Somerset East climate

Somerset East Weather in March

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Somerset East, 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 26°C on March 31, and lows from 14°C to 12°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 80 mm over about 13 wet days.

March day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Somerset East, 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
28°C
Average low
13°C
Precipitation
80 mm
Reanalysis high
39°CMar 6, 2019
Reanalysis low
4°CMar 27, 2020
Daylight
12 h 47 min to 11 h 46 min
Cloud cover
45%
Humidity
64%
Dew point
11°C
Wind
13.7 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°C14°C37°C 20168°C 199249%
Mar 230°C14°C37°C 20036°C 199249%
Mar 330°C14°C38°C 19996°C 199250%
Mar 429°C14°C38°C 19996°C 199250%
Mar 529°C14°C39°C 20167°C 200650%
Mar 629°C14°C39°C 20198°C 199249%
Mar 729°C14°C38°C 199911°C 199246%
Mar 829°C14°C37°C 201010°C 200745%
Mar 929°C13°C36°C 201010°C 201844%
Mar 1029°C13°C34°C 20158°C 201744%
Mar 1129°C13°C38°C 19928°C 199742%
Mar 1229°C13°C39°C 20037°C 199642%
Mar 1328°C13°C34°C 20034°C 200142%
Mar 1428°C13°C35°C 20017°C 200441%
Mar 1528°C13°C37°C 20158°C 199640%
Mar 1628°C13°C35°C 19926°C 200838%
Mar 1728°C13°C35°C 19955°C 200838%
Mar 1828°C13°C34°C 20154°C 200937%
Mar 1927°C13°C35°C 19998°C 200137%
Mar 2027°C12°C34°C 19937°C 200936%
Mar 2127°C12°C37°C 20137°C 200936%
Mar 2227°C12°C38°C 20137°C 201636%
Mar 2327°C12°C34°C 20176°C 200336%
Mar 2427°C12°C35°C 20025°C 200336%
Mar 2527°C12°C32°C 20148°C 200336%
Mar 2627°C12°C33°C 19966°C 202037%
Mar 2727°C12°C33°C 20094°C 202038%
Mar 2827°C12°C34°C 20186°C 200239%
Mar 2927°C12°C32°C 20014°C 200239%
Mar 3026°C12°C36°C 20178°C 200238%
Mar 3126°C12°C34°C 20178°C 201237%

Chance of rain

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

Sunrise and sunset

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

March 1
sunrise 6:06 AM, sunset 6:53 PM
March 31
sunrise 6:29 AM, sunset 6:15 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.