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6. March

Average Weather in March in Hooper Bay Alaska, United States

Daily high temperatures increase by 5°F, from 19°F to 23°F, rarely falling below -0°F or exceeding 36°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 5°F, from 7°F to 11°F, rarely falling below -11°F or exceeding 28°F.

For reference, on July 26, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Hooper Bay typically range from 49°F to 56°F, while on January 21, the coldest day of the year, they range from 4°F to 16°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.

Utsjoki, Finland (3,336 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Hooper Bay (view comparison).

The month of March in Hooper Bay experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 71% throughout the month.

The clearest day of the month is March 20, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 31% of the time.

For reference, on January 7, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 80%, while on October 6, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 40%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Hooper Bay, the chance of a wet day over the course of March is gradually decreasing, starting the month at 16% and ending it at 14%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 35% on August 20, and its lowest chance is 13% on April 7.

Over the course of March in Hooper Bay, the chance of a day with only rain remains an essentially constant 2% throughout, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain remains an essentially constant 3% throughout, and the chance of a day with only snow decreases from 11% to 8%.

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 Hooper Bay is essentially constant, remaining about 0.2 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 0.7 inches or falling below -0.0 inches.

The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 0.2 inches on March 22.

Snowfall

We report snowfall in liquid-equivalent terms. The actual depth of new snowfall is typically between 5 and 10 times the liquid-equivalent amount, assuming the ground is frozen. As with rainfall, we consider the liquid-equivalent snowfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day liquid-equivalent snowfall during March in Hooper Bay is essentially constant, remaining about 0.6 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 1.4 inches or falling to 0.0 inches.

Over the course of March in Hooper Bay, 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 2 hours, 55 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 5 minutes, 50 seconds, and weekly increase of 40 minutes, 48 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is March 1, with 10 hours, 25 minutes of daylight and the longest day is March 31, with 13 hours, 20 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month in Hooper Bay is 9:33 AM on March 11 and the earliest sunrise is 1 hour, 4 minutes earlier at 8:29 AM on March 31.

The earliest sunset is 7:29 PM on March 1 and the latest sunset is 2 hours, 19 minutes later at 9:49 PM on March 31.

Daylight saving time (DST) starts at 3:00 AM on March 11, 2018, shifting sunrise and sunset to be an hour later.

For reference, on June 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:20 AM and sets 19 hours, 31 minutes later, at 12:51 AM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 11:22 AM and sets 5 hours, 20 minutes later, at 4:42 PM.

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 Hooper Bay 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 Hooper Bay is decreasing during March, decreasing from 16.6 miles per hour to 15.3 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on February 11, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 17.6 miles per hour, while on June 28, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 10.1 miles per hour.

Hooper Bay 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 Hooper Bay is essentially constant during March, remaining around 31°F throughout.

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 Hooper Bay typically lasts for 4.0 months (124 days), from around May 29 to around September 30, rarely starting before May 11 or after June 15, and rarely ending before September 15 or after October 15.

The month of March in Hooper Bay 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 Hooper Bay are essentially constant during March, remaining around 0°F throughout.

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 Hooper Bay is rapidly increasing during March, rising by 1.6 kWh, from 1.5 kWh to 3.1 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Hooper Bay are 61.531 deg latitude, -166.097 deg longitude, and 23 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Hooper Bay is essentially flat, with a maximum elevation change of 46 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 19 feet. Within 10 miles is essentially flat (102 feet). Within 50 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (2,290 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Hooper Bay is covered by water (26%), sparse vegetation (24%), herbaceous vegetation (23%), and shrubs (22%), within 10 miles by water (73%) and shrubs (14%), and within 50 miles by water (72%) and herbaceous vegetation (13%).