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March Weather in Minuwangoda Sri Lanka

Daily high temperatures are around 90°F, rarely falling below 87°F or exceeding 94°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 90°F on March 21.

Daily low temperatures increase by 2°F, from 74°F to 76°F, rarely falling below 71°F or exceeding 78°F.

For reference, on March 18, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Minuwangoda typically range from 75°F to 90°F, while on January 27, the coldest day of the year, they range from 72°F to 89°F.

Average High and Low Temperature in March in Minuwangoda

Average High and Low Temperature in March in MinuwangodaMar112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313170°F70°F75°F75°F80°F80°F85°F85°F90°F90°F95°F95°F100°F100°FFebAprMar 1890°FMar 1890°F75°F75°FMar 190°FMar 190°F74°F74°FMar 3190°FMar 3190°F76°F76°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 Minuwangoda

Average Hourly Temperature in March in MinuwangodaMar112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 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 AMFebAprNowNowcomfortablewarmwarmhot
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.

Panamá, Panama (10,647 miles away); Manaus, Brazil (9,680 miles); and Maracanaú, Brazil (8,218 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Minuwangoda (view comparison).

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The month of March in Minuwangoda experiences increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 55% to 65%. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 55% on March 4.

The clearest day of the month is March 4, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 45% of the time.

For reference, on July 21, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 89%, while on March 4, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 45%.

Cloud Cover Categories in March in Minuwangoda

Cloud Cover Categories in March in MinuwangodaMar11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%FebAprJul 2111%Jul 2111%Mar 145%Mar 145%Mar 3135%Mar 3135%Mar 1145%Mar 1145%Mar 2141%Mar 2141%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 Minuwangoda, the chance of a wet day over the course of March is very rapidly increasing, starting the month at 22% and ending it at 40%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 70% on October 28, and its lowest chance is 19% on February 4.

Probability of Precipitation in March in Minuwangoda

Probability of Precipitation in March in MinuwangodaMar11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%30%30%35%35%40%40%45%45%50%50%55%55%60%60%FebAprMar 122%Mar 122%Mar 3140%Mar 3140%Mar 1125%Mar 1125%Mar 2132%Mar 2132%NowNowrain
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 Minuwangoda is rapidly increasing, starting the month at 1.9 inches, when it rarely exceeds 4.5 inches or falls below 0.1 inches, and ending the month at 3.8 inches, when it rarely exceeds 7.5 inches or falls below 0.9 inches.

Average Monthly Rainfall in March in Minuwangoda

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.

Over the course of March in Minuwangoda, the length of the day is essentially constant. The shortest day of the month is March 1, with 11 hours, 59 minutes of daylight and the longest day is March 31, with 12 hours, 11 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in March in Minuwangoda

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in March in MinuwangodaMar11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310 hr24 hr4 hr20 hr8 hr16 hr12 hr12 hr16 hr8 hr20 hr4 hr24 hr0 hrFebAprMar 2012 hr, 6 minMar 2012 hr, 6 minnightnightdaydayMar 111 hr, 59 minMar 111 hr, 59 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 Minuwangoda is 6:22 AM on March 1 and the earliest sunrise is 14 minutes earlier at 6:08 AM on March 31.

The latest sunset is 6:22 PM on March 2 and the earliest sunset is 2 minutes, 18 seconds earlier at 6:19 PM on March 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Minuwangoda during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:55 AM and sets 12 hours, 32 minutes later, at 6:28 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:17 AM and sets 11 hours, 43 minutes later, at 5:59 PM.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in March in Minuwangoda

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in March in MinuwangodaMar11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031312 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AMFebApr6:08 AM6:08 AMMar 316:19 PMMar 316:19 PM6:22 AM6:22 AMMar 26:22 PMMar 26:22 PM6:13 AM6:13 AMMar 216:20 PMMar 216:20 PMSolarMidnightSolarMidnightSolarNoonSunriseSunsetNowNow
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 Minuwangoda

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in March in MinuwangodaMar112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 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 AMFebApr001010202020303040405050506060707080800001010202030303040405050606060707080NowNow
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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 Minuwangoda

