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Montreal in March: every year compared

In March, Montreal averages highs of 1.4 °C and lows of -7.5 °C, with 74 mm of precipitation. The warmest March was 2010 (1.9 °C), the coldest 2014 (-7.8 °C).

Avg. highAvg. high 1.4 °C

Avg. lowAvg. low -7.5 °C

PrecipitationPrecipitation 74 mm

Rainy daysRainy days 10

Day by day through March

Normal high and low for each day of March in Montreal.

Normal high and low, day by dayNormal 1991–2020

Every March in Montreal, ranked

86 months of March since 1940. The last one, 2025, ranks 16 of 86 (+1.6 °C vs normal).

194019832025

2025 · -1.3 °C · +1.6 °C vs normal · rank 16 of 86

Warmest years

120101.9 °C
220121.8 °C
319461.1 °C
419731.0 °C
520000.9 °C

Coldest years

12014-7.8 °C
21950-7.2 °C
31941-7.2 °C
41956-6.9 °C
51984-6.8 °C

All 86 years in a table

Year	Mean temperature	Daytime highs	Night lows	Precipitation	Frost days	Snowfall	Rainy days
2025	-1.3 °C	3.7 °C	-5.9 °C	89 mm	27 days	21 cm	17 days
2024	0.8 °C	5.0 °C	-3.2 °C	81 mm	24 days	25 cm	12 days
2023	-1.6 °C	1.7 °C	-5.4 °C	68 mm	30 days	25 cm	11 days
2022	-2.4 °C	1.6 °C	-6.8 °C	103 mm	25 days	24 cm	14 days
2021	-1.4 °C	3.9 °C	-6.6 °C	63 mm	25 days	4 cm	9 days
2020	-0.8 °C	3.3 °C	-4.8 °C	115 mm	26 days	6 cm	13 days
2019	-3.8 °C	0.4 °C	-8.1 °C	63 mm	30 days	19 cm	12 days
2018	-1.9 °C	1.5 °C	-5.0 °C	59 mm	28 days	29 cm	10 days
2017	-5.7 °C	-1.5 °C	-9.5 °C	107 mm	27 days	38 cm	10 days
2016	-2.0 °C	2.7 °C	-6.7 °C	115 mm	26 days	21 cm	14 days
2015	-5.2 °C	-0.8 °C	-10.7 °C	43 mm	31 days	27 cm	9 days
2014	-7.8 °C	-2.7 °C	-14.1 °C	72 mm	31 days	47 cm	9 days
2013	-1.4 °C	2.2 °C	-5.1 °C	44 mm	28 days	20 cm	5 days
2012	1.8 °C	6.8 °C	-2.7 °C	62 mm	21 days	12 cm	9 days
2011	-3.2 °C	1.0 °C	-7.6 °C	112 mm	29 days	42 cm	10 days
2010	1.9 °C	6.9 °C	-2.5 °C	53 mm	24 days	5 cm	8 days
2009	-2.0 °C	2.8 °C	-6.9 °C	50 mm	27 days	5 cm	9 days
2008	-5.6 °C	-1.6 °C	-11.1 °C	126 mm	31 days	76 cm	12 days
2007	-3.8 °C	0.6 °C	-8.7 °C	72 mm	27 days	32 cm	12 days
2006	-1.8 °C	2.7 °C	-5.9 °C	39 mm	30 days	4 cm	6 days
2005	-4.2 °C	-0.1 °C	-9.0 °C	38 mm	30 days	24 cm	8 days
2004	-0.7 °C	3.7 °C	-5.3 °C	58 mm	26 days	8 cm	9 days
2003	-4.8 °C	-0.0 °C	-10.1 °C	70 mm	26 days	26 cm	14 days
2002	-2.6 °C	1.3 °C	-7.1 °C	81 mm	29 days	34 cm	11 days
2001	-4.4 °C	-0.9 °C	-8.5 °C	85 mm	31 days	58 cm	9 days
2000	0.9 °C	5.5 °C	-3.6 °C	78 mm	25 days	15 cm	13 days
1999	-2.8 °C	1.4 °C	-6.9 °C	78 mm	28 days	33 cm	10 days
1998	-2.1 °C	1.7 °C	-6.6 °C	100 mm	27 days	34 cm	16 days
1997	-5.6 °C	-1.6 °C	-10.2 °C	100 mm	30 days	50 cm	13 days
1996	-3.3 °C	1.3 °C	-7.7 °C	26 mm	30 days	11 cm	9 days
1995	-1.3 °C	3.2 °C	-5.8 °C	64 mm	25 days	19 cm	11 days
1994	-3.3 °C	0.5 °C	-7.9 °C	64 mm	31 days	34 cm	9 days
1993	-4.9 °C	0.1 °C	-10.7 °C	59 mm	29 days	40 cm	9 days
1992	-5.9 °C	-1.2 °C	-11.2 °C	81 mm	28 days	8 cm	9 days
1991	-1.5 °C	2.8 °C	-5.9 °C	99 mm	30 days	18 cm	11 days
1990	-1.7 °C	3.5 °C	-6.8 °C	66 mm	26 days	20 cm	10 days
1989	-5.4 °C	0.2 °C	-11.0 °C	90 mm	30 days	39 cm	11 days
1988	-2.9 °C	1.9 °C	-7.9 °C	23 mm	29 days	4 cm	4 days
1987	-1.2 °C	4.0 °C	-6.8 °C	64 mm	26 days	27 cm	7 days
1986	-1.9 °C	3.0 °C	-6.9 °C	65 mm	27 days	20 cm	11 days
1985	-2.1 °C	2.4 °C	-6.7 °C	104 mm	28 days	33 cm	10 days
1984	-6.8 °C	-2.0 °C	-11.8 °C	61 mm	28 days	30 cm	9 days
