Alta climate

Alta Weather in March

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

Average highs run from -6°C on March 1 to -3°C on March 31, and lows from -12°C to -9°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 62 mm over about 19 wet days.

March day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Alta, in °C, with the record for each date.-30-20-10010151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

March at a glance

Average high
-4°C
Average low
-10°C
Precipitation
62 mm
Reanalysis high
3°CMar 13, 1995
Reanalysis low
-27°CMar 15, 2013
Daylight
9 h 32 min to 13 h 54 min
Cloud cover
82%
Humidity
94%
Dew point
-8°C
Wind
20.2 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 1-6°C-12°C1°C 1993-22°C 200048%
Mar 2-6°C-12°C1°C 2011-22°C 200148%
Mar 3-6°C-12°C0°C 2011-21°C 200148%
Mar 4-6°C-12°C0°C 2003-25°C 199848%
Mar 5-6°C-12°C0°C 1992-26°C 199849%
Mar 6-6°C-12°C1°C 1992-21°C 201850%
Mar 7-5°C-11°C0°C 2010-24°C 201849%
Mar 8-5°C-11°C1°C 1996-22°C 201849%
Mar 9-5°C-11°C2°C 2004-22°C 199850%
Mar 10-5°C-11°C1°C 2004-23°C 199850%
Mar 11-5°C-11°C1°C 2004-22°C 199852%
Mar 12-5°C-11°C1°C 2016-18°C 200552%
Mar 13-4°C-10°C3°C 1995-18°C 199854%
Mar 14-4°C-10°C2°C 1995-25°C 201355%
Mar 15-4°C-10°C2°C 1993-27°C 201355%
Mar 16-4°C-10°C2°C 2015-21°C 201357%
Mar 17-4°C-10°C1°C 2015-19°C 200558%
Mar 18-4°C-10°C2°C 1992-17°C 201060%
Mar 19-4°C-10°C1°C 1992-18°C 201359%
Mar 20-4°C-10°C0°C 2000-21°C 201360%
Mar 21-4°C-10°C1°C 2003-15°C 200161%
Mar 22-4°C-10°C2°C 2003-18°C 200862%
Mar 23-3°C-10°C2°C 1998-20°C 200864%
Mar 24-3°C-10°C3°C 2007-18°C 199764%
Mar 25-3°C-10°C1°C 2007-20°C 199764%
Mar 26-3°C-10°C2°C 2007-19°C 199763%
Mar 27-3°C-10°C2°C 2007-19°C 200163%
Mar 28-3°C-10°C2°C 2007-20°C 200163%
Mar 29-3°C-9°C1°C 2000-15°C 199363%
Mar 30-3°C-9°C1°C 2005-19°C 200664%
Mar 31-3°C-9°C1°C 1999-20°C 200663%

Chance of rain

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

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+1).

March 1
sunrise 6:54 AM, sunset 4:26 PM
March 31
sunrise 5:35 AM, sunset 7:29 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.