March Weather at Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base Thailand

Daily high temperatures increase by 2°F, from 94°F to 96°F, rarely falling below 86°F or exceeding 102°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 4°F, from 73°F to 77°F, rarely falling below 67°F or exceeding 80°F.

For reference, on April 12, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base typically range from 78°F to 96°F, while on January 1, the coldest day of the year, they range from 65°F to 85°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.

Chikwawa, Malawi (5,069 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base (view comparison).

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The month of March at Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base experiences very rapidly increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 46% to 67%.

The clearest day of the month is March 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 54% of the time.

For reference, on June 1, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 92%, while on February 7, 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 Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, the chance of a wet day over the course of March is very rapidly increasing, starting the month at 9% and ending it at 21%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 62% on September 17, and its lowest chance is 1% on December 18.

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 Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base is rapidly increasing, starting the month at 0.7 inches, when it rarely exceeds 1.4 inches, and ending the month at 1.7 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.7 inches or falls below 0.5 inches.

Over the course of March at Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, the length of the day is gradually increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 25 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 50 seconds, and weekly increase of 5 minutes, 51 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is March 1, with 11 hours, 51 minutes of daylight and the longest day is March 31, with 12 hours, 16 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month at Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base is 6:28 AM on March 1 and the earliest sunrise is 21 minutes earlier at 6:07 AM on March 31.

The earliest sunset is 6:19 PM on March 1 and the latest sunset is 4 minutes later at 6:23 PM on March 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed at Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:42 AM and sets 13 hours, 1 minute later, at 6:43 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:32 AM and sets 11 hours, 15 minutes later, at 5:47 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 Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base is very rapidly increasing during March, rising from 67% to 90% over the course of the month.

For reference, on June 30, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 100% of the time, while on January 2, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 27% 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 Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base is essentially constant during March, remaining within 0.1 miles per hour of 6.8 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on August 1, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.7 miles per hour, while on September 24, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.5 miles per hour.

The highest daily average wind speed during March is 7.0 miles per hour on March 13.

The hourly average wind direction at Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base throughout March is predominantly from the south, with a peak proportion of 48% on March 31.

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 Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base 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 Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base are very rapidly increasing during March, increasing by 945°F, from 1,636°F to 2,581°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 Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base is essentially constant during March, remaining within 0.1 kWh of 5.9 kWh throughout.

The highest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during March is 6.0 kWh on March 5.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base are 14.935 deg latitude, 102.079 deg longitude, and 709 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 210 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 708 feet. Within 10 miles also contains only modest variations in elevation (404 feet). Within 50 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (2,972 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base is covered by artificial surfaces (52%) and cropland (48%), within 10 miles by cropland (94%), and within 50 miles by cropland (83%) and trees (11%).