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Areas of Extreme Heat and Fire Weather in the West; Refreshingly Cooler Further East

Extreme heat will continue across the Pacific Northwest into midweek before finally waning. Hot temperatures, low relative humidity, gusty winds, and isolated dry thunderstorms will bring critical fire weather into Tuesday. A refreshingly cool air mass has settled into much of the eastern two-thirds of the Rockies through the week. Read More >

             National Weather Service - Denver, Colorado
                Temperature Normals & Extreme for March

     |Normal|Record| Year |Record| Year ||Normal|Record| Year |Record| Year |
DATE | High | High |  Set |Warmest Set  ||  Low |  Low |  Set |coldest  Set |
     |      |      |      |Minimum      ||      |      |      |Maximum      |
-----|------|------|------|------|------||------|------|------|------|------|
  1  |  50  |  74  | 2008 |  48  | 1882 ||  22  | - 7  | 1922 |  14  | 1912 |
  2  |  50  |  74  | 2009 |  47  | 1946 ||  23  | - 7  | 1960 |  11  | 1943 |
  3  |  51  |  76  | 1921 |  47  | 2009 ||  23  | - 8  | 1960 |   6  | 2019 |
  4  |  51  |  76  | 2009 |  47  | 1925^||  23  | - 5  | 2019 |  15  | 2019^|
  5  |  51  |  76  | 1910 |  44  | 1929 ||  24  | - 5  | 1989 |  15  | 1945 |

  6  |  52  |  75  | 1972 |  45  | 1972 ||  24  | - 7  | 1943 |   6  | 1920 |
  7  |  52  |  72  | 1879 |  43  | 1879 ||  24  | - 2  | 1971^|  20  | 1932 |
  8  |  52  |  74  | 1989 |  45  | 1986 ||  24  | - 2  | 1969 |  13  | 1932 |
  9  |  53  |  77  | 1989^|  43  | 1936 ||  25  | - 5  | 1932 |  15  | 1932 |
 10  |  53  |  79  | 1989^|  44  | 1991 ||  25  | - 3  | 1932 |   6  | 1948 |

 11  |  53  |  79  | 1900 |  52  | 1918 ||  25  | - 5  | 1948 |   9  | 1932 |
 12  |  54  |  75  | 1916 |  46  | 1918 ||  26  | - 8  | 1880 |  11  | 1880 |
 13  |  54  |  74  | 2012^|  50  | 1935 ||  26  | -10  | 1880 |  12  | 1880 |
 14  |  54  |  78  | 1935 |  54  | 1908 ||  26  | -10  | 1880 |   8  | 1895 |
 15  |  54  |  79  | 2015 |  52  | 1908 ||  26  | - 8  | 1880 |  19  | 1880 |

 16  |  55  |  81  | 2015 |  56  | 1908 ||  27  | - 4  | 1880 |  14  | 1906 |
 17  |  55  |  76  | 2012 |  47  | 1921^||  27  | - 6  | 1892 |  18  | 1906 |
 18  |  55  |  82  | 1907 |  48  | 1921 ||  27  | - 2  | 1965 |  12  | 1965 |
 19  |  56  |  81  | 1907 |  52  | 1907 ||  27  | - 5  | 1906 |  13  | 1927 |
 20  |  56  |  80  | 1907 |  52  | 1907 ||  28  |   1  | 1965^|  24  | 1913 |

 21  |  56  |  78  | 1995 |  54  | 1907 ||  28  |   0  | 1912 |  20  | 1952 |
 22  |  56  |  79  | 2004 |  47  | 1945^||  28  | - 3  | 1952 |  11  | 1898 |
 23  |  57  |  77  | 2017 |  45  | 1945^||  28  |   1  | 1898 |  19  | 1965 |
 24  |  57  |  76  | 1896 |  50  | 1908 ||  29  | - 3  | 1965 |  18  | 1965 |
 25  |  57  |  75  | 2012^|  50  | 1907^||  29  | - 2  | 1996 |  14  | 1955 |

 26  |  57  |  84# | 1971 |  48  | 1878 ||  29  | - 4  | 1955 |  14  | 1888 |
 27  |  57  |  78  | 1988 |  52  | 1895 ||  29  | - 5  | 1899 |  15  | 1931 |
 28  |  58  |  83  | 1963 |  50  | 1895 ||  29  | -11* | 1886 |  15  | 1886 |
 29  |  58  |  79  | 1967^|  53  | 1967^||  30  |   2  | 1886 |  23  | 1987 |
 30  |  58  |  82  | 2010 |  46  | 1943 ||  30  |  10  | 1987 |  25  | 1954 |
 31  |  58  |  81  | 2012 |  53  | 1893 ||  30  |   5  | 1954^|  21  | 1899 |

The Normal High and Low Temperatures are calculated from 1981-2010 data.
           The Temperature Extremes range from 1872-2021

^ - Also in previous years.

# - Highest Temperature of the Month:  84 degrees on 3/26/1971.

* - Lowest Temperature of the Month:  -11 degrees on 3/28/1886.

- The March Mean Temperature is 40.4 degrees (from 1981-2010 DIA data).

- Data collected at the Downtown City Office from 1872-December 1949, then
  at the Stapleton Airport Office from January 1950-February 1995, then at
  Denver International Airport from March 1995-Present. 


WFO Boulder - 3/31/2021