Piet Retief climate

Piet Retief Weather in March

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

Average highs run from 29°C on March 1 to 28°C on March 31, and lows from 16°C to 15°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 91 mm over about 15 wet days.

March day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Piet Retief, 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
29°C
Average low
16°C
Precipitation
91 mm
Reanalysis high
38°CMar 23, 2003
Reanalysis low
9°CMar 19, 2007
Daylight
12 h 38 min to 11 h 50 min
Cloud cover
58%
Humidity
73%
Dew point
15°C
Wind
9.4 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 129°C16°C36°C 199213°C 201152%
Mar 229°C16°C36°C 201913°C 199250%
Mar 329°C16°C36°C 200711°C 199251%
Mar 429°C16°C37°C 20079°C 199250%
Mar 529°C16°C35°C 201610°C 199250%
Mar 629°C16°C36°C 199811°C 199650%
Mar 729°C16°C37°C 201611°C 200650%
Mar 829°C16°C35°C 200111°C 200650%
Mar 929°C16°C34°C 199813°C 200251%
Mar 1029°C16°C36°C 200112°C 201750%
Mar 1129°C16°C36°C 199811°C 199550%
Mar 1229°C16°C37°C 201111°C 200549%
Mar 1329°C16°C37°C 200711°C 199648%
Mar 1429°C16°C35°C 201811°C 199648%
Mar 1529°C16°C37°C 200311°C 201348%
Mar 1629°C16°C34°C 200710°C 199549%
Mar 1729°C16°C35°C 199812°C 200850%
Mar 1828°C16°C35°C 201911°C 201850%
Mar 1928°C16°C35°C 20029°C 200751%
Mar 2028°C16°C37°C 199512°C 200750%
Mar 2128°C16°C35°C 200713°C 199451%
Mar 2228°C16°C37°C 200213°C 199450%
Mar 2328°C16°C38°C 200313°C 199350%
Mar 2428°C16°C34°C 199812°C 199348%
Mar 2528°C16°C35°C 199812°C 199348%
Mar 2628°C16°C37°C 200712°C 199148%
Mar 2728°C15°C35°C 201611°C 199148%
Mar 2828°C15°C34°C 200911°C 200649%
Mar 2928°C15°C33°C 201111°C 200648%
Mar 3028°C15°C35°C 201610°C 200648%
Mar 3128°C15°C34°C 200111°C 199645%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Piet Retief, in percent.02040601102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

March 1
sunrise 5:50 AM, sunset 6:28 PM
March 31
sunrise 6:06 AM, sunset 5:56 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.