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March Weather at Shishmaref Airport Alaska, United States

Daily high temperatures increase by 6°F, from 7°F to 13°F, rarely falling below -12°F or exceeding 30°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 5°F, from -8°F to -3°F, rarely falling below -26°F or exceeding 16°F.

For reference, on July 27, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Shishmaref Airport typically range from 47°F to 55°F, while on February 8, the coldest day of the year, they range from -9°F to 6°F.

Average High and Low Temperature in March at Shishmaref Airport

Average High and Low Temperature in March at Shishmaref AirportMar1122334455667788991010111112121313141415151616171718181919202021212222232324242525262627272828292930303131-30°F-30°F-20°F-20°F-10°F-10°F0°F0°F10°F10°F20°F20°F30°F30°F40°F40°FFebAprMar 17°FMar 17°F-8°F-8°FMar 3113°FMar 3113°F-3°F-3°FMar 118°FMar 118°F-7°F-7°FMar 219°FMar 219°F-6°F-6°FNowNow
The daily average high (red line) and low (blue line) temperature, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted lines are the corresponding average perceived temperatures.

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.

Average Hourly Temperature in March at Shishmaref Airport

Average Hourly Temperature in March at Shishmaref AirportMar112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMFebAprNowNowfrigidfreezing
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The average hourly temperature, color coded into bands. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

Fermont, Canada (3,203 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Shishmaref Airport (view comparison).

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The month of March at Shishmaref Airport experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 72% throughout the month. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 70% on March 15.

The clearest day of the month is March 15, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 30% of the time.

For reference, on January 7, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 80%, while on September 17, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 39%.

Cloud Cover Categories in March at Shishmaref Airport

Cloud Cover Categories in March at Shishmaref AirportMar11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%FebAprJan 720%Jan 720%Mar 126%Mar 126%Mar 3128%Mar 3128%Mar 1129%Mar 1129%Mar 2130%Mar 2130%NowNowclearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercast
0% clear 20% mostly clear 40% partly cloudy 60% mostly cloudy 80% overcast 100%
The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At Shishmaref Airport, the chance of a wet day over the course of March is gradually decreasing, starting the month at 9% and ending it at 7%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 29% on August 7, and its lowest chance is 5% on March 18.

Probability of Precipitation in March at Shishmaref Airport

Probability of Precipitation in March at Shishmaref AirportMar11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%0%2%2%4%4%6%6%8%8%10%10%12%12%FebAprMar 185%Mar 185%Mar 19%Mar 19%Mar 317%Mar 317%NowNowsnowmixedrain
The percentage of days in which various types of precipitation are observed, excluding trace quantities: rain alone, snow alone, and mixed (both rain and snow fell in the same day).

Snowfall

As with rainfall, we consider the snowfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day snowfall during March at Shishmaref Airport is decreasing, starting the month at 3.9 inches, when it rarely exceeds 8.2 inches or falls below 0.4 inches, and ending the month at 2.7 inches, when it rarely exceeds 6.6 inches.

The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 2.6 inches on March 28.

Average Monthly Snowfall in March at Shishmaref Airport

The average snowfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average rainfall.

Due to its extreme latitude, Shishmaref Airport experiences polar day (also known as the midnight Sun) during the summer. The precise start and end dates of polar day and night vary from year to year and depend on the precise location and elevation of the observer, and the local topography.

Neither polar day nor polar night occur during the month of March.

Over the course of March at Shishmaref Airport, the length of the day is very rapidly increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 3 hours, 36 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 7 minutes, 13 seconds, and weekly increase of 50 minutes, 28 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is March 1, with 10 hours, 5 minutes of daylight and the longest day is March 31, with 13 hours, 42 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in March at Shishmaref Airport

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in March at Shishmaref AirportMar11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310 hr24 hr4 hr20 hr8 hr16 hr12 hr12 hr16 hr8 hr20 hr4 hr24 hr0 hrFebAprMar 1912 hr, 15 minMar 1912 hr, 15 minMar 110 hr, 5 minMar 110 hr, 5 minNowNow
The number of hours during which the Sun is visible (black line). From bottom (most yellow) to top (most gray), the color bands indicate: full daylight, twilight (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and full night.

The latest sunrise of the month at Shishmaref Airport is 9:39 AM on March 10 and the earliest sunrise is 1 hour, 22 minutes earlier at 8:18 AM on March 31.

The earliest sunset is 7:19 PM on March 1 and the latest sunset is 2 hours, 40 minutes later at 10:00 PM on March 31.

