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March Weather in Santa María Argentina

Daily high temperatures decrease by 3°F, from 73°F to 70°F, rarely falling below 63°F or exceeding 81°F.

Daily low temperatures decrease by 4°F, from 56°F to 52°F, rarely falling below 46°F or exceeding 61°F.

For reference, on December 27, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Santa María typically range from 57°F to 75°F, while on July 19, the coldest day of the year, they range from 38°F to 59°F.

Average High and Low Temperature in March in Santa María

The daily average high (red line) and low (blue line) temperature, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted lines are the corresponding average perceived temperatures.

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.

Average Hourly Temperature in March in Santa María

Average Hourly Temperature in March in Santa MaríaMar112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMFebAprNowNowcoldcoldcoolcomfortable
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The average hourly temperature, color coded into bands. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

Kokstad, South Africa (5,609 miles away) and Dorrigo, Australia (7,746 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Santa María (view comparison).

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The month of March in Santa María experiences decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 29% to 20%.

The clearest day of the month is March 31, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 80% of the time.

For reference, on January 10, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 41%, while on September 10, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 84%.

Cloud Cover Categories in March in Santa María

Cloud Cover Categories in March in Santa MaríaMar11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%FebAprMar 171%Mar 171%Mar 3180%Mar 3180%Mar 1175%Mar 1175%Mar 2177%Mar 2177%NowNowclearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercast
0% clear 20% mostly clear 40% partly cloudy 60% mostly cloudy 80% overcast 100%
The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Santa María, the chance of a wet day over the course of March is very rapidly decreasing, starting the month at 43% and ending it at 33%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 49% on January 10, and its lowest chance is 4% on August 5.

Probability of Precipitation in March in Santa María

Probability of Precipitation in March in Santa MaríaMar11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%30%30%35%35%40%40%45%45%50%50%FebAprMar 143%Mar 143%Mar 3133%Mar 3133%Mar 1140%Mar 1140%Mar 2137%Mar 2137%NowNowrain
The percentage of days in which various types of precipitation are observed, excluding trace quantities: rain alone, snow alone, and mixed (both rain and snow fell in the same day).

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 Santa María is very rapidly decreasing, starting the month at 5.3 inches, when it rarely exceeds 8.3 inches or falls below 2.5 inches, and ending the month at 3.1 inches, when it rarely exceeds 5.9 inches or falls below 1.1 inches.

Average Monthly Rainfall in March in Santa María

The average rainfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average snowfall.

Over the course of March in Santa María, the length of the day is decreasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day decreases by 48 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 1 minute, 35 seconds, and weekly decrease of 11 minutes, 6 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is March 31, with 11 hours, 49 minutes of daylight and the longest day is March 1, with 12 hours, 37 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in March in Santa María

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in March in Santa MaríaMar11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310 hr24 hr4 hr20 hr8 hr16 hr12 hr12 hr16 hr8 hr20 hr4 hr24 hr0 hrFebAprMar 2012 hr, 8 minMar 2012 hr, 8 mindaydaydaydaynightMar 112 hr, 37 minMar 112 hr, 37 minNowNow
The number of hours during which the Sun is visible (black line). From bottom (most yellow) to top (most gray), the color bands indicate: full daylight, twilight (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and full night.

The earliest sunrise of the month in Santa María is 7:17 AM on March 1 and the latest sunrise is 16 minutes later at 7:33 AM on March 31.

The latest sunset is 7:54 PM on March 1 and the earliest sunset is 32 minutes earlier at 7:22 PM on March 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Santa María during 2024.

For reference, on December 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:27 AM and sets 13 hours, 49 minutes later, at 8:17 PM, while on June 20, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 8:12 AM and sets 10 hours, 28 minutes later, at 6:39 PM.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in March in Santa María

The solar day over the course of March. From bottom to top, the black lines are the previous solar midnight, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the next solar midnight. The day, twilights (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and night are indicated by the color bands from yellow to gray.

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.

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in March in Santa María

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in March in Santa MaríaMar112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMFebApr001010202020303040405050607000010102020303030404050506060NowNow
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Solar elevation and azimuth over the course of March 2024. The black lines are lines of constant solar elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon, in degrees). The background color fills indicate the azimuth (the compass bearing) of the sun. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries of the cardinal compass points indicate the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

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.

