Penrith climate

Penrith Weather in March

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

Average highs run from 6°C on March 1 to 9°C on March 31, and lows from 2°C to 3°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 90 mm over about 16 wet days.

March day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Penrith, in °C, with the record for each date.-10-505101520151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

March at a glance

Average high
7°C
Average low
3°C
Precipitation
90 mm
Reanalysis high
15°CMar 27, 2012
Reanalysis low
-5°CMar 4, 2001
Daylight
10 h 46 min to 13 h 00 min
Cloud cover
77%
Humidity
90%
Dew point
3°C
Wind
22.7 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 16°C2°C10°C 2012-4°C 201861%
Mar 26°C2°C10°C 2012-4°C 200161%
Mar 36°C2°C8°C 1998-5°C 200161%
Mar 46°C2°C9°C 2003-5°C 200161%
Mar 56°C2°C9°C 1991-1°C 200161%
Mar 66°C2°C10°C 2019-2°C 200559%
Mar 76°C2°C10°C 2000-2°C 201058%
Mar 87°C2°C11°C 2000-1°C 201058%
Mar 97°C2°C10°C 2000-1°C 199358%
Mar 107°C3°C9°C 2018-2°C 201356%
Mar 117°C3°C12°C 1997-3°C 201356%
Mar 127°C3°C11°C 1991-3°C 201354%
Mar 137°C3°C12°C 1993-3°C 199654%
Mar 147°C3°C10°C 2017-2°C 199654%
Mar 157°C3°C10°C 1997-1°C 200653%
Mar 167°C3°C11°C 1991-2°C 200652%
Mar 177°C3°C11°C 2005-2°C 201850%
Mar 187°C3°C11°C 2010-2°C 201849%
Mar 198°C3°C14°C 2005-2°C 200148%
Mar 208°C3°C12°C 2005-1°C 201346%
Mar 218°C3°C11°C 2005-2°C 200747%
Mar 228°C3°C12°C 2012-2°C 200647%
Mar 238°C3°C12°C 2012-1°C 201347%
Mar 248°C3°C14°C 2012-1°C 201347%
Mar 258°C3°C15°C 2012-2°C 200848%
Mar 268°C3°C15°C 2012-2°C 201349%
Mar 278°C3°C15°C 2012-2°C 201352%
Mar 288°C3°C15°C 2012-3°C 199552%
Mar 298°C3°C13°C 2012-3°C 199552%
Mar 309°C3°C12°C 2014-2°C 201352%
Mar 319°C3°C13°C 1998-2°C 201352%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Penrith, in percent.0204060801102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT).

March 1
sunrise 7:01 AM, sunset 5:47 PM
March 31
sunrise 6:46 AM, sunset 7:46 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 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.