Climate averages 1991–2020
Kamloops weather
in March.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Kamloops: daytime highs average 7.2°C and nights cool to about -1.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kelowna (105 km away). In March its highs average 8.0°C, 0.7°C warmer than Kamloops, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Kamloops ranks 15th of 86 for the warmest March highs and 11th of 86 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 86 cities is 3.8°C; Kamloops is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 6.3°C to 13.6°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 30 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
Kamloops climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.0°C-7.1°C | -7.1°C | 41 | 10.5 | 8.59 h |
| February | 2.4°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 25 | 7.2 | 10.010 h |
| March, selected | 7.2°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 30 | 8.6 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.6°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 30 | 7.4 | 13.814 h |
| May | 19.9°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 43 | 9.2 | 15.515 h |
| June | 23.1°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 47 | 9.1 | 16.416 h |
| July | 27.4°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 34 | 6.1 | 16.016 h |
| August | 27.2°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 23 | 5.2 | 14.515 h |
| September | 21.4°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 35 | 7.0 | 12.713 h |
| October | 12.4°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 45 | 10.1 | 10.811 h |
| November | 4.3°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 56 | 12.2 | 9.09 h |
| December | -0.7°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 47 | 11.3 | 8.18 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
- Kelowna in MarchCanada · 105 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low 0.0°C · 55 mm rain
- Chilliwack in MarchCanada · 204 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 1.4°C · 263 mm rain
- Abbotsford in MarchCanada · 226 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -0.1°C · 217 mm rain
- Maple Ridge in MarchCanada · 229 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 0.8°C · 322 mm rain
- Coquitlam in MarchCanada · 234 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low 1.6°C · 280 mm rain
- Langley in MarchCanada · 242 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 1.6°C · 179 mm rain
- Burnaby in MarchCanada · 244 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 2.1°C · 252 mm rain
- New Westminster in MarchCanada · 246 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low 1.2°C · 252 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 Kamloops) is explained once on the Kamloops year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.