March
Sign in to saveMarch is the current month, and the third month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 31 days. In the Northern Hemisphere, the meteorological beginning of spring occurs on the first day of March. The March equinox on the 20 or 21 marks the astronomical beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and the beginning of autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, where September is the seasonal equivalent of the Northern Hemisphere's March.
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March is the third month of the year with 31 days, and it marks the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere—both meteorologically on March 1st and astronomically around March 20-21st. In the Southern Hemisphere, March similarly marks the start of autumn, making it a significant transitional month for seasonal changes in both hemispheres.
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- Part of
- Swedish calendar
- Has part
- March 31
- Named after
- birch sap
- Followed by
- April
- Follows
- February
- Image
- Breviarium Grimani - März.jpg
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35 sectionsContents
- History
- Other names
- Symbols
- Observances
- Month-long
- American
- Non-Gregorian
- Movable
- First Sunday
- First week, March 1 to 7
- School day closest to March 2
- First Monday
- First Tuesday
- First Thursday
- First Friday
- Second Sunday
- Week of March 8: March 8–14
- Monday closest to March 9, unless March 9 falls on a Saturday
- Second Monday
- Second Wednesday
- Second Thursday
- Friday of the second full week of March
- Third week in March
- Third Monday
- March 19th, unless the 19th is a Sunday, then March 20
- Third Wednesday
- March equinox: c. March 20
- Fourth Monday
- Fourth Tuesday
- Last Saturday
- Last Sunday
- Last Monday
- Fixed
- References
- External links
March is the current month, and the third month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 31 days. In the Northern Hemisphere, the meteorological beginning of spring occurs on the first day of March. The March equinox on the 20 or 21 marks the astronomical beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and the beginning of autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, where September is the seasonal equivalent of the Northern Hemisphere's March.
== History == right|thumb|March, from the , a book of prayers to be said at canonical hours thumb |In recent decades, the number of warm temperature records in March has outpaced cold temperature records over a growing portion of Earth's surface. thumb |Chart shows changes in global average temperature annually in March of each year