Galway climate

Galway Weather in March

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

Average highs run from 8°C on March 1 to 11°C on March 31, and lows from 2°C to 4°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 84 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 Galway, in °C, with the record for each date.-505101520151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

March at a glance

Average high
10°C
Average low
3°C
Precipitation
84 mm
Reanalysis high
18°CMar 27, 2012
Reanalysis low
-4°CMar 12, 2013
Daylight
10 h 50 min to 12 h 57 min
Cloud cover
76%
Humidity
89%
Dew point
5°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 lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Mar 18°C2°C12°C 2008-3°C 201860%
Mar 28°C2°C12°C 2012-3°C 200660%
Mar 38°C2°C12°C 1992-3°C 200660%
Mar 48°C2°C13°C 1992-2°C 199361%
Mar 58°C3°C12°C 1991-1°C 201059%
Mar 69°C3°C13°C 2000-1°C 200558%
Mar 79°C3°C12°C 2000-4°C 201058%
Mar 89°C3°C14°C 2000-4°C 201057%
Mar 99°C3°C13°C 2012-3°C 201057%
Mar 109°C3°C14°C 1997-2°C 201057%
Mar 119°C3°C14°C 1997-3°C 201356%
Mar 129°C3°C13°C 1991-4°C 201354%
Mar 1310°C3°C14°C 1993-1°C 200353%
Mar 1410°C3°C13°C 1993-1°C 201552%
Mar 1510°C4°C14°C 1997-1°C 201551%
Mar 1610°C4°C15°C 2005-1°C 201151%
Mar 1710°C4°C15°C 2005-2°C 201851%
Mar 1810°C4°C15°C 2005-3°C 201850%
Mar 1910°C4°C18°C 2005-2°C 201849%
Mar 2010°C4°C14°C 2009-3°C 201849%
Mar 2110°C4°C14°C 2002-1°C 200649%
Mar 2210°C4°C14°C 2011-1°C 200649%
Mar 2310°C3°C15°C 2003-2°C 200648%
Mar 2410°C3°C16°C 2012-1°C 201348%
Mar 2510°C4°C18°C 2012-1°C 201349%
Mar 2611°C4°C17°C 2012-2°C 201350%
Mar 2711°C4°C18°C 2012-2°C 201351%
Mar 2811°C4°C18°C 2012-2°C 201352%
Mar 2911°C4°C17°C 2012-2°C 201352%
Mar 3011°C4°C14°C 2017-2°C 201353%
Mar 3111°C4°C15°C 1991-2°C 201352%

Chance of rain

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

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT).

March 1
sunrise 7:24 AM, sunset 6:14 PM
March 31
sunrise 7:12 AM, sunset 8:09 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.