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March Weather in Nizhniy Novgorod Russia

Daily high temperatures increase by 13°F, from 28°F to 41°F, rarely falling below 17°F or exceeding 51°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 13°F, from 14°F to 27°F, rarely falling below -4°F or exceeding 36°F.

For reference, on July 18, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Nizhniy Novgorod typically range from 57°F to 76°F, while on February 5, the coldest day of the year, they range from 8°F to 21°F.

Average High and Low Temperature in March in Nizhniy Novgorod

Average High and Low Temperature in March in Nizhniy NovgorodMar1122334455667788991010111112121313141415151616171718181919202021212222232324242525262627272828292930303131-10°F-10°F0°F0°F10°F10°F20°F20°F30°F30°F40°F40°F50°F50°F60°F60°F70°F70°FFebAprMar 128°FMar 128°F14°F14°FMar 3141°FMar 3141°F27°F27°FMar 1132°FMar 1132°F18°F18°FMar 2136°FMar 2136°F22°F22°FNowNow
The daily average high (red line) and low (blue line) temperature, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted lines are the corresponding average perceived temperatures.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on March. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Average Hourly Temperature in March in Nizhniy Novgorod

Average Hourly Temperature in March in Nizhniy NovgorodMar112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMFebAprNowNowfrigidfreezingvery coldcoldcoolcoldfrigid
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The average hourly temperature, color coded into bands. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

Edmonton, Canada (4,744 miles away) and Wakefield, Michigan, United States (4,857 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Nizhniy Novgorod (view comparison).

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The month of March in Nizhniy Novgorod experiences decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 76% to 64%.

The clearest day of the month is March 31, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 36% of the time.

For reference, on December 20, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 79%, while on July 24, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 60%.

Cloud Cover Categories in March in Nizhniy Novgorod

Cloud Cover Categories in March in Nizhniy NovgorodMar11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%FebAprMar 124%Mar 124%Mar 3136%Mar 3136%Mar 1129%Mar 1129%Mar 2133%Mar 2133%NowNowclearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercast
0% clear 20% mostly clear 40% partly cloudy 60% mostly cloudy 80% overcast 100%
The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Nizhniy Novgorod, the chance of a wet day over the course of March is gradually increasing, starting the month at 16% and ending it at 19%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 34% on June 27, and its lowest chance is 16% on March 3.

Over the course of March in Nizhniy Novgorod, the chance of a day with only rain increases from 5% to 13%, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain remains an essentially constant 3% throughout, and the chance of a day with only snow decreases from 8% to 3%.

Probability of Precipitation in March in Nizhniy Novgorod

Probability of Precipitation in March in Nizhniy NovgorodMar11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%0%2%2%4%4%6%6%8%8%10%10%12%12%14%14%16%16%18%18%20%20%22%22%24%24%FebAprMar 316%Mar 316%Mar 3119%Mar 3119%Mar 1117%Mar 1117%Mar 2116%Mar 2116%NowNowsnowmixedrain
The percentage of days in which various types of precipitation are observed, excluding trace quantities: rain alone, snow alone, and mixed (both rain and snow fell in the same day).

Rainfall

To show variation within the month and not just the monthly total, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during March in Nizhniy Novgorod is gradually increasing, starting the month at 0.3 inches, when it rarely exceeds 0.9 inches, and ending the month at 0.8 inches, when it rarely exceeds 1.5 inches or falls below 0.2 inches.

Average Monthly Rainfall in March in Nizhniy Novgorod

The average rainfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average snowfall.

Snowfall

As with rainfall, we consider the snowfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day snowfall during March in Nizhniy Novgorod is decreasing, starting the month at 5.1 inches, when it rarely exceeds 9.9 inches or falls below 0.7 inches, and ending the month at 2.3 inches, when it rarely exceeds 5.9 inches or falls below -0.0 inches.

Average Monthly Snowfall in March in Nizhniy Novgorod

The average snowfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average rainfall.

Over the course of March in Nizhniy Novgorod, the length of the day is very rapidly increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 2 hours, 22 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 4 minutes, 44 seconds, and weekly increase of 33 minutes, 9 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is March 1, with 10 hours, 43 minutes of daylight and the longest day is March 31, with 13 hours, 5 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in March in Nizhniy Novgorod

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in March in Nizhniy NovgorodMar11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310 hr24 hr4 hr20 hr8 hr16 hr12 hr12 hr16 hr8 hr20 hr4 hr24 hr0 hrFebAprMar 2012 hr, 8 minMar 2012 hr, 8 minnightnightdaydayMar 110 hr, 43 minMar 110 hr, 43 minNowNow
The number of hours during which the Sun is visible (black line). From bottom (most yellow) to top (most gray), the color bands indicate: full daylight, twilight (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and full night.