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in March in MinuwangodaMar112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM4 AM4 AM8 AM8 AM12 PM12 PM4 PM4 PM8 PM8 PM12 AM12 AMFebAprFeb 104:30 AMFeb 104:30 AMFeb 246:01 PMFeb 246:01 PMMar 102:31 PMMar 102:31 PMMar 2512:31 PMMar 2512:31 PMApr 811:52 PMApr 811:52 PMApr 245:20 AMApr 245:20 AM6:44 AM6:44 AM6:54 PM6:54 PM6:22 PM6:22 PM6:54 AM6:54 AM6:10 AM6:10 AM6:29 PM6:29 PM6:28 PM6:28 PM6:43 AM6:43 AM5:32 AM5:32 AM6:02 PM6:02 PM5:52 PM5:52 PM5:59 AM5:59 AM
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
76%-10:01 AMWSW10:44 PMESE3:58 AMS248,032 mi
2
67%-10:45 AMWSW11:36 PMESE4:44 AMS245,478 mi
3
50%-11:34 AMWSW-5:34 AMS242,349 mi
4
46%12:31 AMESE12:28 PMWSW-6:29 AMS238,743 mi
5
35%1:30 AMESE1:27 PMWSW-7:29 AMS234,840 mi
6
24%2:30 AMESE2:29 PMWSW-8:30 AMS230,910 mi
7
15%3:30 AMESE3:32 PMWSW-9:32 AMS227,294 mi
8
7%4:26 AMESE4:34 PMWSW-10:31 AMS224,360 mi
9
2%5:20 AMESE5:33 PMWSW-11:27 AMS222,440 mi
10
0%6:10 AME6:29 PMW-12:20 PMS221,764 mi
11
1%6:58 AME7:25 PMW-1:11 PMS222,414 mi
12
6%7:46 AME8:20 PMW-2:02 PMN224,312 mi
13
13%8:33 AMENE9:16 PMWNW-2:53 PMN227,233 mi
14
22%9:23 AMENE10:13 PMWNW-3:46 PMN230,855 mi
15
32%10:15 AMENE11:11 PMWNW-4:42 PMN234,819 mi
16
43%11:10 AMENE--5:39 PMN238,785 mi
17
50%-12:09 AMWNW12:05 PMENE6:36 PMN242,469 mi
18
64%-1:06 AMWNW1:01 PMENE7:31 PMN245,668 mi
19
74%-1:59 AMWNW1:55 PMENE8:23 PMN248,265 mi
20
82%-2:49 AMWNW2:46 PMENE9:12 PMN250,214 mi
21
89%-3:34 AMWNW3:35 PMENE9:57 PMN251,529 mi
22
94%-4:16 AMWNW4:20 PMENE10:38 PMN252,256 mi
23
98%-4:54 AMWNW5:04 PME11:18 PMN252,458 mi
24
100%-5:31 AMW5:46 PME11:57 PMS252,196 mi
25
100%-6:07 AMW6:28 PME--
26
100%-6:43 AMW7:10 PME12:36 AMS251,517 mi
27
98%-7:21 AMW7:55 PMESE1:15 AMS250,448 mi
28
94%-8:00 AMWSW8:41 PMESE1:57 AMS248,995 mi
29
89%-8:43 AMWSW9:31 PMESE2:41 AMS247,149 mi
30
81%-9:30 AMWSW10:25 PMESE3:30 AMS244,899 mi
31
72%-10:22 AMWSW11:22 PMESE4:23 AMS242,249 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 Minuwangoda is gradually increasing during March, rising from 95% to 100% over the course of the month.

For reference, on April 17, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 100% of the time, while on January 29, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 88% of the time.

Humidity Comfort Levels in March in Minuwangoda

Humidity Comfort Levels in March in MinuwangodaMar11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%FebAprMar 195%Mar 195%Mar 31100%Mar 31100%Mar 1198%Mar 1198%Mar 2199%Mar 2199%NowNowmiserablemiserableoppressiveoppressivemuggymuggyhumidhumid
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 Minuwangoda is essentially constant during March, remaining within 0.4 miles per hour of 6.2 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on June 9, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 14.1 miles per hour, while on March 24, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.8 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during March is 5.8 miles per hour on March 24.

