Palmerston Weather in March
Average highs run from 32°C on March 1 to 33°C on March 31, and lows from 25°C to 25°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 314 mm over about 25 wet days.
March day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
March at a glance
- Average high
- 32°C
- Average low
- 25°C
- Precipitation
- 314 mm
- Record high
- 36°CMar 9, 2022
- Record low
- 19°CMar 31, 1945
- Daylight
- 12 h 21 min to 11 h 59 min
- Cloud cover
- 68%
- Humidity
- 85%
- Dew point
- 25°C
- Wind
- 10.4 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1 | 32°C | 25°C | 35°C 2016 | 20°C 1944 | 93% |
| Mar 2 | 31°C | 25°C | 35°C 2017 | 21°C 1976 | 93% |
| Mar 3 | 31°C | 25°C | 35°C 2017 | 22°C 1975 | 93% |
| Mar 4 | 31°C | 25°C | 35°C 1942 | 20°C 1990 | 92% |
| Mar 5 | 32°C | 25°C | 35°C 2002 | 21°C 1953 | 91% |
| Mar 6 | 32°C | 25°C | 34°C 2009 | 21°C 1960 | 91% |
| Mar 7 | 32°C | 25°C | 35°C 1942 | 22°C 1951 | 91% |
| Mar 8 | 32°C | 25°C | 35°C 1942 | 21°C 1951 | 90% |
| Mar 9 | 32°C | 25°C | 36°C 2022 | 22°C 2019 | 90% |
| Mar 10 | 32°C | 25°C | 35°C 1942 | 21°C 1989 | 90% |
| Mar 11 | 32°C | 25°C | 36°C 1942 | 21°C 1961 | 89% |
| Mar 12 | 32°C | 25°C | 35°C 2010 | 22°C 1948 | 89% |
| Mar 13 | 32°C | 25°C | 36°C 1942 | 21°C 1975 | 88% |
| Mar 14 | 32°C | 25°C | 35°C 2016 | 20°C 1941 | 87% |
| Mar 15 | 32°C | 25°C | 35°C 1942 | 19°C 1941 | 86% |
| Mar 16 | 32°C | 25°C | 35°C 1942 | 19°C 1941 | 86% |
| Mar 17 | 32°C | 25°C | 36°C 1973 | 22°C 1960 | 86% |
| Mar 18 | 32°C | 25°C | 35°C 1942 | 22°C 1976 | 85% |
| Mar 19 | 32°C | 25°C | 35°C 2009 | 21°C 1976 | 84% |
| Mar 20 | 32°C | 25°C | 35°C 1942 | 22°C 1956 | 83% |
| Mar 21 | 33°C | 25°C | 35°C 2019 | 22°C 1977 | 82% |
| Mar 22 | 33°C | 25°C | 35°C 1970 | 20°C 1960 | 80% |
| Mar 23 | 33°C | 25°C | 35°C 1972 | 22°C 1944 | 79% |
| Mar 24 | 33°C | 25°C | 35°C 1972 | 20°C 1945 | 78% |
| Mar 25 | 33°C | 24°C | 35°C 1962 | 21°C 1973 | 77% |
| Mar 26 | 33°C | 25°C | 35°C 1979 | 22°C 1966 | 76% |
| Mar 27 | 33°C | 25°C | 35°C 1945 | 21°C 1963 | 75% |
| Mar 28 | 33°C | 25°C | 36°C 1945 | 22°C 2014 | 74% |
| Mar 29 | 33°C | 25°C | 35°C 1951 | 22°C 1948 | 73% |
| Mar 30 | 33°C | 25°C | 36°C 2020 | 22°C 2000 | 72% |
| Mar 31 | 33°C | 25°C | 36°C 2014 | 19°C 1945 | 70% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+9:30).
- March 1
- sunrise 6:48 AM, sunset 7:09 PM
- March 31
- sunrise 6:51 AM, sunset 6:50 PM
Other months
Sources
Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station ASN00014015, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.