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Longyearbyen in March: every year compared

In March, Longyearbyen averages highs of -10.8 °C and lows of -15.1 °C, with 35 mm of precipitation. The warmest March was 2012 (-6.0 °C), the coldest 1953 (-23.7 °C).

Avg. highAvg. high -10.8 °C

Avg. lowAvg. low -15.1 °C

PrecipitationPrecipitation 35 mm

Rainy daysRainy days 8

Day by day through March

Normal high and low for each day of March in Longyearbyen.

Normal high and low, day by dayNormal 1991–2020

Every March in Longyearbyen, ranked

86 months of March since 1940. The last one, 2025, ranks 16 of 86 (+2.0 °C vs normal).

194019832025

2025 · -10.9 °C · +2.0 °C vs normal · rank 16 of 86

Warmest years

12012-6.0 °C
22016-7.2 °C
31976-7.4 °C
42004-7.6 °C
52015-7.9 °C

Coldest years

11953-23.7 °C
21966-23.5 °C
31977-22.8 °C
41965-22.6 °C
51969-21.5 °C

All 86 years in a table

Year	Mean temperature	Daytime highs	Night lows	Precipitation	Frost days	Snowfall	Rainy days
2025	-10.9 °C	-9.1 °C	-13.1 °C	38 mm	31 days	26 cm	9 days
2024	-13.7 °C	-11.4 °C	-16.2 °C	23 mm	31 days	16 cm	9 days
2023	-14.2 °C	-12.1 °C	-16.3 °C	17 mm	31 days	12 cm	5 days
2022	-8.3 °C	-6.6 °C	-10.3 °C	81 mm	30 days	49 cm	15 days
2021	-10.6 °C	-8.5 °C	-12.7 °C	36 mm	31 days	28 cm	9 days
2020	-17.2 °C	-15.0 °C	-19.6 °C	30 mm	31 days	26 cm	8 days
2019	-13.4 °C	-11.4 °C	-15.7 °C	21 mm	31 days	20 cm	5 days
2018	-13.6 °C	-12.0 °C	-15.3 °C	13 mm	31 days	11 cm	4 days
2017	-12.8 °C	-10.7 °C	-15.3 °C	32 mm	31 days	29 cm	9 days
2016	-7.2 °C	-5.7 °C	-9.1 °C	48 mm	31 days	37 cm	12 days
2015	-7.9 °C	-5.9 °C	-9.8 °C	62 mm	31 days	49 cm	15 days
2014	-10.0 °C	-8.1 °C	-12.6 °C	35 mm	31 days	29 cm	10 days
2013	-16.5 °C	-14.2 °C	-19.0 °C	6 mm	31 days	6 cm	2 days
2012	-6.0 °C	-4.3 °C	-7.9 °C	25 mm	31 days	26 cm	7 days
2011	-12.7 °C	-10.5 °C	-15.1 °C	73 mm	31 days	55 cm	14 days
2010	-15.3 °C	-13.2 °C	-17.6 °C	16 mm	31 days	14 cm	3 days
2009	-11.9 °C	-9.9 °C	-14.1 °C	54 mm	31 days	44 cm	14 days
2008	-15.7 °C	-13.6 °C	-18.0 °C	7 mm	31 days	8 cm	3 days
2007	-8.1 °C	-6.0 °C	-10.0 °C	54 mm	31 days	38 cm	9 days
2006	-15.0 °C	-13.2 °C	-17.1 °C	28 mm	31 days	23 cm	8 days
2005	-16.6 °C	-14.4 °C	-19.0 °C	43 mm	31 days	34 cm	8 days
2004	-7.6 °C	-5.0 °C	-9.9 °C	67 mm	31 days	55 cm	15 days
