Calgary climate

Calgary Weather in March

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Calgary, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 0°C on March 1 to 8°C on March 31, and lows from -10°C to -4°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 25 mm over about 6 wet days.

March day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Calgary, in °C, with the record for each date.-40-2002040151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

March at a glance

Average high
5°C
Average low
-6°C
Precipitation
25 mm
Reanalysis high
24°CMar 30, 2004
Reanalysis low
-30°CMar 2, 2019
Daylight
10 h 58 min to 12 h 54 min
Cloud cover
71%
Humidity
70%
Dew point
-7°C
Wind
14.8 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Mar 10°C-10°C12°C 2010-29°C 201421%
Mar 21°C-10°C14°C 1992-30°C 201920%
Mar 31°C-10°C11°C 2005-29°C 201919%
Mar 42°C-9°C14°C 2005-26°C 201920%
Mar 52°C-9°C14°C 2005-21°C 200221%
Mar 62°C-9°C14°C 1993-22°C 199621%
Mar 73°C-8°C14°C 2005-26°C 200321%
Mar 83°C-8°C14°C 2001-27°C 200322%
Mar 93°C-8°C14°C 2015-30°C 200322%
Mar 103°C-8°C14°C 2008-24°C 200922%
Mar 114°C-7°C19°C 1992-23°C 200920%
Mar 124°C-7°C15°C 1992-18°C 200320%
Mar 134°C-7°C16°C 2015-18°C 202020%
Mar 145°C-6°C17°C 1992-20°C 199720%
Mar 155°C-6°C15°C 1994-21°C 202021%
Mar 166°C-6°C17°C 2010-18°C 199322%
Mar 176°C-6°C14°C 2007-17°C 200222%
Mar 186°C-5°C15°C 1995-17°C 200221%
Mar 196°C-5°C18°C 2019-19°C 200222%
Mar 206°C-5°C19°C 2019-21°C 200221%
Mar 216°C-5°C16°C 2019-23°C 200222%
Mar 226°C-5°C16°C 2019-14°C 200221%
Mar 237°C-5°C17°C 1999-17°C 199622%
Mar 247°C-5°C17°C 1999-18°C 199622%
Mar 257°C-4°C17°C 1999-13°C 199622%
Mar 267°C-4°C15°C 2015-12°C 200922%
Mar 277°C-4°C19°C 2015-14°C 199623%
Mar 287°C-4°C14°C 2010-16°C 199624%
Mar 297°C-4°C20°C 2004-9°C 199624%
Mar 307°C-4°C24°C 2004-10°C 201823%
Mar 318°C-4°C19°C 1994-13°C 201823%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Calgary, in percent.05101520251102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (MDT).

March 1
sunrise 7:20 AM, sunset 6:18 PM
March 31
sunrise 7:14 AM, sunset 8:08 PM

Every day of March: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.