Terrace weather in March

In March, Terrace sees average daytime highs of 3°C and overnight lows near -4°C, with 155 mm of precipitation across 18.2 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 1°C in the first days to 5°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in March, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 18 min at the start of March to 12 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, March is Terrace's 7th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Terrace's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 3°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: -4°; 4th coldest
Precipitation: 155 mm; 18.2 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 30 min; 7:00 AM – 6:28 PM
Cloud cover: 77%; 7th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 2.84 kWh/m²
Travel score: 0.0; out of 10

Terrace is city on the Skeena River in North West British Columbia, Canada.

Air quality: Good; PM2.5 6 µg/m³ · 2019
Founded: 1927

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

← February Terrace year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

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Temperature in March

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 1°C in the first days to 5°C by the end.

A typical March day in Terrace reaches about 3°C in the afternoon and slips back to -4°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -1°C and 7°C. Set against its neighbours, March runs about 3°C warmer than February and about 4°C cooler than April.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5
Avg low (°C)	-6	-6	-6	-6	-6	-5	-5	-5	-5	-5	-5	-5	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-4	-3	-3	-3	-3	-3	-3	-3	-3	-3	-3	-2	-2	-2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	1	-6
2	1	-6
3	1	-6
4	1	-6
5	1	-6
6	2	-5
7	2	-5
8	2	-5
9	2	-5
10	2	-5
11	2	-5
12	2	-5
13	3	-4
14	3	-4
15	3	-4
16	3	-4
17	3	-4
18	3	-4
19	4	-3
20	4	-3
21	4	-3
22	4	-3
23	4	-3
24	4	-3
25	4	-3
26	4	-3
27	4	-3
28	5	-3
29	5	-2
30	5	-2
31	5	-2

How March really feels in Terrace

Once humidity and wind are folded in, March averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in March is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Terrace weather by month

How March compares with the rest of the year at a glance. March is the 8th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-2° / -7°	234	19.6	20	7.6	0.0
Feb	0° / -6°	152	14.8	15	9.3	0.0
Mar	3° / -4°	155	18.2	17.7	11.5	0.0
Apr	7° / -1°	118	15.2	11.2	13.7	0.6
May	11° / 3°	95	14.4	3.5	15.7	2.5
Jun	15° / 7°	104	16.6	0.1	16.9	3.6
Jul	17° / 9°	94	15	0	16.4	4.7
Aug	17° / 9°	114	14.7	0	14.7	4.7
Sep	13° / 6°	173	17.5	0.5	12.5	2.8
Oct	7° / 1°	256	20.9	10.1	10.2	0.6
Nov	1° / -4°	260	21.1	19.3	8.2	0.0
Dec	-2° / -6°	235	19.8	20.3	7.1	0.0

Cloud cover in March

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in March.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of March, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 78%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	27	27	25	24	24	23	22	21	21	21	20	21	19	20	19	20	20	20	20	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
Cloudier (%)	73	73	75	76	76	77	78	79	79	79	80	79	81	80	81	80	80	80	80	79	79	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	25	75
4	24	76
5	24	76
6	23	77
7	22	78
8	21	79
9	21	79
10	21	79
11	20	80
12	21	79
13	19	81
14	20	80
15	19	81
16	20	80
17	20	80
18	20	80
19	20	80
20	21	79
21	21	79
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	22	78
26	22	78
27	22	78
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	22	78
31	22	78

Chance of precipitation in March

Any precipitationSnow

Terrace gets around 155 mm of rain and snow over 18.2 wet days in March. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 58% and peaks near 62% on the wettest days, and about 18 days bring snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	52	53	54	56	57	58	59	60	61	61	62	62	62	62	61	61	60	60	59	58	58	57	56	56	55	55	55	54	54	54	54
Snow chance (%)	52	53	54	55	57	58	59	60	61	61	61	61	61	60	60	59	58	57	56	56	55	54	53	53	52	52	52	52	52	51	51

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	52	52
2	53	53
3	54	54
4	56	55
5	57	57
6	58	58
7	59	59
8	60	60
9	61	61
10	61	61
11	62	61
12	62	61
13	62	61
14	62	60
15	61	60
16	61	59
17	60	58
18	60	57
19	59	56
20	58	56
21	58	55
22	57	54
23	56	53
24	56	53
25	55	52
26	55	52
27	55	52
28	54	52
29	54	52
30	54	51
31	54	51

Humidity in March

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of March feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, March lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in March

Winds average 5 km/h in March, the windiest month of the year.

