Chicago Weather In March

The highest recorded temperature in March for Chicago for the past 52 years was 88 degrees Fahrenheit, most recently measured on March 29, 1986, and the typical high is 46. The lowest documented temperature for Chicago for the past 52 years in March was -8 measured on March 1, 1962, and the mean daily low in the month is 28.

US National Weather Service Chicago March Weather data records that on March 9, 2003, the high temperature did not exceed 13 degrees Fahrenheit, the lowest high measured in Chicago in the past 52 years. Weather Service records also indicate that on March 30, 1998, the low temperature for the day was not measured below 66 degrees, the highest low measured in Chicago in the last 52 years.

National Weather Service data shows that the high temperature in Chicago on March First averages 41 degrees Fahrenheit and the high on the final day of March averages 54 degrees. The daily low temperature in Chicago on March First averages 24 degrees Fahrenheit and the low on the last day of March averages 34 degrees.

Chicago receives an average of 2.65 inches of precipitation during March. The most precipitation recorded on a single day in March, according to March Chicago Weather data, was 1.75 inches on March 4, 1985. Chicago receives an average of 6.7 inches of snow in March.On March 21, 1992 Chicago received 8.5 inches of rain, the greatest snowfall measured in a single day in March.