Orstad Weather in March
Orstad in March
The short of it: Orstad in March averages a high of 6 °C (43 °F) and a low of 1 °C (33 °F), with 82 mm (3.2 in) of rain and about 11 h 36 min of daylight. Rated 1 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 6° · low 1° · rain 82 mm · daylight 11 h 36 min
✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: August & July
Thirty years of records give Orstad an average March high of 6°, a low of 1° and some 82 mm of rain. Much like February: highs about 6°, nights near 1°. Pack the buffalo coat. Wet spells are common — about 82 mm, the 9th wettest month. Snow lies on the ground; mind the passes.
The sun is up for about 11 h 36 min in mid-March, 145 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack a heavy coat, gloves and a scarf, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates March 1 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are August and July.
Against its neighbours, Orstad runs about middling and drier than most in March. Kleppe, 4 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
March in Orstad, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus February
- 2° warmer, 22 mm less rain
- Versus April
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 6°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 36 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h