Yellowknife climate

Yellowknife Weather in March

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

Average highs run from -19°C on March 1 to -8°C on March 31, and lows from -29°C to -17°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 22 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 Yellowknife, in °C, with the record for each date.-60-40-20020151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

March at a glance

Average high
-13°C
Average low
-23°C
Precipitation
22 mm
Reanalysis high
1°CMar 31, 1993
Reanalysis low
-49°CMar 5, 1991
Daylight
10 h 21 min to 13 h 22 min
Cloud cover
52%
Humidity
95%
Dew point
-19°C
Wind
16.2 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 1-19°C-29°C-3°C 2010-45°C 200815%
Mar 2-19°C-29°C-3°C 2010-48°C 200815%
Mar 3-19°C-28°C0°C 2010-44°C 201114%
Mar 4-18°C-28°C-3°C 2010-43°C 200714%
Mar 5-18°C-28°C-2°C 2010-49°C 199115%
Mar 6-18°C-28°C-3°C 2010-48°C 199115%
Mar 7-18°C-27°C-1°C 2010-44°C 200316%
Mar 8-17°C-27°C-2°C 2008-43°C 200917%
Mar 9-17°C-27°C-3°C 2006-46°C 200917%
Mar 10-16°C-26°C-4°C 2010-45°C 201118%
Mar 11-16°C-26°C-1°C 2010-41°C 201118%
Mar 12-15°C-25°C0°C 2018-37°C 200918%
Mar 13-15°C-25°C-3°C 1999-39°C 200218%
Mar 14-14°C-24°C0°C 2010-42°C 201320%
Mar 15-14°C-24°C0°C 2010-40°C 200720%
Mar 16-13°C-23°C0°C 1994-41°C 200720%
Mar 17-13°C-23°C-2°C 1994-34°C 200720%
Mar 18-12°C-22°C1°C 2019-34°C 199620%
Mar 19-12°C-22°C0°C 2019-37°C 200720%
Mar 20-11°C-21°C1°C 2019-41°C 201720%
Mar 21-11°C-21°C1°C 2019-36°C 199619%
Mar 22-10°C-20°C1°C 1993-38°C 199619%
Mar 23-10°C-20°C1°C 1993-33°C 199418%
Mar 24-9°C-19°C1°C 2006-42°C 200418%
Mar 25-9°C-19°C1°C 1999-44°C 200419%
Mar 26-9°C-19°C0°C 2006-30°C 199519%
Mar 27-9°C-18°C0°C 2015-32°C 199718%
Mar 28-8°C-18°C1°C 2016-37°C 201818%
Mar 29-8°C-18°C1°C 2005-37°C 201816%
Mar 30-8°C-18°C1°C 2000-35°C 201416%
Mar 31-8°C-17°C1°C 1993-31°C 202016%

Chance of rain

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

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (MDT).

March 1
sunrise 7:40 AM, sunset 6:01 PM
March 31
sunrise 7:01 AM, sunset 8:23 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.