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Markleeville in March

Chilly and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Markleeville is chilly: highs near 46°F, lows near 23°F. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 12 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Markleeville is chilly: highs near 8°C, lows near -5°C. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, and the days lengthen by 1 hour 12 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
46°F8°Caverage
Low
23°F-5°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 37% of days
Daylight
11h 53mon average

Is March a good time to visit Markleeville?

March sits outside Markleeville's best months, which run in two parts: June, or September. Expect chilly days and rain or snow on about three days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How March sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 46°F in March, against 43°F to 85°F through the year.Highs near 8°C in March, against 6°C to 29°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

37% of days in March, against 12% to 38% through the year.

Cloud cover

49% cover in March, against 17% to 53% through the year.

Daylight

11h 53m in March, against 9h 30m to 14h 49m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with March shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. February44°7°low 21°low -6°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. March46°8°low 23°low -5°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. April51°11°low 27°low -3°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Markleeville sits, in March

America/Los Angeles
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
7:12 AMsets 7:05 PM
Above the sea
1,898 mhigh country
Latitude
38.7°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Olympic Valley68 km north-west

The land around Markleeville, shaded by its typical high in March, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in United States in March

high · low · wet days
See March on the planning mapThe whole year in Markleeville

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Markleeville. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,898 m) against the climate model's (2,210 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,898 m) against the climate model's (2,210 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.