Zhaotong climate

Zhaotong Weather in March

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Zhaotong, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 18°C on March 1 to 21°C on March 31, and lows from 1°C to 5°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 22 mm over about 6 wet days.

March day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Zhaotong, in °C, with the record for each date.-10010203040151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

March at a glance

Average high
20°C
Average low
3°C
Precipitation
22 mm
Reanalysis high
31°CMar 29, 2007
Reanalysis low
-7°CMar 13, 2006
Daylight
11 h 36 min to 12 h 25 min
Cloud cover
65%
Humidity
59%
Dew point
1°C
Wind
11.2 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Mar 118°C1°C25°C 2010-6°C 200612%
Mar 218°C1°C26°C 2003-5°C 200612%
Mar 318°C1°C24°C 2018-4°C 199412%
Mar 419°C1°C26°C 1999-5°C 200511%
Mar 519°C1°C27°C 1999-7°C 200511%
Mar 619°C2°C25°C 1999-6°C 200311%
Mar 719°C2°C27°C 1999-5°C 200310%
Mar 819°C2°C25°C 1999-5°C 200310%
Mar 920°C2°C26°C 2004-4°C 201010%
Mar 1020°C2°C28°C 2004-5°C 201210%
Mar 1120°C2°C25°C 2006-4°C 20009%
Mar 1220°C3°C26°C 1997-4°C 20069%
Mar 1320°C3°C26°C 2007-7°C 20069%
Mar 1421°C3°C27°C 2007-3°C 201110%
Mar 1521°C3°C27°C 2004-5°C 201110%
Mar 1621°C3°C27°C 2015-2°C 201112%
Mar 1721°C4°C28°C 2015-4°C 199512%
Mar 1821°C4°C28°C 1998-6°C 199514%
Mar 1921°C4°C28°C 1991-3°C 199316%
Mar 2021°C4°C27°C 2012-5°C 199317%
Mar 2121°C4°C29°C 2010-5°C 199818%
Mar 2221°C4°C27°C 2001-5°C 201119%
Mar 2321°C4°C28°C 1991-4°C 201121%
Mar 2421°C4°C28°C 1991-5°C 201122%
Mar 2521°C5°C26°C 1991-4°C 201123%
Mar 2621°C5°C27°C 1993-3°C 201124%
Mar 2721°C5°C28°C 1995-3°C 201125%
Mar 2821°C5°C27°C 2004-1°C 201126%
Mar 2921°C5°C31°C 2007-2°C 199926%
Mar 3021°C5°C31°C 20071°C 201628%
Mar 3121°C5°C30°C 20070°C 199128%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Zhaotong, in percent.01020301102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+8).

March 1
sunrise 7:30 AM, sunset 7:06 PM
March 31
sunrise 6:57 AM, sunset 7:22 PM

Every day of March: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.