Tacna, Arizona, sets a new Arizona March Record High Temperature

Tacna, Arizona reached 111 degrees on March 20, making it the NEW Arizona record high temperature in March 2026. 

YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA) - March 2026 was the hottest March on record for a lot of areas on the western part of the United States, including cities here in Yuma County.

The National Weather Service in Phoenix just released some new data that named Tacna, Arizona, in Yuma County, reached 111 degrees on March 20, making it the NEW Arizona record High Temperature set in March 2026. 

The National Weather Service in Phoenix reviewed some data compiled from their cooperative weather observers in Arizona, and they noticed one substantial observation.

The warmest March temperature recorded by an established NWS site in Arizona in the period of record (since 1895).