March Weather in Khānaqāh Afghanistan

Daily high temperatures increase by 12°F, from 57°F to 70°F, rarely falling below 42°F or exceeding 82°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 10°F, from 38°F to 48°F, rarely falling below 29°F or exceeding 56°F.

For reference, on July 16, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Khānaqāh typically range from 78°F to 103°F, while on January 13, the coldest day of the year, they range from 30°F to 47°F.

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.

Santa Clara, United States (7,332 miles away) and Altus, United States (7,417 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Khānaqāh (view comparison).

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The month of March in Khānaqāh experiences gradually decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 50% to 44%. The highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 50% on March 4.

The clearest day of the month is March 31, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 56% of the time.

For reference, on March 4, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 50%, while on August 10, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 100%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Khānaqāh, the chance of a wet day over the course of March is essentially constant, remaining around 16% throughout.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 17% on March 18, and its lowest chance is 0% on July 12.

Over the course of March in Khānaqāh, the chance of a day with only rain remains an essentially constant 14% throughout, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain remains an essentially constant 1% throughout, and the chance of a day with only snow remains an essentially constant 0% throughout.

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 Khānaqāh is essentially constant, remaining about 0.8 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 1.9 inches or falling below 0.1 inches.

The highest average 31-day accumulation is 0.9 inches on March 25.

Over the course of March in Khānaqāh, the length of the day is rapidly increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 1 hour, 11 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 2 minutes, 21 seconds, and weekly increase of 16 minutes, 30 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is March 1, with 11 hours, 24 minutes of daylight and the longest day is March 31, with 12 hours, 35 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month in Khānaqāh is 6:35 AM on March 1 and the earliest sunrise is 44 minutes earlier at 5:52 AM on March 31.

The earliest sunset is 5:59 PM on March 1 and the latest sunset is 27 minutes later at 6:26 PM on March 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Khānaqāh during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 4:46 AM and sets 14 hours, 42 minutes later, at 7:27 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:14 AM and sets 9 hours, 38 minutes later, at 4:52 PM.

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.

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.

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 Khānaqāh is essentially constant during March, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on April 29, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time, while on January 1, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

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 Khānaqāh is essentially constant during March, remaining within 0.2 miles per hour of 7.5 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on July 23, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.9 miles per hour, while on October 27, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.5 miles per hour.

The wind direction in Khānaqāh during March is predominantly out of the east from March 1 to March 26 and the west from March 26 to March 31.

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 Khānaqāh typically lasts for 8.4 months (257 days), from around March 8 to around November 20, rarely starting before February 18 or after March 26, and rarely ending before October 30 or after December 11.

During March in Khānaqāh, the chance that a given day is within the growing season is very rapidly increasing rising from 32% to 95% over the course of the month.

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 Khānaqāh are increasing during March, increasing by 185°F, from 76°F to 261°F, over the course of the month.

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 Khānaqāh is increasing during March, rising by 1.4 kWh, from 4.1 kWh to 5.5 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Khānaqāh are 36.863 deg latitude, 66.167 deg longitude, and 981 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Khānaqāh is essentially flat, with a maximum elevation change of 43 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 976 feet. Within 10 miles is essentially flat (367 feet). Within 50 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (4,386 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Khānaqāh is covered by cropland (85%), within 10 miles by cropland (62%) and bare soil (24%), and within 50 miles by bare soil (41%) and cropland (32%).