March Weather in Mgbidi NigeriaDaily high temperatures are around 87°F, rarely falling below 84°F or exceeding 90°F. Daily low temperatures are around 74°F, rarely falling below 69°F or exceeding 76°F. For reference, on February 19, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Mgbidi typically range from 72°F to 87°F, while on January 1, the coldest day of the year, they range from 67°F to 85°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. Churuquita Grande, Panama (5,973 miles away) and Ungaran, Indonesia (7,199 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Mgbidi (view comparison). CloudsThe month of March in Mgbidi experiences increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 76% to 85%. The clearest day of the month is March 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 24% of the time. For reference, on May 14, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 86%, while on December 26, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 47%. PrecipitationA wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Mgbidi, the chance of a wet day over the course of March is very rapidly increasing, starting the month at 22% and ending it at 43%. For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 81% on September 10, and its lowest chance is 4% on January 2. RainfallTo 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 Mgbidi is very rapidly increasing, starting the month at 1.6 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.8 inches, and ending the month at 3.6 inches, when it rarely exceeds 8.0 inches or falls below 0.7 inches. SunOver the course of March in Mgbidi, the length of the day is essentially constant. The shortest day of the month is March 1, with 12 hours, 1 minute of daylight and the longest day is March 31, with 12 hours, 10 minutes of daylight. The latest sunrise of the month in Mgbidi is 6:44 AM on March 1 and the earliest sunrise is 13 minutes earlier at 6:31 AM on March 31. The latest sunset is 6:45 PM on March 1 and the earliest sunset is 4 minutes earlier at 6:41 PM on March 31. Daylight saving time is not observed in Mgbidi during 2024. For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:20 AM and sets 12 hours, 27 minutes later, at 6:47 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:36 AM and sets 11 hours, 48 minutes later, at 6:24 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 Mgbidi is increasing during March, rising from 90% to 100% over the course of the month. For reference, on April 8, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 100% of the time, while on January 4, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 54% 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 Mgbidi is essentially constant during March, remaining within 0.1 miles per hour of 5.3 miles per hour throughout. For reference, on August 1, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 7.0 miles per hour, while on November 15, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 3.9 miles per hour. The wind direction in Mgbidi during March is predominantly out of the west from March 1 to March 30 and the south from March 30 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). Temperatures in Mgbidi 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 Mgbidi are rapidly increasing during March, increasing by 877°F, from 1,628°F to 2,506°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 Mgbidi is essentially constant during March, remaining within 0.2 kWh of 4.3 kWh throughout. The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during March is 4.1 kWh on March 23. TopographyFor the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Mgbidi are 5.732 deg latitude, 6.889 deg longitude, and 236 ft elevation. The topography within 2 miles of Mgbidi contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 315 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 261 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (591 feet). Within 50 miles contains significant variations in elevation (1,503 feet). The area within 2 miles of Mgbidi is covered by cropland (39%), grassland (31%), and trees (25%), within 10 miles by cropland (40%) and grassland (23%), and within 50 miles by cropland (35%) and trees (24%). Data SourcesThis report illustrates the typical weather in Mgbidi, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016. Mgbidi is further than 200 kilometers from the nearest reliable weather station, so the weather-related data on this page were taken entirely from NASA's MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis . 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. The temperature and dew point estimates are corrected for the difference between the reference elevation of the MERRA-2 grid cell and the elevation of Mgbidi, according to the International Standard Atmosphere . 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. 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. 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