Driest places in the US in March
Ranked by the fewest wet days (0.01 in or more) in March. First: Palm Springs, CA (2 days), of 378 cities.
| Rank | City | Wet days | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palm Springs, CA | 2 days | 81°F |
| 2 | Terlingua, TX | 2 days | 82°F |
| 3 | Yuma, AZ | 2 days | 80°F |
| 4 | Furnace Creek, CA | 2 days | 83°F |
| 5 | Las Cruces, NM | 2 days | 71°F |
| 6 | El Paso, TX | 2 days | 72°F |
| 7 | Goodyear, AZ | 3 days | 77°F |
| 8 | Las Vegas, NV | 3 days | 71°F |
| 9 | Glendale, AZ | 3 days | 77°F |
| 10 | Phoenix, AZ | 3 days | 78°F |
| 11 | Tucson, AZ | 3 days | 76°F |
| 12 | San Tan Valley, AZ | 3 days | 78°F |
| 13 | Gilbert, AZ | 3 days | 78°F |
| 14 | Peoria, AZ | 4 days | 77°F |
| 15 | Mesa, AZ | 4 days | 78°F |
| 16 | Midland, TX | 4 days | 72°F |
| 17 | Page, AZ | 4 days | 63°F |
| 18 | Victorville, CA | 4 days | 67°F |
| 19 | Albuquerque, NM | 4 days | 63°F |
| 20 | Palmdale, CA | 4 days | 69°F |
| 21 | Lancaster, CA | 4 days | 67°F |
| 22 | Santa Fe, NM | 4 days | 57°F |
| 23 | Taos, NM | 4 days | 53°F |
| 24 | McAllen, TX | 4 days | 83°F |
| 25 | St. George, UT | 5 days | 68°F |
Which states lead
Arizona (10 of the top 25), California (5 of the top 25), Texas (4 of the top 25), then 3 more states. The top 25 range from 2 days to 5 days; the median across all 378 cities is 9 days.
The other end: wettest by wet days in March
- Hilo, HI22 days
- Haleiwa, HI21 days
- Cannon Beach, OR21 days
- Ketchikan, AK21 days
- Sitka, AK18 days
Driest places through the year
| Month | First place | Wet days |
|---|---|---|
| January | Terlingua, TX | 2 days |
| February | Terlingua, TX | 2 days |
| March | Palm Springs, CA | 2 days |
| April | Palm Springs, CA | 1 day |
| May | Palm Springs, CA | 0 days |
| June | Palm Springs, CA | 0 days |
| July | Antioch, CA | 0 days |
| August | Anaheim, CA | 0 days |
| September | Corona, CA | 0 days |
| October | Palm Springs, CA | 1 day |
| November | Palm Springs, CA | 1 day |
| December | Furnace Creek, CA | 2 days |
378 cities with data for this measure. Folded suburbs share their lead city's values and are not listed separately. Methodology.