Climate averages 1991–2020
Edmonton weather
in March.
A cold month with light precipitation: the 8th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Edmonton: daytime highs average 0.5°C and nights cool to about -9.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of precipitation on roughly 5 days, which makes March a month with light precipitation (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 49 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sherwood Park (11 km away). In March its highs average -0.1°C, 0.6°C cooler than Edmonton, with 16 mm of precipitation.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Edmonton ranks 78th of 86 for the warmest March highs and joint 1st of 86 for the driest March (precipitation, lowest first). The mean March high of those 86 cities is 3.8°C; Edmonton is 3.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 8.9°C to 9.4°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 16 mm to 32 mm.
The annual picture
March in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Edmonton climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -7.9°C-16.4°C | -16.4°C | 18 | 5.6 | 8.18 h |
| February | -4.9°C-14.4°C | -14.4°C | 11 | 3.4 | 9.810 h |
| March, selected | 0.5°C-9.2°C | -9.2°C | 16 | 5.0 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.4°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 32 | 6.5 | 14.014 h |
| May | 16.2°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 53 | 8.3 | 15.916 h |
| June | 19.8°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 86 | 13.3 | 16.917 h |
| July | 22.4°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 88 | 13.3 | 16.516 h |
| August | 21.7°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 58 | 9.7 | 14.815 h |
| September | 16.7°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 38 | 7.0 | 12.813 h |
| October | 8.9°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 23 | 5.6 | 10.611 h |
| November | -0.7°C-8.3°C | -8.3°C | 21 | 5.6 | 8.79 h |
| December | -6.7°C-15.0°C | -15.0°C | 14 | 4.6 | 7.68 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Sherwood Park in MarchCanada · 11 kmHigh -0.1°C · Low -9.4°C · 16 mm precipitation
- Red Deer in MarchCanada · 144 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -8.6°C · 20 mm rain
- Airdrie in MarchCanada · 253 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -7.7°C · 22 mm rain
- Calgary in MarchCanada · 281 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -7.6°C · 21 mm rain
- Grande Prairie in MarchCanada · 389 kmHigh 0.3°C · Low -9.7°C · 21 mm precipitation
- Lethbridge in MarchCanada · 430 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low -4.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Saskatoon in MarchCanada · 483 kmHigh -0.4°C · Low -10.1°C · 18 mm precipitation
- Kamloops in MarchCanada · 567 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -1.3°C · 30 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 Edmonton) is explained once on the Edmonton year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.