Hawaii Volcanoes National Park in March

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park · crowd + weather almanac

March crowd level busy

about 122,000 visits in a typical March

The 8th-busiest month of the year · median of 2016–2025 official NPS counts

March is the 8th-busiest month of the year at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park: about 122,000 recreation visits in a typical March (8% of the year's traffic, and 80% of what the peak month, January, sees). This is a busy month, though short of the summer-peak crush. Weather-wise, March days at the Hawaii Vol Np Hq 54, HI station typically top out around 68°F with nights near 51°F, and about 10.3 inches of precipitation falls over the month.

Typical March: 122,200 recreation visits (median 2016–2025); the range across those years ran 61,695 (2020) to 174,690 (2018).
Busier than 4 of the other 11 months.
1991–2020 March normals at Hawaii Vol Np Hq 54, HI: high 68°F, low 51°F, 10.27 in precipitation, 0.0 in snow.

Typical (median) monthly recreation visits at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, 2016–2025. March highlighted. Source: NPS Visitor Use Statistics.

March weather (1991–2020 normals)

Typical daytime high	68°F
Typical overnight low	51°F
Precipitation (monthly normal)	10.27 in
Snowfall (monthly normal)	0.0 in
Measured at	Hawaii Vol Np Hq 54, HI (USC00511303), 2.2 mi from the park reference point, elev. 3,971 ft

Every month at Hawaii Volcanoes

Month	Typical visits	Crowds	High / Low	Precip
January	152,217	busiest stretch	68°F / 49°F	8.8 in
February	135,439	busiest stretch	68°F / 49°F	8.2 in
March	122,200	busy	68°F / 51°F	10.3 in
April	112,226	busy	68°F / 52°F	9.2 in
May	106,047	busy	70°F / 53°F	6.5 in
June	132,224	busiest stretch	71°F / 54°F	5.1 in
July	138,000	busiest stretch	73°F / 56°F	6.3 in
August	133,067	busiest stretch	74°F / 56°F	5.9 in
September	109,123	busy	73°F / 55°F	6.0 in
October	117,599	busy	72°F / 55°F	8.2 in
November	124,781	busy	70°F / 54°F	10.6 in
December	139,552	busiest stretch	68°F / 52°F	11.4 in

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