Grootfontein climate

Grootfontein Weather in March

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

Average highs run from 30°C on March 1 to 29°C on March 31, and lows from 18°C to 16°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 74 mm over about 12 wet days.

March day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Grootfontein, in °C, with the record for each date.010203040151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

March at a glance

Average high
30°C
Average low
17°C
Precipitation
74 mm
Reanalysis high
38°CMar 5, 2019
Reanalysis low
9°CMar 25, 2003
Daylight
12 h 28 min to 11 h 55 min
Cloud cover
61%
Humidity
60%
Dew point
14°C
Wind
12.2 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 130°C18°C38°C 199813°C 199450%
Mar 230°C18°C36°C 199812°C 201150%
Mar 331°C18°C37°C 201914°C 199448%
Mar 430°C18°C38°C 201915°C 199946%
Mar 531°C18°C38°C 201914°C 199444%
Mar 631°C18°C36°C 199213°C 200644%
Mar 731°C18°C37°C 199214°C 200844%
Mar 831°C18°C37°C 199813°C 199244%
Mar 931°C18°C38°C 199814°C 201045%
Mar 1031°C18°C38°C 199215°C 200744%
Mar 1131°C18°C36°C 201915°C 201744%
Mar 1231°C18°C35°C 201913°C 199344%
Mar 1331°C18°C35°C 201514°C 201744%
Mar 1430°C17°C35°C 199815°C 199343%
Mar 1530°C17°C36°C 201515°C 200342%
Mar 1630°C17°C36°C 199815°C 200942%
Mar 1730°C17°C36°C 201512°C 201242%
Mar 1830°C17°C37°C 201913°C 200243%
Mar 1930°C17°C36°C 201314°C 201743%
Mar 2030°C17°C37°C 201910°C 199743%
Mar 2130°C17°C37°C 201910°C 199742%
Mar 2230°C17°C38°C 201911°C 199742%
Mar 2330°C17°C37°C 201913°C 199641%
Mar 2430°C17°C36°C 199813°C 200941%
Mar 2530°C17°C36°C 19989°C 200340%
Mar 2629°C17°C33°C 199610°C 200939%
Mar 2729°C17°C34°C 200310°C 200939%
Mar 2829°C16°C34°C 199411°C 200938%
Mar 2929°C16°C33°C 200212°C 200937%
Mar 3029°C16°C34°C 201912°C 200936%
Mar 3129°C16°C35°C 199811°C 201235%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Grootfontein, in percent.02040601102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+2).

March 1
sunrise 6:46 AM, sunset 7:14 PM
March 31
sunrise 6:54 AM, sunset 6:49 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 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.