| March | Min. Temp | Max. Temp | Avg. Temp | Rain | Casual Observations |
| 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.
|
| 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. |
