March Weather

March weather stats for Columbus are for the period 1879-2023.

**Last Updated: 4/3/2023- Added 2023 data.

1991-2020 March Normals
High: 51.1
Low: 32.0
Mean: 41.6
Precipitation: 3.62″
Snowfall: 4.1″

Temperature Records

Cold Records

Top 20 Marches with the Coldest Average High
1. 1960: 36.8
2. 1885: 38.3
3. 1906: 38.6
4. 1984: 40.4
5. 1915: 41.2
6. 1891: 41.4
7. 1926, 1947: 41.6
8. 1890, 1896: 41.9
9. 1912: 42
10. 1978: 42.5
11. 1924, 1932: 42.7
12. 1900: 42.8
13. 1965: 42.9
14. 1931, 1941: 43.2
15. 1883: 43.4
16. 1881: 43.7
17. 1892: 43.9
18. 1958: 44.3
19. 1914: 44.5
20. 1970, 2013: 44.6

Top 10 Coldest Daily March Highs
1. 3/3/1943: 14
2. 3/1/1980: 15
3. 3/20/1885, 3/7/1920, 3/2/1925, 3/8/1996: 17
4. 3/6/1920, 3/9/1932, 3/2/1950, 3/2/1980: 18
5. 3/17/1885, 3/8/1932, 3/17/1941: 19
6. 3/5/1890, 3/7/1943, 3/9/1984, 3/4/2002, 3/5/2019: 20
7. 3/19/1885, 3/21/1885, 3/14/1891, 3/14/1895, 3/17/1900, 3/1/1912, 3/15/1916, 3/7/1932, 3/2/1943, 3/1/1962, 3/3/2014: 21
8. 3/3/1884, 3/22/1885, 3/1/1886, 3/6/1890, 3/1/1891, 3/26/1894, 3/12/1896, 3/6/1901, 3/8/1926, 3/4/1978, 3/5/1978: 22
9. 3/4/1884, 3/13/1888, 3/1/1890, 3/4/1893, 3/10/1933, 3/4/1960, 3/5/1960, 3/1/1967, 3/14/1993, 3/2/2009, 3/5/2015, 3/6/2015: 23
10. 3/2/1884, 3/2/1890, 3/4/1891, 3/15/1893, 3/16/1900, 3/2/1914, 3/3/1916, 3/5/1917, 3/31/1926, 3/13/1926, 3/3/1930, 3/6/1932, 3/8/1943, 3/6/1960, 3/7/1960, 3/2/1978, 3/3/1996, 3/9/1996, 3/11/1998, 3/6/2019: 24

Top 20 Marches with the Coldest Average Low
1. 1960: 19.9
2. 1885: 21.9
3. 1984: 24.1
4. 1969: 24.9
5. 1926: 25.1
6. 1906: 25.4
7. 1896: 25.5
8. 1900: 26.2
9. 1916: 26.3
10. 1932, 1941, 1978, 1996: 26.4
11. 1912: 26.5
12. 1965: 26.6
13. 1915, 1950: 26.8
14. 2014: 27.1
15. 1883: 27.2
16. 1972, 1999: 27.4
17. 1934, 1947: 27.5
18. 1923: 27.6
19. 1971: 27.8
20. 1888, 1954: 27.9

Top 10 Coldest Daily March Lows
1. 3/9/1984: -6
2. 3/8/1960, 3/1/1967: -2
3. 3/17/1900, 3/2/1980: 0
4. 3/20/1885, 3/4/1943, 3/12/1948, 3/2/1978, 3/5/1978, 3/3/1980: 1
5. 3/6/1901, 3/10/1984: 2
6. 3/3/1943: 3
7. 3/17/1885, 3/16/1900, 3/8/1943, 3/7/1960, 3/15/1993, 3/6/2015: 4
8. 3/2/1925, 3/3/1925, 3/9/1932, 3/13/1960, 3/25/1974, 3/3/1984: 5
9. 3/4/1884, 3/22/1885, 3/22/1888, 3/1/1891, 3/5/1901, 3/7/1913, 3/16/1916, 3/3/1950, 3/6/1960, 3/3/1996: 6
10. 3/6/1890, 3/5/1891, 3/13/1896, 3/16/1911, 3/4/1916, 3/1/1980, 3/12/1984, 3/8/1986, 3/4/2002, 3/4/2014, 3/5/2019: 7

