Average Temperatures for North Carolina in March

Average temperatures for March at cities, communities and other locations around North Carolina are listed below in degrees Fahrenheit and Celsius.

You can jump to a separate table for each region of the state: North Carolina Mountains in the west, Piedmont in the center, and North Carolina Coast to the east.

The tables give the normals for maximum and minimum temperatures based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 by the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

North Carolina Mountains

Average March temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
59 38 Asheville 15 3
50 30 Banner Elk 10 -1
50 30 Blowing Rock 10 -1
52 29 Boone 11 -2
61 34 Cullowhee 16 1
46 29 Grandfather Mountain 8 -1
54 32 Highlands 12 0
61 36 Kerr Scott Reservoir 16 2
61 37 Morganton 16 3
60 36 North Wilkesboro 16 2
60 34 Pisgah Forest 15 1
60 37 Tapoco 16 3
61 38 Waterville 16 3
61 40 Winston-Salem 16 5

Piedmont

Average daily temperatures in March
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
63 40 Albemarle 17 5
64 39 Burlington 18 4
61 39 Cary 16 4
62 38 Chapel Hill 17 3
64 41 Charlotte 18 5
65 38 Concord 18 3
61 37 Durham 16 3
65 40 Gastonia 18 5
62 39 Greensboro 17 4
62 34 Henderson 17 1
61 40 Hickory 16 4
64 41 High Point 18 5
58 33 Mount Airy 15 0
63 40 Raleigh 17 5
64 36 Shelby 18 2

North Carolina Coast

March temperatures: daily averages
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
61 46 Atlantic Beach 16 8
63 45 Beaufort 17 7
63 40 Belhaven 17 4
61 46 Cape Hatteras 16 8
69 45 Cedar Island 21 7
63 42 Edenton 17 5
63 41 Elizabeth City 17 5
65 40 Fayetteville 18 4
65 43 Goldsboro 18 6
64 41 Greenville 18 5
64 38 Hofmann Forest 18 3
66 40 Jacksonville 19 4
67 42 Kinston 19 6
65 41 Lumberton 19 5
59 43 Manteo 15 6
62 44 Morehead City 17 7
65 42 New Bern 18 5
59 46 Ocracoke 15 8
60 37 Roanoke Rapids 15 3
61 38 Rocky Mount 16 3
68 43 Southport 20 6
67 44 Wilmington 19 7
63 40 Wilson 17 5
Reference

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.

North Carolina Temperatures
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