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Melville Bay (Gove Harbour) Sea Temperature in March

Northern Territory, Australia

Average sea temperature for Melville Bay (Gove Harbour), Australia across March, based on 10 years of daily readings.

Average

30.09° C

High

31.83° C

Low

28.5° C

Water at this temperature is very warm and you should look to bathe only. Avoid any kind of strenuous swimming as there is a real risk of heat stroke at this temperature.

March is the 2nd warmest of 12 months at Melville Bay (Gove Harbour). On average the water sits 1.8° than the year-round mean of 28.3° C.

Compared to February, March is 0.4° warmer than (29.72° C in February). By April the water is usually 29.65° C.

Melville Bay (Gove Harbour) Day-by-Day Water Temperature in March

10-year low, average and high

28.0° C
29.1° C
30.3° C
31.4° C
32.5° C
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5
10
15
20
25
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Day-by-day low and high band with the 10-year daily average through March. Range Average

Each vertical bar above is one day of March. The shaded band covers the range the water has reached on that day across the last 10 years — the lowest reading at the bottom, the highest at the top. The line running through the bars is the daily average over those 10 years, so you can see the typical shape of the month at Melville Bay (Gove Harbour).

A narrow band means the temperature on that day has stayed close to the average year on year. A taller band means it has swung more, often because of changeable weather around that time of year. Hovering a day pulls up its low, average, and high.

March Water Temperature Table for Melville Bay (Gove Harbour)

10-year daily averages

Day Average Low High
March 1 29.98° C 29.36° C 30.76° C
March 2 29.93° C 29.33° C 30.76° C
March 3 29.99° C 29.03° C 30.85° C
March 4 30.06° C 28.96° C 31.02° C
March 5 30.22° C 28.77° C 31.82° C
March 6 30.19° C 28.66° C 31.83° C
March 7 30.22° C 28.65° C 31.72° C
March 8 30.27° C 28.79° C 31.63° C
March 9 30.31° C 28.66° C 31.54° C
March 10 30.26° C 28.5° C 31.45° C
March 11 30.23° C 28.72° C 31.27° C
March 12 30.2° C 28.75° C 31.23° C
March 13 30.1° C 28.54° C 31.2° C
March 14 30.09° C 28.76° C 30.88° C
March 15 30.31° C 29.13° C 31.56° C
March 16 30.33° C 29.35° C 31.28° C
March 17 30.32° C 29.45° C 30.8° C
March 18 30.24° C 29.52° C 30.73° C
March 19 30.17° C 29.48° C 30.73° C
March 20 30.08° C 29.39° C 30.78° C
March 21 29.9° C 29.03° C 30.67° C
March 22 29.86° C 29° C 30.43° C
March 23 29.87° C 29.17° C 30.29° C
March 24 29.96° C 29.28° C 30.55° C
March 25 29.99° C 29.39° C 30.54° C
March 26 29.99° C 29.39° C 30.51° C
March 27 29.99° C 29.45° C 30.54° C
March 28 30° C 29.54° C 30.44° C
March 29 29.96° C 29.46° C 30.45° C
March 30 29.99° C 29.37° C 30.59° C
March 31 29.94° C 29.44° C 30.16° C

Where March Sits in the Year

March highlighted

23.0° C
25.5° C
28.0° C
30.5° C
33.0° C
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
29.75° C
29.72° C
30.09° C
29.65° C
28.23° C
26.63° C
25.49° C
25.6° C
26.65° C
28.23° C
29.41° C
30.15° C
10-year monthly history for Melville Bay (Gove Harbour). Bars span historical low to high; the line marks the monthly average. Range Average

Nearby Locations in March

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Melville Bay (Gove Harbour) Location

-12.2000, 136.6667

Melville Bay (Gove Harbour) sits at -12.2000°N, 136.6667°E, on the coast of Northern Territory, Australia. The marker on the map shows the spot the readings on this page come from. It usually sits a short distance from the town centre, out on the open water itself, so the numbers stay tied to the coast rather than a generic point inland.

Coastlines bend, headlands focus the water, and the temperature can run noticeably differently between two beaches that look close together on a map. Comparing nearby locations is a quick way to see how local geography is shaping the readings.

Nearest locations to Melville Bay (Gove Harbour)