March Weather in Tionk Essil SenegalDaily high temperatures are around 92°F, rarely falling below 85°F or exceeding 98°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 92°F on March 9. Daily low temperatures are around 68°F, rarely falling below 64°F or exceeding 72°F. For reference, on March 8, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Tionk Essil typically range from 68°F to 92°F, while on January 11, the coldest day of the year, they range from 65°F to 89°F. Average High and Low Temperature in March in Tionk Essil
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 Tionk Essil
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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.
Antsohimbondrona, Madagascar (4,826 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Tionk Essil (view comparison). CloudsThe month of March in Tionk Essil experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 38% throughout the month. The clearest day of the month is March 19, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 63% of the time. For reference, on September 9, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 83%, while on April 9, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 63%. Cloud Cover Categories in March in Tionk Essil
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clear
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partly cloudy
60%
mostly cloudy
80%
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100%
The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds.
Compare Tionk Essil to:PrecipitationSunOver the course of March in Tionk Essil, the length of the day is gradually increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 21 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 43 seconds, and weekly increase of 4 minutes, 59 seconds. The shortest day of the month is March 1, with 11 hours, 53 minutes of daylight and the longest day is March 31, with 12 hours, 15 minutes of daylight. Hours of Daylight and Twilight in March in Tionk Essil
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 latest sunrise of the month in Tionk Essil is 7:21 AM on March 1 and the earliest sunrise is 19 minutes earlier at 7:03 AM on March 31. The earliest sunset is 7:15 PM on March 1 and the latest sunset is 2 minutes, 30 seconds later at 7:17 PM on March 31. Daylight saving time is not observed in Tionk Essil during 2026. For reference, on June 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:41 AM and sets 12 hours, 53 minutes later, at 7:34 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:22 AM and sets 11 hours, 23 minutes later, at 6:45 PM. Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight in March in Tionk Essil
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 Tionk Essil
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Solar elevation and azimuth over the course of March 2026. 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).
MoonThe figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for March 2026. 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 Tionk Essil
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.
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 Tionk Essil is rapidly increasing during March, rising from 13% to 32% over the course of the month. For reference, on July 21, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 100% of the time, while on January 12, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 7% 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 in Tionk Essil is essentially constant during March, remaining around 6.6 miles per hour throughout. For reference, on April 24, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.8 miles per hour, while on October 15, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 4.0 miles per hour. The hourly average wind direction in Tionk Essil throughout March is predominantly from the north, with a peak proportion of 68% on March 1. Wind Direction in March in Tionk Essil
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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).
Water TemperatureTionk Essil 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 in Tionk Essil is essentially constant during March, remaining around 71°F throughout. The lowest average surface water temperature during March is 71°F on March 4. 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 in Tionk Essil 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. Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in March in Tionk Essil
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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 Tionk Essil are rapidly increasing during March, increasing by 792°F, from 1,503°F to 2,295°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 in Tionk Essil is gradually increasing during March, rising by 0.5 kWh, from 6.4 kWh to 7.0 kWh, over the course of the month. TopographyFor the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Tionk Essil are 12.786 deg latitude, -16.522 deg longitude, and 59 ft elevation. The topography within 2 miles of Tionk Essil contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 121 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 31 feet. Within 10 miles also contains only modest variations in elevation (171 feet). Within 50 miles also contains only modest variations in elevation (226 feet). The area within 2 miles of Tionk Essil is covered by cropland (48%), bare soil (20%), artificial surfaces (16%), and mangroves (12%), within 10 miles by bare soil (25%) and mangroves (21%), and within 50 miles by water (43%) and trees (18%). Data SourcesThis report illustrates the typical weather in Tionk Essil, 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 are 3 weather stations near enough to contribute to our estimation of the temperature and dew point in Tionk Essil. For each station, the records are corrected for the elevation difference between that station and Tionk Essil according to the International Standard Atmosphere , and by the relative change present in the MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis between the two locations. The estimated value at Tionk Essil is computed as the weighted average of the individual contributions from each station, with weights proportional to the inverse of the distance between Tionk Essil and a given station. The stations contributing to this reconstruction are:
 To get a sense of how much these sources agree with each other, you can view a comparison of Tionk Essil and the stations that contribute to our estimates of its temperature history and climate. Please note that each source's contribution is adjusted for elevation and the relative change present in the MERRA-2 data. 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. 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. DisclaimerThe information on this site is provided as is, without any assurances as to its accuracy or suitability for any purpose. Weather data is prone to errors, outages, and other defects. We assume no responsibility for any decisions made on the basis of the content presented on this site. We draw particular cautious attention to our reliance on the MERRA-2 model-based reconstructions for a number of important data series. While having the tremendous advantages of temporal and spatial completeness, these reconstructions: (1) are based on computer models that may have model-based errors, (2) are coarsely sampled on a 50 km grid and are therefore unable to reconstruct the local variations of many microclimates, and (3) have particular difficulty with the weather in some coastal areas, especially small islands. We further caution that our travel scores are only as good as the data that underpin them, that weather conditions at any given location and time are unpredictable and variable, and that the definition of the scores reflects a particular set of preferences that may not agree with those of any particular reader. Please review our full terms contained on our Terms of Service page. |
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