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in March in Santa María

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in March in Santa MaríaMar112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM12 AM4 AM4 AM8 AM8 AM12 PM12 PM4 PM4 PM8 PM8 PM12 AM12 AMFebAprFeb 98:00 PMFeb 98:00 PMFeb 249:31 AMFeb 249:31 AMMar 106:01 AMMar 106:01 AMMar 254:01 AMMar 254:01 AMApr 83:22 PMApr 83:22 PMApr 238:50 PMApr 238:50 PM6:26 AM6:26 AM8:23 PM8:23 PM7:51 PM7:51 PM7:11 AM7:11 AM7:29 AM7:29 AM8:10 PM8:10 PM7:19 PM7:19 PM7:41 AM7:41 AM7:19 AM7:19 AM7:15 PM7:15 PM6:47 PM6:47 PM8:15 AM8:15 AM
The time in which the moon is above the horizon (light blue area), with new moons (dark gray lines) and full moons (blue lines) indicated. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.
Mar 2024IlluminationMoonriseMoonsetMoonriseMeridian PassingDistance
1
72%-12:26 PMWSW11:18 PMESE5:32 AMN247,065 mi
2
63%-1:25 PMWSW-6:19 AMN244,271 mi
3
50%12:00 AMESE2:26 PMWSW-7:11 AMN240,934 mi
4
41%12:49 AMESE3:28 PMWSW-8:07 AMS237,182 mi
5
30%1:46 AMESE4:27 PMWSW-9:07 AMS233,232 mi
6
20%2:50 AMESE5:22 PMWSW-10:08 AMN229,387 mi
7
11%3:59 AMESE6:11 PMWSW-11:08 AMN226,005 mi
8
5%5:10 AMESE6:54 PMWSW-12:06 PMN223,446 mi
9
1%6:21 AMESE7:34 PMW-1:00 PMN222,009 mi
10
0%7:29 AME8:10 PMW-1:52 PMN221,867 mi
11
3%8:37 AME8:46 PMW-2:42 PMN223,040 mi
12
8%9:44 AME9:23 PMWNW-3:34 PMN225,385 mi
13
16%10:50 AMENE10:02 PMWNW-4:26 PMN228,631 mi
14
26%11:57 AMENE10:45 PMWNW-5:21 PMN232,437 mi
15
37%1:03 PMENE11:32 PMWNW-6:17 PMN236,442 mi
16
48%2:06 PMENE--7:15 PMN240,325 mi
17
50%-12:25 AMWNW3:04 PMENE8:12 PMN243,834 mi
18
68%-1:21 AMWNW3:56 PMENE9:07 PMN246,799 mi
19
77%-2:18 AMWNW4:41 PMENE9:59 PMN249,135 mi
20
85%-3:16 AMWNW5:20 PMENE10:46 PMN250,823 mi
21
91%-4:12 AMWNW5:54 PMENE11:30 PMN251,892 mi
22
94%-5:06 AMWNW6:24 PMENE--
23
96%-5:59 AMW6:52 PME12:11 AMN252,398 mi
24
99%-6:50 AMW7:19 PME12:50 AMN252,405 mi
25
100%-7:41 AMW7:46 PME1:29 AMN251,968 mi
26
99%-8:33 AMW8:14 PMESE2:08 AMN251,128 mi
27
97%-9:26 AMWSW8:45 PMESE2:48 AMN249,903 mi
28
92%-10:21 AMWSW9:19 PMESE3:30 AMN248,292 mi
29
86%-11:19 AMWSW9:58 PMESE4:16 AMN246,283 mi
30
78%-12:19 PMWSW10:44 PMESE5:06 AMN243,869 mi
31
68%-1:19 PMWSW11:37 PMESE6:00 AMS241,065 mi

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 Santa María is essentially constant during March, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on January 22, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 1% of the time, while on April 22, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

Humidity Comfort Levels in March in Santa María

Humidity Comfort Levels in March in Santa MaríaMar11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%FebAprMar 11%Mar 11%Mar 310%Mar 310%Mar 110%Mar 110%Mar 210%Mar 210%humidhumidcomfortablecomfortabledrydry
dry 55°F comfortable 60°F humid 65°F muggy 70°F oppressive 75°F miserable
The percentage of time spent at various humidity comfort levels, categorized by dew point.

