Southend-on-Sea climate

Southend-on-Sea Weather in March

1991-2020 means of the daily record at Manston (GHCN UKE00105918), 49 km from Southend-on-Sea

Average highs run from 9°C on March 1 to 12°C on March 31, and lows from 2°C to 6°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 37 mm over about 9 wet days.

March day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Southend-on-Sea, in °C, with the record for each date.-100102030151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

March at a glance

Average high
10°C
Average low
4°C
Precipitation
37 mm
Record high
23°CMar 30, 2021
Record low
-6°CMar 8, 1970
Daylight
10 h 55 min to 12 h 54 min
Cloud cover
74%
Humidity
85%
Dew point
4°C
Wind
20.9 km/h

Every day of the month

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

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wet
Mar 19°C2°C18°C 1977-5°C 201839%
Mar 29°C2°C15°C 1977-5°C 201839%
Mar 39°C2°C14°C 1992-5°C 196539%
Mar 49°C2°C15°C 2025-5°C 200538%
Mar 59°C2°C16°C 1989-4°C 196538%
Mar 610°C4°C17°C 2025-4°C 197036%
Mar 711°C4°C17°C 2000-5°C 197034%
Mar 811°C4°C17°C 2014-6°C 197034%
Mar 910°C4°C15°C 1990-6°C 197033%
Mar 1010°C4°C17°C 1978-6°C 197032%
Mar 1111°C3°C18°C 1997-4°C 199632%
Mar 1210°C4°C16°C 2007-2°C 200630%
Mar 1311°C4°C18°C 1991-6°C 198730%
Mar 1411°C4°C20°C 1961-2°C 196230%
Mar 1511°C5°C18°C 1961-3°C 198730%
Mar 1612°C5°C19°C 1990-2°C 196229%
Mar 1711°C5°C18°C 1990-2°C 197330%
Mar 1810°C5°C18°C 1972-2°C 198929%
Mar 1911°C4°C16°C 2025-3°C 199630%
Mar 2010°C4°C17°C 1967-4°C 196229%
Mar 2111°C4°C16°C 2022-2°C 198730%
Mar 2211°C4°C18°C 2022-2°C 198732%
Mar 2311°C4°C17°C 2003-2°C 200832%
Mar 2410°C4°C15°C 1981-3°C 196332%
Mar 2510°C5°C15°C 2005-4°C 196232%
Mar 2611°C4°C18°C 1989-2°C 197032%
Mar 2711°C4°C19°C 1965-4°C 199334%
Mar 2812°C4°C20°C 1968-4°C 199634%
Mar 2912°C4°C20°C 2017-2°C 196935%
Mar 3012°C5°C23°C 2021-2°C 199534%
Mar 3112°C6°C20°C 1995-2°C 197734%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Southend-on-Sea, in percent.0102030401102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+0).

March 1
sunrise 6:42 AM, sunset 5:37 PM
March 31
sunrise 6:35 AM, sunset 7:29 PM

Every day of March: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station UKE00105918, 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.