March Weather Notes;

  • Temperature was lower than my March average of 14.6C with 13.8C. There were 29 days where the temperature reached or exceeded 15C equalling my March average. 10 days reached or exceeded 20C, my average is 15 and 3 days at or over 25C, my average is 5.
  • Wind run in March was close to my average of 4950km with 5000km.
  • The barometer was higher than my March average of 1014.3hPa with 1016.3hPa, 1039.9 was the highest pressure for March I've recorded.
  • It was a wet month, rainfall was 174% of average with 66mm, close to equalling March record of 66.2mm set in 2006. My March average is 38mm

March 2012 Summary
Temperature
Mean 13.8 C
Mean Maximum 19.4 C
Mean Minimum 9.0 C
Maximum High 27.6 C (6th)
Maximum Low 14.1 C (22nd)
Minimum High 12.9 C (3rd)
Minimum Low 2.9 C (26th)
Wind Speed and Direction
Maximum Gust 56 km/h (3rd)
Mean 7.0 km/h
Wind Run 5000 km
Max Daily Windrun 402 km (1st)
Prevailing Direction East Nth East
Barometer
Maximum 1039.9 hPa (8th)
Minimum 986.8 hPa (24th)
Mean 1016.3 hPa
Max Daily Change +22.4 hPa (7th)
Rainfall
Days with Measured Rainfall
(Greater than 0.2mm)
10
Max Daily Rainfall 30.0 mm (1st)
Monthly Rainfall 66.0 mm
Humidity
Maximum
99 % (22nd)
Minimum 31 % (25th)

