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March Weather at Mammoth Lakes Airport California, United States

Daily high temperatures increase by 7°F, from 47°F to 54°F, rarely falling below 35°F or exceeding 65°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 4°F, from 21°F to 25°F, rarely falling below 12°F or exceeding 33°F.

For reference, on July 18, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Mammoth Lakes Airport typically range from 45°F to 81°F, while on December 29, the coldest day of the year, they range from 14°F to 41°F.

Average High and Low Temperature in March at Mammoth Lakes Airport

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 Mammoth Lakes Airport

Average Hourly Temperature in March at Mammoth Lakes 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 AMFebAprNowNowfreezingfreezingvery coldcoldcool
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.

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The month of March at Mammoth Lakes Airport experiences gradually decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 47% to 41%. The highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 47% on March 1.

The clearest day of the month is March 31, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 59% of the time.

For reference, on March 1, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 47%, while on August 7, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 88%.

Cloud Cover Categories in March at Mammoth Lakes Airport

Cloud Cover Categories in March at Mammoth Lakes AirportMar11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%FebAprAug 788%Aug 788%Mar 153%Mar 153%Mar 3159%Mar 3159%Mar 1154%Mar 1154%Mar 2157%Mar 2157%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 Mammoth Lakes Airport, the chance of a wet day over the course of March is very rapidly decreasing, starting the month at 27% and ending it at 18%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 30% on February 21, and its lowest chance is 3% on July 1.

Over the course of March at Mammoth Lakes Airport, the chance of a day with only rain remains an essentially constant 5% throughout, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain decreases from 15% to 10%, and the chance of a day with only snow decreases from 7% to 2%.

Probability of Precipitation in March at Mammoth Lakes Airport

Probability of Precipitation in March at Mammoth Lakes AirportMar11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%30%30%FebAprMar 127%Mar 127%Mar 3118%Mar 3118%Mar 1125%Mar 1125%Mar 2121%Mar 2121%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).

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 at Mammoth Lakes Airport is gradually decreasing, starting the month at 1.5 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.4 inches or falls below 0.2 inches, and ending the month at 1.0 inches, when it rarely exceeds 2.2 inches or falls below 0.1 inches.

Average Monthly Rainfall in March at Mammoth Lakes Airport

The average rainfall (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 snowfall.

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 Mammoth Lakes Airport is very rapidly decreasing, starting the month at 15.8 inches, when it rarely exceeds 31.2 inches or falls below 1.6 inches, and ending the month at 6.7 inches, when it rarely exceeds 16.7 inches or falls below 0.1 inches.

Average Monthly Snowfall in March at Mammoth Lakes Airport

Average Monthly Snowfall in March at Mammoth Lakes AirportMar11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310 in0 in5 in5 in10 in10 in15 in15 in20 in20 in25 in25 in30 in30 in35 in35 in40 in40 in45 in45 inFebAprMar 115.8 inMar 115.8 inMar 316.7 inMar 316.7 inMar 1112.3 inMar 1112.3 inMar 219.4 inMar 219.4 inNowNow
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.

Over the course of March at Mammoth Lakes Airport, 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, 13 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 2 minutes, 25 seconds, and weekly increase of 16 minutes, 58 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is March 1, with 11 hours, 24 minutes of daylight and the longest day is March 31, with 12 hours, 37 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in March at Mammoth Lakes Airport

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in March at Mammoth Lakes AirportMar11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310 hr24 hr4 hr20 hr8 hr16 hr12 hr12 hr16 hr8 hr20 hr4 hr24 hr0 hrFebAprMar 1912 hr, 8 minMar 1912 hr, 8 minnightnightdaydayMar 111 hr, 24 minMar 111 hr, 24 min
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 earliest sunrise of the month at Mammoth Lakes Airport is 6:14 AM on March 9 and the latest sunrise is 59 minutes later at 7:12 AM on March 10.

