March Weather in Steinkjer Norway

Daily high temperatures increase by 7°F, from 35°F to 41°F, rarely falling below 25°F or exceeding 49°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 5°F, from 24°F to 29°F, rarely falling below 10°F or exceeding 36°F.

For reference, on July 23, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Steinkjer typically range from 51°F to 65°F, while on January 16, the coldest day of the year, they range from 21°F to 32°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.

Seward, United States (3,808 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Steinkjer (view comparison).

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The month of March in Steinkjer experiences gradually decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 71% to 67%.

The clearest day of the month is March 31, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 33% of the time.

For reference, on January 25, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 75%, while on May 14, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 46%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Steinkjer, the chance of a wet day over the course of March is decreasing, starting the month at 39% and ending it at 34%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 46% on September 21, and its lowest chance is 27% on May 4.

Over the course of March in Steinkjer, the chance of a day with only rain increases from 20% to 25%, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain decreases from 11% to 7%, and the chance of a day with only snow decreases from 8% to 3%.

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 Steinkjer is essentially constant, remaining about 1.9 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 3.8 inches or falling below 0.4 inches.

Snowfall

As 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 Steinkjer is rapidly decreasing, starting the month at 6.7 inches, when it rarely exceeds 13.4 inches or falls below 1.2 inches, and ending the month at 3.1 inches, when it rarely exceeds 8.1 inches or falls below 0.2 inches.

Over the course of March in Steinkjer, 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, 15 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 6 minutes, 30 seconds, and weekly increase of 45 minutes, 29 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is March 1, with 10 hours, 14 minutes of daylight and the longest day is March 31, with 13 hours, 29 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month in Steinkjer is 7:20 AM on March 1 and the earliest sunrise is 1 hour, 42 minutes earlier at 5:38 AM on March 30.

The earliest sunset is 5:33 PM on March 1 and the latest sunset is 2 hours, 29 minutes later at 8:03 PM on March 31.

Daylight saving time (DST) ends at 3:00 AM on March 31, 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 2:44 AM and sets 21 hours, 2 minutes later, at 11:46 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 10:06 AM and sets 4 hours, 11 minutes later, at 2:18 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.

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.

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

For reference, on July 19, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time, while on January 1, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

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 Steinkjer is decreasing during March, decreasing from 8.5 miles per hour to 7.4 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on January 25, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.0 miles per hour, while on August 4, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 4.4 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction in Steinkjer throughout March is predominantly from the south, with a peak proportion of 45% on March 1.

Steinkjer 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 Steinkjer is essentially constant during March, remaining around 41°F throughout.

The lowest average surface water temperature during March is 40°F on March 7.

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 Steinkjer typically lasts for 4.7 months (143 days), from around May 12 to around October 2, rarely starting before April 22 or after June 1, and rarely ending before September 13 or after October 24.

The month of March in Steinkjer 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 Steinkjer 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 Steinkjer is increasing during March, rising by 1.4 kWh, from 1.1 kWh to 2.5 kWh, over the course of the month.