Phoenix · United States

Phoenix in March: every year compared

In March, Phoenix averages highs of 25.4 °C and lows of 11.1 °C, with 26 mm of precipitation. The warmest March was 2015 (21.7 °C), the coldest 1945 (12.6 °C).

Avg. highAvg. high 25.4 °C

Avg. lowAvg. low 11.1 °C

PrecipitationPrecipitation 26 mm

Rainy daysRainy days 3

Day by day through March

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

Normal high and low, day by dayNormal 1991–2020

Every March in Phoenix, ranked

86 months of March since 1940. The last one, 2025, ranks 19 of 86 (+0.4 °C vs normal).

194019832025

2025 · 18.7 °C · +0.4 °C vs normal · rank 19 of 86

Warmest years

1201521.7 °C
2197221.5 °C
3200421.5 °C
4199720.7 °C
5201720.5 °C

Coldest years

1194512.6 °C
2195212.8 °C
3197313.2 °C
4194113.5 °C
5195813.8 °C

All 86 years in a table

Year	Mean temperature	Daytime highs	Night lows	Precipitation	Hot days (30 °C+)	Frost days	Rainy days
2025	18.7 °C	25.3 °C	12.0 °C	43 mm	5 days	0 days	6 days
2024	17.2 °C	23.2 °C	11.2 °C	39 mm	0 days	0 days	7 days
2023	16.0 °C	21.8 °C	10.2 °C	52 mm	0 days	0 days	6 days
2022	18.8 °C	26.1 °C	11.2 °C	20 mm	5 days	0 days	2 days
2021	17.7 °C	24.3 °C	10.7 °C	9 mm	3 days	0 days	3 days
2020	17.2 °C	22.7 °C	11.7 °C	82 mm	0 days	0 days	5 days
2019	18.3 °C	24.5 °C	11.6 °C	19 mm	2 days	0 days	3 days
2018	19.0 °C	25.7 °C	11.7 °C	9 mm	3 days	0 days	1 day
2017	20.5 °C	28.7 °C	12.2 °C	7 mm	14 days	0 days	2 days
2016	20.4 °C	27.8 °C	12.4 °C	0 mm	11 days	0 days	0 days
2015	21.7 °C	28.8 °C	14.0 °C	19 mm	16 days	0 days	3 days
2014	19.7 °C	26.8 °C	12.4 °C	42 mm	3 days	0 days	2 days
2013	20.1 °C	28.1 °C	11.9 °C	22 mm	13 days	0 days	1 day
2012	18.3 °C	26.2 °C	10.1 °C	9 mm	5 days	0 days	1 day
2011	19.4 °C	27.0 °C	11.3 °C	15 mm	8 days	0 days	1 day
2010	16.9 °C	23.6 °C	9.8 °C	25 mm	2 days	0 days	5 days
2009	19.2 °C	26.4 °C	11.2 °C	0 mm	7 days	0 days	0 days
2008	18.8 °C	26.2 °C	10.7 °C	0 mm	6 days	0 days	0 days
2007	20.1 °C	27.6 °C	12.0 °C	10 mm	12 days	0 days	3 days
2006	16.4 °C	22.2 °C	10.4 °C	29 mm	0 days	0 days	4 days
2005	16.9 °C	22.8 °C	10.9 °C	16 mm	1 day	0 days	3 days
2004	21.5 °C	29.3 °C	14.0 °C	27 mm	20 days	0 days	5 days
2003	17.3 °C	24.2 °C	10.5 °C	9 mm	4 days	0 days	2 days
2002	17.5 °C	25.2 °C	9.3 °C	2 mm	4 days	0 days	0 days
2001	17.9 °C	25.0 °C	10.6 °C	27 mm	8 days	0 days	2 days
2000	16.6 °C	23.5 °C	10.0 °C	61 mm	0 days	0 days	5 days
1999	18.4 °C	25.5 °C	10.6 °C	4 mm	4 days	0 days	1 day
1998	15.8 °C	22.6 °C	9.2 °C	32 mm	3 days	0 days	5 days
1997	20.7 °C	28.9 °C	12.2 °C	0 mm	14 days	0 days	0 days
1996	18.6 °C	25.4 °C	11.4 °C	14 mm	4 days	0 days	2 days
1995	17.8 °C	24.4 °C	10.9 °C	28 mm	1 day	0 days	3 days
1994	18.0 °C	25.2 °C	11.1 °C	47 mm	2 days	0 days	5 days
1993	16.9 °C	24.5 °C	10.1 °C	26 mm	2 days	0 days	4 days
1992	16.0 °C	22.2 °C	10.5 °C	96 mm	0 days	0 days	10 days
1991	14.0 °C	20.2 °C	8.2 °C	99 mm	0 days	0 days	7 days
1990	18.4 °C	25.4 °C	11.4 °C	12 mm	9 days	0 days	2 days
1989	20.3 °C	28.2 °C	12.3 °C	28 mm	15 days	0 days	1 day
1988	18.3 °C	26.2 °C	10.2 °C	3 mm	9 days	0 days	1 day
1987	15.8 °C	23.0 °C	9.2 °C	15 mm	0 days	0 days	4 days
1986	18.8 °C	26.1 °C	11.9 °C	46 mm	12 days	0 days	7 days
1985	16.8 °C	23.5 °C	10.5 °C	7 mm	1 day	0 days	2 days
