March Weather in Ihu Papua New Guinea

Daily high temperatures are around 84°F, rarely falling below 81°F or exceeding 86°F.

Daily low temperatures are around 78°F, rarely falling below 76°F or exceeding 80°F.

For reference, on November 23, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Ihu typically range from 78°F to 86°F, while on August 6, the coldest day of the year, they range from 75°F to 82°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.

Saint David’s, Grenada (10,586 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Ihu (view comparison).

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The month of March in Ihu experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 89% throughout the month.

The clearest day of the month is March 31, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 12% of the time.

For reference, on January 22, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 92%, while on August 17, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 28%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Ihu, the chance of a wet day over the course of March is very rapidly decreasing, starting the month at 54% and ending it at 45%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 55% on February 10, and its lowest chance is 19% on September 7.

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 Ihu is essentially constant, remaining about 7.5 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 14.3 inches or falling below 2.1 inches.

Over the course of March in Ihu, the length of the day is essentially constant. The shortest day of the month is March 31, with 12 hours, 2 minutes of daylight and the longest day is March 1, with 12 hours, 15 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month in Ihu is 6:23 AM on March 6 and the earliest sunrise is 1 minute, 36 seconds earlier at 6:21 AM on March 31.

The latest sunset is 6:38 PM on March 1 and the earliest sunset is 15 minutes earlier at 6:23 PM on March 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Ihu during 2024.

For reference, on December 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:58 AM and sets 12 hours, 35 minutes later, at 6:34 PM, while on June 20, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:30 AM and sets 11 hours, 40 minutes later, at 6:09 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 Ihu is essentially constant during March, remaining around 100% throughout.

For reference, on January 2, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 100% of the time, while on August 13, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 99% 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 Ihu is essentially constant during March, remaining within 0.1 miles per hour of 4.0 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on July 31, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.9 miles per hour, while on January 11, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 3.8 miles per hour.

The lowest daily average wind speed during March is 3.9 miles per hour on March 13.

The wind direction in Ihu during March is predominantly out of the west from March 1 to March 12 and the south from March 12 to March 31.

Ihu 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 Ihu is essentially constant during March, remaining around 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 Ihu 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 Ihu are very rapidly increasing during March, increasing by 900°F, from 7,236°F to 8,136°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 Ihu is essentially constant during March, remaining within 0.2 kWh of 4.7 kWh throughout.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Ihu are -7.896 deg latitude, 145.394 deg longitude, and 36 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Ihu contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 364 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 67 feet. Within 10 miles also contains only modest variations in elevation (417 feet). Within 50 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (7,516 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Ihu is covered by trees (64%) and water (19%), within 10 miles by water (48%) and trees (42%), and within 50 miles by water (56%) and trees (38%).