Grande Prairie climate

Grande Prairie Weather in March

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

Average highs run from -3°C on March 1 to 5°C on March 31, and lows from -13°C to -5°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 34 mm over about 9 wet days.

March day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Grande Prairie, in °C, with the record for each date.-40-20020151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

March at a glance

Average high
1°C
Average low
-9°C
Precipitation
34 mm
Reanalysis high
20°CMar 30, 1994
Reanalysis low
-39°CMar 8, 2003
Daylight
10 h 46 min to 13 h 02 min
Cloud cover
68%
Humidity
84%
Dew point
-7°C
Wind
10.1 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 1-3°C-13°C10°C 2005-34°C 201432%
Mar 2-3°C-13°C10°C 2005-34°C 201433%
Mar 3-3°C-12°C12°C 2005-29°C 201933%
Mar 4-2°C-12°C11°C 2005-25°C 201434%
Mar 5-2°C-12°C8°C 2005-28°C 200336%
Mar 6-2°C-12°C10°C 2010-30°C 200336%
Mar 7-2°C-11°C12°C 2001-37°C 200337%
Mar 8-2°C-11°C7°C 2005-39°C 200336%
Mar 9-1°C-11°C10°C 2005-35°C 200336%
Mar 10-1°C-11°C10°C 2016-30°C 200934%
Mar 11-1°C-10°C10°C 2005-26°C 200332%
Mar 120°C-10°C11°C 2016-25°C 200332%
Mar 130°C-9°C11°C 2015-24°C 202032%
Mar 141°C-9°C12°C 1992-27°C 202033%
Mar 151°C-9°C10°C 2010-22°C 202034%
Mar 161°C-8°C10°C 2010-26°C 200236%
Mar 171°C-8°C11°C 2015-22°C 200236%
Mar 182°C-8°C12°C 2019-25°C 200235%
Mar 192°C-8°C14°C 2019-27°C 200235%
Mar 202°C-8°C14°C 2019-24°C 200232%
Mar 213°C-7°C13°C 2019-25°C 200232%
Mar 223°C-7°C15°C 1992-22°C 201332%
Mar 233°C-7°C11°C 2019-19°C 200132%
Mar 243°C-7°C11°C 1999-20°C 199632%
Mar 254°C-6°C14°C 1992-15°C 200932%
Mar 264°C-6°C12°C 1992-15°C 200932%
Mar 274°C-6°C12°C 2015-18°C 201432%
Mar 284°C-6°C13°C 2012-16°C 202031%
Mar 295°C-6°C19°C 2004-14°C 202030%
Mar 305°C-6°C20°C 1994-19°C 201829%
Mar 315°C-5°C18°C 2016-21°C 201828%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Grande Prairie, in percent.0102030401102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (MDT).

March 1
sunrise 7:45 AM, sunset 6:31 PM
March 31
sunrise 7:29 AM, sunset 8:31 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.