1984	18.8 °C	26.5 °C	10.8 °C	0 mm	2 days	0 days	0 days
1983	15.7 °C	21.6 °C	10.4 °C	66 mm	1 day	0 days	7 days
1982	16.1 °C	22.1 °C	10.3 °C	55 mm	0 days	0 days	7 days
1981	16.8 °C	23.2 °C	10.7 °C	64 mm	1 day	0 days	6 days
1980	15.2 °C	21.3 °C	9.5 °C	18 mm	0 days	0 days	5 days
1979	15.2 °C	21.9 °C	8.6 °C	62 mm	0 days	0 days	4 days
1978	17.1 °C	23.6 °C	11.4 °C	101 mm	1 day	0 days	8 days
1977	15.6 °C	22.8 °C	8.4 °C	7 mm	1 day	0 days	3 days
1976	16.4 °C	23.6 °C	8.8 °C	14 mm	3 days	0 days	3 days
1975	15.5 °C	22.2 °C	9.1 °C	36 mm	1 day	0 days	9 days
1974	17.5 °C	24.5 °C	10.4 °C	47 mm	3 days	0 days	5 days
1973	13.2 °C	18.8 °C	8.0 °C	66 mm	0 days	0 days	9 days
1972	21.5 °C	29.9 °C	12.3 °C	0 mm	21 days	0 days	0 days
1971	18.0 °C	26.5 °C	9.1 °C	0 mm	8 days	2 days	0 days
1970	15.0 °C	21.7 °C	8.3 °C	86 mm	0 days	0 days	5 days
1969	15.0 °C	22.9 °C	7.0 °C	11 mm	4 days	0 days	1 day
1968	16.0 °C	23.1 °C	9.0 °C	38 mm	3 days	0 days	4 days
1967	18.2 °C	26.0 °C	10.1 °C	11 mm	6 days	0 days	1 day
1966	17.5 °C	26.0 °C	8.8 °C	2 mm	5 days	2 days	0 days
1965	14.7 °C	21.7 °C	7.9 °C	42 mm	1 day	1 day	4 days
1964	14.7 °C	21.9 °C	7.8 °C	30 mm	3 days	0 days	3 days
1963	16.7 °C	24.4 °C	8.7 °C	19 mm	3 days	0 days	1 day
1962	14.1 °C	21.8 °C	6.6 °C	18 mm	3 days	0 days	5 days
1961	16.6 °C	23.8 °C	9.3 °C	28 mm	2 days	0 days	4 days
1960	19.2 °C	27.0 °C	11.2 °C	9 mm	6 days	0 days	2 days
1959	17.9 °C	25.8 °C	9.9 °C	0 mm	0 days	0 days	0 days
1958	13.8 °C	19.5 °C	8.5 °C	76 mm	0 days	0 days	12 days
1957	17.3 °C	23.7 °C	10.7 °C	25 mm	1 day	0 days	5 days
1956	17.9 °C	26.2 °C	8.7 °C	0 mm	5 days	0 days	0 days
1955	17.3 °C	24.7 °C	9.2 °C	0 mm	1 day	0 days	0 days
1954	15.6 °C	21.9 °C	8.8 °C	74 mm	1 day	0 days	6 days
1953	16.9 °C	24.6 °C	9.0 °C	19 mm	5 days	0 days	2 days
1952	12.8 °C	19.1 °C	6.7 °C	83 mm	0 days	0 days	5 days
1951	16.7 °C	24.4 °C	8.7 °C	3 mm	1 day	0 days	1 day
1950	17.9 °C	25.7 °C	9.7 °C	9 mm	4 days	0 days	2 days
1949	16.2 °C	23.6 °C	8.8 °C	6 mm	0 days	0 days	3 days
1948	14.2 °C	20.7 °C	7.3 °C	13 mm	0 days	0 days	3 days
1947	17.2 °C	23.6 °C	9.8 °C	2 mm	0 days	0 days	0 days
1946	16.5 °C	23.8 °C	8.2 °C	2 mm	1 day	0 days	0 days
1945	12.6 °C	19.5 °C	5.8 °C	59 mm	0 days	0 days	7 days
1944	14.4 °C	21.6 °C	7.2 °C	20 mm	0 days	0 days	3 days
1943	17.4 °C	24.2 °C	9.6 °C	15 mm	2 days	0 days	2 days
1942	14.9 °C	22.4 °C	6.3 °C	2 mm	0 days	0 days	0 days
1941	13.5 °C	19.7 °C	7.6 °C	82 mm	0 days	0 days	13 days
1940	16.7 °C	23.6 °C	8.5 °C	1 mm	0 days	0 days	0 days

March records

Hottest day

40.6 °C

March 20, 2026 estimate

Nearby station: 37.8 °C on March 26, 1988 measured

Coldest night

-2.2 °C

March 3, 1966 estimate

Nearby station: -3.9 °C on March 4, 1966 measured

Wettest day

36 mm

March 1, 2014 estimate

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Questions & answers

How warm is Phoenix in March?

Highs average 25.4 °C and lows 11.1 °C. A typical March brings 6 hot days (30 °C or more) and 0 frost days.

Does it rain a lot in Phoenix in March?

About 26 mm falls in March, over some 3 days with at least 1 mm. The wettest March was 1978 (101 mm), the driest 1955 (0 mm).

What was the warmest March in Phoenix?

2015, with a mean temperature of 21.7 °C. The coldest was 1945 (12.6 °C). The last one, 2025, ranks 19 of 86.