March Summary
Above average temperature, below average wind run and 47% of expected rainfall.
(March compared to my records from the past 10 years.)
- This March was above my average temperature of 15.3C with 15.9C. The warmest March is 2019 with an average temperature of 17.0C.
- The coldest temperature was 6.1C the expected minimum for March is 3.9C.
- The highest temperature was 30.5C, my average March maximum is 30.2C.
- Seventeen days reached or exceeded 20C equalling my average.
- Three days reached or exceeded 25C, may average is 6.
- Two days reached or exceeded 30C, may average is 1.
- Wind run was 92% of my average of 4426km with 4061km.
- The barometer recorded above average pressure for the month with 1020.5hPa. My average is 1016.6hPa.
- Rainfall was 47% of the average expected total of 54.1mm with 25.4mm
- The wettest March in my records is 2014 with 167mm.
- The driest March in the past 10 years is 2021 with 9.4mm, the driest in my records is 2001 with 5.8mm.
| March 2022 Summary Temperature | |
|---|---|
| Mean | 15.9 C |
| Mean Maximum | 21.1 C |
| Mean Minimum | 11.7 C |
| Maximum High | 30.5 C (6th) |
| Maximum Low | 15.8 C (22nd and 23rd) |
| Minimum High | 17.0 C (28th) |
| Minimum Low | 6.1 C (18th) |
| Wind Speed and Direction | |
| Maximum Gust | 44 km/h (24th) |
| Mean | 5.7 km/h |
| Wind Run | 4061 km |
| Max Daily Windrun | 247 km (24th) |
| Prevailing Direction | East North East |
| Barometer | |
| Maximum | 1034.4 hPa (2nd) |
| Minimum | 999.5 hPa (24th) |
| Mean | 1020.5.9 hPa |
| Max Daily Change | +27.0 hPa (12th) |
| Rainfall | |
| Days with Measured Rainfall (0.2mm or more) |
7 |
| Max Daily Rainfall | 15.8 mm (22nd) |
| Monthly Rainfall | 25.4 mm |
| Humidity | |
| Maximum | 96 % |
| Minimum | 35 % (11th) |
| March Daily Observations | ||||||||||||
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| Temperature | Wind | Rainfall | Barometer | |||||||||
| Date | Min | Max | Mean | Mean (Km/h) | Gust (Km/h) | Run (km) | Prevailing Dir | 10 Minute Max (mm) | Total (mm) | Min (hPa) | Max (hPa) | Change (hPa) |
| 1 | 10.5 | 20.1 | 14.9 | 3.0 | 18 | 68 | East Nth East | 0 | 0 | 1022.9 | 1028.7 | -5.8 |
| Overcast with a few brighter intervals, light winds. | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 8.5 | 18.3 | 13.7 | 6.1 | 32 | 138 | South Sth West | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1028.0 | 1034.3 | +6.3 |
| Morning showers. Brighter in the afternoon with cloud breaking. Southerly wind. | ||||||||||||
| 3 | 6.1 | 20.8 | 13.6 | 3.7 | 23 | 84 | East Nth East | 0 | 0 | 1028.9 | 1033.7 | -4.8 |
| Sunny and mild with some high cloud, light NE wind. | ||||||||||||
| 4 | 9.4 | 22.1 | 15.1 | 3.7 | 25 | 83 | East Nth East | 0 | 0 | 1026.0 | 1030.1 | -4.1 |
| Variable cloud but a mostly sunny afternoon with a light NE wind | ||||||||||||
| 5 | 13.6 | 21.3 | 17.0 | 6.1 | 31 | 156 | East Nth East | 0 | 0 | 1020.9 | 1027.2 | -6.3 |
| Mostly cloudy and mild with a few sunny intervals. NE wind. | ||||||||||||
| 6 | 13.6 | 30.5 | 21.4 | 5.0 | 34 | 113 | East Nth East | 0 | 0 | 1009.6 | 1020.7 | -11.1 |
| Sunny and warm with light breezes. A nor 'west wind picking up later in the afternoon. | ||||||||||||
| 7 | 14.3 | 19.7 | 16.2 | 7.6 | 35 | `72 | South Sth West | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1016.0 | 1028.9 | +12.9 |
| Overcast with southerly winds dying out during the day. Light rain from late afternoon with a NE change. | ||||||||||||
| 8 | 14.8 | 20.4 | 17.0 | 10.0 | 37 | 229 | East Nth East | 0 | 0 | 1020.1 | 1028.9 | -8.8 |
| Morning cloud breaking to a sunny afternoon with a fresh NE wind. | ||||||||||||
| 9 | 10.7 | 23.2 | 17.0 | 4.6 | 27 | 105 | South Sth West | 0 | 0 | 1021.0 | 1027.0 | +6.0 |
| Sunny and mild with light southerly winds. Overcast from evening with a NE change bringing low cloud. Climate change worsened Westport deluge - study |
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| 10 | 15.6 | 19.0 | 16.7 | 7.2 | 31 | 165 | East Nth East | 0 | 0 | 1014.9 | 1026.6 | -11.7 |
| Overcast with low cloud, NE wind. | ||||||||||||
| 11 | 15.6 | 30.1 | 21.4 | 9.1 | 37 | 208 | East Nth East | 0 | 0 | 1000.8 | 1014.6 | -13.8 |
| Warm with variable high cloud. North to NE wind. | ||||||||||||
| 12 | 15.4 | 28.0 | 21.0 | 6.9 | 39 | 157 | South Sth West | 0 | 0 | 1000.3 | 1027.3 | +27.0 |
| Sunny and warm with a southerly wind from late morning dying out later in the afternoon with cloud increasing. | ||||||||||||
