Fort McMurray Weather in March
Average highs run from -9°C on March 1 to 1°C on March 31, and lows from -18°C to -9°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 31 mm over about 9 wet days.
March day by day
The normal high and low for each date, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Reanalysis extreme high
- Reanalysis extreme low
March at a glance
- Average high
- -4°C
- Average low
- -13°C
- Precipitation
- 31 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 14°CMar 30, 2004
- Reanalysis low
- -42°CMar 7, 2003
- Daylight
- 10 h 42 min to 13 h 06 min
- Cloud cover
- 65%
- Humidity
- 95%
- Dew point
- -9°C
- Wind
- 7.6 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Reanalysis high | Reanalysis low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1 | -9°C | -18°C | 5°C 1993 | -42°C 2014 | 21% |
| Mar 2 | -8°C | -18°C | 7°C 1993 | -35°C 2011 | 22% |
| Mar 3 | -8°C | -18°C | 7°C 1993 | -34°C 1995 | 22% |
| Mar 4 | -8°C | -17°C | 8°C 1993 | -36°C 2003 | 24% |
| Mar 5 | -7°C | -17°C | 8°C 1993 | -33°C 1996 | 25% |
| Mar 6 | -7°C | -17°C | 8°C 1993 | -37°C 2003 | 26% |
| Mar 7 | -7°C | -16°C | 8°C 2010 | -42°C 2003 | 26% |
| Mar 8 | -7°C | -16°C | 3°C 1993 | -36°C 2003 | 27% |
| Mar 9 | -6°C | -16°C | 4°C 2010 | -41°C 2009 | 27% |
| Mar 10 | -6°C | -15°C | 4°C 2010 | -37°C 2009 | 27% |
| Mar 11 | -6°C | -15°C | 5°C 2010 | -30°C 2009 | 27% |
| Mar 12 | -5°C | -15°C | 7°C 2010 | -26°C 2003 | 28% |
| Mar 13 | -5°C | -14°C | 4°C 1994 | -28°C 1997 | 29% |
| Mar 14 | -4°C | -14°C | 7°C 2010 | -31°C 2020 | 30% |
| Mar 15 | -4°C | -13°C | 10°C 2010 | -25°C 2013 | 30% |
| Mar 16 | -4°C | -13°C | 8°C 2010 | -29°C 2013 | 31% |
| Mar 17 | -4°C | -12°C | 6°C 1994 | -25°C 2013 | 30% |
| Mar 18 | -3°C | -12°C | 8°C 1991 | -27°C 2009 | 30% |
| Mar 19 | -3°C | -12°C | 9°C 1991 | -27°C 2002 | 30% |
| Mar 20 | -3°C | -12°C | 6°C 1993 | -27°C 2002 | 30% |
| Mar 21 | -2°C | -11°C | 11°C 1993 | -24°C 2001 | 31% |
| Mar 22 | -2°C | -11°C | 11°C 1993 | -27°C 2001 | 31% |
| Mar 23 | -1°C | -11°C | 11°C 1993 | -29°C 1996 | 30% |
| Mar 24 | -1°C | -10°C | 10°C 1993 | -23°C 1996 | 31% |
| Mar 25 | -1°C | -10°C | 11°C 1999 | -24°C 2004 | 32% |
| Mar 26 | 0°C | -10°C | 11°C 2000 | -21°C 2018 | 32% |
| Mar 27 | 0°C | -10°C | 11°C 2000 | -22°C 2014 | 32% |
| Mar 28 | 0°C | -10°C | 13°C 2000 | -25°C 2018 | 32% |
| Mar 29 | 1°C | -9°C | 12°C 2010 | -31°C 2018 | 32% |
| Mar 30 | 1°C | -9°C | 14°C 2004 | -33°C 2018 | 32% |
| Mar 31 | 1°C | -9°C | 14°C 1994 | -28°C 2014 | 32% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (MDT).
- March 1
- sunrise 7:17 AM, sunset 5:59 PM
- March 31
- sunrise 6:57 AM, sunset 8:03 PM
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.