March Summary;

  • March was cooler than my 14 year average temperature with 14.1C, my average is 14.6C. The warmest March is 2007 with 15.6C, the coolest 2006 with 12.9C. Twenty nine days reached or exceeded 15C, equalling my average, 11 days reached or exceeded 20C, my average is 15. Three days reached or exceeded 25C, my average is 5, no days reached or exceeded 30C, my average is 1.
  • Wind run was close to average of 4877 with 5010km.
  • The barometer recorded above average pressure for the month with 1018.7hPa, the highest for March in my 9 years of barometer records. My average is 1014.9.
  • It was very much wetter than average with 428% of expected rainfall (39mm) with 167mm, the wettest I've recorded, 116mm fell from the 3rd to the 5th with a further 35.5mm on the 16th and to round this off, 13mm on the 25th. The previous record holder was March 2006 with 66.2mm, the driest, 2001 with 5.8mm over 3 days.
March 2014 Summary
Temperature
Mean 14.1 C
Mean Maximum 19.4 C
Mean Minimum 10.0 C
Maximum High 27.4 C (17th)
Maximum Low 15.1 C (17th)
Minimum High 11.2 C (4th)
Minimum Low 4.1 C (1st)
Wind Speed and Direction
Maximum Gust 64 km/h (4th)
Mean 7.2 km/h
Wind Run 5010 km
Max Daily Windrun 567 km (4th)
Prevailing Direction East Nth East
Barometer
Maximum 1032.1 hPa (21st)
Minimum 997.9 hPa (16th)
Mean 1018.7 hPa
Max Daily Change -22.3 hPa (16th)
Rainfall
Days with Measured Rainfall
(0.5mm or more)
9
Max Daily Rainfall 58.5 mm (5th)
Monthly Rainfall 167.0 mm
Humidity
Maximum 100 % (6th)
Minimum 38 % (13th)

 

March Daily Observations
TemperatureWindRainfallBarometer
DateMinMaxMeanMean
(Km/h)
Gust
(Km/h)
Run (km)Prevailing Dir10 Minute Max (mm)Total (mm)Min (hPa)Max (hPa)Change (hPa)
1 4.1 16.3 10.4 7.2 39 158 South Sth West 0.5 0.5 1011.2 1015.2 -4.0
Showers clearing before dawn. Some cloud clearing later in the afternoon, cool southerly winds.
2 6.4  21.7  14.9  5.0  33  114  East Nth East  999.5  1011.7  -12.2
High cloud clearing from midday but cloud returning from mid afternoon. NE winds turning north to NW in the evening.
3 7.3  16.6  11.1  14.5  58  313  South Sth West  2.0  14.0  998.5  1008.2  +9.7 
Rain, heavy at times in the morning clearing and sunny for a time. Showers in the afternoon with a rumble of thunder later in the afternoon. Cold southerly winds. Maximum temperature recorded at midnight, minimum at 8:10am
4 8.5  11.2  9.7  26.1  64  567  South Sth West  1.5  44.0  1005.5  1010.7  +5.2 

Morning showers turning to rain from afternoon with strong southerly winds easing in the evening. High winds on the Peninsula cut power. Flooding in some areas of the city from evening.
Story in The Press.

