1947	29.8	76	38.2	85	21.5	68	0.18	109	0
1946	42.2	2	51.6	8	32.7	2			0
1945	40.9	3	53.2	4	28.6	9	1.58	41	0
1943	28.4	83	40.7	67	16.1	102	1.56	43	0
1942	36.4	28	44.6	46	28.1	12	2.07	28	0
1941	31.3	69	39.7	73	22.7	57	1.24	64	1
1940	28.1	86	35.9	93	20.4	75	1.49	50	0
1939	34.5	41	46.4	31	22.6	58	0.57	97	0
1938	39.5	8	50	15	29.1	5	1.51	48	0
1937	30.9	70	40	71	21.7	67	2.09	27	0
1936	34.1	45	44.5	47	23.7	49	1.16	70	0
1935	38.6	13	50.1	14	27	16	1.34	59	0
1934	32.2	62	46.2	34	18.2	91	0.86	84	0
1933	32.6	56	42.2	57	23	53	3.77	4	0
1932	25.7	101	34.7	103	16.6	98	1.48	51	0
1931	34.5	41	45.1	44	24	45	0.97	78	0
1930	35.4	35	48	22	23	53	0.29	106	1
1929	36.6	27	46.6	30	26.7	20	1.09	74	0
1928	36.4	28	48.4	19	24.5	38	1.55	44	0
1927	35.9	32	46	37	26.3	21	1.70	35	2
1926	30.2	73	41.4	64	19.1	85	0.72	92	1
1925	38.4	16	52.4	6	24.2	41	0.74	90	1
1924	30.2	73	37.9	87	22.4	59	2.45	21	0
1923	26	99	38.2	85	13.9	106	1.65	38	0
1922	36.3	30	47.2	29	25.4	32	0.76	89	0
1921	39.3	10	51.4	11	27.2	14	0.93	81	0
1920	34.1	45	46.2	34	21.9	63	3.20	10	0
1919	34.3	43	45.6	39	23.1	52	0.81	87	0
1915	27.6	90	35.9	93	19.3	82	0.70	94	0
1914	31.9	65	42.3	56	21.5	68	1.39	57	0
1913	29.3	78	41.8	61	16.7	97	1.75	32	0
1912	24.6	105	35.3	97	13.7	108	1.75	32	1
1900	28.1	86	38.5	82	17.7	93	1.00	77	2
1899	17.7	111	27.4	113	8	112	1.29	61	0
1898	33.1	53	45.9	38	20.7	72	0.72	92	3
1897	25.6	102	34.9	101	16.2	100	1.72	34	0
1896			36	91			1.15	71	4
1895	32.6	56	47.6	25	17.7	93	0.28	107	2

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2012	49.5
1946	42.2
1945	40.9
2025	40.2
2021	40.2
2000	40
2016	39.6
2004	39.5
1938	39.5
1921	39.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1960	17.2
1899	17.7
1951	19.5
1965	20.7
1969	20.9
1975	22.9
1962	24.1
1912	24.6
1984	25.3
2002	25.4

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1977	4.60
1951	4.29
1983	4.08
1933	3.77
1976	3.71
1985	3.67
1961	3.67
2007	3.53
1979	3.47
1920	3.20

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2001	0.08
1994	0.09
1999	0.12
1947	0.18
2005	0.23
1895	0.28
1930	0.29
1997	0.33
1955	0.34
2014	0.38

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 89°F; 21 March 2026
Coldest night: -5°F; 17 March 2026
Wettest day: 0.56 in; 15 March 2026

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March 2026 brought 1.13 in of precipitation in Spencer, IA, the driest March since 2015, 40th driest of 112.
The hottest day of March 2026 in Spencer, IA: 89°F on Saturday 21 March 2026.
The coldest night of March 2026 in Spencer, IA: a low of -5°F on Tuesday 17 March 2026.
The wettest day of March 2026 in Spencer, IA: 0.56 in on Sunday 15 March 2026.