March Weather in Chupaca Peru

Daily high temperatures are around 67°F, rarely falling below 63°F or exceeding 71°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 67°F on March 2.

Daily low temperatures are around 47°F, rarely falling below 44°F or exceeding 50°F. The highest daily average low temperature is 47°F on March 10.

For reference, on October 28, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Chupaca typically range from 46°F to 69°F, while on July 15, the coldest day of the year, they range from 42°F to 66°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.

Vandenberg Air Force Base, United States (4,390 miles away); Molo, Kenya (7,642 miles); and Ooty, India (10,553 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Chupaca (view comparison).

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The month of March in Chupaca experiences gradually decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 90% to 84%.

The clearest day of the month is March 31, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 16% of the time.

For reference, on February 22, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 91%, while on July 22, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 56%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Chupaca, the chance of a wet day over the course of March is very rapidly decreasing, starting the month at 20% and ending it at 9%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 22% on February 16, and its lowest chance is 0% on July 23.

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 Chupaca is decreasing, starting the month at 1.1 inches, when it rarely exceeds 2.3 inches or falls below 0.2 inches, and ending the month at 0.5 inches, when it rarely exceeds 1.2 inches.

Over the course of March in Chupaca, the length of the day is gradually decreasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day decreases by 20 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 41 seconds, and weekly decrease of 4 minutes, 44 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is March 31, with 11 hours, 59 minutes of daylight and the longest day is March 1, with 12 hours, 19 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the month in Chupaca is 6:03 AM on March 1 and the latest sunrise is 1 minute, 55 seconds later at 6:05 AM on March 31.

The latest sunset is 6:22 PM on March 1 and the earliest sunset is 18 minutes earlier at 6:04 PM on March 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Chupaca during 2024.

For reference, on December 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:34 AM and sets 12 hours, 50 minutes later, at 6:24 PM, while on June 20, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:20 AM and sets 11 hours, 25 minutes later, at 5:45 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 Chupaca is essentially constant during March, remaining around 0% throughout.

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 Chupaca is essentially constant during March, remaining around 6.0 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on September 3, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.8 miles per hour, while on May 29, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.4 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction in Chupaca throughout March is predominantly from the north, with a peak proportion of 54% on March 1.

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 in Chupaca 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 in Chupaca are gradually increasing during March, increasing by 168°F, from 1,378°F to 1,546°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 Chupaca is essentially constant during March, remaining around 5.7 kWh throughout.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Chupaca are -12.067 deg latitude, -75.283 deg longitude, and 10,676 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Chupaca contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 456 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 10,682 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (4,705 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (16,142 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Chupaca is covered by shrubs (37%), cropland (30%), grassland (13%), and trees (12%), within 10 miles by shrubs (35%) and cropland (24%), and within 50 miles by shrubs (37%) and grassland (26%).