Ballymena climate

Ballymena Weather in March

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

Average highs run from 7°C on March 1 to 9°C on March 31, and lows from 3°C to 5°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 84 mm over about 17 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 Ballymena, in °C, with the record for each date.-20-1001020151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

March at a glance

Average high
8°C
Average low
4°C
Precipitation
84 mm
Record high
19°CMar 25, 2012
Record low
-11°CMar 12, 2003
Daylight
10 h 46 min to 13 h 00 min
Cloud cover
81%
Humidity
88%
Dew point
4°C
Wind
24.8 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 17°C3°C12°C 2012-5°C 200164%
Mar 27°C3°C14°C 1977-11°C 200463%
Mar 37°C3°C13°C 1992-5°C 198663%
Mar 47°C3°C13°C 2003-7°C 199364%
Mar 57°C3°C13°C 1989-3°C 197463%
Mar 67°C3°C13°C 1989-1°C 200661%
Mar 78°C4°C14°C 1981-1°C 199561%
Mar 88°C4°C15°C 2025-1°C 199760%
Mar 98°C4°C15°C 2025-6°C 200460%
Mar 108°C4°C14°C 1978-4°C 197359%
Mar 118°C4°C16°C 2009-3°C 197358%
Mar 128°C4°C14°C 1981-11°C 200356%
Mar 138°C4°C14°C 2017-4°C 200455%
Mar 148°C4°C13°C 1986-4°C 197354%
Mar 158°C4°C14°C 2005-3°C 197953%
Mar 168°C4°C15°C 1999-3°C 197852%
Mar 178°C4°C15°C 1999-3°C 200452%
Mar 188°C4°C14°C 2022-3°C 197651%
Mar 198°C4°C14°C 2009-3°C 200150%
Mar 209°C4°C15°C 2025-6°C 200350%
Mar 219°C4°C15°C 2025-4°C 197950%
Mar 229°C4°C17°C 2022-4°C 198050%
Mar 239°C4°C17°C 2022-11°C 200349%
Mar 249°C4°C17°C 20120°C 198549%
Mar 259°C4°C19°C 2012-2°C 199350%
Mar 269°C4°C19°C 2012-8°C 200350%
Mar 279°C4°C17°C 2022-3°C 200353%
Mar 289°C4°C19°C 2012-4°C 197754%
Mar 299°C4°C15°C 2022-2°C 197554%
Mar 309°C5°C16°C 2023-9°C 200355%
Mar 319°C5°C16°C 20250°C 198855%

Chance of rain

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

Sunrise and sunset

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

March 1
sunrise 7:15 AM, sunset 6:01 PM
March 31
sunrise 7:00 AM, sunset 8:00 PM

Every day of March: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station UKM00003917, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. 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 2026-09-26. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.