Weather in Anchorage in March 2025
Average weather
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Is Anchorage warm or cold in March?
Anchorage is typically cool in March.
Maximum temperatures go up compared to the previous month from -3°C to +1°C. The minimum temperature also goes up from -10°C to -7°C.
Pack a sweater and a jacket as there will be cooler temperatures.
Take a look at how March is compared to other months in Anchorage:
Climate in Anchorage in March
| February | March | April | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg. temperature | ||||||
| -3°C | +1°C | +7°C | ||||
| Min. temperature | ||||||
| -32°C | -30°C | -20°C | ||||
| Max. temperature | ||||||
| +9°C | +11°C | +22°C | ||||
| Rainfall | ||||||
| 13 mm | 12 mm | 28 mm | ||||
| Wind | ||||||
| 2 m/s | 2 m/s | 2 m/s | ||||
| Humidity | ||||||
| 79% | 75% | 74% | ||||
| Air pressure | ||||||
| 1006 HPa | 1006 HPa | 1008 HPa | ||||
| Sunny days | ||||||
| 4 | 7 | 6 | ||||
| Cloudy days | ||||||
| 9 | 10 | 12 | ||||
| Rainy days | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 6 | ||||
| Snowy days | ||||||
| 14 | 12 | 7 | ||||
March weather is still as ok as in February. It’s getting warmer as March arrives. The average maximum temperature goes up from -3°C to +1°C during the day. As March arrives, the amount of rainfall goes down. On average, the rainfall volume decreases from 13 mm to 12 mm. It feels drier, as humidity decreases from 79% to 75%. The average wind speed doesn’t change much during March, staying around 2 m/s. The good news is there are likely to be more sunny days in March, from 4 to 7.
April brings much the same weather, it remains ok.
Wind
The average wind speed is 3 m/s getting up to 7 m/s which is a medium breeze. You can feel it, especially getting out of the water.
The average wind speed in Anchorage is gradually decreasing during March, going from 5 m/s to 2 m/s over the course of the month.
Rain
Snow
March is one of the snowiest months in Anchorage.
Here’s how March is compared with other months in the amount of snow, total mm:
How was the weather last March in Anchorage?
Climate Change over Years
The climate in Anchorage in March has not changed much over the last 43 years.
The average temperature was the lowest in 1983 (+5°C) and the highest in 2016 (+9°C). The driest year was 1996 with only 360 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 2020 with 8052 mm.
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Source of the data
For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Anchorage, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2023.
For past dates, we show actual recorded data at the location at that time. Forecasts are based on recorded weather during that day of the year, averaged over the total years for which we have records (unless stated otherwise). The daily temperature is the highest recorded temperature in the shadow during that day.