Penticton Weather in March
Penticton in March
The short of it: Penticton in March averages a high of 11 °C (51 °F) and a low of 0 °C (32 °F), with 25 mm (1.0 in) of rain and about 11 h 44 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 11° · low 0° · rain 25 mm · daylight 11 h 44 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & May
Thirty years of records give Penticton an average March high of 11°, a low of 0° and some 25 mm of rain. Highs rise 6° against February, to near 11°; nights run about 0°. Rain is modest, about 25 mm, the 7th wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 11 h 44 min in mid-March, 101 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates March 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are September and May.
Against its neighbours, Penticton runs warmer than most and wetter than most in March. Kaleden, 9 km to the S, is 1° cooler by day.
March in Penticton, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus February
- 6° warmer, 5.0 mm more rain
- Versus April
- 6° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 44 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
March averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KaledenBritish Columbia | 9 km S | 10° | -1° | 22 mm |
| NaramataBritish Columbia | 13 km N | 10° | 0° | 24 mm |
| SummerlandBritish Columbia | 15 km NNW | 10° | -1° | 23 mm |
| Okanagan FallsBritish Columbia | 15 km S | 11° | 0° | 23 mm |
| OliverBritish Columbia | 33 km S | 12° | 0° | 23 mm |
| PeachlandBritish Columbia | 34 km NNW | 9° | 0° | 25 mm |
| CawstonBritish Columbia | 35 km SSW | 11° | -1° | 18 mm |
| KeremeosBritish Columbia | 36 km SSW | 7° | -4° | 23 mm |