March Weather in Hoxtolgay China

Daily high temperatures increase by 20°F, from 32°F to 52°F, rarely falling below 22°F or exceeding 63°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 16°F, from 14°F to 31°F, rarely falling below 2°F or exceeding 40°F.

For reference, on July 22, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Hoxtolgay typically range from 65°F to 88°F, while on January 17, the coldest day of the year, they range from 5°F to 19°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.

Groton, South Dakota, United States (6,084 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Hoxtolgay (view comparison).

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The month of March in Hoxtolgay experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 44% throughout the month.

The clearest day of the month is March 28, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 57% of the time.

For reference, on January 1, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 49%, while on August 18, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 76%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Hoxtolgay, the chance of a wet day over the course of March is gradually increasing, starting the month at 1% and ending it at 4%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 16% on July 16, and its lowest chance is 0% on February 7.

Over the course of March in Hoxtolgay, the chance of a day with only rain increases from 0% to 3%, 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 Hoxtolgay is essentially constant, remaining about 0.1 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 0.2 inches or falling below -0.0 inches.

Over the course of March in Hoxtolgay, 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, 40 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 3 minutes, 19 seconds, and weekly increase of 23 minutes, 14 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is March 1, with 11 hours, 7 minutes of daylight and the longest day is March 31, with 12 hours, 47 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month in Hoxtolgay is 6:55 AM on March 1 and the earliest sunrise is 58 minutes earlier at 5:57 AM on March 31.

The earliest sunset is 6:02 PM on March 1 and the latest sunset is 42 minutes later at 6:43 PM on March 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Hoxtolgay during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 4:22 AM and sets 15 hours, 50 minutes later, at 8:12 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:57 AM and sets 8 hours, 34 minutes later, at 4:31 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 Hoxtolgay is essentially constant during March, remaining around 0% throughout.

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 Hoxtolgay is increasing during March, increasing from 5.4 miles per hour to 6.6 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on May 6, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.0 miles per hour, while on December 18, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 4.3 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction in Hoxtolgay throughout March is predominantly from the north, with a peak proportion of 34% on March 1.

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 Hoxtolgay typically lasts for 5.5 months (166 days), from around April 26 to around October 9, rarely starting before April 3 or after May 16, and rarely ending before September 21 or after October 27.

The month of March in Hoxtolgay is very likely fully outside of the growing season, with the chance that a given day is in the growing season gradually increasing from 0% to 8% 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 Hoxtolgay are essentially constant during March, remaining within 8°F of 8°F throughout.

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 Hoxtolgay is rapidly increasing during March, rising by 1.6 kWh, from 3.6 kWh to 5.2 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Hoxtolgay are 46.519 deg latitude, 86.002 deg longitude, and 2,638 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Hoxtolgay contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 344 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 2,673 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (2,552 feet). Within 50 miles contains large variations in elevation (11,768 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Hoxtolgay is covered by grassland (48%) and bare soil (44%), within 10 miles by bare soil (79%) and grassland (20%), and within 50 miles by bare soil (62%) and grassland (32%).