March Weather at Buffalo Narrows, Sask. Canada

Daily high temperatures increase by 16°F, from 23°F to 39°F, rarely falling below 4°F or exceeding 52°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 16°F, from 3°F to 19°F, rarely falling below -21°F or exceeding 33°F.

For reference, on July 25, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Buffalo Narrows, Sask. typically range from 56°F to 74°F, while on January 14, the coldest day of the year, they range from -7°F to 10°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.

Novosibirsk, Russia (4,755 miles away) and Krasnoyarsk, Russia (4,622 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Buffalo Narrows, Sask. (view comparison).

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The month of March at Buffalo Narrows, Sask. experiences rapidly decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 79% to 65%.

The clearest day of the month is March 31, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 35% of the time.

For reference, on February 27, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 80%, while on August 5, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 59%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At Buffalo Narrows, Sask., the chance of a wet day over the course of March is gradually increasing, starting the month at 9% and ending it at 12%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 32% on July 3, and its lowest chance is 7% on February 19.

Over the course of March at Buffalo Narrows, Sask., the chance of a day with only rain increases from 1% to 5%, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain increases from 1% to 3%, and the chance of a day with only snow decreases from 7% to 4%.

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 Buffalo Narrows, Sask. is gradually increasing, starting the month at 0.1 inches, when it rarely exceeds 0.2 inches or falls below -0.0 inches, and ending the month at 0.3 inches, when it rarely exceeds 0.9 inches.

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 Buffalo Narrows, Sask. is essentially constant, remaining about 2.8 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 6.1 inches or falling below 0.2 inches.

The highest average 31-day accumulation is 2.9 inches on March 11.

Over the course of March at Buffalo Narrows, Sask., 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 2 hours, 19 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 4 minutes, 39 seconds, and weekly increase of 32 minutes, 32 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is March 1, with 10 hours, 47 minutes of daylight and the longest day is March 31, with 13 hours, 6 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month at Buffalo Narrows, Sask. is 8:03 AM on March 1 and the earliest sunrise is 1 hour, 18 minutes earlier at 6:45 AM on March 31.

The earliest sunset is 6:49 PM on March 1 and the latest sunset is 1 hour, 2 minutes later at 7:51 PM on March 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed at Buffalo Narrows, Sask. during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 4:28 AM and sets 17 hours, 35 minutes later, at 10:02 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 9:42 AM and sets 6 hours, 59 minutes later, at 4:41 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 at Buffalo Narrows, Sask. is essentially constant during March, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on July 25, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 1% of the time, while on September 16, 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 at Buffalo Narrows, Sask. is gradually increasing during March, increasing from 5.3 miles per hour to 6.2 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on April 21, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.6 miles per hour, while on January 9, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 4.9 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction at Buffalo Narrows, Sask. throughout March is predominantly from the north, with a peak proportion of 28% on March 10.

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 Buffalo Narrows, Sask. typically lasts for 4.3 months (132 days), from around May 15 to around September 25, rarely starting before May 1 or after May 31, and rarely ending before September 8 or after October 13.

The month of March at Buffalo Narrows, Sask. is reliably fully outside of 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 Buffalo Narrows, Sask. are essentially constant during March, remaining within 1°F of 1°F throughout.

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 Buffalo Narrows, Sask. is rapidly increasing during March, rising by 1.6 kWh, from 2.1 kWh to 3.7 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Buffalo Narrows, Sask. are 55.833 deg latitude, -108.433 deg longitude, and 1,401 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Buffalo Narrows, Sask. is essentially flat, with a maximum elevation change of 66 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 1,391 feet. Within 10 miles is essentially flat (171 feet). Within 50 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (912 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Buffalo Narrows, Sask. is covered by water (52%), trees (24%), and herbaceous vegetation (15%), within 10 miles by water (49%) and trees (41%), and within 50 miles by trees (61%) and water (16%).