Climate averages 1991–2020
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu weather
in March.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 9th 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 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu: daytime highs average 2.6°C and nights cool to about -6.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 75 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 3rd 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 Longueuil (28 km away). In March its highs average 2.4°C, about as warm as Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu ranks joint 52nd of 86 for the warmest March highs and joint 63rd of 86 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 86 cities is 3.8°C; Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 8.1°C to 10.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 75 mm to 99 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
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4.8°C-13.7°C | -13.7°C | 71 | 11.2 | 9.29 h |
| February | -3.2°C-12.7°C | -12.7°C | 60 | 9.3 | 10.410 h |
| March, selected | 2.6°C-6.8°C | -6.8°C | 75 | 11.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 10.7°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 99 | 11.7 | 13.513 h |
| May | 18.4°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 104 | 12.0 | 14.915 h |
| June | 23.1°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 117 | 12.7 | 15.616 h |
| July | 25.4°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 106 | 13.3 | 15.315 h |
| August | 24.4°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 108 | 12.3 | 14.114 h |
| September | 20.3°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 98 | 10.7 | 12.613 h |
| October | 12.9°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 113 | 12.0 | 11.011 h |
| November | 5.8°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 86 | 12.1 | 9.610 h |
| December | -0.9°C-8.1°C | -8.1°C | 83 | 12.5 | 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
- Longueuil in MarchCanada · 28 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -6.9°C · 74 mm rain
- Montréal in MarchCanada · 34 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -8.0°C · 74 mm precipitation
- Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in MarchCanada · 37 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -7.0°C · 74 mm rain
- Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension in MarchCanada · 39 kmHigh 2.0°C · Low -7.6°C · 74 mm rain
- Laval in MarchCanada · 44 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -7.1°C · 73 mm rain
- Pierrefonds-Roxboro in MarchCanada · 50 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -6.3°C · 73 mm precipitation
- Repentigny in MarchCanada · 51 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -7.0°C · 73 mm rain
- Terrebonne in MarchCanada · 53 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -7.0°C · 74 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 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu) is explained once on the Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.