March Daily Observations
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 8.6 16.6 12.2 17.6 54 402 South Sth West 3.5 30 991.5 1004.1 +12.6
Early morning cold southerly change with strong winds and heavy rain clearing by midday to a mostly sunny afternoon.
2 3.1 19.1 11.7 1.8 15 40 East Nth East 0 0 998.1 1004.7 -6.6
High cloud increasing from mid morning, overcast by midday. Light northerly winds tending southerly in the evening.
3 9.9 12.9 11.2 14.8 56 339 South Sth West 0.5 7.0 996.3 1010.8 +14.5
Overcast with showers from early morning, southerly winds strengthening in the afternoon. Cloud breaking a little from late afternoon.
4 8.7 15.3 12.0 11.8 40 266 South Sth West 2.0 3.5 1010.5 1022.6 +12.1
Showers clearing by mid morning and cloud breaking to a sunny afternoon. Southerly winds easing and dieing out in the evening.
5 6.5 17.8 12.8 8.9 41 204 East Nth East 0 0 1016.4 1022.4 -6.0
Some high cloud but sunny for much of the day. NE winds.
6 14.0 27.6 18.8 6.2 31 142 East Nth East 0 0 1012.0 1017.6 -5.6
Morning cloud breaking to a sunny afternoon. Light NE winds tending warm N to nor'west in the afternoon.
7 10.6 15.9 13.3 8.7 36 199 South Sth West 0.5 1.0 1015.0 1037.4 +22.4
Overcast with showers and drizzle, cool southerly winds.
8 5.2 17.4 11.1 2.3 19 53 East Nth East 0 0 1036.1 1039.9 -3.8
Variable cloud, light southerly winds turning NE from mid afternoon.
9 5.3 16.1 11.3 8.1 34 184 East Nth East 0 0 1021.9 1036.9 -15.0
Clear and sunny, NE winds.
10 13.0 17.4 14.8 14.8 45 336 East Nth East 0 0 1004.4 1012.8 -17.4
Mostly cloudy with a fresh NE wind.
11 12.0 22.1 16.9 8.5 41 194 East Nth East 0.5 3.0 997.6 1004.3 +6.7
Morning and evening showers, southerly change from late afternoon.
12 11.4 20.5 13.9 7.4 37 170 South Sth West 0.5 0.5 1004.4 1014.0 +9.6
Showers clearing before dawn. Cloud breaking and clearing mid afternoon with southerly winds turning NE.
13 10.7 16.3 13.0 7.9 37 181 South Sth West 0 0 1014.5 1029.3 +14.8
Morning cloud breaking to a mostly sunny afternoon. Southerly winds turning NE in the evening.
14 10.8 19.9 14.5 7.6 27 175 East Nth East 0 0 1018.4 1029.0 -10.6
Thin high cloud but mostly sunny with NE winds.
15 7.5 24.3 13.1 5.6 48 127 South Sth West 0.5 0.5 1013.8 1026.1 +12.3
Mostly sunny and warm morning with northerly winds. Cloud increasing from midday with a cool southerly change and light showers.
16 11.1 17.8 13.9 7.0 34 160 East Nth East 0 0 1025.1 1027.9 +2.8
Morning cloud breaking to a sunny afternoon, NE winds.
17 10.0 22.1 16.3 7.6 35 174 East Nth East 0 0 1017.6 1026.4 -8.8
Clear and sunny, NE winds.
18 6.5 27.0 16.4 3.6 37 83 East Nth East 0 0 1012.3 1017.6 -5.3
Some high cloud but sunny for much of the day. Warm north to nor'west winds.
19 6.1 15.4 11.1 10.2 37 233 South Sth West 1.0 7.0 1015.5 1028.1 +12.6
Rain clearing by mid morning then mostly dry but overcast with a cool southerly wind.
20 5.9 19.6 10.8 1.9 20 44 East Nth East 0 0 1025.5 1028.8 -3.3
Mostly cloudy with light southerly winds, turning NE form mid afternoon.
21 6.0 16.2 12.1 6.3 37 144 East Nth East 0.5 2.0 1010.6 1025.5 -14.9
Some cloud but a mostly sunny afternoon. Cloud increasing in the evening with drizzle.
22 14.1 23.9 16.8 2.3 25 50 East Nth East 1.0 11.5 996.4 1010.4 +14.0
Morning rain clearing by midday and cloud breaking to a sunny and mild afternoon. Overcast again in the evening with showers.
23 13.6 19.1 16.2 6.5 35 157 East Nth East 0 0 1000.1 1007.4 +7.3
Morning cloud clearing to a sunny afternoon, NE winds.
24 12.9 27.5 19.5 8.6 38 199 East Nth East 0 0 986.8 1005.6 -18.8
Morning cloud clearing in the afternoon. NE winds turning mild northerly in the afternoon.
25 7.1 22.7 15.5 5.3 44 122 North Nth West 0 0 992.5 1007.0 +14.5
Clear and sunny wth light breezes tending mild northerly for much of the day. A late southerly change late afternoon.
26 2.9 18.3 12.0 6.0 34 135 East Nth East 0 0 1006.6 1015.1 +8.5
Clear and sunny, NE winds.
27 8.2 24.4 15.6 3.2 30 74 East Nth East 0 0 1014.9 1018.7 +3.8
Sunny and mild in the afternoon with mostly light NE winds.
28 9.7 14.7 12.2 4.5 30 103 South Sth West 0 0 1018.3 1031.6 +13.3
Overcast with cool southerly winds.
29 10.4 17.0 13.0 7.0 28 162 East Nth East 0 0 1028.1 1032.0 -3.9
Broken cloud, NE winds.
30 9.4 18.1 13.5 3.3 19 74 East Nth East 0 0 1026.7 1030.1 -3.4
Cloud breaking from mid afternoon. Light NE winds.
31 7.6 19.1 12.7 2.5 18 56 East Nth East 0 0 1023.7 1027.9 -4.2
Morning fog with a light southerly wind clearing by late morning then sunny with light NE winds.

March 2012 Temperature Graph
March 2012 Wind Dir Graph
March 2012 Wind Dir % Graph
March 2012 Wind Speed Graph
March 2012 Rainfall Graph
March 2012 Barograph
March 2012 Humidity Graph