Climate averages 1991–2020
Orléans, Canada weather
in March.
A cold month with moderate precipitation: the 9th 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 Orléans, Canada: daytime highs average 1.9°C and nights cool to about -7.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 73 mm of precipitation on roughly 10 days, which makes March a month with moderate precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gatineau (16 km away). In March its highs average 2.5°C, 0.5°C warmer than Orléans, Canada, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Orléans, Canada ranks joint 68th of 86 for the warmest March highs and joint 49th of 86 for the driest March (precipitation, lowest first). The mean March high of those 86 cities is 3.8°C; Orléans, Canada is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 8.2°C to 10.2°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 73 mm to 92 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
Orléans, Canada climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -5.5°C-14.6°C | -14.6°C | 74 | 10.6 | 9.19 h |
| February | -3.8°C-13.2°C | -13.2°C | 58 | 8.9 | 10.410 h |
| March, selected | 1.9°C-7.3°C | -7.3°C | 73 | 10.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 10.2°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 92 | 11.3 | 13.513 h |
| May | 18.3°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 92 | 11.4 | 14.915 h |
| June | 23.1°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 104 | 11.7 | 15.616 h |
| July | 25.4°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 102 | 12.5 | 15.315 h |
| August | 24.3°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 93 | 11.0 | 14.114 h |
| September | 20.0°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 96 | 10.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 12.4°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 101 | 12.2 | 11.011 h |
| November | 5.1°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 84 | 11.3 | 9.610 h |
| December | -1.5°C-8.6°C | -8.6°C | 80 | 11.6 | 8.89 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
- Gatineau in MarchCanada · 16 kmHigh 2.5°C · Low -7.2°C · 73 mm rain
- Gloucester, Canada in MarchCanada · 16 kmHigh 2.5°C · Low -7.4°C · 71 mm rain
- Ottawa in MarchCanada · 16 kmHigh 2.5°C · Low -7.0°C · 73 mm rain
- Nepean in MarchCanada · 22 kmHigh 2.7°C · Low -7.5°C · 71 mm rain
- Kanata in MarchCanada · 37 kmHigh 2.7°C · Low -7.6°C · 69 mm rain
- Pierrefonds-Roxboro in MarchCanada · 130 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -6.3°C · 73 mm precipitation
- Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne in MarchCanada · 136 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -7.5°C · 74 mm rain
- Laval in MarchCanada · 142 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -7.1°C · 73 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 Orléans) is explained once on the Orléans, Canada year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.