Average temperature in March is -7 °C
Average daytime temperature is -5.1 °C
Average night temperature is -8.8 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: 2.5 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: -14 °C
Number of sunny days: 8
Number of rainy days: 3
Number of snow days: 20
Precipitation sum: 38 mm
* Weather data for Olonkinbyen Svalbard and Jan Mayen is based on climate observations for 2023 year
| March (°C) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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| Maximum temperature | 2.5 | -0.4 | -7.4 | -9.6 | -7.2 | -7.7 | -6.5 | -5.9 | -5.8 | -11.1 | -9.3 | -5.8 | -3.6 | -3 | -4 | -5 | -4.3 | -0.3 | -5.6 | -10.3 | -8.2 | -8.5 | -5.1 | -5.5 | -4.4 | -5.4 | -6.4 | -2.7 | -1.9 | -0.6 | 0.2 |
| Apparent max temperature | -4.7 | -3.6 | -18.2 | -14.6 | -16.2 | -17.5 | -14.9 | -14.3 | -15.3 | -22.2 | -19.6 | -15.9 | -11.1 | -11.1 | -13.8 | -9.2 | -9.5 | -6.8 | -11.4 | -18.7 | -14.6 | -14.3 | -11.7 | -12.5 | -10 | -11.6 | -13.7 | -8.1 | -5.4 | -4.9 | -4.1 |
| Mean temperature | 0.5 | -2.5 | -10.2 | -10.8 | -8.8 | -8.3 | -7.4 | -7.5 | -9.5 | -12.5 | -10.1 | -8.9 | -6.4 | -5.6 | -6.9 | -6.5 | -7.3 | -3.4 | -6.9 | -11.2 | -9.8 | -9 | -7.2 | -6.4 | -7.6 | -6.6 | -7.5 | -4.6 | -4.8 | -2.1 | -1 |
| Apparent mean temperature | -11.3 | -16.4 | -21.9 | -18.8 | -20.6 | -18.7 | -19.2 | -16.7 | -23.4 | -25.1 | -22.1 | -20.3 | -17.7 | -18.5 | -16.3 | -16.1 | -14.1 | -12.1 | -18.6 | -20.2 | -18.5 | -16.4 | -15.5 | -16.4 | -18.7 | -13.8 | -15.8 | -15.8 | -14.2 | -9.9 | -7.4 |
| Minimum temperature | -1.8 | -5.8 | -10.9 | -12.1 | -9.9 | -8.9 | -7.9 | -8.8 | -11.7 | -14 | -11.1 | -11.4 | -8.4 | -7.9 | -8.1 | -10.9 | -8.9 | -5.7 | -10.1 | -11.9 | -11.4 | -9.6 | -8.2 | -8.4 | -9.9 | -7.8 | -8.2 | -7.1 | -8.6 | -5.3 | -2.3 |
| Apparent min temperature | -9.5 | -9.3 | -20.1 | -16.8 | -18 | -17.9 | -17.5 | -15.2 | -20.6 | -23.8 | -20.3 | -18.3 | -15.9 | -15.7 | -14.9 | -11.2 | -12.2 | -9.4 | -14.4 | -19.3 | -16.6 | -15.2 | -14.2 | -13.5 | -14.8 | -12.8 | -14.8 | -10.5 | -9.1 | -7 | -5.8 |
| March | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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| Daylight duration (h) | 9.3 | 9.5 | 9.7 | 9.8 | 10 | 10.1 | 10.3 | 10.4 | 10.6 | 10.8 | 10.9 | 11.1 | 11.2 | 11.4 | 11.5 | 11.7 | 11.8 | 12 | 12.1 | 12.3 | 12.4 | 12.6 | 12.7 | 12.9 | 13 | 13.2 | 13.3 | 13.5 | 13.7 | 13.8 | 14 |
| Sunshine duration (h) | 7 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 6.9 | 1.6 | 0 | 6.8 | 2.1 | 4.2 | 7.1 | 5.1 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 5.9 | 9.6 | 8.2 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 3 | 0.6 | 5.9 | 9 | 6.9 | 8.5 | 1.8 | 9.6 | 11 | 5.8 | 0.9 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 1 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 2 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 1 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 4.7 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.3 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 |
| Precipitation hours | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Wind speed (m/s) | 63.6 | 50.1 | 54.3 | 32.5 | 49.2 | 45.4 | 53.8 | 35 | 58.8 | 54 | 56.3 | 50.5 | 54 | 62.8 | 46.4 | 26.7 | 15.5 | 37.5 | 34.9 | 33.6 | 25 | 25.4 | 30.3 | 31.5 | 38 | 24.1 | 30.2 | 37.4 | 15 | 20.8 | 18.9 |
In March 2023, the highest daytime temperature in Olonkinbyen was 2.5°C.
While the minimum temperature at night dropped to -14°C.
The average nighttime and daytime temperatures during March in Olonkinbyen are -8.8°C and -5.1°C respectively.
The precipitation sum in March is about 38 mm.