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 | |
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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 | ||||||||||||
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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 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 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. |
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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 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 1025.0 | 1027.6 | -2.6 |
Morning low cloud clearing to a mostly sunny afternoon with thin high cloud. Southerly winds. |