Top 20 Marches with the Coldest Mean
1. 1960: 28.3
2. 1885: 30.1
3. 1906: 32.0
4. 1984: 32.3
5. 1926: 33.4
6. 1896: 33.7
7. 1915: 34.0
8. 1912: 34.2
9. 1900, 1932, 1978: 34.5
10. 1947: 34.6
11. 1965: 34.7
12. 1891, 1941: 34.8
13. 1890: 35.1
14. 1883, 1969: 35.3
15. 1916: 35.5
16. 1996: 35.6
17. 1892: 36.1
18. 1950: 36.3
19. 1924: 36.4
20. 1888, 1914: 36.5

Top 10 Coldest Daily March Means
1. 3/9/1984: 7
2. 3/3/1943: 8.5
3. 3/20/1885, 3/2/1980: 9
4. 3/17/1900, 3/1/1967: 10.5
5. 3/2/1925, 3/1/1980: 11
6. 3/17/1885, 3/9/1932, 3/5/1978: 11.5
7. 3/6/1901: 12
8. 3/8/1960, 3/2/1978, 3/8/1996: 12.5
9. 3/7/1920, 3/17/1941, 3/2/1950, 3/4/2002, 3/6/2015, 3/5/2019: 13.5
10. 3/22/1885, 3/1/1891, 3/16/1900, 3/6/1920, 3/8/1943, 3/12/1948, 3/7/1960, 3/3/1980: 14

Top 5 Marches with Most 32 or Below Highs
1. 1960: 16
2. 1906: 11
3. 1885: 10
4. 1926: 9
5. 1888, 1890, 1891, 1896, 1932, 1984: 8

Top 5 Marches with Most 32 or Below Lows
1. 1885: 29
2. 1969: 28
3. 1896, 1900, 1960: 27
4. 1915: 26
5. 1954, 1965: 25

Heat Records

Top 20 Marches with the Warmest Average High
1. 2012: 63.9
2. 1946: 62.5
3. 1910: 61.2
4. 1945: 60.7
5. 1921: 60.2
6. 1973: 60.1
7. 2021: 59.0
8. 2016: 57.8
9. 2009: 57.6
10. 1935: 57.1
11. 1918, 1938, 2022: 56.8
12. 2007: 56.5
13. 1903, 1976: 56.3
14. 1977: 56.2
15. 1987: 56.1
16. 2000: 56.0
17. 1907, 1929: 55.9
18. 1990: 55.6
19. 2020: 55.4
20. 1968, 1995: 55.0

Top 10 Warmest March Highs
1. 3/21/2012, 3/22/2012: 85
2. 3/24/1910, 3/25/1929, 3/20/2012: 84
3. 3/28/1910, 3/29/1910, 3/25/1945, 3/31/1998: 83
4. 3/22/1938, 3/23/1981, 3/30/1986, 3/31/1986, 3/29/1998, 3/30/1998: 82
5. 3/22/1907, 3/23/1907, 3/27/1910, 3/24/1939, 3/27/1950, 3/30/1977, 3/27/2007: 81
6. 3/29/1905, 3/26/1907, 3/30/1910, 3/25/1916, 3/8/1974, 3/27/1998, 3/30/2022: 80
7. 3/29/1895, 3/16/1945, 3/28/1946, 3/26/1967, 3/29/1977, 3/28/1989, 3/15/1990, 3/10/2009: 79
8. 3/20/1894, 3/28/1905, 3/23/1910, 3/31/1917, 3/20/1921, 3/27/1921, 3/25/1939, 3/28/1945, 3/29/1963, 3/4/1976, 3/30/1976, 3/5/1983, 3/29/1986, 3/29/1987, 3/27/1989, 3/13/1990, 3/14/1990, 3/14/1995, 3/8/2000, 3/25/2007, 3/26/2007, 3/14/2012, 3/19/2012: 78
9. 3/19/1898, 3/18/1903, 3/19/1903, 3/19/1921, 3/15/1944, 3/20/1948, 3/21/1948, 3/29/1962, 3/29/1968, 3/10/1973, 3/14/1973, 3/7/1974, 3/9/1974, 3/31/1978, 3/29/1981, 3/4/1983, 3/7/1983, 3/28/2003, 3/7/2009, 3/23/2012, 3/28/2012, 3/30/2017: 77
10. 3/29/1907, 3/27/1908, 3/20/1918, 3/21/1918, 3/24/1929, 3/30/1936, 3/31/1943, 3/29/1946, 3/23/1966, 3/27/1968, 3/6/1973, 3/15/1977, 3/25/1986, 3/24/1988, 3/11/1990, 3/20/1995, 3/26/1998, 3/7/2000, 3/13/2007, 3/24/2017, 3/28/2020, 3/5/2022: 76

