Ashburton climate

Ashburton Weather in March

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

Average highs run from 21°C on March 1 to 18°C on March 31, and lows from 9°C to 7°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 65 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 Ashburton, 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
19°C
Average low
8°C
Precipitation
65 mm
Reanalysis high
30°CMar 19, 2008
Reanalysis low
0°CMar 23, 1992
Daylight
13 h 08 min to 11 h 38 min
Cloud cover
66%
Humidity
73%
Dew point
8°C
Wind
13.0 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 121°C9°C28°C 20033°C 201437%
Mar 221°C9°C28°C 20203°C 200635%
Mar 321°C9°C30°C 20005°C 199236%
Mar 420°C9°C29°C 20004°C 200836%
Mar 520°C9°C29°C 20194°C 200236%
Mar 620°C9°C30°C 20195°C 200636%
Mar 720°C9°C27°C 20204°C 199435%
Mar 820°C9°C28°C 20132°C 199435%
Mar 920°C9°C26°C 19953°C 200635%
Mar 1020°C9°C27°C 20105°C 200833%
Mar 1120°C8°C27°C 20073°C 200634%
Mar 1220°C8°C27°C 20194°C 201636%
Mar 1320°C8°C28°C 19983°C 199236%
Mar 1419°C8°C27°C 20104°C 201237%
Mar 1519°C8°C26°C 20084°C 200737%
Mar 1619°C8°C25°C 20173°C 199837%
Mar 1719°C8°C26°C 20172°C 199538%
Mar 1819°C8°C30°C 20082°C 199238%
Mar 1919°C8°C30°C 20084°C 201539%
Mar 2019°C8°C26°C 19994°C 201540%
Mar 2119°C8°C27°C 20033°C 199440%
Mar 2219°C8°C26°C 20031°C 199241%
Mar 2319°C8°C26°C 19980°C 199241%
Mar 2419°C8°C27°C 19982°C 199440%
Mar 2519°C8°C27°C 20011°C 199441%
Mar 2619°C8°C25°C 20192°C 201240%
Mar 2719°C8°C25°C 20024°C 199339%
Mar 2819°C8°C26°C 19993°C 199341%
Mar 2918°C8°C27°C 19993°C 199341%
Mar 3018°C8°C25°C 20073°C 200142%
Mar 3118°C7°C24°C 20104°C 200243%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Ashburton, in percent.010203040501102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+13).

March 1
sunrise 7:11 AM, sunset 8:19 PM
March 31
sunrise 7:48 AM, sunset 7:26 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.