Balqash climate

Balqash Weather in March

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

Average highs run from -2°C on March 1 to 11°C on March 31, and lows from -13°C to -1°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 16 mm over about 3 wet days.

March day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Balqash, in °C, with the record for each date.-40-2002040151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

March at a glance

Average high
4°C
Average low
-6°C
Precipitation
16 mm
Reanalysis high
22°CMar 23, 2008
Reanalysis low
-30°CMar 16, 1999
Daylight
11 h 05 min to 12 h 45 min
Cloud cover
57%
Humidity
71%
Dew point
-7°C
Wind
18.0 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 1-2°C-13°C7°C 2002-24°C 200010%
Mar 2-2°C-13°C7°C 2004-22°C 201010%
Mar 3-1°C-12°C7°C 2005-26°C 201011%
Mar 4-1°C-12°C9°C 2006-24°C 199411%
Mar 50°C-11°C9°C 2002-28°C 199410%
Mar 60°C-11°C11°C 2004-28°C 199410%
Mar 70°C-10°C9°C 2004-27°C 199410%
Mar 81°C-10°C10°C 2006-26°C 199410%
Mar 91°C-10°C11°C 2006-23°C 199111%
Mar 101°C-9°C11°C 2002-25°C 199412%
Mar 112°C-9°C14°C 2006-25°C 199412%
Mar 122°C-8°C12°C 2008-23°C 201112%
Mar 132°C-8°C11°C 2016-21°C 199512%
Mar 143°C-8°C13°C 2013-21°C 199912%
Mar 153°C-7°C15°C 2008-29°C 199912%
Mar 164°C-6°C14°C 2020-30°C 199913%
Mar 175°C-6°C15°C 2020-26°C 199912%
Mar 185°C-6°C15°C 2013-25°C 199912%
Mar 196°C-5°C14°C 2014-24°C 199913%
Mar 206°C-5°C13°C 1997-19°C 199914%
Mar 217°C-4°C14°C 2008-15°C 199614%
Mar 227°C-4°C19°C 2008-13°C 199915%
Mar 238°C-3°C22°C 2008-15°C 199915%
Mar 248°C-3°C18°C 2005-16°C 199914%
Mar 259°C-2°C19°C 2005-12°C 199915%
Mar 269°C-2°C20°C 2001-7°C 200415%
Mar 2710°C-2°C22°C 2001-6°C 201015%
Mar 2810°C-1°C20°C 2001-6°C 201015%
Mar 2911°C-1°C22°C 2002-6°C 199615%
Mar 3011°C-1°C19°C 2013-8°C 201516%
Mar 3111°C-1°C21°C 2014-9°C 201514%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Balqash, in percent.051015201102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+5).

March 1
sunrise 6:40 AM, sunset 5:45 PM
March 31
sunrise 5:42 AM, sunset 6:27 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.