March Weather in Mexicali Mexico

Daily high temperatures increase by 6°F, from 77°F to 84°F, rarely falling below 68°F or exceeding 93°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 4°F, from 51°F to 55°F, rarely falling below 44°F or exceeding 62°F.

For reference, on July 20, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Mexicali typically range from 80°F to 107°F, while on December 26, the coldest day of the year, they range from 43°F to 68°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.

Tindouf, Algeria (6,112 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Mexicali (view comparison).

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The month of March in Mexicali experiences decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 32% to 23%.

The clearest day of the month is March 26, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 77% of the time.

For reference, on February 20, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 34%, while on September 17, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 90%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Mexicali, the chance of a wet day over the course of March is decreasing, starting the month at 10% and ending it at 5%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 11% on February 18, and its lowest chance is 1% on June 25.

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 in Mexicali is gradually decreasing, starting the month at 0.7 inches, when it rarely exceeds 1.6 inches, and ending the month at 0.3 inches, when it rarely exceeds 0.7 inches or falls below -0.0 inches.

Over the course of March in Mexicali, 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, 0 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 2 minutes, 1 second, and weekly increase of 14 minutes, 5 seconds.

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

The earliest sunrise of the month in Mexicali is 5:58 AM on March 9 and the latest sunrise is 59 minutes later at 6:57 AM on March 10.

The earliest sunset is 5:39 PM on March 1 and the latest sunset is 1 hour, 22 minutes later at 7:01 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, 18 minutes later, at 7:52 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:40 AM and sets 10 hours, 0 minutes later, at 4:40 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 in Mexicali is essentially constant during March, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on August 11, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 42% of the time, while on January 1, 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 in Mexicali is gradually increasing during March, increasing from 7.1 miles per hour to 8.1 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on May 3, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.7 miles per hour, while on January 11, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.2 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction in Mexicali throughout March is predominantly from the west, with a peak proportion of 61% on March 30.

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).

While it does not do so every year, freezing temperatures are seen in Mexicali over some winters. The day least likely to be in the growing season is January 16, with a 78% chance.

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 in Mexicali are rapidly increasing during March, increasing by 472°F, from 558°F to 1,030°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 in Mexicali is rapidly increasing during March, rising by 1.5 kWh, from 5.3 kWh to 6.9 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Mexicali are 32.628 deg latitude, -115.454 deg longitude, and 13 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Mexicali is essentially flat, with a maximum elevation change of 69 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 9 feet. Within 10 miles is essentially flat (397 feet). Within 50 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (6,302 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Mexicali is covered by artificial surfaces (100%), within 10 miles by cropland (47%) and shrubs (32%), and within 50 miles by shrubs (48%) and cropland (23%).