Average Snowfall for Ontario in March

The tables below list monthly averages for snowfall during March at cities and towns and parks in Ontario.

You can jump to a separate table for each section of the province: Eastern, Central, Southwestern, Northeastern and Northwestern Ontario.

The numbers are for the total amount of new snow and how many days it snows at least 0.2 centimetres (0.08 inches) this month. The snowfall totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1981 to 2010.

Eastern Ontario

March snowfall averages
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
6 Belleville 8.7 22.1
7 Cornwall 12.5 31.8
7 Kingston 10.0 25.4
7 Ottawa 11.4 29.1
9 Pembroke 12.5 31.7

Central Ontario

Total amount of snow in March on average
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
7 Barrie 11.4 29.0
4 Brantford 6.1 15.6
7 French River, Chaudiere Dam 12.2 31.1
5 Hamilton 7.2 18.3
7 Huntsville 14.2 36.1
8 Midland 11.0 27.8
7 Niagara Falls 7.7 19.6
4 Oshawa 5.3 13.5
4 Peterborough 7.7 19.5
7 St Catharines 9.1 23.2
7 Toronto 7.8 19.8

Southwestern Ontario

Average total snowfall in March
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
3 Chatham-Kent 4.4 11.3
6 Guelph 10.4 26.4
9 London 11.6 29.4
8 Owen Sound 13.9 35.4
5 Point Pelee National Park 7.3 18.4
7 Sarnia 7.5 19.1
9 Waterloo 10.4 26.5
7 Windsor 8.2 20.9

Northeastern Ontario

Average March snowfall
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
11 Chapleau 14.4 36.6
8 Gore Bay 13.1 33.2
13 Kapuskasing 16.6 42.1
10 Moosonee 12.2 31.0
11 North Bay 15.5 39.5
10 Sault Ste Marie 15.1 38.3
6 South Baymouth 10.2 25.9
10 Sudbury 13.7 34.9
12 Timmins 17.6 44.8
10 Wawa 15.8 40.1

Northwestern Ontario

March snowfall averages
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
7 Atikokan 7.8 19.9
11 Big Trout Lake 12.1 30.6
10 Dryden 9.9 25.1
4 Fort Frances 5.6 14.2
9 Kenora 8.3 21.1
10 Red Lake 10.2 26.0
8 Thunder Bay 7.2 18.2
Reference

Environment Canada. Meteorological Service of Canada. Canadian Climate Normals. 1981-2010 Climate Normals & Averages.

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