5 8.4 12.7  10.7  17.4  59  391  South Sth West  2.0  58.0  1009.7  1019.3  +9.6 
Heavy rain and strong southerly winds in the morning. Rain easing during the day and stopping in the evening and winds easing. Streets and houses flood, slips and power cuts across Banks Peninsula. Report in The Press.
6 8.2 17.6  12.9  5.7  34  129 East Nth East  1017.7  1021.0  +3.3 
Clear and sunny for most of the day, some high cloud from late afternoon, NE winds.
7 9.6  18.9  14.3  4.5  26  103  East Nth East  1017.1  1021.3  -4.2 
Overcast in the morning, cloud breaking to a mostly sunny afternoon, cloud returning in the evening. NE winds.
8 11.3  23.5  15.2  5.6  25  127  South Sth West  1017.3  1020.2  +2.9 
Overcast in the morning with a few spots of rain. Cloud breaking from midday to a mostly sunny afternoon. Light southerly winds turning NE from mid afternoon.
9 11.9  17.2  14.3  2.0  18  45  South Sth West  1019.8  1026.4  +6.6 
Overcast with light southerly winds.
10 10.9  18.9  14.7  4.1  23 92  East Nth East  1024.6  1028.0  +3.4 
Overcast in the morning, cloud breaking early afternoon but returning later. NE winds.
11 12.8  16.2  14.1  3.2  20  73  East Nth East  1024.1  1027.7 -3.6 
Overcast with drizzle and light rain at times. NE breezes.
12 11.0  18.7  14.8  7.6  41  174  East Nth East  1015.9  1021.3  -9.4 
Mostly cloudy but some sunny breaks in the afternoon, NE winds freshening from afternoon
13 7.8  27.3  16.7 3.1  25  72  East Nth East  1014.2  1020.0  +5.8 
Sunny and warm with light southerly breezes. A change to NE winds from mid afternoon with cloud increasing later.
14 11.9  22.9  15.6  7.1  25  159  East Nth East  1020.3  1026.8  +6.5 
Morning cloud breaking and clearing in the afternoon. Light southerly winds in the morning turning NE from early afternoon.
15 13.1  18.2  15.0  8.8  32  201  East Nth East  1020.4  1026.5  -6.1 
Overcast with NE winds, drizzle later in the evening.
16 14.8  16.6  15.8  13.7  53  315  East Nth East  1.5  35.5  997.9  1020.0  -22.1 
Remains of cyclone Lusi. Rain and drizzle with fresh NE winds. Rain clearing and wind easing in the evening. Story in The Press - Candles out after storm cuts power
17 15.1  27.4  19.8  5.8  25  129  South Sth West  0.5  0.5  998.9  1009.1  +10.2 
Few clouds but mostly sunny and warm with light southerly winds turning north to NE from midday.
18 13.9  19.4  16.4  8.6  34  191  South Sth West  0.5  0.5  1009.0  1022.2  +13.2 
Showers clearing before dawn. Cloud breaking from mid afternoon, southerly winds. Maximum temperature recorded at 1:10am
19 13.5  21.9  16.1  4.0  25  91  East Nth East  0.5  0.5  1017.5  1022.6 -5.1
Morning drizzle. Cloud breaking to a mostly sunny afternoon, NE winds
20 11.3  20.5  14.4  5.7  47  131  South Sth West  1016.5  1030.9  +14.4 
Southerly from mid morning and cloud increasing from early afternoon and becoming overcast. Winds easing from late afternoon.
21 6.4  17.4  12.8  6.1  33  139  East Nth East  1029.2  1032.1  -2.9 
Sunny, few clouds, NE winds
22 9.9  17.8  13.6  6.8  33  156  East Nth East  1027.4  1029.7  -2.3 
Some morning cloud. Sunny with NE winds.
23 10.6  17.6  14.1  11.1  40  253  East Nth East 1018.3  1027.3  -9.0 
Variable cloud, fresh cool NE wind.
24 8.4  25.8  16.5  3.2  25  73  East Nth East  1013.7  1018.7  -5.0 
some high cloud, sunny with light NE winds
25 8.6  18.2  11.5  8.0  54  178  South Sth West  2.0  13.0  1009.8  1022.2  -12.4 
Few morning showers, rain with a cold southerly from mid afternoon.
26 5.1 18.3  10.8  1.9  23  44  South Sth West  1017.0  1022.4  -5.4 
Few morning clouds clearing to a sunny day with light breezes, southerly in the morning, north to NE in the afternoon.
27 6.5  22.5  13.8  1.7  19  38  East Nth East  1017.9 1024.8  +6.9 
Clear and sunny with variable breezes tending NE in the afternoon.
28 7.3 17.3  12.8  7.0  38  159  East Nth East  1020.3  1025.1  -4.8 
Cloud from mid morning, NE winds
29 12.3  22.0  15.3  4.5  20  99  East Nth East  1019.8  1023.8  -4.0 
Low morning cloud lifting but high cloud remaining for the day. Light winds tending NE in the afternoon.
30 10.7 23.4  15.0  4.9  29  110  South Sth West  1022.3  1025.9  +3.6 
Low cloud lifting but remaining overcast. Variable breezes tending cooler southerly from afternoon.
31 12.3  18.2  14.2  7.7  25  172  South Sth West  1025.0  1027.6  -2.6 
Morning low cloud clearing to a mostly sunny afternoon with thin high cloud. Southerly winds.


March 2014  Temperature Graph
March 2014  Wind Dir Graph
March 2014  Wind Dir % Graph
March 2014  Wind Speed Graph
March 2014  Rainfall Graph
March 2014  Barograph
March 2014  Humidity Graph