Top 20 Marches with the Warmest Average Low
1. 2012: 43.8
2. 1946: 42.7
3. 1945: 42.0
4. 1973: 40.7
5. 1921: 39.5
6. 1903: 39.2
7. 2016: 39.1
8. 1910: 39.0
9. 1929: 38.8
10. 1935: 38.6
11. 2007: 38.2
12. 1898: 38.0
13. 2020: 37.7
14. 1907: 37.6
15. 1894: 37.5
16. 1938: 37.2
17. 1961: 37.0
18. 1882: 36.7
19. 1976: 36.6
20. 1927: 36.4

Top 10 Warmest March Lows
1. 3/30/1910: 64
2. 3/20/1921, 3/30/1998: 63
3. 3/21/2012: 62
4. 3/22/1907, 3/27/1907, 3/21/1948, 3/4/1974, 3/28/1989, 3/27/1998, 3/28/1998, 3/31/1998: 61
5. 3/23/1907, 3/29/1910, 3/29/1946, 3/5/1961, 3/11/1973, 3/28/1985, 3/22/2007: 60
6. 3/19/1903, 3/28/1907, 3/27/1908, 3/23/1929, 3/30/1938, 3/16/1945, 3/29/1977, 3/20/2012, 3/22/2012, 3/23/2012: 59
7. 3/19/1894, 3/21/1894, 3/28/1910, 3/19/1945, 3/25/1949, 3/3/1976, 3/15/1990, 3/14/2007, 3/24/2007, 3/18/2012, 3/25/2017: 58
8. 3/22/1894, 3/26/1907, 3/26/1916, 3/27/1921, 3/14/1929, 3/24/1929, 3/16/1935, 3/2/1976, 3/30/1979, 3/11/1990: 57
9. 3/19/1897, 3/12/1902, 3/17/1903, 3/25/1916, 3/8/1921, 3/26/1921, 3/25/1929, 3/25/1939, 3/29/1940, 3/25/1945, 3/7/1974, 3/30/1977, 3/12/1990, 3/22/1991, 3/23/1991, 3/18/2003, 3/26/2004, 3/23/2007, 3/28/2007, 3/15/2012, 3/16/2012, 3/19/2012, 3/14/2016, 3/11/2021: 56
10. 3/25/1901, 3/27/1902, 3/26/1908, 3/25/1910, 3/5/1935, 3/22/1938, 3/14/1946, 3/27/1967, 3/15/1973, 3/3/1974, 3/12/1977, 3/29/1979, 3/6/1983, 3/7/1983, 3/13/1990, 3/14/1990, 3/25/2007, 3/26/2007, 3/24/2012, 3/29/2020, 3/24/2021: 55

Top 20 Marches with the Warmest Mean
1. 2012: 53.8
2. 1946: 52.6
3. 1945: 51.4
4. 1973: 50.4
5. 1910: 50.1
6. 1921: 49.9
7. 2016: 48.5
8. 1935: 47.9
9. 1903: 47.7
10. 1929, 2007: 47.3
11. 1938: 47.0
12. 1907: 46.8
13. 1976, 2020: 46.5
14. 1898: 46.3
15. 1894: 46.2
16. 2009: 46.0
17. 2000: 45.9
18. 1997: 45.6
19. 1961, 1990, 2022: 45.3
20. 1918: 45.2