1983	-0.9 °C	3.3 °C	-4.6 °C	72 mm	26 days	21 cm	11 days
1982	-3.3 °C	1.4 °C	-8.2 °C	86 mm	29 days	27 cm	13 days
1981	-1.0 °C	3.0 °C	-5.0 °C	45 mm	28 days	16 cm	12 days
1980	-2.9 °C	2.0 °C	-7.8 °C	65 mm	26 days	30 cm	11 days
1979	-0.1 °C	4.1 °C	-5.5 °C	58 mm	27 days	6 cm	11 days
1978	-5.5 °C	-1.2 °C	-10.7 °C	96 mm	31 days	33 cm	10 days
1977	0.5 °C	4.3 °C	-3.7 °C	89 mm	23 days	21 cm	10 days
1976	-4.0 °C	0.1 °C	-9.3 °C	94 mm	27 days	39 cm	16 days
1975	-4.7 °C	-0.4 °C	-9.7 °C	96 mm	31 days	23 cm	14 days
1974	-5.0 °C	-1.2 °C	-9.8 °C	126 mm	30 days	63 cm	16 days
1973	1.0 °C	5.0 °C	-3.1 °C	94 mm	23 days	7 cm	12 days
1972	-5.9 °C	-2.0 °C	-10.4 °C	118 mm	30 days	33 cm	15 days
1971	-4.9 °C	-1.3 °C	-9.4 °C	73 mm	31 days	49 cm	9 days
1970	-4.2 °C	-0.4 °C	-8.4 °C	64 mm	31 days	29 cm	14 days
1969	-4.5 °C	-1.1 °C	-8.3 °C	46 mm	30 days	11 cm	10 days
1968	-2.3 °C	2.0 °C	-8.0 °C	93 mm	26 days	20 cm	13 days
1967	-6.2 °C	-1.7 °C	-11.3 °C	24 mm	31 days	10 cm	6 days
1966	-2.1 °C	1.7 °C	-5.8 °C	96 mm	27 days	18 cm	13 days
1965	-3.5 °C	0.7 °C	-7.6 °C	21 mm	30 days	14 cm	5 days
1964	-2.1 °C	2.0 °C	-6.2 °C	69 mm	29 days	11 cm	9 days
1963	-4.6 °C	-0.6 °C	-9.3 °C	72 mm	29 days	39 cm	8 days
1962	-2.4 °C	2.1 °C	-6.7 °C	46 mm	29 days	27 cm	7 days
1961	-4.7 °C	-0.6 °C	-8.9 °C	74 mm	31 days	35 cm	6 days
1960	-6.1 °C	-2.5 °C	-9.9 °C	52 mm	29 days	14 cm	8 days
1959	-5.1 °C	-0.7 °C	-9.7 °C	75 mm	31 days	31 cm	9 days
1958	-1.0 °C	1.9 °C	-3.8 °C	49 mm	30 days	28 cm	11 days
1957	-2.6 °C	2.1 °C	-7.1 °C	36 mm	31 days	14 cm	6 days
1956	-6.9 °C	-2.6 °C	-11.6 °C	71 mm	31 days	45 cm	11 days
1955	-4.9 °C	-1.8 °C	-8.4 °C	126 mm	31 days	47 cm	18 days
1954	-4.0 °C	-0.4 °C	-7.6 °C	83 mm	30 days	30 cm	13 days
1953	-1.8 °C	2.3 °C	-5.9 °C	116 mm	23 days	6 cm	13 days
1952	-3.3 °C	-0.5 °C	-6.0 °C	72 mm	30 days	32 cm	11 days
1951	-2.5 °C	0.3 °C	-5.5 °C	115 mm	29 days	34 cm	14 days
1950	-7.2 °C	-3.0 °C	-11.8 °C	97 mm	30 days	43 cm	14 days
1949	-3.6 °C	0.4 °C	-7.9 °C	51 mm	27 days	18 cm	10 days
1948	-4.2 °C	0.5 °C	-10.1 °C	81 mm	30 days	11 cm	13 days
1947	-2.8 °C	0.6 °C	-6.5 °C	70 mm	30 days	27 cm	11 days
1946	1.1 °C	6.6 °C	-4.2 °C	28 mm	25 days	1 cm	4 days
1945	-0.5 °C	3.4 °C	-4.3 °C	106 mm	26 days	20 cm	11 days
1944	-5.8 °C	-1.6 °C	-10.8 °C	64 mm	31 days	30 cm	11 days
1943	-4.9 °C	-1.4 °C	-8.8 °C	103 mm	31 days	47 cm	14 days
1942	-2.0 °C	1.3 °C	-5.2 °C	118 mm	31 days	44 cm	20 days
1941	-7.2 °C	-2.9 °C	-11.0 °C	49 mm	31 days	32 cm	11 days
1940	-5.1 °C	-1.9 °C	-8.4 °C	99 mm	30 days	63 cm	13 days

March records

Hottest day

24.7 °C

March 21, 2012 estimate

Nearby station: 26.0 °C on March 21, 2012 measured

Coldest night

-31.1 °C

March 4, 1950 estimate

Nearby station: -30.0 °C on March 3, 2003 measured

Wettest day

36 mm

March 17, 1973 estimate

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Questions & answers

How warm is Montreal in March?

Highs average 1.4 °C and lows -7.5 °C. A typical March brings 0 hot days (30 °C or more) and 28 frost days.

Does it rain a lot in Montreal in March?

About 74 mm falls in March, over some 10 days with at least 1 mm. The wettest March was 1955 (126 mm), the driest 1965 (21 mm).

What was the warmest March in Montreal?

2010, with a mean temperature of 1.9 °C. The coldest was 2014 (-7.8 °C). The last one, 2025, ranks 16 of 86.