Average March Precipitation in British Columbia

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The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall plus snowfall during March at cities and towns in British Columbia. Each place has a total for how many days of wet weather it usually gets this month and for the normal amount of precipitation.

The calculation of days only includes the days when precipitation totalled at least 0.2 millimetres (0.008 inches). The month's total precipitation is an average of weather data collected during 1971 to 2000.

You can jump to a separate table for each section of the province: Southwest Mainland, Gulf Islands, Vancouver Island, Central BC, Southeast BC and Northern BC.

Southwest BC Mainland

Average monthly precipitation in March
Days Place Inches Millimetres
18 Abbotsford   5.8 146
19 Chilliwack   6.8 173
17 Gibsons   4.9 124
19 North Vancouver, Capilano   8.7 221
18 Powell River   4.4 113
17 Vancouver - Richmond   4.5 114
16 Whistler   3.8   96

Gulf Islands

March averages for total rainfall plus snowfall
Days Place Inches Millimetres
18 Cortes Island, Whaletown   4.6 116
14 Gabriola Island   3.4   87
17 Mayne Island, Village Bay   2.9   73
16 Saltspring Island   3.4   87

Vancouver Island

March averages for total rainfall plus snowfall
Days Place Inches Millimetres
18 Campbell River   5.4 136
16 Courtenay - Comox   4.4 111
15 Duncan   4.0 102
20 Gold River 10.1 255
18 Nanaimo   4.4 112
18 Port Alberni   8.0 204
20 Port Hardy   5.9 149
22 Port Renfrew 15.3 388
16 Sidney   3.1   78
21 Tofino 14.0 355
15 Victoria   1.8   47

Central British Columbia

Average amount of rain and snow in March
Days Place Inches Millimetres
14 Barkerville   2.7   68
18 Bella Coola   4.8 121
  7 Kamloops   0.5   12
11 Kelowna   0.9   22
  9 Lillooet   0.7   17
  9 Penticton   0.9   22
11 Vernon   1.1   27
  6 Williams Lake   0.6   15

Southeast BC

Precipitation totals for March
Days Place Inches Millimetres
14 Castlegar   2.4   61
  9 Cranbrook   0.8   21
  8 Golden   0.8   21
16 Revelstoke   2.6   66
12 Sparwood   1.5   38

Northern British Columbia

Total precipitation during March
Days Place Inches Millimetres
  7 Atlin   0.6   17
  9 Fort Nelson   0.6   14
  9 Fort St John   0.8   21
12 Prince George   1.3   33
22 Prince Rupert   9.6 243
21 Sandspit, Haida Gwaii   4.5 113
11 Smithers   0.8   20
Reference

Environment Canada. National Climate Data and Information Archive. Canadian Climate Normals or Averages 1971-2000.

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