Average Wind Speed in March in Minuwangoda

Average Wind Speed in March in MinuwangodaMar11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310 mph0 mph2 mph2 mph4 mph4 mph6 mph6 mph8 mph8 mph10 mph10 mph12 mph12 mph14 mph14 mphFebAprMar 245.8 mphMar 245.8 mphMar 16.6 mphMar 16.6 mphMar 116.1 mphMar 116.1 mphNowNow
The average of mean hourly wind speeds (dark gray line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

The wind direction in Minuwangoda during March is predominantly out of the east from March 1 to March 8 and the west from March 8 to March 31.

Wind Direction in March in Minuwangoda

Wind Direction in March in MinuwangodaNEWMar11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%FebAprNowNowwestnortheastsouth
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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).

Minuwangoda is located near a large body of water (e.g., ocean, sea, or large lake). This section reports on the wide-area average surface temperature of that water.

The average surface water temperature in Minuwangoda is essentially constant during March, remaining within 1°F of 84°F throughout.

Average Water Temperature in March in Minuwangoda

Average Water Temperature in March in MinuwangodaMar112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313180°F80°F81°F81°F82°F82°F83°F83°F84°F84°F85°F85°F86°F86°F87°F87°FFebAprMar 183°FMar 183°FMar 3185°FMar 3185°FMar 1184°FMar 1184°FMar 2185°FMar 2185°FNowNow
The daily average water temperature (purple line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

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).

Temperatures in Minuwangoda are sufficiently warm year round that it is not entirely meaningful to discuss the growing season in these terms. We nevertheless include the chart below as an illustration of the distribution of temperatures experienced throughout the year.

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in March in Minuwangoda

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in March in MinuwangodaMar11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%FebApr100%Mar 16100%Mar 16NowNowcomfortablewarmhot
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 Minuwangoda are very rapidly increasing during March, increasing by 937°F, from 1,772°F to 2,709°F, over the course of the month.

Growing Degree Days in March in Minuwangoda

Growing Degree Days in March in MinuwangodaMar11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031311,800°F1,800°F2,000°F2,000°F2,200°F2,200°F2,400°F2,400°F2,600°F2,600°F2,800°F2,800°FFebAprMar 11,772°FMar 11,772°FMar 312,709°FMar 312,709°FMar 112,077°FMar 112,077°FMar 212,389°FMar 212,389°FNowNow
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 Minuwangoda is gradually decreasing during March, falling by 0.7 kWh, from 6.4 kWh to 5.7 kWh, over the course of the month.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in March in Minuwangoda

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in March in MinuwangodaMar11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310 kWh0 kWh1 kWh1 kWh2 kWh2 kWh3 kWh3 kWh4 kWh4 kWh5 kWh5 kWh6 kWh6 kWh7 kWh7 kWh8 kWh8 kWhFebAprMar 16.4 kWhMar 16.4 kWhMar 315.7 kWhMar 315.7 kWhMar 116.4 kWhMar 116.4 kWhMar 216.1 kWhMar 216.1 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 Minuwangoda are 7.166 deg latitude, 79.953 deg longitude, and 59 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Minuwangoda contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 177 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 78 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (535 feet). Within 50 miles contains significant variations in elevation (7,175 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Minuwangoda is covered by cropland (56%) and trees (40%), within 10 miles by cropland (44%) and trees (31%), and within 50 miles by water (47%) and cropland (23%).

This report illustrates the typical weather in Minuwangoda, 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 are 3 weather stations near enough to contribute to our estimation of the temperature and dew point in Minuwangoda.

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

The estimated value at Minuwangoda is computed as the weighted average of the individual contributions from each station, with weights proportional to the inverse of the distance between Minuwangoda and a given station.

The stations contributing to this reconstruction are:

To get a sense of how much these sources agree with each other, you can view a comparison of Minuwangoda and the stations that contribute to our estimates of its temperature history and climate. Please note that each source's contribution is adjusted for elevation and the relative change present in the MERRA-2 data.

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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