Chikuma Weather in March
Chikuma in March
The short of it: Chikuma in March averages a high of 11 °C (51 °F) and a low of -1 °C (31 °F), with 79 mm (3.1 in) of rain and about 11 h 52 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 11° · low -1° · rain 79 mm · daylight 11 h 52 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: May & June
Thirty years of records give Chikuma an average March high of 11°, a low of -1° and some 79 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 5° from February to about 11°, with nights near -1°. Wet spells are common — about 79 mm, the 7th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 52 min in mid-March, 64 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates March 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are May and June.
Against its neighbours, Chikuma runs about middling and about as wet in March. Sakaki, 11 km to the SE, is 1° cooler by day.
March in Chikuma, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus February
- 5° warmer, 19 mm more rain
- Versus April
- 7° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Jan–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 52 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h