The earliest sunset is 5:49 PM on March 1 and the latest sunset is 1 hour, 28 minutes later at 7:17 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.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:34 AM and sets 14 hours, 46 minutes later, at 8:20 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:06 AM and sets 9 hours, 34 minutes later, at 4:40 PM.

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

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight and Daylight Saving Time in March at Mammoth Lakes AirportMar11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031312 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AMFebApr6:14 AM6:14 AMMar 95:57 PMMar 95:57 PM6:41 AM6:41 AMMar 317:17 PMMar 317:17 PM6:56 AM6:56 AMMar 217:08 PMMar 217:08 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 Mammoth Lakes Airport

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in March at Mammoth Lakes 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 AMFebApr001010202020303040405050600001010202030303040405060NowNow
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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 Mammoth Lakes Airport

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in March at Mammoth Lakes AirportMar112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM4 AM4 AM8 AM8 AM12 PM12 PM4 PM4 PM8 PM8 PM12 AM12 AMFebAprFeb 93:00 PMFeb 93:00 PMFeb 244:31 AMFeb 244:31 AMMar 101:01 AMMar 101:01 AMMar 2512:01 AMMar 2512:01 AMApr 811:22 AMApr 811:22 AMApr 234:50 PMApr 234:50 PM7:03 AM7:03 AM5:22 PM5:22 PM5:06 PM5:06 PM6:55 AM6:55 AM7:33 AM7:33 AM7:44 PM7:44 PM6:54 PM6:54 PM7:05 AM7:05 AM6:26 AM6:26 AM7:46 PM7:46 PM7:44 PM7:44 PM6:19 AM6:19 AM
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
71%-9:13 AMWSW-4:06 AMS246,699 mi
2
61%12:03 AMESE9:46 AMWSW-4:54 AMS243,820 mi
3
50%1:09 AMSE10:27 AMSW-5:48 AMS240,410 mi
4
40%2:14 AMSE11:19 AMSW-6:46 AMS236,610 mi
5
29%3:14 AMSE12:22 PMSW-7:48 AMS232,651 mi
6
19%4:08 AMSE1:34 PMWSW-8:51 AMS228,847 mi
7
10%4:54 AMESE2:51 PMWSW-9:52 AMS225,562 mi
8
4%5:32 AMESE4:09 PMWSW-10:50 AMS223,153 mi
9
0%6:04 AMESE5:27 PMW-11:45 AMS221,902 mi
10
0%7:33 AME7:44 PMW-4:00 AMENE221,780 mi
11
4%8:01 AME8:59 PMW-2:27 PMS223,324 mi
12
10%8:29 AMENE10:14 PMWNW-3:18 PMS225,823 mi
13
18%9:00 AMENE11:29 PMWNW-4:10 PMS229,175 mi
14
28%9:34 AMENE--5:04 PMS233,029 mi
15
38%-12:42 AMWNW10:14 AMENE5:59 PMS237,032 mi
16
50%-1:51 AMNW11:01 AMNE6:56 PMS240,870 mi
17
60%-2:52 AMNW11:55 AMNE7:51 PMS244,304 mi
18
70%-3:45 AMNW12:54 PMNE8:44 PMS247,179 mi
19
78%-4:29 AMWNW1:56 PMENE9:34 PMS249,420 mi
20
86%-5:05 AMWNW2:58 PMENE10:20 PMS251,015 mi
21
92%-5:35 AMWNW3:59 PMENE11:03 PMS251,998 mi
22
96%-6:00 AMWNW4:58 PMENE11:44 PMS252,428 mi
23
98%-6:23 AMW5:56 PME--
24
99%-6:44 AMW6:54 PME12:22 AMS252,368 mi
25
100%-7:05 AMW7:52 PME1:01 AMS251,872 mi
26
99%-7:26 AMW8:51 PMESE1:40 AMS250,976 mi
27
96%-7:49 AMWSW9:52 PMESE2:21 AMS249,696 mi
28
91%-8:15 AMWSW10:55 PMESE3:04 AMS248,028 mi
29
85%-8:47 AMWSW-3:51 AMS245,960 mi
30
77%12:00 AMESE9:25 AMSW-4:42 AMS243,486 mi
31
67%1:05 AMSE10:12 AMSW-5:38 AMS240,626 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 Mammoth Lakes Airport is essentially constant during March, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on July 7, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time, while on January 1, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

