March Weather in Norman Wells CanadaDaily high temperatures increase by 18°F, from 4°F to 22°F, rarely falling below -14°F or exceeding 38°F. Daily low temperatures increase by 14°F, from -14°F to -0°F, rarely falling below -33°F or exceeding 16°F. For reference, on July 9, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Norman Wells typically range from 54°F to 74°F, while on January 19, the coldest day of the year, they range from -19°F to -6°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. Alekseyevskaya, Russia (3,462 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Norman Wells (view comparison). CloudsThe month of March in Norman Wells experiences gradually increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 60% to 64%. The highest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 64% on March 28. The clearest day of the month is March 6, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 40% of the time. For reference, on March 28, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 64%, while on June 24, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 48%. PrecipitationA wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Norman Wells, the chance of a wet day over the course of March is essentially constant, remaining around 3% throughout. For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 27% on July 29, and its lowest chance is 2% on March 6. SnowfallAs with rainfall, we consider the snowfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day. The average sliding 31-day snowfall during March in Norman Wells is gradually increasing, starting the month at 1.3 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.5 inches, and ending the month at 2.1 inches, when it rarely exceeds 5.3 inches. The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 1.2 inches on March 7. SunOver the course of March in Norman Wells, the length of the day is very rapidly increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 3 hours, 27 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 6 minutes, 53 seconds, and weekly increase of 48 minutes, 12 seconds. The shortest day of the month is March 1, with 10 hours, 10 minutes of daylight and the longest day is March 31, with 13 hours, 37 minutes of daylight. The latest sunrise of the month in Norman Wells is 9:02 AM on March 10 and the earliest sunrise is 1 hour, 18 minutes earlier at 7:43 AM on March 31. The earliest sunset is 6:45 PM on March 1 and the latest sunset is 2 hours, 35 minutes later at 9:20 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 3:15 AM and sets 22 hours, 28 minutes later, at 1:43 AM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 11:44 AM and sets 3 hours, 23 minutes later, at 3:07 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 in Norman Wells is essentially constant during March, remaining around 0% throughout. 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 in Norman Wells is essentially constant during March, remaining within 0.2 miles per hour of 8.2 miles per hour throughout. For reference, on January 6, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.8 miles per hour, while on July 20, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.3 miles per hour. The wind direction in Norman Wells during March is predominantly out of the west from March 1 to March 19 and the east from March 19 to March 31. 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). The growing season in Norman Wells typically lasts for 3.7 months (113 days), from around May 19 to around September 9, rarely starting before May 3 or after June 4, and rarely ending before August 23 or after September 27. The month of March in Norman Wells is reliably fully outside of 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 Norman Wells are essentially constant during March, remaining around 0°F throughout. 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 in Norman Wells is rapidly increasing during March, rising by 1.7 kWh, from 1.4 kWh to 3.1 kWh, over the course of the month. TopographyFor the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Norman Wells are 65.282 deg latitude, -126.833 deg longitude, and 200 ft elevation. The topography within 2 miles of Norman Wells contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 194 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 222 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (3,058 feet). Within 50 miles contains large variations in elevation (6,591 feet). The area within 2 miles of Norman Wells is covered by trees (40%), water (30%), and sparse vegetation (18%), within 10 miles by trees (60%) and water (14%), and within 50 miles by trees (51%) and shrubs (17%). Data SourcesThis report illustrates the typical weather in Norman Wells, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016. Temperature and Dew PointThere is only a single weather station, Norman Wells Airport, in our network suitable to be used as a proxy for the historical temperature and dew point records of Norman Wells. At a distance of 2 kilometer from Norman Wells, 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 Norman Wells 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 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. 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