2003	-18.5 °C	-16.5 °C	-20.6 °C	42 mm	31 days	33 cm	11 days
2002	-17.4 °C	-15.5 °C	-19.4 °C	14 mm	31 days	13 cm	3 days
2001	-17.0 °C	-15.2 °C	-19.2 °C	8 mm	31 days	8 cm	4 days
2000	-14.7 °C	-12.6 °C	-17.0 °C	30 mm	31 days	24 cm	8 days
1999	-9.0 °C	-7.3 °C	-10.7 °C	8 mm	31 days	8 cm	3 days
1998	-14.2 °C	-12.1 °C	-16.4 °C	30 mm	31 days	26 cm	9 days
1997	-13.3 °C	-11.3 °C	-15.8 °C	21 mm	31 days	18 cm	5 days
1996	-8.1 °C	-5.7 °C	-10.7 °C	82 mm	29 days	55 cm	15 days
1995	-16.3 °C	-14.0 °C	-18.6 °C	27 mm	31 days	22 cm	9 days
1994	-10.9 °C	-9.1 °C	-13.0 °C	21 mm	31 days	22 cm	8 days
1993	-17.9 °C	-14.7 °C	-21.1 °C	68 mm	31 days	53 cm	11 days
1992	-11.9 °C	-9.8 °C	-14.1 °C	38 mm	31 days	33 cm	11 days
1991	-9.5 °C	-7.2 °C	-11.6 °C	44 mm	30 days	37 cm	9 days
1990	-15.1 °C	-13.1 °C	-17.4 °C	21 mm	31 days	18 cm	4 days
1989	-15.3 °C	-12.9 °C	-17.7 °C	42 mm	31 days	37 cm	12 days
1988	-18.9 °C	-16.5 °C	-21.5 °C	24 mm	31 days	21 cm	10 days
1987	-14.1 °C	-11.6 °C	-16.8 °C	67 mm	31 days	54 cm	12 days
1986	-13.1 °C	-9.8 °C	-16.4 °C	82 mm	31 days	64 cm	16 days
1985	-12.2 °C	-10.4 °C	-14.5 °C	38 mm	30 days	34 cm	11 days
1984	-16.0 °C	-13.0 °C	-19.1 °C	39 mm	31 days	31 cm	9 days
1983	-11.1 °C	-9.3 °C	-13.0 °C	49 mm	30 days	35 cm	9 days
1982	-10.2 °C	-8.3 °C	-12.5 °C	16 mm	31 days	17 cm	4 days
1981	-20.1 °C	-17.8 °C	-22.6 °C	10 mm	31 days	14 cm	5 days
1980	-14.9 °C	-12.8 °C	-17.2 °C	15 mm	31 days	13 cm	3 days
1979	-18.4 °C	-16.2 °C	-20.7 °C	35 mm	31 days	29 cm	6 days
1978	-17.7 °C	-15.3 °C	-20.4 °C	48 mm	31 days	33 cm	10 days
1977	-22.8 °C	-20.8 °C	-25.0 °C	6 mm	31 days	4 cm	3 days
1976	-7.4 °C	-4.9 °C	-9.9 °C	66 mm	29 days	44 cm	16 days
1975	-16.3 °C	-14.0 °C	-18.4 °C	56 mm	31 days	39 cm	12 days
1974	-8.6 °C	-5.9 °C	-11.1 °C	83 mm	31 days	58 cm	19 days
1973	-15.1 °C	-12.8 °C	-17.6 °C	49 mm	31 days	34 cm	9 days
1972	-10.4 °C	-8.3 °C	-12.2 °C	45 mm	31 days	31 cm	11 days
1971	-16.4 °C	-14.5 °C	-18.4 °C	41 mm	31 days	29 cm	10 days
1970	-12.0 °C	-10.0 °C	-14.0 °C	37 mm	31 days	26 cm	12 days
1969	-21.5 °C	-18.7 °C	-24.0 °C	46 mm	31 days	32 cm	8 days
1968	-19.8 °C	-18.4 °C	-21.4 °C	13 mm	31 days	9 cm	3 days
1967	-13.3 °C	-11.6 °C	-15.2 °C	26 mm	31 days	19 cm	10 days
1966	-23.5 °C	-21.3 °C	-25.6 °C	21 mm	31 days	14 cm	6 days
1965	-22.6 °C	-20.4 °C	-24.6 °C	25 mm	31 days	17 cm	8 days
