Climate averages 1991–2020
Grande Prairie weather
in March.
A cold month with light precipitation: the 8th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Grande Prairie: daytime highs average 0.3°C and nights cool to about -9.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 21 mm of precipitation on roughly 6 days, which makes March a month with light precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 48 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Prince George (290 km away). In March its highs average 4.4°C, 4.2°C warmer than Grande Prairie, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Grande Prairie ranks 80th of 86 for the warmest March highs and joint 5th of 86 for the driest March (precipitation, lowest first). The mean March high of those 86 cities is 3.8°C; Grande Prairie is 3.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 8.6°C to 8.9°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 21 mm to 25 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
Grande Prairie climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -8.1°C-15.8°C | -15.8°C | 28 | 7.7 | 7.88 h |
| February | -4.7°C-13.7°C | -13.7°C | 16 | 4.8 | 9.610 h |
| March, selected | 0.3°C-9.7°C | -9.7°C | 21 | 6.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 8.9°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 25 | 6.2 | 14.114 h |
| May | 15.9°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 40 | 7.5 | 16.116 h |
| June | 19.6°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 73 | 11.3 | 17.317 h |
| July | 21.8°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 77 | 11.8 | 16.817 h |
| August | 21.1°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 47 | 8.9 | 15.015 h |
| September | 16.1°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 40 | 7.7 | 12.813 h |
| October | 8.3°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 35 | 7.3 | 10.511 h |
| November | -1.5°C-8.7°C | -8.7°C | 31 | 8.3 | 8.48 h |
| December | -6.9°C-14.4°C | -14.4°C | 22 | 6.2 | 7.37 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
- Prince George in MarchCanada · 290 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -5.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Edmonton in MarchCanada · 389 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -9.2°C · 16 mm precipitation
- Sherwood Park in MarchCanada · 400 kmHigh -0.1°C · Low -9.4°C · 16 mm precipitation
- Red Deer in MarchCanada · 460 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -8.6°C · 20 mm rain
- Kamloops in MarchCanada · 511 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -1.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Airdrie in MarchCanada · 534 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -7.7°C · 22 mm rain
- Calgary in MarchCanada · 555 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -7.6°C · 21 mm rain
- Kelowna in MarchCanada · 589 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low 0.0°C · 55 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 Grande Prairie) is explained once on the Grande Prairie year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.