Climate averages 1991–2020
Sherbrooke 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 Sherbrooke: daytime highs average 2.2°C and nights cool to about -7.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 79 mm of rain on roughly 12 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 Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu (107 km away). In March its highs average 2.6°C, about as warm as Sherbrooke, with 75 mm of rain.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Sherbrooke ranks 65th of 86 for the warmest March highs and 66th of 86 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 86 cities is 3.8°C; Sherbrooke is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 7.5°C to 9.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 79 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
Sherbrooke climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4.7°C-14.5°C | -14.5°C | 76 | 12.2 | 9.29 h |
| February | -3.1°C-13.2°C | -13.2°C | 64 | 10.5 | 10.410 h |
| March, selected | 2.2°C-7.6°C | -7.6°C | 79 | 12.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 9.7°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 99 | 12.5 | 13.513 h |
| May | 17.3°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 117 | 14.1 | 14.915 h |
| June | 21.8°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 131 | 14.1 | 15.616 h |
| July | 24.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 126 | 15.2 | 15.315 h |
| August | 23.1°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 123 | 13.7 | 14.114 h |
| September | 19.3°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 106 | 11.5 | 12.613 h |
| October | 12.1°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 119 | 13.2 | 11.011 h |
| November | 5.1°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 91 | 13.3 | 9.610 h |
| December | -1.3°C-9.4°C | -9.4°C | 92 | 13.7 | 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
- Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu in MarchCanada · 107 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -6.8°C · 75 mm rain
- Trois-Rivières in MarchCanada · 116 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -7.8°C · 76 mm precipitation
- Longueuil in MarchCanada · 123 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -6.9°C · 74 mm rain
- Repentigny in MarchCanada · 127 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -7.0°C · 73 mm rain
- Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in MarchCanada · 130 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -7.0°C · 74 mm rain
- Montréal in MarchCanada · 132 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -8.0°C · 74 mm precipitation
- Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension in MarchCanada · 134 kmHigh 2.0°C · Low -7.6°C · 74 mm rain
- Terrebonne in MarchCanada · 140 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 Sherbrooke) is explained once on the Sherbrooke year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.