Top 10 Warmest Daily March Means
1. 3/21/2012: 73.5
2. 3/30/1998: 72.5
3. 3/30/1910, 3/31/1998, 3/22/2012: 72
4. 3/29/1910, 3/20/2012: 71.5
5. 3/22/1907: 71
6. 3/23/1907, 3/28/1910, 3/20/1921, 3/27/1998: 70.5
7. 3/25/1929, 3/28/1989: 70
8. 3/25/1945: 69.5
9. 3/16/1945, 3/21/1948, 3/29/1977: 69
10. 3/26/1907, 3/22/1938, 3/30/1977, 3/15/1990: 68.5

Top 10 Marches with the Most 70 or Above Highs
1. 2012: 12
2. 1910, 1945: 11
3. 2007, 2022: 8
4. 1905, 1907, 1918, 1968, 1973, 1976, 2003, 2009, 2021: 7
5. 1938, 1946, 1986, 1995, 1998: 6
6. 1894, 1921, 1949, 1967, 1974, 1977, 1983, 1990, 2004, 2016: 5
7. 1901, 1903, 1929, 1939, 1948, 1963, 1979, 1989, 2000: 4
8. 1879, 1904, 1908, 1920, 1925, 1935, 1960, 1966, 1981, 1987, 1988, 1992, 2010, 2011, 2017, 2020: 3
9. 1886, 1889, 1893, 1898, 1913, 1917, 1922, 1928, 1930, 1934, 1936, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1957, 1959, 1969, 1985, 1991, 1994, 1997, 2002, 2006, 2023: 2
10. 1888, 1895, 1897, 1899, 1912, 1916, 1919, 1924, 1927, 1933, 1940, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1971, 1972, 1978, 1982, 1999, 2005, 2008, 2013, 2019: 1

Top 10 Marches with the Most 60 or Above Lows
1. 1998: 4
2. 1907: 3
3. 1910: 2
4. 1921, 1946, 1948, 1961, 1973, 1974, 1985, 1989, 2007, 2012: 1
5. All Other Marches: 0

Marches with the Greatest Temperature Range in Degrees (Monthly Max to Minimum)
1. 1967: 81
2. 1960: 77
3. 1948, 1978: 76
4. 1943, 1950, 1974, 1986: 75
5. 1916: 74

Top 20 Wettest Marches
1. 1964: 9.59″
2. 2020: 8.16″
3. 1913: 8.09″
4. 1945: 8.08″
5. 1921: 7.66″
6. 2008: 7.58″
7. 1963: 7.14″
8. 1898: 7.03″
9. 2007: 6.68″
10. 1908: 6.03″
11. 1890: 5.63″
12. 1897: 5.45″
13. 1933: 5.44″
14. 1944: 5.41″
15. 2017: 5.39″
16. 2019: 5.33″
17. 2023: 5.22″
18. 1907: 5.21″
19. 1948: 5.03″
20. 1904: 4.93″

Top 20 Driest Marches
1. 1910: 0.28″
2. 1885: 0.53″
3. 1941: 0.61″
4. 1889: 0.66″
5. 1979: 1.01″
6. 2001: 1.03″
7. 1966: 1.04″
8. 1947: 1.07″
9. 1960, 1981: 1.11″
10. 2009: 1.15″
11. 1915: 1.19″
12. 1895: 1.23″
13. 1969, 1990: 1.32″
14. 1931: 1.34″
15. 1959: 1.45″
16. 1953: 1.49″
17. 1958: 1.50″
18. 1937: 1.56″
19. 1957, 1995: 1.61″
20. 1983: 1.69″

