March Weather in Qapqal China

Daily high temperatures increase by 19°F, from 40°F to 59°F, rarely falling below 29°F or exceeding 72°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 16°F, from 24°F to 40°F, rarely falling below 11°F or exceeding 47°F.

For reference, on July 25, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Qapqal typically range from 63°F to 86°F, while on January 16, the coldest day of the year, they range from 12°F to 30°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.

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The month of March in Qapqal experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 50% throughout the month. The highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 51% on March 24.

The clearest day of the month is March 9, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 51% of the time.

For reference, on March 24, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 51%, while on August 9, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 82%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Qapqal, the chance of a wet day over the course of March is gradually increasing, starting the month at 5% and ending it at 9%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 17% on May 11, and its lowest chance is 4% on January 19.

Over the course of March in Qapqal, the chance of a day with only rain increases from 4% to 9%, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain remains an essentially constant 0% throughout, and the chance of a day with only snow remains an essentially constant 1% 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 Qapqal is gradually increasing, starting the month at 0.2 inches, when it rarely exceeds 0.5 inches, and ending the month at 0.5 inches, when it rarely exceeds 1.1 inches.

Over the course of March in Qapqal, 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, 31 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 3 minutes, 1 second, and weekly increase of 21 minutes, 8 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is March 1, with 11 hours, 12 minutes of daylight and the longest day is March 31, with 12 hours, 43 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month in Qapqal is 9:12 AM on March 1 and the earliest sunrise is 53 minutes earlier at 8:18 AM on March 31.

The earliest sunset is 8:24 PM on March 1 and the latest sunset is 37 minutes later at 9:01 PM on March 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Qapqal during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:53 AM and sets 15 hours, 28 minutes later, at 10:21 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 10:06 AM and sets 8 hours, 55 minutes later, at 7:01 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 Qapqal is essentially constant during March, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on July 26, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 2% 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 Qapqal is essentially constant during March, remaining within 0.1 miles per hour of 7.2 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on May 1, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.6 miles per hour, while on August 10, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.7 miles per hour.

The wind direction in Qapqal during March is predominantly out of the east from March 1 to March 30 and the west from March 30 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 Qapqal typically lasts for 6.7 months (205 days), from around March 31 to around October 22, rarely starting before March 10 or after April 26, and rarely ending before October 4 or after November 9.

During March in Qapqal, the chance that a given day is within the growing season is rapidly increasing rising from 2% to 50% 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 Qapqal are gradually increasing during March, increasing by 52°F, from 2°F to 54°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 Qapqal is increasing during March, rising by 1.4 kWh, from 3.8 kWh to 5.2 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Qapqal are 43.802 deg latitude, 81.087 deg longitude, and 2,093 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Qapqal contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 246 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 2,084 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (1,250 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (10,443 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Qapqal is covered by grassland (79%) and cropland (21%), within 10 miles by grassland (57%) and cropland (36%), and within 50 miles by grassland (56%) and cropland (17%).