March Weather in Ban Khao Lak Thailand

Daily high temperatures are around 93°F, rarely falling below 88°F or exceeding 97°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 93°F on March 4.

Daily low temperatures increase by 2°F, from 75°F to 77°F, rarely falling below 72°F or exceeding 79°F.

For reference, on March 3, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Ban Khao Lak typically range from 75°F to 93°F, while on January 16, the coldest day of the year, they range from 74°F to 90°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.

Manaus, Brazil (10,908 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Ban Khao Lak (view comparison).

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The month of March in Ban Khao Lak experiences very rapidly increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 65% to 83%.

The clearest day of the month is March 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 34% of the time.

For reference, on May 21, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 94%, while on January 23, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 40%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Ban Khao Lak, the chance of a wet day over the course of March is very rapidly increasing, starting the month at 14% and ending it at 29%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 69% on September 29, and its lowest chance is 10% on February 14.

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 Ban Khao Lak is very rapidly increasing, starting the month at 1.6 inches, when it rarely exceeds 4.1 inches, and ending the month at 3.9 inches, when it rarely exceeds 8.0 inches or falls below 0.4 inches.

Over the course of March in Ban Khao Lak, the length of the day is essentially constant. The shortest day of the month is March 1, with 11 hours, 58 minutes of daylight and the longest day is March 31, with 12 hours, 12 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month in Ban Khao Lak is 6:40 AM on March 1 and the earliest sunrise is 15 minutes earlier at 6:25 AM on March 31.

The latest sunset is 6:38 PM on March 6 and the earliest sunset is 1 minute, 9 seconds earlier at 6:37 PM on March 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Ban Khao Lak during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:09 AM and sets 12 hours, 38 minutes later, at 6:47 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:36 AM and sets 11 hours, 37 minutes later, at 6:13 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 Ban Khao Lak is gradually increasing during March, rising from 97% to 100% over the course of the month.

For reference, on April 25, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 100% of the time, while on January 24, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 95% 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 Ban Khao Lak is essentially constant during March, remaining within 0.2 miles per hour of 4.2 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on August 6, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.0 miles per hour, while on April 13, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 4.0 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction in Ban Khao Lak throughout March is predominantly from the east, with a peak proportion of 58% on March 1.

Ban Khao Lak 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 Ban Khao Lak is essentially constant during March, remaining within 1°F of 85°F throughout.

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 Ban Khao Lak 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.

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 Ban Khao Lak are very rapidly increasing during March, increasing by 947°F, from 1,845°F to 2,792°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 Ban Khao Lak is gradually decreasing during March, falling by 0.7 kWh, from 6.4 kWh to 5.6 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Ban Khao Lak are 8.615 deg latitude, 98.240 deg longitude, and 72 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Ban Khao Lak contains very significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 1,234 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 157 feet. Within 10 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (2,267 feet). Within 50 miles contains large variations in elevation (3,776 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Ban Khao Lak is covered by water (48%), trees (26%), and cropland (23%), within 10 miles by water (48%) and cropland (23%), and within 50 miles by water (60%) and trees (18%).