Grand Canyon National Park in March

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March is the 8th-busiest month of the year at Grand Canyon National Park: about 397,000 recreation visits in a typical March (8% of the year's traffic, and 71% of what the peak month, July, sees). This is a busy month, though short of the summer-peak crush. Weather-wise, March days at the Grand Canyon Np 2, AZ station typically top out around 54°F with nights near 25°F, and about 1.9 inches of precipitation falls over the month. The station's long-term normal includes about 8 inches of March snowfall.

• Typical March: 397,146 recreation visits (median 2016–2025); the range across those years ran 276,002 (2020) to 504,295 (2016).
• Busier than 4 of the other 11 months.
• 1991–2020 March normals at Grand Canyon Np 2, AZ: high 54°F, low 25°F, 1.85 in precipitation, 8.1 in snow.
• Similar daytime temperatures, thinner crowds: February typically runs 46°F days with about 47% fewer visits (210,000 vs 397,000).

March weather (1991–2020 normals)

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