March Weather in Lira Uganda

Daily high temperatures decrease by 4°F, from 95°F to 91°F, rarely falling below 82°F or exceeding 100°F.

Daily low temperatures are around 69°F, rarely falling below 66°F or exceeding 72°F. The highest daily average low temperature is 69°F on March 13.

For reference, on February 27, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Lira typically range from 69°F to 95°F, while on August 3, the coldest day of the year, they range from 65°F to 81°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.

Medina, Colombia (7,332 miles away) and Barquisimeto, Venezuela (7,031 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Lira (view comparison).

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The month of March in Lira experiences gradually increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 73% to 81%.

The clearest day of the month is March 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 27% of the time.

For reference, on April 15, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 82%, while on August 30, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 52%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Lira, the chance of a wet day over the course of March is very rapidly increasing, starting the month at 13% and ending it at 35%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 61% on August 13, and its lowest chance is 8% on January 21.

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 Lira is very rapidly increasing, starting the month at 1.0 inches, when it rarely exceeds 2.4 inches or falls below 0.1 inches, and ending the month at 3.2 inches, when it rarely exceeds 6.8 inches or falls below 0.6 inches.

Over the course of March in Lira, the length of the day is essentially constant. The shortest day of the month is March 1, with 12 hours, 4 minutes of daylight and the longest day is March 31, with 12 hours, 8 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month in Lira is 6:58 AM on March 1 and the earliest sunrise is 10 minutes earlier at 6:48 AM on March 31.

The latest sunset is 7:02 PM on March 1 and the earliest sunset is 6 minutes earlier at 6:56 PM on March 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Lira during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:42 AM and sets 12 hours, 15 minutes later, at 6:57 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:46 AM and sets 12 hours, 0 minutes later, at 6:46 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 Lira is rapidly increasing during March, rising from 5% to 25% over the course of the month.

For reference, on May 9, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 59% of the time, while on January 24, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 1% 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 Lira is decreasing during March, decreasing from 8.1 miles per hour to 6.6 miles per hour over the course of the month.

For reference, on December 16, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.6 miles per hour, while on June 19, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 4.1 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction in Lira throughout March is predominantly from the east, with a peak proportion of 69% on March 4.

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).

Temperatures in Lira 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 Lira are rapidly increasing during March, increasing by 855°F, from 1,679°F to 2,534°F, over the course of the month.

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 Lira is gradually decreasing during March, falling by 0.6 kWh, from 6.9 kWh to 6.3 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Lira are 2.250 deg latitude, 32.900 deg longitude, and 3,622 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Lira contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 200 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 3,578 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (614 feet). Within 50 miles contains significant variations in elevation (1,722 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Lira is covered by cropland (49%), artificial surfaces (20%), herbaceous vegetation (16%), and shrubs (11%), within 10 miles by cropland (59%) and shrubs (22%), and within 50 miles by cropland (44%) and shrubs (24%).