Puttalam Weather in March
Average highs run from 33°C on March 1 to 33°C on March 31, and lows from 23°C to 26°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 59 mm over about 9 wet days.
March day by day
The normal high and low for each date, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Reanalysis extreme high
- Reanalysis extreme low
March at a glance
- Average high
- 34°C
- Average low
- 24°C
- Precipitation
- 59 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 38°CMar 27, 1998
- Reanalysis low
- 18°CMar 8, 1999
- Daylight
- 11 h 58 min to 12 h 12 min
- Cloud cover
- 51%
- Humidity
- 69%
- Dew point
- 21°C
- Wind
- 12.6 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Reanalysis high | Reanalysis low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1 | 33°C | 23°C | 37°C 2009 | 20°C 1994 | 23% |
| Mar 2 | 33°C | 23°C | 37°C 2009 | 19°C 1994 | 24% |
| Mar 3 | 33°C | 23°C | 36°C 2009 | 19°C 1994 | 24% |
| Mar 4 | 33°C | 23°C | 35°C 1998 | 21°C 2010 | 25% |
| Mar 5 | 33°C | 23°C | 37°C 1995 | 21°C 2007 | 26% |
| Mar 6 | 33°C | 24°C | 36°C 2004 | 20°C 1999 | 26% |
| Mar 7 | 33°C | 24°C | 37°C 1992 | 19°C 1999 | 28% |
| Mar 8 | 33°C | 24°C | 36°C 2004 | 18°C 1999 | 28% |
| Mar 9 | 33°C | 24°C | 37°C 1998 | 20°C 1999 | 30% |
| Mar 10 | 33°C | 24°C | 38°C 1998 | 20°C 2011 | 30% |
| Mar 11 | 33°C | 24°C | 37°C 1997 | 19°C 2011 | 29% |
| Mar 12 | 33°C | 24°C | 36°C 1997 | 21°C 1994 | 28% |
| Mar 13 | 33°C | 24°C | 36°C 1996 | 20°C 1994 | 28% |
| Mar 14 | 34°C | 24°C | 36°C 1995 | 21°C 1994 | 28% |
| Mar 15 | 34°C | 24°C | 36°C 1995 | 22°C 1992 | 28% |
| Mar 16 | 34°C | 24°C | 37°C 1997 | 23°C 2005 | 28% |
| Mar 17 | 34°C | 24°C | 37°C 1992 | 22°C 2005 | 28% |
| Mar 18 | 34°C | 24°C | 37°C 1997 | 22°C 2015 | 28% |
| Mar 19 | 34°C | 24°C | 37°C 1997 | 22°C 2015 | 28% |
| Mar 20 | 34°C | 25°C | 37°C 1991 | 21°C 2015 | 27% |
| Mar 21 | 34°C | 25°C | 37°C 2010 | 22°C 2006 | 28% |
| Mar 22 | 34°C | 25°C | 37°C 1992 | 21°C 2006 | 29% |
| Mar 23 | 34°C | 25°C | 38°C 1996 | 22°C 2013 | 30% |
| Mar 24 | 34°C | 25°C | 38°C 1996 | 22°C 2012 | 31% |
| Mar 25 | 34°C | 25°C | 38°C 1996 | 20°C 2012 | 33% |
| Mar 26 | 34°C | 25°C | 38°C 1997 | 22°C 2017 | 35% |
| Mar 27 | 34°C | 25°C | 38°C 1998 | 23°C 2007 | 38% |
| Mar 28 | 34°C | 25°C | 38°C 1998 | 23°C 2007 | 40% |
| Mar 29 | 34°C | 25°C | 38°C 1997 | 23°C 2007 | 43% |
| Mar 30 | 34°C | 25°C | 38°C 2014 | 23°C 2014 | 46% |
| Mar 31 | 33°C | 26°C | 37°C 1998 | 23°C 1993 | 48% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+5:30).
- March 1
- sunrise 6:24 AM, sunset 6:22 PM
- March 31
- sunrise 6:09 AM, sunset 6:21 PM
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.