Climate averages 1991–2020
Thenkasi weather
in March.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a very hot month in Thenkasi: daytime highs average 35.7°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kadayanallur (13 km away). In March its highs average 35.9°C, about as warm as Thenkasi, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 692 cities listed in India, Thenkasi ranks joint 62nd of 692 for the warmest March highs and joint 646th of 692 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 692 cities is 32.4°C; Thenkasi is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 34.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 50 mm to 115 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Thenkasi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.6°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 13 | 2.6 | 11.712 h |
| February | 33.3°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 20 | 3.6 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 35.7°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 50 | 9.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 34.9°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 115 | 20.8 | 12.312 h |
| May | 32.4°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 145 | 24.4 | 12.513 h |
| June | 29.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 192 | 24.0 | 12.613 h |
| July | 29.1°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 151 | 21.5 | 12.613 h |
| August | 29.5°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 132 | 19.1 | 12.412 h |
| September | 30.3°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 135 | 18.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.7°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 211 | 23.7 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.7°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 188 | 18.6 | 11.712 h |
| December | 28.7°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 74 | 8.2 | 11.612 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
March in nearby cities
- Kadayanallur in MarchIndia · 13 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 50 mm rain
- Tirunelveli in MarchIndia · 48 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 22.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Rajapalayam in MarchIndia · 61 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 23.7°C · 39 mm rain
- Kovilpatti in MarchIndia · 65 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 23.0°C · 29 mm rain
- Thiruvananthapuram in MarchIndia · 66 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.3°C · 117 mm rain
- Neyyāttinkara in MarchIndia · 67 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.3°C · 117 mm rain
- Sivakasi in MarchIndia · 76 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Kollam in MarchIndia · 81 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 25.0°C · 67 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Thenkasi) is explained once on the Thenkasi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Kadayanallur lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.