March 2000 Summary Temperature |
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Mean |
12.9C |
Mean Maximum |
18.4C |
Mean Minimum | 8.3C |
Maximum High |
30.6C |
Maximum Low |
14.1C |
Minimum High |
14.3C |
Minimum Low |
2.5C |
Rainfall | |
Days with Measured Rainfall |
8 |
Max Daily Rainfall |
37.7 mm |
Monthly Rainfall |
50.9 mm |
March | Min. Temp | Max. Temp | Avg. Temp | Rain | Casual Observations |
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1 | 11.0 | 18.4 | 14.1 | nil | A N to NE breeze in the morning turning to a gusty wind in the afternoon and evening. Cloud in the morning clearing in the afternoon. |
2 | 6.3 | 21.9 | 14.1 | nil | A bit of fog in the morning soon cleared. Light NE breezes. Mainly sunny. |
3 | 11.7 | 18.6 | 15.0 | nil | A sunny day with light to moderate NE breezes |
4 | 14.1 | 28.9 | 19.3 | nil | A sunny morning with a NE breeze that died down during the day. Clear skies and warm temperatures in autumn making up for some dismal summer days. Southerly change in the evening bringing a welcome cooler breeze. |
5 | nil | No records today as I have had some technical problems. The day was warm and sunny with a southerly breeze in the morning turning to NE in the afternoon. | |||
6 | 12.5 | 28.9 | 16.4 | nil | A cloudy start to the day with a N breeze turning to NW and then to the south cooling the afternoon. |
7 | 9.4 | 14.3 | 11.8 | nil | A cloudy cool day with a southerly breeze. A trace of drizzle when cycling to work this morning. |
8 | 5.1 | 17.2 | 12.0 | nil | A cool start but a sunny clear day with NE breezes. |
9 | 6.6 | 19.0 | 12.7 | nil | A sunny clear day with light NE breezes |
10 | 5.9 | 20.8 | 12.9 | nil | A mainly sunny day with some afternoon patches of cloud. Southerly breezes in the morning, NE breezes in the afternoon. |
11 | 12.5 | 18.9 | 15.0 | nil | A gusty NE wind for most of the day with high cloud obscuring the sun. |
12 | 10.2 | 29.3 | 18.0 | 1 | A near calm, mainly clear morning with a with the temperature rising to the hottest recorded this month. Cloud increased alter in the afternoon as a cold front and southerly change approached with some rain at 19:00 &22:00. |
13 | 7.3 | 14.3 | 11.3 | 37.7 | Rain all day with cool temperatures. Wind changing from NE in the morning sound to the South by mid afternoon. The first cool blast for the coming winter. |
14 | 5.4 | 14.9 | 8.9 | 1.7 | A cloudy and damp start to the day but the cloud cleared for a mainly sunny afternoon. |
15 | 4.8 | 17.0 | 10.8 | nil | The coldest morning for the month. A mainly sunny day with cloud in the afternoon. Light breezes |
16 | 7.3 | 17.1 | 11.9 | trace | Low cloud and some drizzle while cycling to work this morning. Cloud cleared in the afternoon for a sunny and calm end to the day. |
17 | 6.3 | 17.1 | 11.5 | nil | A partly cloudy start to the day with calm conditions. Two hot air balloons over the city didn't seem to be moving. The cloud cleared during the afternoon to a clear sunny day. A moderate NE breeze in the afternoon. |
18 | 10.2 | 17.5 | 14.0 | nil | A gusty NE wind for most of the day. Cloud cleared mid morning to leave a sunny day by feeling cool in the brisk wind. |
19 | 12.3 | 30.6 | 18.9 | nil | A 'nor'west arch' of cloud in the morning was indicative of possible warm winds later in the day. The cloud soon dissipated leaving clear skies and a warm N to NW wind. |
20 | 12.2 | 17.9 | 14.4 | nil | A breezy north-easterly this morning with cloud that broke a little during the day. A nor'west arch of cloud covered the sky in the evening but there was a light breeze from the NE in town. |
21 | 5.6 | 20.4 | 13.7 | 6 | A NW wind and warm temperatures in the morning were replaced around 10am with a cold southerly change. A light shower in the afternoon. More rain later in the evening. |
22 | 4.5 | 14.3 | 8.4 | 4.5 | A wet cool morning but the rain and cloud cleared early afternoon. Sunny but cool in the southerly breeze. |
23 | 2.5 | 16.2 | 9.7 | nil | The coldest temperature recorded so far this year. A sunny day with a cool NE breeze later in the day. |
24 | 8.7 | 16.9 | 13.2 | nil | Some sun but mostly broken cloud during the day. A NE breeze. |
25 | 6.3 | 16.7 | 11.6 | nil | Very little breeze. Variable cloud covering the city and Banks Peninsular. |
26 | 9.6 | 15.8 | 12.2 | nil | A mostly sunny day with a cool NE wind, gusty at times. |
27 | 8.9 | 17.2 | 12.9 | nil | Cloudy morning and evening but sunny during most of the day. A light to moderate NE breeze during the day. |
28 | 11.4 | 15.5 | 12.9 | nil |
Cloud mainly cleared in the afternoon but returned in the evening. The NE wind made the afternoon feel quite cool.
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29 | 9.3 | 18.5 | 13.7 | trace | A mainly sunny day with light breezes. Cloudy in the evening with some rain forecast. |
30 | 10.1 | 19.2 | 13.8 | trace | A trace of rain overnight and in the morning. A gusty southerly came up about 07:00 and the temperature dropped. This eased off and turned around to the NE later in the afternoon. A mostly sunny afternoon. |
31 | 10.0 | 17.9 | 13.6 | nil | A sunny Autumn day. Light northerly breezes in the morning, a gusty NE wind in the afternoon with increasing high cloud. |