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 |