Eagle River weather in March

In March, Eagle River sees average daytime highs of 27°F and overnight lows near 14°F, with 3.2 in of precipitation across 12.6 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 24°F in the first days to 32°F by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 48 min at the start of March to 12 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Eagle River's 1st-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Eagle River's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 4th coldest
Precipitation: 3.2 in; 12.6 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 18 min; 7:29 AM – 6:47 PM
Cloud cover: 61%; 1st clearest
Wind: 3 mph; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 2.73 kWh/m²
Travel score: 0.0; out of 10

Eagle River is community in Alaska, USA.

Density: 224/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1939

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 24°F in the first days to 32°F by the end.

A typical March day in Eagle River reaches about 27°F in the afternoon and slips back to 14°F overnight — a 13°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°F and 37°F. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 6°F warmer than February and about 11°F cooler than April.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°F)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	28	28	29	29	29	30	30	31	31	31	32	32	32
Avg low (°F)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	17	17	18	18	19	19	19

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	24	11
2	24	11
3	24	11
4	24	11
5	24	11
6	24	11
7	24	11
8	25	11
9	25	11
10	25	11
11	25	12
12	26	12
13	26	12
14	26	12
15	26	13
16	27	13
17	27	13
18	27	14
19	28	14
20	28	15
21	29	15
22	29	15
23	29	16
24	30	16
25	30	17
26	31	17
27	31	18
28	31	18
29	32	19
30	32	19
31	32	19

How March really feels in Eagle River

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 days that feel above 90°F and 31 that feel at or below 32°F — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 90°F

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 32°F

19 feel bitter (≤ 14°F)

The story in March is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Eagle River weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°F)	Rainfall (inches)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	17° / 7°	4.1	14.2	15.2	6	0.0
Feb	22° / 11°	3.9	13.3	14.3	8.4	0.0
Mar	27° / 14°	3.2	12.6	13.9	11.3	0.0
Apr	38° / 25°	2.7	12	12.3	14.3	0.1
May	48° / 34°	2.5	12.1	9	17.1	1.7
Jun	57° / 44°	3.0	15.1	2.1	18.8	3.4
Jul	60° / 48°	4.4	18	0.4	18.1	3.8
Aug	58° / 46°	5.8	18.5	0.7	15.6	3.3
Sep	49° / 38°	6.8	18.3	7.2	12.6	1.6
Oct	36° / 26°	5.6	16.5	14.6	9.6	0.0
Nov	24° / 14°	4.7	15.1	15.7	6.8	0.0
Dec	19° / 10°	5.5	17.1	18.6	5.2	0.0

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in March, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 59%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	41	42	42	43	42	43	45	45	45	44	44	44	44	43	43	43	42	42	42	40	40	40	39	38	38	38	37	37	36	35	35
Cloudier (%)	59	58	58	57	58	57	55	55	55	56	56	56	56	57	57	57	58	58	58	60	60	60	61	62	62	62	63	63	64	65	65

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	42	58
3	42	58
4	43	57
5	42	58
6	43	57
7	45	55
8	45	55
9	45	55
10	44	56
11	44	56
12	44	56
13	44	56
14	43	57
15	43	57
16	43	57
17	42	58
18	42	58
19	42	58
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	40	60
23	39	61
24	38	62
25	38	62
26	38	62
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	36	64
30	35	65
31	35	65

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Eagle River gets around 3.2 in of rain and snow over 12.6 wet days in March. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 41% and peaks near 45% on the wettest days, and about 14 days bring snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	42	42	41	41	41	40	40	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	40	40	40	41	41	42	42	42	43	43	44	44	45
Snow chance (%)	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	45	45	45	46	46	46	46	46	47	47	48	48	48

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	42	44
2	42	44
3	41	44
4	41	44
5	41	44
6	40	44
7	40	44
8	39	44
9	39	44
10	39	44
11	39	44
12	39	44
13	39	44
14	39	44
15	39	44
16	39	44
17	39	44
18	39	44
19	40	45
20	40	45
21	40	45
22	41	46
23	41	46
24	42	46
25	42	46
26	42	46
27	43	47
28	43	47
29	44	48
30	44	48
31	45	48

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of March feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, March lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in March