| 13 | 13.2 | 21.2 | 16.2 | 4.0 | 25 | 90 | East Nth East | 0 | 0 | 1027.5 | 1033.5 | +6.0 |
| Cloudy at times with light a NE wind. | ||||||||||||
| 14 | 9.9 | 19.1 | 14.8 | 6.4 | 28 | 146 | East Nth East | 0 | 0 | 1024.4 | 1033.0 | -8.6 |
| Morning cloud breaking to a sunny afternoon with a NE wind. | ||||||||||||
| 15 | 7.4 | 18.8 | 13.3 | 2.7 | 19 | 62 | South Sth West | 0 | 0 | 1026.9 | 1032.7 | +5.8 |
| Overcast with light winds tending southerly | ||||||||||||
| 16 | 10.8 | 18.0 | 13.7 | 2.9 | 21 | 66 | East Nth East | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1031.0 | 1033.4 | -2.4 |
| Overcast with variable breezes turning NE in the afternoon. A few showers in the evening. | ||||||||||||
| 17 | 7.9 | 19.2 | 12.4 | 1.5 | 18 | 34 | East Nth East | 0 | 0 | 1023.4 | 1032.2 | -8.8 |
| Overcast for much of the day, cloud breaking later in the afternoon. Light breezes tending NE | ||||||||||||
| 18 | 6.1 | 20.6 | 12.3 | 2.6 | 24 | 60 | East Nth East | 0 | 0 | 1011.5 | 1023.5 | -12.0 |
| Cloud breaking to a sunny afternoon, light NE wind. | ||||||||||||
| 19 | 9.8 | 18.3 | 14.3 | 8.8 | 35 | 201 | East Ntn East | 0 | 0 | 1008.4 | 1016.2 | 7.8 |
| Cloudy with freshening NE wind in the afternoon. | ||||||||||||
| 20 | 11.6 | 21.4 | 16.2 | 4.7 | 24 | 107 | East Nth East | 0 | 0 | 1015.4 | 1017.4 | -2.0 |
| Morning cloud breaking to a mostly sunny afternoon with a light NE wind. Overcast from late afternoon. | ||||||||||||
| 21 | 11.9 | 22.0 | 16.0 | 4.8 | 37 | 108 | East Nth East | 1.6 | 7.6 | 1013.0 | 1016.4 | -3.4 |
| Partly cloudy morning, cloud increasing in the afternoon with drizzle turning to rain. NE wind freshening in the evening. | ||||||||||||
| 22 | 15.8 | 19.2 | 16.7 | 9.8 | 39 | 221 | East Nth East | 0.8 | 15.8 | 1006.7 | 1013.5 | -6.8 |
| Rain and drizzle with a fresh NE wind. Drizzle clearing fir a while in the afternoon but returning in the evening. | ||||||||||||
| 23 | 15.8 | 19.9 | 17.0 | 5.1 | 30 | 115 | East Nth East | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1002.5 | 1007.4 | -4.9 |
| Overcast with low cloud with some drizzle at times. NE wind. | ||||||||||||
| 24 | 14.5 | 21.4 | 17.5 | 10.8 | 44 | 247 | East Nth East | 0 | 0 | 999.5 | 1013.2 | +13.7 |
| Partly cloudy with sunny intervals and a NE wind. Cloud increasing later in the afternoon with a southerly change. Government puts up $175,000 for 'considerable' East Coast flood damage |
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| 25 | 9.3 | 18.9 | 14.1 | 6.2 | 25 | 142 | South Sth West | 0 | 0 | 1012.9 | 1015.4 | -2.5 |
| Cloud breaking to a sunny and mild afternoon. Southerly wind. Flooding in Hawke's Bay less than expected, 'heartbreak' for some on East Coast |
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| 26 | 6.5 | 22.1 | 13.9 | 4.1 | 22 | 92 | South Sth West | 0 | 0 | 1013.9 | 1023.0 | +9.1 |
| Sunny and mild with a light southerly wind. New rainfall record set this week after heavy rainfall in upper part of the country - Niwa Storm damage payouts expected to total 'tens of millions', more than 3300 claims lodged |
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| 27 | 10.7 | 23.7 | 15.9 | 3.5 | 20 | 79 | East Nth East | 0 | 0 | 1023.1 | 1028.2 | +5.1 |
| Few clouds but mostly sunny and mild with light southerly breezes turning NE in the afternoon. East Coast floods: Land slips continue as SH2 remains closed south of Gisborne |
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| 28 | 10.9 | 17.0 | 14.7 | 7.6 | 35 | 174 | East Nth East | 0 | 0 | 1021.3 | 1028.2 | -6.9 |
| Cloud breaking to a mostly sunny afternoon with a freshening NE wind. | ||||||||||||
| 29 | 14.3 | 20.9 | 16.1 | 6.1 | 31 | 139 | East Nth East | 0 | 0 | 1018.7 | 1022.4 | +3.7 |
| Morning cloud breaking, a mostly sunny afternoon with NE wind dying away. Many of New Zealand's 'skeletal' glaciers will be gone in a decade |
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| 30 | 13.8 | 19.6 | 15.9 | 3.8 | 21 | 86 | East Nth East | 0 | 0 | 1019.5 | 1022.2 | -2.7 |
| Mostly cloudy with low cloud in the afternoon, Mostly light NE wind. | ||||||||||||
| 31 | 13.5 | 19.1 | 16.2 | 8.7 | 36 | 198 | East Nth East | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1011.5 | 1019.8 | -8.3 |
| Morning drizzle clearing by midday and cloud breaking in the afternoon. NE wind. Marine heatwave will mean warmer autumn for New Zealand, says Niwa |
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