Climate averages 1991–2020
Red Deer weather
in March.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Red Deer: daytime highs average 2.3°C and nights cool to about -8.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Airdrie (109 km away). In March its highs average 3.6°C, 1.3°C warmer than Red Deer, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Red Deer ranks joint 59th of 86 for the warmest March highs and 4th of 86 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 86 cities is 3.8°C; Red Deer is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 7.2°C to 9.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 20 mm to 33 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
Red Deer climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -5.6°C-15.3°C | -15.3°C | 17 | 4.9 | 8.38 h |
| February | -2.6°C-13.5°C | -13.5°C | 11 | 3.3 | 9.910 h |
| March, selected | 2.3°C-8.6°C | -8.6°C | 20 | 5.8 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.4°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 33 | 7.2 | 13.914 h |
| May | 15.5°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 63 | 10.3 | 15.716 h |
| June | 19.1°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 91 | 14.1 | 16.717 h |
| July | 22.0°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 83 | 12.9 | 16.316 h |
| August | 21.4°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 67 | 9.9 | 14.715 h |
| September | 16.6°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 41 | 8.0 | 12.713 h |
| October | 9.1°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 24 | 5.8 | 10.711 h |
| November | 0.4°C-8.2°C | -8.2°C | 21 | 5.3 | 8.89 h |
| December | -5.1°C-14.2°C | -14.2°C | 15 | 4.6 | 7.88 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
- Airdrie in MarchCanada · 109 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -7.7°C · 22 mm rain
- Calgary in MarchCanada · 137 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -7.6°C · 21 mm rain
- Sherwood Park in MarchCanada · 143 kmHigh -0.1°C · Low -9.4°C · 16 mm precipitation
- Edmonton in MarchCanada · 144 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -9.2°C · 16 mm precipitation
- Lethbridge in MarchCanada · 294 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low -4.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Grande Prairie in MarchCanada · 460 kmHigh 0.3°C · Low -9.7°C · 21 mm precipitation
- Kelowna in MarchCanada · 477 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low 0.0°C · 55 mm rain
- Kamloops in MarchCanada · 485 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 Red Deer) is explained once on the Red Deer year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.