Top 20 Greatest Daily Precipitation
1. 3/9/1964: 3.40″
2. 3/4/1964: 3.25″
3. 3/25/1913, 3/20/2020: 2.89″
4. 3/5/1897: 2.87″
5. 3/6/1945: 2.55″
6. 3/4/1963: 2.53″
7. 3/13/1907: 2.33″
8. 3/19/1943: 2.32″
9. 3/24/1913: 2.14″
10. 3/18/2012: 2.04″
11. 3/30/2019: 1.97″
12. 3/22/1879: 1.75″
13. 3/10/1952: 1.70″
14. 3/15/1919: 1.69″
15. 3/20/1984, 3/3/2023: 1.60″
16. 3/18/1908, 3/27/1916, 3/4/2008: 1.58″
17. 3/23/1898: 1.56″
18. 3/27/1914, 3/26/1949: 1.55″
19. 3/26/2017: 1.53″
20. 3/15/2007: 1.52″

Top 5 Marches with the Most Precipitation Days
1. 2020: 27
2. 1901, 1931, 1984: 26
3. 1899, 1926, 1932, 1953, 1965, 2004: 25
4. 1924, 1936, 1944, 1963, 1985, 1991, 2008: 24
5. 1906, 1922, 1940, 1959, 1960, 1972: 23

Top 5 Marches with the Most 0.25″+ Precipitation Days
1. 1921: 10
2. 1891: 9
3. 1898, 1908, 1912, 1945, 1948, 2008, 2016: 8
4. 1881, 1890, 1906, 1922, 1936, 1938, 1944, 1963, 1964, 1980, 1982, 1997, 2002, 2015, 2017, 2020: 7
5. 1886, 1888, 1899, 1902, 1904, 1916, 1923, 1924, 1933, 1951, 1961, 1967, 1973, 1975, 1985, 1991, 2012, 2023: 6

Top 5 Marches with the Most 0.50″+ Precipitation Days
1. 1921, 1933, 1945: 6
2. 1899, 1924, 1961, 1989, 2007, 2008: 5
3. 1882, 1886, 1890, 1891, 1898, 1906, 1908, 1913, 1927, 1938, 1944, 1951, 1956, 1963, 1964, 1967, 2017, 2020, 2023: 4
4. 1879, 1888, 1903, 1904, 1907, 1912, 1917, 1943, 1948, 1949, 1975, 1985, 1991, 1996, 2000, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2019: 3
5. 1881, 1883, 1884, 1887, 1893, 1897, 1905, 1909, 1916, 1919, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1928, 1932, 1935, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1965, 1968, 1973, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2021: 2

Top 5 Marches with the Most 1″+ Precipitation Days
1. 1913, 1921, 1945, 1963, 2007, 2008, 2020: 3
2. 1898, 1944, 1964, 2017, 2019: 2
3. 1879, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1890, 1897, 1903, 1904, 1907, 1908, 1914, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1922, 1927, 1928, 1933, 1940, 1943, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1984, 1987, 1992, 1996, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2021, 2022, 2023: 1
4. All Others: 0

Snow Records

Top 20 Snowiest Marches
1. 1906: 25.3″
2. 2008: 21.8″
3. 1962: 13.5″
4. 1971: 12.3″
5. 2013: 12.2″
6. 1967: 11.4″
7. 1916, 1960: 10.8″
8. 1896: 10.7″
9. 1970: 10.3″
10. 1891: 10.0″
11. 1984, 1999: 9.8″
12. 1881: 9.5″
13. 1993: 8.9″
14. 1965, 2005: 8.6″
15. 1890: 8.3″
16. 1956, 1996: 7.6″
17. 1912: 7.4″
18. 1934: 6.8″
19. 1989: 6.6″
20. 1926: 6.5″

Top 20 Least Snowy Marches
1. 1882, 2021: 0″
2. 1903, 1910, 1921, 1927, 1935, 1939, 1945, 1946, 1985, 1997, 2009: Trace
3. 1918, 1919: 0.2″
4. 1977, 2012: 0.3″
5. 1905, 1929: 0.4″
6. 1915, 1941, 2020: 0.6″
7. 1904, 1961, 2010: 0.7″
8. 1893, 1979: 0.8″
9. 1909: 0.9″
10. 1885, 1976, 2023: 1.0″
11. 1880, 1925, 1948, 2001: 1.1″
12. 1897, 1942, 1966, 1980: 1.2″
13. 1952: 1.3″
14. 1990, 2002: 1.4″
15. 1908, 1992: 1.6″
16. 1892, 1894, 1932, 2003, 2017: 1.7″
17. 1889, 1920, 1928, 1986: 1.8″
18. 1913, 1969, 2000, 2006, 2007: 1.9″
19. 1950, 2019: 2.0″
20. 1938, 1973: 2.1″

