March Weather in Gunnedah Australia

Daily high temperatures decrease by 6°F, from 89°F to 83°F, rarely falling below 76°F or exceeding 97°F.

Daily low temperatures decrease by 5°F, from 63°F to 58°F, rarely falling below 51°F or exceeding 70°F.

For reference, on January 18, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Gunnedah typically range from 67°F to 93°F, while on July 28, the coldest day of the year, they range from 40°F to 62°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.

Eastman, United States (9,334 miles away); San Juan, Argentina (7,434 miles); and Midreshet Ben-Gurion, Israel (8,680 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Gunnedah (view comparison).

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The month of March in Gunnedah experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 24% throughout the month. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 22% on March 16.

The clearest day of the month is March 16, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 78% of the time.

For reference, on November 24, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 33%, while on August 12, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 84%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Gunnedah, the chance of a wet day over the course of March is decreasing, starting the month at 19% and ending it at 14%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 29% on November 29, and its lowest chance is 12% on April 27.

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 Gunnedah is gradually decreasing, starting the month at 1.9 inches, when it rarely exceeds 4.0 inches or falls below 0.3 inches, and ending the month at 1.5 inches, when it rarely exceeds 4.0 inches or falls below 0.1 inches.

Over the course of March in Gunnedah, the length of the day is decreasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day decreases by 57 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 1 minute, 54 seconds, and weekly decrease of 13 minutes, 15 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is March 31, with 11 hours, 47 minutes of daylight and the longest day is March 1, with 12 hours, 44 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the month in Gunnedah is 6:49 AM on March 1 and the latest sunrise is 20 minutes later at 7:09 AM on March 31.

The latest sunset is 7:32 PM on March 1 and the earliest sunset is 37 minutes earlier at 6:56 PM on March 31.

Daylight saving time is observed in Gunnedah during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during March, so the entire month is in standard time.

For reference, on December 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:52 AM and sets 14 hours, 10 minutes later, at 8:01 PM, while on June 20, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:56 AM and sets 10 hours, 8 minutes later, at 5:04 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 Gunnedah is decreasing during March, falling from 8% to 1% over the course of the month.

For reference, on February 4, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 15% of the time, while on May 21, 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 Gunnedah is gradually decreasing during March, decreasing from 7.7 miles per hour to 7.2 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on November 26, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.4 miles per hour, while on May 19, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.6 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction in Gunnedah throughout March is predominantly from the east, with a peak proportion of 40% on March 2.

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 Gunnedah typically lasts for 12 months (353 days), from around July 20 to around July 8, rarely starting after August 22, or ending before June 10.

The month of March in Gunnedah is reliably fully 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 Gunnedah are rapidly increasing during March, increasing by 670°F, from 4,079°F to 4,748°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 Gunnedah is decreasing during March, falling by 1.2 kWh, from 6.7 kWh to 5.4 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Gunnedah are -30.981 deg latitude, 150.258 deg longitude, and 896 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Gunnedah contains significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 617 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 938 feet. Within 10 miles contains significant variations in elevation (1,654 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (4,206 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Gunnedah is covered by sparse vegetation (34%), cropland (31%), artificial surfaces (24%), and trees (11%), within 10 miles by cropland (49%) and sparse vegetation (35%), and within 50 miles by sparse vegetation (42%) and cropland (32%).