Lower Hutt climate

Lower Hutt Weather in March

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

Average highs run from 19°C on March 1 to 17°C on March 31, and lows from 13°C to 12°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 62 mm over about 9 wet days.

March day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Lower Hutt, in °C, with the record for each date.51015202530151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

March at a glance

Average high
18°C
Average low
13°C
Precipitation
62 mm
Record high
27°CMar 2, 2003
Record low
6°CMar 9, 2006
Daylight
13 h 03 min to 11 h 40 min
Cloud cover
66%
Humidity
81%
Dew point
12°C
Wind
21.6 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wet
Mar 119°C13°C27°C 20039°C 201925%
Mar 219°C13°C27°C 20038°C 202224%
Mar 319°C13°C26°C 20188°C 202224%
Mar 419°C13°C25°C 20187°C 201425%
Mar 519°C13°C25°C 20158°C 200427%
Mar 619°C13°C26°C 201610°C 202327%
Mar 719°C13°C24°C 20079°C 201427%
Mar 819°C13°C24°C 201310°C 201127%
Mar 919°C13°C25°C 20226°C 200628%
Mar 1019°C13°C24°C 20109°C 202629%
Mar 1119°C13°C25°C 20078°C 201828%
Mar 1219°C13°C24°C 20078°C 200928%
Mar 1318°C13°C24°C 20188°C 201028%
Mar 1418°C13°C23°C 20137°C 201228%
Mar 1518°C13°C24°C 20088°C 200930%
Mar 1618°C13°C26°C 20149°C 202131%
Mar 1718°C13°C23°C 20139°C 202132%
Mar 1818°C13°C24°C 20167°C 201031%
Mar 1918°C13°C25°C 20168°C 202131%
Mar 2018°C13°C25°C 20169°C 202431%
Mar 2118°C13°C25°C 20038°C 201332%
Mar 2218°C13°C25°C 201611°C 201332%
Mar 2318°C13°C24°C 200710°C 200932%
Mar 2418°C13°C24°C 20039°C 202032%
Mar 2518°C13°C25°C 20057°C 200431%
Mar 2618°C13°C24°C 20039°C 200431%
Mar 2718°C13°C25°C 20038°C 201432%
Mar 2818°C13°C24°C 20087°C 202333%
Mar 2918°C13°C22°C 20077°C 202333%
Mar 3018°C12°C27°C 20077°C 201233%
Mar 3117°C12°C24°C 20197°C 200634%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Lower Hutt, in percent.0102030401102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

March 1
sunrise 7:01 AM, sunset 8:04 PM
March 31
sunrise 7:34 AM, sunset 7:14 PM

Every day of March: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station NZM00093439, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. 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.