Top 20 Largest Daily Snowfalls
1. 3/8/2008: 15.5″
2. 3/19/1906: 9.6″
3. 3/5/1962: 8.6″
4. 3/9/1999: 7.2″
5. 3/16/1956: 6.7″
6. 3/11/1906: 6.6″
7. 3/8/1984: 5.5″
8. 3/13/1958: 5.2″
9. 3/2/1891, 3/7/2008: 5.0″
10. 3/30/1881: 4.9″
11. 3/15/1916, 3/6/1967, 3/12/1970: 4.5″
12. 3/13/1993: 4.4″
13. 3/22/1968, 3/31/1987: 4.0″
14. 3/16/1926, 3/20/1996, 3/5/2013: 3.9″
15. 3/23/1974: 3.8″
16. 3/11/1959: 3.7″
17. 3/3/1960, 3/31/1989, 3/1/2015: 3.6″
18. 3/1/1954: 3.5″
19. 3/3/1971: 3.4″
20. 3/8/1957: 3.3″

Top 20 Greatest March Snowstorms of All-Time
1. 3/7-8/2008: 20.5″
2. 3/19-20/1906: 10.0″
3. 3/5-6/1962: 9.2″
4. 3/11-12/1906: 8.2″
5. 3/29-30/1881: 7.8″
6. 3/2-3/1891, 3/9-10/1999: 7.5″
7. 3/5-6/2013: 7.0″
8. 3/16/1956: 6.7″
9. 3/6-7/1967: 6.6″
10. 3/30-31/1987: 5.7″
11. 3/7-8/1984: 5.6″
12. 3/13/1958, 3/10-11/1974: 5.2″
13. 3/14-15/1916: 5.0″
14. 3/2-3/1960, 3/12-13/1970: 4.8″
15. 3/23-24/1888, 3/13-14/1994: 4.7″
16. 3/22-23/1968: 4.6″
17. 3/10-11/1959, 3/23-24/1974, 3/20-21/1996: 4.4″
18. 3/16-17/1926: 4.3″
19. 3/18-19/1944: 4.2″
20. 3/24-25/2013: 4.1″

Top 5 Marches with the Greatest Number of Snow Days
1. 1960: 20
2. 1924, 1965: 17
3. 1906, 1926, 1931, 1971, 1984: 15
4. 1886, 1932, 1941, 1949, 1952, 1958, 1972: 14
5. 1901, 1928, 1933, 1940, 1947, 1959, 1975, 1981, 2018: 13

Top 5 Marches with the Most 1″+ Daily Snowfalls
1. 1896, 1906: 6
2. 1960, 1965: 5
3. 1934, 1971, 2005, 2013: 4
4. 1883, 1890, 1891, 1912, 1916, 1931, 1943, 1962, 1967, 1984: 3
5. 1879, 1882, 1888, 1900, 1917, 1926, 1933, 1940, 1944, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1972, 1978, 1982, 1987, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2008, 2014: 2

Top 5 Marches with the Most 2.5″+ Daily Snowfalls
1. 1906, 1971, 2013: 3
2. 1881, 1891, 1916, 1967, 1993, 2008, 2014: 2
3. 1896, 1898, 1902, 1907, 1912, 1923, 1926, 1934, 1940, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1957, 198, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2015: 1
4. All Other Years: 0

Top 5 Marches with the Most 5″+ Daily Snowfalls
1. 1906, 2008: 2
2. 1891, 1956, 1958, 1962, 1984, 1999: 1
3. All Other Years: 0

Top 5 Greatest Daily March Snow Depths
1. 3/9/2008: 18″
2. 3/10/2008: 12″
3. 3/8/2008: 10″
4. 3/6/1962, 3/1/1984, 3/2/1984: 9″
5. 3/7/1962, 3/7/1967, 3/3/1978, 3/4/1978, 3/5/1978, 3/6/1978, 3/9/1978, 3/10/1999: 7″