Across March, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
9	6	calm
10	6	calm
11	6	calm
12	5	calm
13	5	calm
14	5	calm
15	5	calm
16	5	calm
17	5	calm
18	5	calm
19	5	calm
20	5	calm
21	5	calm
22	5	calm
23	5	calm
24	5	calm
25	5	calm
26	5	calm
27	5	calm
28	5	calm
29	5	calm
30	5	calm
31	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in March

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 18 min at the start of March to 12 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 138 minutes over March. Sunrise moves from 7:38 AM to 6:22 AM, and sunset from 5:58 PM to 6:57 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	10.3	10.4	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.8	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.9	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.3	12.4	12.4	12.5	12.6
Sunrise (AM)	7:38	7:35	7:33	7:30	7:28	7:26	7:23	7:21	7:18	7:16	7:13	7:11	7:08	7:06	7:03	7:00	6:58	6:55	6:53	6:50	6:48	6:45	6:43	6:40	6:37	6:35	6:32	6:30	6:27	6:24	6:22
Sunset (PM)	5:58	6:00	6:02	6:04	6:06	6:08	6:10	6:12	6:14	6:16	6:18	6:20	6:22	6:24	6:26	6:28	6:30	6:32	6:34	6:36	6:37	6:39	6:41	6:43	6:45	6:47	6:49	6:51	6:53	6:55	6:57

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.3	7:38	5:58
2	10.4	7:35	6:00
3	10.5	7:33	6:02
4	10.6	7:30	6:04
5	10.6	7:28	6:06
6	10.7	7:26	6:08
7	10.8	7:23	6:10
8	10.9	7:21	6:12
9	10.9	7:18	6:14
10	11.0	7:16	6:16
11	11.1	7:13	6:18
12	11.2	7:11	6:20
13	11.2	7:08	6:22
14	11.3	7:06	6:24
15	11.4	7:03	6:26
16	11.5	7:00	6:28
17	11.5	6:58	6:30
18	11.6	6:55	6:32
19	11.7	6:53	6:34
20	11.8	6:50	6:36
21	11.8	6:48	6:37
22	11.9	6:45	6:39
23	12.0	6:43	6:41
24	12.1	6:40	6:43
25	12.1	6:37	6:45
26	12.2	6:35	6:47
27	12.3	6:32	6:49
28	12.4	6:30	6:51
29	12.4	6:27	6:53
30	12.5	6:24	6:55
31	12.6	6:22	6:57

Solar energy in March

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in March, about 2.84 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.48 kWh/m² to a high of 5.22 kWh/m² in May across the year — March's 2.84 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.1	Moderate
2	2.2	Moderate
3	2.2	Moderate
4	2.3	Moderate
5	2.3	Moderate
6	2.3	Moderate
7	2.4	Moderate
8	2.4	Moderate
9	2.5	Moderate
10	2.5	Moderate
11	2.6	Moderate
12	2.6	Moderate
13	2.7	Moderate
14	2.7	Moderate
15	2.8	Moderate
16	2.8	Moderate
17	2.9	Moderate
18	2.9	Moderate
19	3.0	Moderate
20	3.0	Moderate
21	3.1	Moderate
22	3.2	Moderate
23	3.2	Moderate
24	3.3	Moderate
25	3.3	Moderate
26	3.4	Moderate
27	3.4	Moderate
28	3.5	Moderate
29	3.5	Moderate
30	3.5	Moderate
31	3.6	Moderate

Planning a trip in March

Is March a good time to visit Terrace?

Our two travel scores rate March for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

0.0

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

March is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Terrace.

What to pack for Terrace in March

From March's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In March, Terrace sees daytime highs around 3°C and nights near -4°C. Pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear. About 18 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Terrace in March

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in March peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Terrace peaks around July 11 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	1	3	4	5	6	6	5	4	2	1	0
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	4	Moderate
May	5	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	6	High
Aug	5	Moderate
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	2	Low
Nov	1	Low
Dec	0	Low

Air quality in Terrace in March

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where March falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Terrace is worst in October — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 18.0× the cleanest month (January, 1 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Terrace's WHO annual average of 6 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	1	3	3	5	6	6	9	6	6	18	8	2
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	1	Good
Feb	3	Good
Mar	3	Good
Apr	5	Good
May	6	Good
Jun	6	Good
Jul	9	Good
Aug	6	Good
Sep	6	Good
Oct	18	Moderate
Nov	8	Good
Dec	2	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Terrace?

Terrace sits at 54.5°N, 128.6°W, 70 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Prince George, 386 km away.

Topography around Terrace

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Terrace.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Terrace has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 376 m around an average of 100 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,596 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,736 m.

The land around Terrace is covered by trees (60%) within 3 km, trees (85%) within 16 km, and trees (66%) within 80 km.

