Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA: March

31 March 2026: March 2026 averaged 51°F in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA, the warmest March since 2012, 2nd warmest of 65.

March 2026

Mean temperature: 51°F; Warmest since 2012; 2nd warmest of 65
Precipitation: 2.85 in; Driest since 2025; 26th driest of 65

A normal March in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 44.2°F, between 39.7°F and 49.6°F in eight years of ten and 3.46 in of precipitation, between 1.51 in and 5.20 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every March in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA since 1962: 51°F in 2026; the highest is 54.3°F, in 2012.

Normal range, 39.7 to 49.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every March in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA from 1962 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
2026	51	2	63.7	2	38.3	8	2.85	39
2025	50.8	3	63.3	3	38.4	6	1.42	60
2024	49.7	6	60.9	7	38.5	4	3.89	22
2023	46.4	14	57.3	20	35.5	16	1.57	56
2022	48.1	11	59.9	11	36.2	13	1.92	53
2021	48.3	10	60.1	9	36.5	9	2.27	48
2020	50.4	5	61	6	39.7	2	1.99	52
2019	42.8	42	53.7	43	31.8	39	4.55	10
2018	39.6	58	49.7	59	29.5	57	1.79	54
2017	44.2	32	54.8	36	33.7	26	4.12	17
2016	50.6	4	62.6	4	38.5	4	1.45	59
2015	40.2	54	51.3	50	29.2	58	3.92	21
2014	37.4	65	48.3	63	26.5	65	4.10	18
2013	40.2	54	49.2	60	31.3	42	3.16	35
2012	54.3	1	65.9	1	42.7	1	1.52	57
2011	44.2	32	54	40	34.4	22	5.07	6
2010	49.5	7	60.1	9	38.9	3	3.36	31
2009	43.7	36	53.8	41	33.5	27	2.41	45
2008	45.9	23	56.2	29	35.5	16	2.47	44
2007	46.3	16	58.1	17	34.6	21	2.93	38
2006	45.8	24	57.3	20	34.4	22	0.07	65
2005	40.8	50	50.4	55	31.3	42	3.93	20
2004	46.3	16	57.5	19	35	20	2.05	50
2003	44.1	34	56	30	32.2	36	3.69	24
2002	45.4	26	57	25	33.8	25	3.48	28
2001	40.5	51	51.1	51	29.8	53	4.14	16
2000	47.9	13	60.3	8	35.5	16	3.35	33
1999	41.4	48	51.6	49	31.1	44	3.44	30
1998	45.5	25	55.6	32	35.3	19	5.60	4
1997	44.5	29	55.1	35	34	24	4.78	8
1996	39.7	57	50.9	52	28.5	60	3.52	26
1995	46.1	19	58.7	16	33.4	28	1.39	61
1994	42.7	45	53.3	46	32.1	38	6.71	2
1993	39.3	60	48.7	61	29.9	52	7.65	1
1992	41.9	46	52.9	47	30.8	49	3.23	34
1991	46.1	19	56.5	27	35.7	15	5.16	5
1990	48.1	11	59.9	11	36.3	11	2.78	42
1989	43.6	38	54.5	37	32.8	33	4.01	19
1988	43.9	35	57.1	24	30.7	50	2.31	47
1987	43.5	39	57.2	23	29.8	53	1.46	58
1986	44.3	31	57.6	18	31	47	1.12	63
1985	45	27	57.3	20	32.7	34	1.70	55
1984	37.5	64	47.6	65	27.3	63	5.81	3
1983	46	22	55.6	32	36.3	11	4.21	14
1982	43.7	36	54.4	39	32.9	30	3.47	29
1981	41.4	48	53.8	41	28.9	59	0.99	64
1980	41.9	46	52.9	47	30.9	48	4.82	7
1979	46.4	14	59.9	11	32.9	30	3.50	27
1978	40.5	51	50	57	31.1	44	2.85	39
1977	48.8	8	61.2	5	36.5	9	3.59	25
1976	44.5	29	56.8	26	32.3	35	4.15	15
1975	40.3	53	50.1	56	30.5	51	4.38	11
1974	44.6	28	56	30	33.2	29	3.09	36
1973	48.6	9	58.8	15	38.4	6	2.66	43
1972	42.8	42	53.7	43	31.8	39	2.37	46
1971	39.6	58	50.9	52	28.4	61	2.27	48
1970	37.8	63	48.2	64	27.4	62	2.98	37
1969	38.7	62	50.6	54	26.8	64	2.04	51
1968	46.2	18	59.5	14	32.9	30	3.36	31
1967	42.8	42	53.4	45	32.2	36	4.74	9
1966	43.3	40	55.5	34	31.1	44	1.24	62
1965	39.2	61	48.7	61	29.7	56	4.27	13
1964	43.1	41	54.5	37	31.6	41	2.82	41
1963	46.1	19	56.4	28	35.8	14	4.34	12
1962	39.8	56	49.8	58	29.8	53	3.85	23

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2012	54.3
2026	51
2025	50.8
2016	50.6
2020	50.4
2024	49.7
2010	49.5
1977	48.8
1973	48.6
2021	48.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
2014	37.4
1984	37.5
1970	37.8
1969	38.7
1965	39.2
1993	39.3
2018	39.6
1971	39.6
1996	39.7
1962	39.8

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1993	7.65
1994	6.71
1984	5.81
1998	5.60
1991	5.16
2011	5.07
1980	4.82
1997	4.78
1967	4.74
2019	4.55

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2006	0.07
1981	0.99
1986	1.12
1966	1.24
1995	1.39
2025	1.42
2016	1.45
1987	1.46
2012	1.52
2023	1.57

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 86°F; 22 March 2026, 11 March 2026
Coldest night: 23°F; 18 March 2026
Wettest day: 0.91 in; 16 March 2026

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March 2026 brought 2.85 in of precipitation in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA, the driest March since 2025, tied 26th driest of 65 (with 1978).
The hottest day of March 2026 in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA: 86°F on Sunday 22 March 2026 and Wednesday 11 March 2026.
The coldest night of March 2026 in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA: a low of 23°F on Wednesday 18 March 2026.
The wettest day of March 2026 in Sterling-Dulles Airport, VA: 0.91 in on Monday 16 March 2026.