Humidity Comfort Levels in March at Mammoth Lakes Airport

Humidity Comfort Levels in March at Mammoth Lakes 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 Mammoth Lakes Airport is essentially constant during March, remaining within 0.2 miles per hour of 7.7 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on April 9, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.0 miles per hour, while on August 2, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.7 miles per hour.

Average Wind Speed in March at Mammoth Lakes Airport

Average Wind Speed in March at Mammoth Lakes AirportMar11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310 mph0 mph2 mph2 mph4 mph4 mph6 mph6 mph8 mph8 mph10 mph10 mph12 mph12 mph14 mph14 mphFebAprMar 17.7 mphMar 17.7 mphMar 317.9 mphMar 317.9 mphMar 117.7 mphMar 117.7 mphMar 217.8 mphMar 217.8 mphNowNow
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 Mammoth Lakes Airport throughout March is predominantly from the west, with a peak proportion of 50% on March 26.

Wind Direction in March at Mammoth Lakes Airport

Wind Direction in March at Mammoth Lakes AirportMar11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%FebAprNowNowwestnorthsoutheast
northeastsouthwest
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).

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 Mammoth Lakes Airport typically lasts for 2.9 months (89 days), from around June 14 to around September 11, rarely starting before May 26 or after July 8, and rarely ending before August 21 or after October 1.

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

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

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in March at Mammoth Lakes 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 16frigidfreezingvery coldcoldcoolcomfortable
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 Mammoth Lakes Airport are essentially constant during March, remaining within 12°F of 21°F throughout.

Growing Degree Days in March at Mammoth Lakes Airport

Growing Degree Days in March at Mammoth Lakes AirportMar112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313110°F10°F20°F20°F30°F30°F40°F40°F50°F50°F60°F60°F70°F70°FFebAprMar 19°FMar 19°FMar 3133°FMar 3133°FMar 1114°FMar 1114°FMar 2121°FMar 2121°FNowNow
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 Mammoth Lakes Airport is rapidly increasing during March, rising by 1.5 kWh, from 4.9 kWh to 6.4 kWh, over the course of the month.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in March at Mammoth Lakes Airport

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in March at Mammoth Lakes AirportMar11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310 kWh0 kWh1 kWh1 kWh2 kWh2 kWh3 kWh3 kWh4 kWh4 kWh5 kWh5 kWh6 kWh6 kWh7 kWh7 kWh8 kWh8 kWh9 kWh9 kWhFebAprMar 14.9 kWhMar 14.9 kWhMar 316.4 kWhMar 316.4 kWhMar 115.4 kWhMar 115.4 kWhMar 215.9 kWhMar 215.9 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 Mammoth Lakes Airport are 37.624 deg latitude, -118.840 deg longitude, and 7,106 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Mammoth Lakes Airport contains very significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 1,404 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 7,243 feet. Within 10 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (6,473 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (13,235 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Mammoth Lakes Airport is covered by shrubs (100%), within 10 miles by shrubs (65%) and trees (17%), and within 50 miles by shrubs (61%) and trees (26%).

This report illustrates the typical weather at Mammoth Lakes 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

Mammoth Lakes 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 include but are not limited to Bishop Airport, Bridgeport Sonora Junction, Fresno Air Terminal Airport, Visalia Municipal Airport, Hanford Municipal Airport, Porterville Municipal Airport, Merced Municipal Airport, and Lemoore Naval Air Station (Reeves Field).

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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