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Typical March weather
Outer Banks
North Carolina · March
59° days
43° nights
about 6 rainy days · 12 hours of daylight · ocean 56°
What to pack
- Sweater
What March feels like
Jockey's Ridge fills with kites and hang-gliding lessons this time of year, because those dunes catch every bit of it. Rentals start reopening mid-month, but the ocean is still strictly a wetsuit proposition.
Expect about 6 days with real rain — enough to notice, not enough to plan around.
Can you swim?
The ocean runs about 56° — frigid — locals in wetsuits only.
The numbers
| Typical high | 59° |
|---|---|
| Typical low | 43° |
| Days with real rain | 6 |
| Total rain | 3.8 in |
| Water temperature | 56° |
| Sunrise / sunset (mid-month) | 7:12 am / 7:09 pm |