The latest sunrise of the month in Nizhniy Novgorod is 6:55 AM on March 1 and the earliest sunrise is 1 hour, 19 minutes earlier at 5:36 AM on March 31.

The earliest sunset is 5:38 PM on March 1 and the latest sunset is 1 hour, 3 minutes later at 6:41 PM on March 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Nizhniy Novgorod during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 3:14 AM and sets 17 hours, 42 minutes later, at 8:56 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 8:36 AM and sets 6 hours, 52 minutes later, at 3:28 PM.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in March in Nizhniy Novgorod

The solar day over the course of March. From bottom to top, the black lines are the previous solar midnight, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the next solar midnight. The day, twilights (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and night are indicated by the color bands from yellow to gray.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in March in Nizhniy Novgorod

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in March in Nizhniy NovgorodMar112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMFebApr00101020203000010102020303040NowNow
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Solar elevation and azimuth over the course of March 2024. The black lines are lines of constant solar elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon, in degrees). The background color fills indicate the azimuth (the compass bearing) of the sun. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries of the cardinal compass points indicate the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for March 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in March in Nizhniy Novgorod

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in March in Nizhniy NovgorodMar112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM4 AM4 AM8 AM8 AM12 PM12 PM4 PM4 PM8 PM8 PM12 AM12 AMFebAprFeb 102:00 AMFeb 102:00 AMFeb 243:31 PMFeb 243:31 PMMar 1012:01 PMMar 1012:01 PMMar 2510:01 AMMar 2510:01 AMApr 89:22 PMApr 89:22 PMApr 242:50 AMApr 242:50 AM8:28 AM8:28 AM5:25 PM5:25 PM5:08 PM5:08 PM7:44 AM7:44 AM6:52 AM6:52 AM6:05 PM6:05 PM5:28 PM5:28 PM6:03 AM6:03 AM5:12 AM5:12 AM6:42 PM6:42 PM7:06 PM7:06 PM4:28 AM4:28 AMNowNow
The time in which the moon is above the horizon (light blue area), with new moons (dark gray lines) and full moons (blue lines) indicated. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.
Mar 2024IlluminationMoonriseMoonsetMoonriseMeridian PassingDistance
1
75%-8:08 AMSW-3:52 AMS247,811 mi
2
66%12:58 AMSE8:18 AMSW-4:39 AMS245,198 mi
3
50%2:25 AMSE8:35 AMSW-5:30 AMS242,015 mi
4
45%3:50 AMSSE9:05 AMSSW-6:27 AMS238,367 mi
5
34%5:01 AMSSE9:57 AMSSW-7:29 AMS234,443 mi
6
23%5:49 AMSSE11:16 AMSW-8:32 AMS230,523 mi
7
14%6:17 AMSE12:54 PMSW-9:35 AMS226,956 mi
8
6%6:34 AMSE2:39 PMSW-10:36 AMS224,110 mi
9
2%6:44 AMESE4:23 PMWSW-11:32 AMS222,309 mi
10
0%6:52 AMESE6:05 PMW-12:26 PMS221,770 mi
11
2%6:58 AME7:45 PMW-1:17 PMS222,557 mi
12
6%7:04 AMENE9:24 PMWNW-2:07 PMS224,574 mi
13
14%7:11 AMENE11:04 PMWNW-2:58 PMS227,581 mi
14
23%7:20 AMNE--3:50 PMS231,253 mi
15
34%-12:43 AMNW7:34 AMNE4:44 PMS235,229 mi
16
44%-2:17 AMNW7:57 AMNE5:40 PMS239,173 mi
17
50%-3:37 AMNNW8:35 AMNNE6:35 PMS242,812 mi
18
65%-4:34 AMNNW9:34 AMNNE7:29 PMS245,953 mi
19
74%-5:09 AMNW10:49 AMNE8:19 PMS248,485 mi
20
83%-5:30 AMNW12:11 PMNE9:07 PMS250,370 mi
21
89%-5:42 AMNW1:34 PMNE9:50 PMS251,624 mi
22
95%-5:50 AMWNW2:54 PMENE10:32 PMS252,298 mi
23
98%-5:55 AMWNW4:12 PMENE11:11 PMS252,452 mi
24
100%-6:00 AMW5:28 PME11:49 PMS252,149 mi
25
100%-6:03 AMW6:44 PME--
26
100%-6:07 AMW8:01 PMESE12:28 AMS251,431 mi
27
98%-6:12 AMWSW9:21 PMESE1:08 AMS250,325 mi
28
94%-6:18 AMWSW10:44 PMSE1:50 AMS248,834 mi
29
88%-6:26 AMSW-2:36 AMS246,948 mi
30
80%12:11 AMSE6:40 AMSW-3:26 AMS244,658 mi
31
72%1:36 AMSE7:04 AMSW-4:20 AMS241,967 mi

