March Weather at Bora-Bora Airport French PolynesiaDaily high temperatures are around 87°F, rarely falling below 85°F or exceeding 89°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 87°F on March 26. Daily low temperatures are around 79°F, rarely falling below 76°F or exceeding 81°F. The highest daily average low temperature is 79°F on March 26. For reference, on March 23, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Bora-Bora Airport typically range from 79°F to 87°F, while on August 16, the coldest day of the year, they range from 76°F to 83°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. Laborie, St. Lucia (6,542 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Bora-Bora Airport (view comparison). CloudsThe month of March at Bora-Bora Airport experiences gradually decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 73% to 66%. The clearest day of the month is March 31, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 34% of the time. For reference, on January 5, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 82%, while on August 24, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 74%. PrecipitationA wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At Bora-Bora Airport, the chance of a wet day over the course of March is very rapidly decreasing, starting the month at 40% and ending it at 29%. For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 51% on December 17, and its lowest chance is 8% on July 14. RainfallTo 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 Bora-Bora Airport is rapidly decreasing, starting the month at 5.2 inches, when it rarely exceeds 10.8 inches or falls below 0.8 inches, and ending the month at 3.8 inches, when it rarely exceeds 8.6 inches or falls below 0.5 inches. SunOver the course of March at Bora-Bora Airport, the length of the day is gradually decreasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day decreases by 28 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 56 seconds, and weekly decrease of 6 minutes, 31 seconds. The shortest day of the month is March 31, with 11 hours, 56 minutes of daylight and the longest day is March 1, with 12 hours, 24 minutes of daylight. The earliest sunrise of the month at Bora-Bora Airport is 6:07 AM on March 1 and the latest sunrise is 6 minutes later at 6:12 AM on March 31. The latest sunset is 6:30 PM on March 1 and the earliest sunset is 22 minutes earlier at 6:08 PM on March 31. Daylight saving time is not observed at Bora-Bora Airport during 2024. For reference, on December 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:32 AM and sets 13 hours, 7 minutes later, at 6:38 PM, while on June 20, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:34 AM and sets 11 hours, 9 minutes later, at 5:43 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. MoonThe 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.
HumidityWe 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 Bora-Bora Airport is essentially constant during March, remaining around 100% throughout. For reference, on January 1, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 100% of the time, while on August 2, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 96% of the time. WindThis 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 Bora-Bora Airport is gradually decreasing during March, decreasing from 11.2 miles per hour to 10.5 miles per hour over the course of the month. For reference, on July 29, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 13.4 miles per hour, while on April 21, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 10.5 miles per hour. The hourly average wind direction at Bora-Bora Airport throughout March is predominantly from the east, with a peak proportion of 71% on March 27. Water TemperatureBora-Bora 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 Bora-Bora Airport is essentially constant during March, remaining around 84°F throughout. The highest average surface water temperature during March is 84°F on March 24. Growing SeasonDefinitions 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 Bora-Bora Airport 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 Bora-Bora Airport are very rapidly increasing during March, increasing by 965°F, from 7,459°F to 8,424°F, over the course of the month. Solar EnergyThis 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 Bora-Bora Airport is essentially constant during March, remaining within 0.1 kWh of 5.3 kWh throughout. Data SourcesThis report illustrates the typical weather at Bora-Bora 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 PointBora-Bora 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. There are no other weather stations in our network within 200 kilometers of this location. Consequently, in the case of missing or erroneous measurements from this station, we fall back on NASA's MERRA-2 modern-era reanalysis , adjusted according to typical seasonal and diurnal differences between this station and the wide-area MERRA-2 reconstructed values.Other DataAll 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. 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