Santa Maria climate

Santa Maria Weather in March

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Santa Maria, 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 33°C on March 31, and lows from 18°C to 20°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 26 mm over about 5 wet days.

March day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Santa Maria, in °C, with the record for each date.10152025303540151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

March at a glance

Average high
32°C
Average low
19°C
Precipitation
26 mm
Reanalysis high
38°CMar 28, 1993
Reanalysis low
14°CMar 6, 1997
Daylight
11 h 47 min to 12 h 18 min
Cloud cover
52%
Humidity
74%
Dew point
18°C
Wind
8.6 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°C35°C 201315°C 199120%
Mar 230°C18°C35°C 201016°C 199319%
Mar 330°C18°C36°C 200316°C 199318%
Mar 430°C18°C36°C 201015°C 199118%
Mar 530°C18°C36°C 200314°C 200517%
Mar 631°C18°C36°C 201014°C 199717%
Mar 731°C18°C36°C 201014°C 199717%
Mar 831°C18°C36°C 201914°C 199716%
Mar 931°C18°C37°C 201915°C 200216%
Mar 1031°C18°C36°C 199816°C 200516%
Mar 1131°C19°C36°C 199815°C 199114%
Mar 1231°C19°C36°C 199814°C 200313%
Mar 1332°C19°C35°C 199815°C 201112%
Mar 1432°C19°C36°C 199816°C 200512%
Mar 1532°C19°C36°C 201016°C 199312%
Mar 1632°C19°C38°C 199817°C 201712%
Mar 1732°C19°C37°C 200216°C 201514%
Mar 1832°C19°C36°C 200315°C 201514%
Mar 1932°C19°C36°C 201915°C 201515%
Mar 2033°C19°C37°C 201315°C 201515%
Mar 2133°C19°C37°C 201916°C 201714%
Mar 2233°C19°C38°C 200217°C 201815%
Mar 2333°C19°C37°C 201016°C 201816%
Mar 2433°C20°C37°C 201015°C 201816%
Mar 2533°C20°C37°C 199515°C 201816%
Mar 2633°C20°C36°C 199216°C 201816%
Mar 2733°C20°C37°C 200316°C 201816%
Mar 2833°C20°C38°C 199317°C 199416%
Mar 2933°C20°C38°C 201917°C 201616%
Mar 3033°C20°C37°C 199517°C 199416%
Mar 3133°C20°C38°C 200717°C 201117%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Santa Maria, in percent.051015201102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+8).

March 1
sunrise 6:12 AM, sunset 5:59 PM
March 31
sunrise 5:49 AM, sunset 6:07 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 2026-09-26. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.