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy in Nizhniy Novgorod is essentially constant during March, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on July 10, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 6% of the time, while on September 17, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

Humidity Comfort Levels in March in Nizhniy Novgorod

Humidity Comfort Levels in March in Nizhniy NovgorodMar11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%FebAprMar 10%Mar 10%Mar 310%Mar 310%Mar 110%Mar 110%Mar 210%Mar 210%drydry
dry 55°F comfortable 60°F humid 65°F muggy 70°F oppressive 75°F miserable
The percentage of time spent at various humidity comfort levels, categorized by dew point.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed in Nizhniy Novgorod is gradually decreasing during March, decreasing from 11.4 miles per hour to 10.6 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on February 9, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 11.8 miles per hour, while on July 27, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.7 miles per hour.

Average Wind Speed in March in Nizhniy Novgorod

The average of mean hourly wind speeds (dark gray line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

The hourly average wind direction in Nizhniy Novgorod throughout March is predominantly from the south, with a peak proportion of 39% on March 8.

Wind Direction in March in Nizhniy Novgorod

Wind Direction in March in Nizhniy NovgorodSWMar11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%FebAprNowNowwestsouthnortheast
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The percentage of hours in which the mean wind direction is from each of the four cardinal wind directions, excluding hours in which the mean wind speed is less than 1.0 mph. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries are the percentage of hours spent in the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

The growing season in Nizhniy Novgorod typically lasts for 4.8 months (149 days), from around May 2 to around September 28, rarely starting before April 12 or after May 22, and rarely ending before September 10 or after October 18.

The month of March in Nizhniy Novgorod is reliably fully outside of the growing season.

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in March in Nizhniy Novgorod

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in March in Nizhniy Novgorodgrowing seasonMar11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%FebApr0%Mar 160%Mar 16Apr 1210%Apr 1210%frigidfreezingvery coldcoldcoolcomfortable
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The percentage of time spent in various temperature bands. The black line is the percentage chance that a given day is within the growing season.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days in Nizhniy Novgorod are essentially constant during March, remaining within 1°F of 1°F throughout.

Growing Degree Days in March in Nizhniy Novgorod

The average growing degree days accumulated over the course of March, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy in Nizhniy Novgorod is rapidly increasing during March, rising by 1.5 kWh, from 2.0 kWh to 3.5 kWh, over the course of the month.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in March in Nizhniy Novgorod

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in March in Nizhniy NovgorodMar11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310 kWh0 kWh1 kWh1 kWh2 kWh2 kWh3 kWh3 kWh4 kWh4 kWh5 kWh5 kWh6 kWh6 kWh7 kWh7 kWhFebAprMar 12.0 kWhMar 12.0 kWhMar 313.5 kWhMar 313.5 kWhMar 112.5 kWhMar 112.5 kWhMar 213.1 kWhMar 213.1 kWhNowNow
The average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground per square meter (orange line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Nizhniy Novgorod are 56.329 deg latitude, 44.002 deg longitude, and 463 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Nizhniy Novgorod contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 446 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 329 feet. Within 10 miles also contains only modest variations in elevation (482 feet). Within 50 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (623 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Nizhniy Novgorod is covered by artificial surfaces (49%) and water (30%), within 10 miles by trees (32%) and cropland (24%), and within 50 miles by trees (60%) and cropland (25%).

This report illustrates the typical weather in Nizhniy Novgorod, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016.

Temperature and Dew Point

There is only a single weather station, Nizhny Novgorod International Airport, in our network suitable to be used as a proxy for the historical temperature and dew point records of Nizhniy Novgorod.

At a distance of 17 kilometers from Nizhniy Novgorod, closer than our threshold of 150 kilometers, this station is deemed sufficiently nearby to be relied upon as our primary source for temperature and dew point records.

The station records are corrected for the elevation difference between the station and Nizhniy Novgorod according to the International Standard Atmosphere , and by the relative change present in the MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis between the two locations.

Please note that the station records themselves may additionally have been back-filled using other nearby stations or the MERRA-2 reanalysis.

Other Data

All data relating to the Sun's position (e.g., sunrise and sunset) are computed using astronomical formulas from the book, Astronomical Algorithms 2nd Edition , by Jean Meeus.

All other weather data, including cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and direction, and solar flux, come from NASA's MERRA-2 Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis . This reanalysis combines a variety of wide-area measurements in a state-of-the-art global meteorological model to reconstruct the hourly history of weather throughout the world on a 50-kilometer grid.

Land Use data comes from the Global Land Cover SHARE database , published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Elevation data comes from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) , published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Names, locations, and time zones of places and some airports come from the GeoNames Geographical Database .

Time zones for airports and weather stations are provided by AskGeo.com .

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