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 Santa María is gradually decreasing during March, decreasing from 6.2 miles per hour to 5.6 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on November 20, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.8 miles per hour, while on May 23, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 4.9 miles per hour.

Average Wind Speed in March in Santa María

The average of mean hourly wind speeds (dark gray line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

The hourly average wind direction in Santa María throughout March is predominantly from the east, with a peak proportion of 58% on March 1.

Wind Direction in March in Santa María

Wind Direction in March in Santa MaríaMar11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%FebAprNowNowwesteastnorthsouth
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The percentage of hours in which the mean wind direction is from each of the four cardinal wind directions, excluding hours in which the mean wind speed is less than 1.0 mph. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries are the percentage of hours spent in the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

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).

The growing season in Santa María typically lasts for 9.4 months (285 days), from around September 2 to around June 14, rarely starting before July 19 or after September 27, and rarely ending before May 17 or after July 11.

The month of March in Santa María is reliably fully within the growing season.

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in March in Santa María

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in March in Santa Maríagrowing seasongrowing seasongrowing seasonMar11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%FebApr100%Mar 16100%Mar 16NowNowcoldcoolcomfortablewarmvery cold
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The percentage of time spent in various temperature bands. The black line is the percentage chance that a given day is within the growing season.

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 Santa María are increasing during March, increasing by 367°F, from 2,369°F to 2,736°F, over the course of the month.

Growing Degree Days in March in Santa María

Growing Degree Days in March in Santa MaríaMar11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031312,200°F2,200°F2,300°F2,300°F2,400°F2,400°F2,500°F2,500°F2,600°F2,600°F2,700°F2,700°F2,800°F2,800°F2,900°F2,900°F3,000°F3,000°FFebAprMar 12,369°FMar 12,369°FMar 312,736°FMar 312,736°FMar 112,502°FMar 112,502°FMar 212,626°FMar 212,626°FNowNow
The average growing degree days accumulated over the course of March, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

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 Santa María is gradually decreasing during March, falling by 0.6 kWh, from 6.9 kWh to 6.3 kWh, over the course of the month.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in March in Santa María

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in March in Santa MaríaMar11223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310 kWh0 kWh1 kWh1 kWh2 kWh2 kWh3 kWh3 kWh4 kWh4 kWh5 kWh5 kWh6 kWh6 kWh7 kWh7 kWh8 kWh8 kWh9 kWh9 kWhFebAprMar 16.9 kWhMar 16.9 kWhMar 316.3 kWhMar 316.3 kWhMar 116.7 kWhMar 116.7 kWhMar 216.5 kWhMar 216.5 kWhNowNow
The average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground per square meter (orange line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Santa María are -26.695 deg latitude, -66.047 deg longitude, and 6,184 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Santa María contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 361 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 6,222 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (5,817 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (17,037 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Santa María is covered by bare soil (53%), trees (16%), and grassland (15%), within 10 miles by sparse vegetation (39%) and grassland (22%), and within 50 miles by trees (27%) and bare soil (22%).

This report illustrates the typical weather in Santa María, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016.

Temperature and Dew Point

There is only a single weather station, Teniente General Benjamín Matienzo International Airport, in our network suitable to be used as a proxy for the historical temperature and dew point records of Santa María.

At a distance of 95 kilometers from Santa María, closer than our threshold of 150 kilometers, this station is deemed sufficiently nearby to be relied upon as our primary source for temperature and dew point records.

The station records are corrected for the elevation difference between the station and Santa María according to the International Standard Atmosphere , and by the relative change present in the MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis between the two locations.

Please note that the station records themselves may additionally have been back-filled using other nearby stations or the MERRA-2 reanalysis.

Other Data

All 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.

Elevation data comes from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) , published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Names, locations, and time zones of places and some airports come from the GeoNames Geographical Database .

Time zones for airports and weather stations are provided by AskGeo.com .

Maps are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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