Winds average 3 mph in March.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 3 mph on the calmest days to 3 mph at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (mph)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (mph)	Feels
1	3	calm
2	3	calm
3	3	calm
4	3	calm
5	3	calm
6	3	calm
7	3	calm
8	3	calm
9	3	calm
10	3	calm
11	3	calm
12	3	calm
13	3	calm
14	3	calm
15	3	calm
16	3	calm
17	3	calm
18	3	calm
19	3	calm
20	3	calm
21	3	calm
22	3	calm
23	3	calm
24	3	calm
25	3	calm
26	3	calm
27	3	calm
28	3	calm
29	3	calm
30	3	calm
31	3	calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 48 min at the start of March to 12 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 180 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 8:17 AM to 6:40 AM, and sunset from 6:06 PM to 7:26 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	9.8	9.9	10.0	10.1	10.2	10.3	10.4	10.5	10.6	10.7	10.8	10.9	11.0	11.1	11.2	11.3	11.4	11.5	11.6	11.7	11.8	11.9	12.0	12.1	12.2	12.3	12.4	12.5	12.6	12.7	12.8
Sunrise (AM)	8:17	8:14	8:11	8:08	8:04	8:01	7:58	7:55	7:52	7:49	7:45	7:42	7:39	7:36	7:33	7:29	7:26	7:23	7:20	7:16	7:13	7:10	7:07	7:03	7:00	6:57	6:53	6:50	6:47	6:44	6:40
Sunset (PM)	6:06	6:09	6:12	6:14	6:17	6:20	6:22	6:25	6:28	6:31	6:33	6:36	6:39	6:41	6:44	6:47	6:49	6:52	6:54	6:57	7:00	7:02	7:05	7:08	7:10	7:13	7:16	7:18	7:21	7:23	7:26

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.8	8:17	6:06
2	9.9	8:14	6:09
3	10.0	8:11	6:12
4	10.1	8:08	6:14
5	10.2	8:04	6:17
6	10.3	8:01	6:20
7	10.4	7:58	6:22
8	10.5	7:55	6:25
9	10.6	7:52	6:28
10	10.7	7:49	6:31
11	10.8	7:45	6:33
12	10.9	7:42	6:36
13	11.0	7:39	6:39
14	11.1	7:36	6:41
15	11.2	7:33	6:44
16	11.3	7:29	6:47
17	11.4	7:26	6:49
18	11.5	7:23	6:52
19	11.6	7:20	6:54
20	11.7	7:16	6:57
21	11.8	7:13	7:00
22	11.9	7:10	7:02
23	12.0	7:07	7:05
24	12.1	7:03	7:08
25	12.2	7:00	7:10
26	12.3	6:57	7:13
27	12.4	6:53	7:16
28	12.5	6:50	7:18
29	12.6	6:47	7:21
30	12.7	6:44	7:23
31	12.8	6:40	7:26

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 2.73 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.19 kWh/m² to a high of 5.66 kWh/m² in May across the year — March's 2.73 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	1.8	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.6
Level	Dim	Dim	Dim	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	1.8	Dim
2	1.9	Dim
3	2.0	Dim
4	2.0	Moderate
5	2.1	Moderate
6	2.1	Moderate
7	2.2	Moderate
8	2.3	Moderate
9	2.3	Moderate
10	2.4	Moderate
11	2.5	Moderate
12	2.5	Moderate
13	2.6	Moderate
14	2.6	Moderate
15	2.7	Moderate
16	2.7	Moderate
17	2.8	Moderate
18	2.9	Moderate
19	2.9	Moderate
20	3.0	Moderate
21	3.0	Moderate
22	3.1	Moderate
23	3.1	Moderate
24	3.2	Moderate
25	3.3	Moderate
26	3.3	Moderate
27	3.4	Moderate
28	3.4	Moderate
29	3.5	Moderate
30	3.5	Moderate
31	3.6	Moderate

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Eagle River?

Our two travel scores rate March for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

0.0

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

—

Beach & pool

never really warm enough

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Eagle River.

What to pack for Eagle River in March

From March's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In March, Eagle River sees daytime highs around 27°F and nights near 14°F. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

Sea temperature near Eagle River in March

The nearest coast averages about 31°F in March — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 23 mi away) is warmest in August at about 57°F and coldest in February near 31°F.

The water stays below 68°F all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°F)	31	31	31	32	36	48	55	57	54	47	40	32
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°F)	Comfort
Jan	31	Bracing
Feb	31	Bracing
Mar	31	Bracing
Apr	32	Bracing
May	36	Bracing
Jun	48	Bracing
Jul	55	Bracing
Aug	57	Bracing
Sep	54	Bracing
Oct	47	Bracing
Nov	40	Bracing
Dec	32	Bracing

UV index in Eagle River in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 1. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Eagle River peaks around June 23 at about 5 (moderate) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 5 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	0	1	1	3	4	5	5	4	2	1	0	0
Level	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	0	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	1	Low
Apr	3	Moderate
May	4	Moderate
Jun	5	Moderate
Jul	5	Moderate
Aug	4	Moderate
Sep	2	Moderate
Oct	1	Low
Nov	0	Low
Dec	0	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Eagle River?

Eagle River sits at 61.3°N, 149.6°W, 322 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Anchorage, 13 mi away.

Topography around Eagle River

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 2, 10 and 50 miles of Eagle River.

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Eagle River has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,713 ft around an average of 466 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,413 ft; within 50 miles, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 9,846 ft.