3 km

376 m

trees 60%

16 km

1,596 m

trees 85%

80 km

2,736 m

trees 66%

treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewatermoss and lichen

← February Terrace year-round climate April →Best places to visit in March

March weather nearby: Prince George 386 km · Fort St. John 526 km · Campbell River 550 km · Juneau 552 km · Courtenay 591 km · Whistler 621 km · Tofino 624 km · Grande Prairie 631 km

Canada travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 83% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $55,698; 2025
Happiness: 6.7 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 97%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 2; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 5.3; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Terrace (54.5163°, -128.6035°, elevation 70 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	1	-6
2	1	-6
3	1	-6
4	1	-6
5	1	-6
6	2	-5
7	2	-5
8	2	-5
9	2	-5
10	2	-5
11	2	-5
12	2	-5
13	3	-4
14	3	-4
15	3	-4
16	3	-4
17	3	-4
18	3	-4
19	4	-3
20	4	-3
21	4	-3
22	4	-3
23	4	-3
24	4	-3
25	4	-3
26	4	-3
27	4	-3
28	5	-3
29	5	-2
30	5	-2
31	5	-2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	25	75
4	24	76
5	24	76
6	23	77
7	22	78
8	21	79
9	21	79
10	21	79
11	20	80
12	21	79
13	19	81
14	20	80
15	19	81
16	20	80
17	20	80
18	20	80
19	20	80
20	21	79
21	21	79
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	22	78
26	22	78
27	22	78
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	22	78
31	22	78

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	52	52
2	53	53
3	54	54
4	56	55
5	57	57
6	58	58
7	59	59
8	60	60
9	61	61
10	61	61
11	62	61
12	62	61
13	62	61
14	62	60
15	61	60
16	61	59
17	60	58
18	60	57
19	59	56
20	58	56
21	58	55
22	57	54
23	56	53
24	56	53
25	55	52
26	55	52
27	55	52
28	54	52
29	54	52
30	54	51
31	54	51

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	1	-6
2	1	-6
3	1	-6
4	1	-6
5	1	-6
6	2	-5
7	2	-5
8	2	-5
9	2	-5
10	2	-5
11	2	-5
12	2	-5
13	3	-4
14	3	-4
15	3	-4
16	3	-4
17	3	-4
18	3	-4
19	4	-3
20	4	-3
21	4	-3
22	4	-3
23	4	-3
24	4	-3
25	4	-3
26	4	-3
27	4	-3
28	5	-3
29	5	-2
30	5	-2
31	5	-2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	25	75
4	24	76
5	24	76
6	23	77
7	22	78
8	21	79
9	21	79
10	21	79
11	20	80
12	21	79
13	19	81
14	20	80
15	19	81
16	20	80
17	20	80
18	20	80
19	20	80
20	21	79
21	21	79
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	22	78
26	22	78
27	22	78
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	22	78
31	22	78

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	52	52
2	53	53
3	54	54
4	56	55
5	57	57
6	58	58
7	59	59
8	60	60
9	61	61
10	61	61
11	62	61
12	62	61
13	62	61
14	62	60
15	61	60
16	61	59
17	60	58
18	60	57
19	59	56
20	58	56
21	58	55
22	57	54
23	56	53
24	56	53
25	55	52
26	55	52
27	55	52
28	54	52
29	54	52
30	54	51
31	54	51

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	1	-6
2	1	-6
3	1	-6
4	1	-6
5	1	-6
6	2	-5
7	2	-5
8	2	-5
9	2	-5
10	2	-5
11	2	-5
12	2	-5
13	3	-4
14	3	-4
15	3	-4
16	3	-4
17	3	-4
18	3	-4
19	4	-3
20	4	-3
21	4	-3
22	4	-3
23	4	-3
24	4	-3
25	4	-3
26	4	-3
27	4	-3
28	5	-3
29	5	-2
30	5	-2
31	5	-2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	25	75
4	24	76
5	24	76
6	23	77
7	22	78
8	21	79
9	21	79
10	21	79
11	20	80
12	21	79
13	19	81
14	20	80
15	19	81
16	20	80
17	20	80
18	20	80
19	20	80
20	21	79
21	21	79
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	22	78
26	22	78
27	22	78
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	22	78
31	22	78

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	52	52
2	53	53
3	54	54
4	56	55
5	57	57
6	58	58
7	59	59
8	60	60
9	61	61
10	61	61
11	62	61
12	62	61
13	62	61
14	62	60
15	61	60
16	61	59
17	60	58
18	60	57
19	59	56
20	58	56
21	58	55
22	57	54
23	56	53
24	56	53
25	55	52
26	55	52
27	55	52
28	54	52
29	54	52
30	54	51
31	54	51

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100