Daylight saving time (DST) ends at 3:00 AM on March 10, 2024, shifting sunrise and sunset to be an hour earlier.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight and Daylight Saving Time in March at Shishmaref Airport

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight and Daylight Saving Time in March at Shishmaref AirportMar11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031314 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM2 AMFebApr8:18 AM8:18 AMMar 3110:00 PMMar 3110:00 PM9:14 AM9:14 AMMar 17:19 PMMar 17:19 PM9:36 AM9:36 AMMar 118:53 PMMar 118:53 PM8:57 AM8:57 AMMar 219:26 PMMar 219:26 PMMar 10DSTMar 10DSTSolarMidnightSolarMidnightSolarNoonSunriseSunsetNowNow
The solar day over the course of March. From bottom to top, the black lines are the previous solar midnight, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the next solar midnight. The day, twilights (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and night are indicated by the color bands from yellow to gray. The transitions to and from daylight saving time are indicated by the 'DST' labels.

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.

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in March at Shishmaref Airport

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in March at Shishmaref AirportMar112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMFebApr00101020203000010102030NowNow
northeastsouthwest
Solar elevation and azimuth over the course of March 2024. The black lines are lines of constant solar elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon, in degrees). The background color fills indicate the azimuth (the compass bearing) of the sun. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries of the cardinal compass points indicate the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

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.

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in March at Shishmaref Airport

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in March at Shishmaref AirportMar112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM4 AM4 AM8 AM8 AM12 PM12 PM4 PM4 PM8 PM8 PM12 AM12 AMFebAprFeb 92:00 PMFeb 92:00 PMFeb 243:31 AMFeb 243:31 AMMar 1012:01 AMMar 1012:01 AMMar 2411:01 PMMar 2411:01 PMApr 810:22 AMApr 810:22 AMApr 233:50 PMApr 233:50 PM11:47 AM11:47 AM5:24 PM5:24 PM5:39 PM5:39 PM10:20 AM10:20 AM9:23 AM9:23 AM6:58 PM6:58 PM9:15 PM9:15 PM8:55 AM8:55 AM7:53 AM7:53 AM11:24 PM11:24 PM6:22 AM6:22 AMNowNow
The time in which the moon is above the horizon (light blue area), with new moons (dark gray lines) and full moons (blue lines) indicated. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.
Mar 2024IlluminationMoonriseMoonsetMoonriseMeridian PassingDistance
1
70%3:54 AMSE8:38 AMSSW-6:16 AMS246,363 mi
2
60%7:07 AMS243,409 mi
3
50%8:02 AMS239,935 mi
4
38%9:03 AMS236,095 mi
5
27%10:07 AMS232,132 mi
6
17%11:11 AMS228,371 mi
7
9%10:24 AMSSE2:04 PMSSW-12:14 PMS225,180 mi
8
3%9:45 AMSE4:42 PMSW-1:13 PMS222,911 mi
9
0%9:23 AMESE6:58 PMWSW-2:08 PMS221,832 mi
10
0%10:06 AME10:05 PMW-4:00 AMN221,790 mi
11
4%9:49 AME--4:50 PMS223,602 mi
12
11%-12:11 AMWNW9:32 AMENE5:40 PMS226,235 mi
13
19%-2:23 AMNW9:10 AMNE6:31 PMS229,673 mi
14
29%-4:54 AMNNW8:32 AMNNE7:24 PMS233,564 mi
15
40%8:18 PMS237,557 mi
16
50%9:13 PMS241,349 mi
17
61%10:06 PMS244,713 mi
18
71%10:58 PMS247,506 mi
19
79%11:46 PMS249,661 mi
20
83%-10:34 AMNNW2:08 PMNNE--
21
87%-9:59 AMNW4:14 PMNE12:31 AMS251,174 mi
22
93%-9:39 AMWNW6:01 PMENE1:12 AMS252,083 mi
23
97%-9:23 AMWNW7:39 PMENE1:52 AMS252,447 mi
24
100%-9:09 AMW9:15 PME2:31 AMS252,328 mi
25
100%-8:55 AMW10:52 PMESE3:09 AMS251,780 mi
26
99%-8:40 AMWSW-3:48 AMS250,834 mi
27
96%12:34 AMESE8:23 AMSW-4:30 AMS249,505 mi
28
91%2:27 AMSE8:00 AMSW-5:14 AMS247,786 mi
29
84%4:55 AMSSE7:10 AMSSW-6:03 AMS245,664 mi
30
75%6:56 AMS243,137 mi
31
66%7:54 AMS240,227 mi

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 at Shishmaref Airport is essentially constant during March, remaining around 0% throughout.

Humidity Comfort Levels in March at Shishmaref Airport

Humidity Comfort Levels in March at Shishmaref AirportMar11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%FebAprMar 10%Mar 10%Mar 310%Mar 310%Mar 110%Mar 110%Mar 210%Mar 210%drydry
dry 55°F comfortable 60°F humid 65°F muggy 70°F oppressive 75°F miserable
The percentage of time spent at various humidity comfort levels, categorized by dew point.

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 at Shishmaref Airport is decreasing during March, decreasing from 13.9 miles per hour to 12.7 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on December 24, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 15.0 miles per hour, while on June 29, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.9 miles per hour.

Average Wind Speed in March at Shishmaref Airport

The average of mean hourly wind speeds (dark gray line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

The hourly average wind direction at Shishmaref Airport throughout March is predominantly from the north, with a peak proportion of 51% on March 23.

