March Weather at Narok Kenya

Daily high temperatures decrease by 3°F, from 80°F to 77°F, rarely falling below 73°F or exceeding 84°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 80°F on March 4.

Daily low temperatures increase by 3°F, from 52°F to 55°F, rarely falling below 47°F or exceeding 58°F.

For reference, on March 2, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Narok typically range from 52°F to 80°F, while on July 13, the coldest day of the year, they range from 50°F to 71°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.

Volcano, United States (10,979 miles away); Chacoma, Mexico (8,771 miles); and Los Planes, Honduras (8,510 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Narok (view comparison).

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The month of March at Narok experiences gradually increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 73% to 78%. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 73% on March 1.

The clearest day of the month is March 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 28% of the time.

For reference, on April 17, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 79%, while on September 1, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 52%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At Narok, the chance of a wet day over the course of March is very rapidly increasing, starting the month at 25% and ending it at 47%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 59% on April 24, and its lowest chance is 9% on July 2.

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 Narok is very rapidly increasing, starting the month at 2.5 inches, when it rarely exceeds 5.7 inches or falls below 0.3 inches, and ending the month at 5.1 inches, when it rarely exceeds 9.3 inches or falls below 1.4 inches.

Over the course of March at Narok, the length of the day is essentially constant. The shortest day of the month is March 31, with 12 hours, 6 minutes of daylight and the longest day is March 1, with 12 hours, 8 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month at Narok is 6:45 AM on March 1 and the earliest sunrise is 7 minutes earlier at 6:37 AM on March 31.

The latest sunset is 6:52 PM on March 1 and the earliest sunset is 9 minutes earlier at 6:43 PM on March 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed at Narok during 2024.

For reference, on December 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:29 AM and sets 12 hours, 11 minutes later, at 6:40 PM, while on June 20, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:36 AM and sets 12 hours, 3 minutes later, at 6:40 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 Narok is essentially constant during March, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on January 18, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time, while on June 19, 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 Narok is essentially constant during March, remaining within 0.3 miles per hour of 8.4 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on October 20, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 10.1 miles per hour, while on January 30, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.2 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction at Narok throughout March is predominantly from the east, with a peak proportion of 91% on March 19.

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 at Narok 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 at Narok are rapidly increasing during March, increasing by 477°F, from 3,375°F to 3,852°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 at Narok is gradually decreasing during March, falling by 0.6 kWh, from 7.4 kWh to 6.8 kWh, over the course of the month.

The highest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during March is 7.4 kWh on March 5.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Narok are -1.133 deg latitude, 35.833 deg longitude, and 6,155 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Narok contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 318 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 6,141 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (1,526 feet). Within 50 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (8,018 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Narok is covered by shrubs (62%) and trees (27%), within 10 miles by shrubs (42%) and trees (22%), and within 50 miles by trees (28%) and shrubs (27%).