1964	-11.8 °C	-8.2 °C	-15.4 °C	97 mm	31 days	68 cm	20 days
1963	-18.8 °C	-16.4 °C	-21.4 °C	18 mm	31 days	13 cm	6 days
1962	-20.0 °C	-18.2 °C	-22.1 °C	8 mm	31 days	5 cm	2 days
1961	-14.2 °C	-12.1 °C	-16.4 °C	39 mm	31 days	27 cm	10 days
1960	-11.3 °C	-8.9 °C	-14.0 °C	56 mm	31 days	39 cm	16 days
1959	-17.4 °C	-14.0 °C	-20.4 °C	51 mm	31 days	35 cm	14 days
1958	-18.9 °C	-16.4 °C	-21.2 °C	21 mm	31 days	15 cm	5 days
1957	-15.7 °C	-13.8 °C	-17.8 °C	35 mm	31 days	24 cm	11 days
1956	-13.1 °C	-9.7 °C	-16.4 °C	76 mm	31 days	54 cm	17 days
1955	-12.6 °C	-10.7 °C	-14.8 °C	30 mm	31 days	21 cm	7 days
1954	-18.0 °C	-15.7 °C	-20.3 °C	30 mm	31 days	21 cm	7 days
1953	-23.7 °C	-21.2 °C	-25.7 °C	28 mm	31 days	19 cm	6 days
1952	-19.1 °C	-16.9 °C	-21.2 °C	44 mm	31 days	31 cm	9 days
1951	-21.2 °C	-18.9 °C	-23.4 °C	22 mm	31 days	15 cm	8 days
1950	-14.8 °C	-12.5 °C	-17.4 °C	64 mm	31 days	45 cm	12 days
1949	-12.9 °C	-10.7 °C	-15.4 °C	89 mm	31 days	62 cm	10 days
1948	-15.8 °C	-13.1 °C	-18.2 °C	59 mm	31 days	41 cm	12 days
1947	-21.4 °C	-19.2 °C	-23.6 °C	4 mm	31 days	3 cm	1 day
1946	-16.5 °C	-14.3 °C	-18.5 °C	38 mm	31 days	27 cm	8 days
1945	-14.6 °C	-12.3 °C	-16.8 °C	42 mm	31 days	29 cm	13 days
1944	-14.5 °C	-12.1 °C	-16.8 °C	37 mm	31 days	26 cm	13 days
1943	-18.2 °C	-15.9 °C	-20.8 °C	32 mm	31 days	22 cm	8 days
1942	-20.9 °C	-18.6 °C	-23.5 °C	37 mm	31 days	26 cm	7 days
1941	-18.9 °C	-16.7 °C	-21.2 °C	40 mm	31 days	28 cm	11 days
1940	-21.2 °C	-19.5 °C	-23.0 °C	14 mm	31 days	9 cm	6 days

March records

Hottest day

3.8 °C

March 16, 2022 estimate

Coldest night

-38.0 °C

March 3, 1986 estimate

Wettest day

22 mm

March 17, 2011 estimate

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Any day since 1940: high, low, rain, snow, and how warm it was compared with the same date in every other year.

Questions & answers

How warm is Longyearbyen in March?

Highs average -10.8 °C and lows -15.1 °C. A typical March brings 0 hot days (30 °C or more) and 31 frost days.

Does it rain a lot in Longyearbyen in March?

About 35 mm falls in March, over some 8 days with at least 1 mm. The wettest March was 1964 (97 mm), the driest 1947 (4 mm).

What was the warmest March in Longyearbyen?

2012, with a mean temperature of -6.0 °C. The coldest was 1953 (-23.7 °C). The last one, 2025, ranks 16 of 86.