Wind Direction in March at Shishmaref Airport

Wind Direction in March at Shishmaref AirportMar11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%FebAprNowNoweastnorthsouthwest
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The percentage of hours in which the mean wind direction is from each of the four cardinal wind directions, excluding hours in which the mean wind speed is less than 1.0 mph. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries are the percentage of hours spent in the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

Shishmaref Airport 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 at Shishmaref Airport is essentially constant during March, remaining around 29°F throughout.

Average Water Temperature in March at Shishmaref Airport

Average Water Temperature in March at Shishmaref AirportMar112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313128.5°F28.5°F29.0°F29.0°F29.5°F29.5°F30.0°F30.0°F30.5°F30.5°F31.0°F31.0°FFebAprMar 129°FMar 129°FMar 3129°FMar 3129°FMar 1129°FMar 1129°FMar 2129°FMar 2129°FNowNow
The daily average water temperature (purple line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

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 at Shishmaref Airport typically lasts for 3.3 months (102 days), from around June 16 to around September 26, rarely starting before June 1 or after July 1, and rarely ending before September 10 or after October 11.

The month of March at Shishmaref Airport is reliably fully outside of the growing season.

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in March at Shishmaref Airport

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in March at Shishmaref AirportMar11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%FebApr0%Mar 160%Mar 16NowNowfrigidfreezingvery cold
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The percentage of time spent in various temperature bands. The black line is the percentage chance that a given day is 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 at Shishmaref Airport are essentially constant during March, remaining around 0°F throughout.

Growing Degree Days in March at Shishmaref Airport

Growing Degree Days in March at Shishmaref AirportMar11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310.0°F0.0°F0.1°F0.1°F0.2°F0.2°F0.3°F0.3°F0.4°F0.4°F0.5°F0.5°F0.6°F0.6°F0.7°F0.7°F0.8°F0.8°F0.9°F0.9°F1.0°F1.0°FFebAprMar 10°FMar 10°FMar 310°FMar 310°FMar 110°FMar 110°FMar 210°FMar 210°F
The average growing degree days accumulated over the course of March, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

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 at Shishmaref Airport is rapidly increasing during March, rising by 1.7 kWh, from 1.1 kWh to 2.8 kWh, over the course of the month.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in March at Shishmaref Airport

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in March at Shishmaref AirportMar11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310.0 kWh0.0 kWh0.5 kWh0.5 kWh1.0 kWh1.0 kWh1.5 kWh1.5 kWh2.0 kWh2.0 kWh2.5 kWh2.5 kWh3.0 kWh3.0 kWh3.5 kWh3.5 kWh4.0 kWh4.0 kWh4.5 kWh4.5 kWh5.0 kWh5.0 kWh5.5 kWh5.5 kWh6.0 kWh6.0 kWhFebAprMar 11.1 kWhMar 11.1 kWhMar 312.8 kWhMar 312.8 kWhMar 111.6 kWhMar 111.6 kWhMar 212.2 kWhMar 212.2 kWhNowNow
The average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground per square meter (orange line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Shishmaref Airport are 66.253 deg latitude, -166.079 deg longitude, and 20 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Shishmaref Airport is essentially flat, with a maximum elevation change of 23 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 3 feet. Within 10 miles is essentially flat (157 feet). Within 50 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (2,854 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Shishmaref Airport is covered by water (95%), within 10 miles by water (85%), and within 50 miles by water (55%) and shrubs (24%).

This report illustrates the typical weather at Shishmaref Airport, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016.

Temperature and Dew Point

Shishmaref Airport has a weather station that reported reliably enough during the analysis period that we have included it in our network. When available, historical temperature and dew point measurements are taken directly from this weather station. These records are obtained from NOAA's Integrated Surface Hourly data set, falling back on ICAO METAR records as required.

In the case of missing or erroneous measurements from this station, we fall back on records from nearby stations, adjusted according to typical seasonal and diurnal intra-station differences. For a given day of the year and hour of the day, the fallback station is selected to minimize the prediction error over the years for which there are measurements for both stations.

The stations on which we may fall back are Teller Airport, Tin City LRRS Airport, Wales Airport, Kivalina Airport, Deering Airport, and Ralph Wien Memorial Airport.

Other Data

All data relating to the Sun's position (e.g., sunrise and sunset) are computed using astronomical formulas from the book, Astronomical Algorithms 2nd Edition , by Jean Meeus.

All other weather data, including cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and direction, and solar flux, come from NASA's MERRA-2 Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis . This reanalysis combines a variety of wide-area measurements in a state-of-the-art global meteorological model to reconstruct the hourly history of weather throughout the world on a 50-kilometer grid.

Land Use data comes from the Global Land Cover SHARE database , published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Elevation data comes from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) , published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Names, locations, and time zones of places and some airports come from the GeoNames Geographical Database .

Time zones for airports and weather stations are provided by AskGeo.com .

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