The land around Eagle River is covered by trees (78%) within 2 miles, trees (42%), grassland (26%) and water (23%) within 10 miles, and trees (36%) and grassland (23%) within 50 miles.

2 miles

1,713 ft

trees 78%

10 miles

5,413 ft

trees 42%

50 miles

9,846 ft

trees 36%

treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewaterwetlandmoss and lichen

← February Eagle River year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: Anchorage 13 mi · Badger 249 mi · Fairbanks 250 mi · Dawson City 372 mi · Whitehorse 487 mi · Juneau 564 mi · Terrace 895 mi · Anadyr 1,045 mi

United States travel facts

Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 100% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $90,027; 2025
Happiness: 6.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 98%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 5.8; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 12.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Eagle River (61.3214°, -149.5678°, elevation 322 ft), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	24	11
2	24	11
3	24	11
4	24	11
5	24	11
6	24	11
7	24	11
8	25	11
9	25	11
10	25	11
11	25	12
12	26	12
13	26	12
14	26	12
15	26	13
16	27	13
17	27	13
18	27	14
19	28	14
20	28	15
21	29	15
22	29	15
23	29	16
24	30	16
25	30	17
26	31	17
27	31	18
28	31	18
29	32	19
30	32	19
31	32	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	42	58
3	42	58
4	43	57
5	42	58
6	43	57
7	45	55
8	45	55
9	45	55
10	44	56
11	44	56
12	44	56
13	44	56
14	43	57
15	43	57
16	43	57
17	42	58
18	42	58
19	42	58
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	40	60
23	39	61
24	38	62
25	38	62
26	38	62
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	36	64
30	35	65
31	35	65

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	42	44
2	42	44
3	41	44
4	41	44
5	41	44
6	40	44
7	40	44
8	39	44
9	39	44
10	39	44
11	39	44
12	39	44
13	39	44
14	39	44
15	39	44
16	39	44
17	39	44
18	39	44
19	40	45
20	40	45
21	40	45
22	41	46
23	41	46
24	42	46
25	42	46
26	42	46
27	43	47
28	43	47
29	44	48
30	44	48
31	45	48

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	24	11
2	24	11
3	24	11
4	24	11
5	24	11
6	24	11
7	24	11
8	25	11
9	25	11
10	25	11
11	25	12
12	26	12
13	26	12
14	26	12
15	26	13
16	27	13
17	27	13
18	27	14
19	28	14
20	28	15
21	29	15
22	29	15
23	29	16
24	30	16
25	30	17
26	31	17
27	31	18
28	31	18
29	32	19
30	32	19
31	32	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	42	58
3	42	58
4	43	57
5	42	58
6	43	57
7	45	55
8	45	55
9	45	55
10	44	56
11	44	56
12	44	56
13	44	56
14	43	57
15	43	57
16	43	57
17	42	58
18	42	58
19	42	58
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	40	60
23	39	61
24	38	62
25	38	62
26	38	62
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	36	64
30	35	65
31	35	65

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	42	44
2	42	44
3	41	44
4	41	44
5	41	44
6	40	44
7	40	44
8	39	44
9	39	44
10	39	44
11	39	44
12	39	44
13	39	44
14	39	44
15	39	44
16	39	44
17	39	44
18	39	44
19	40	45
20	40	45
21	40	45
22	41	46
23	41	46
24	42	46
25	42	46
26	42	46
27	43	47
28	43	47
29	44	48
30	44	48
31	45	48

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	24	11
2	24	11
3	24	11
4	24	11
5	24	11
6	24	11
7	24	11
8	25	11
9	25	11
10	25	11
11	25	12
12	26	12
13	26	12
14	26	12
15	26	13
16	27	13
17	27	13
18	27	14
19	28	14
20	28	15
21	29	15
22	29	15
23	29	16
24	30	16
25	30	17
26	31	17
27	31	18
28	31	18
29	32	19
30	32	19
31	32	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	42	58
3	42	58
4	43	57
5	42	58
6	43	57
7	45	55
8	45	55
9	45	55
10	44	56
11	44	56
12	44	56
13	44	56
14	43	57
15	43	57
16	43	57
17	42	58
18	42	58
19	42	58
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	40	60
23	39	61
24	38	62
25	38	62
26	38	62
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	36	64
30	35	65
31	35	65

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	42	44
2	42	44
3	41	44
4	41	44
5	41	44
6	40	44
7	40	44
8	39	44
9	39	44
10	39	44
11	39	44
12	39	44
13	39	44
14	39	44
15	39	44
16	39	44
17	39	44
18	39	44
19	40	45
20	40	45
21	40	45
22	41	46
23	41	46
24	42	46
25	42	46
26	42	46
27	43	47
28	43	47
29	44	48
30	44	48
31	45	48

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100