March Weather in Yorkton Canada

Daily high temperatures increase by 17°F, from 23°F to 39°F, rarely falling below 4°F or exceeding 54°F.

Daily low temperatures increase by 15°F, from 6°F to 21°F, rarely falling below -15°F or exceeding 34°F.

For reference, on July 23, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Yorkton typically range from 55°F to 77°F, while on January 12, the coldest day of the year, they range from -4°F to 12°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on March. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Karagandy, Kazakhstan (5,456 miles away) and Novokuznetsk, Russia (5,168 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Yorkton (view comparison).

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The month of March in Yorkton experiences decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 68% to 56%.

The clearest day of the month is March 31, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 44% of the time.

For reference, on February 19, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 70%, while on July 29, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 70%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Yorkton, the chance of a wet day over the course of March is gradually increasing, starting the month at 8% and ending it at 12%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 32% on June 25, and its lowest chance is 5% on February 16.

Over the course of March in Yorkton, the chance of a day with only rain increases from 1% to 4%, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain increases from 1% to 3%, and the chance of a day with only snow decreases from 6% to 4%.

Rainfall

To show variation within the month and not just the monthly total, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during March in Yorkton is gradually increasing, starting the month at 0.1 inches, when it rarely exceeds 0.2 inches, and ending the month at 0.3 inches, when it rarely exceeds 0.9 inches.

Snowfall

As with rainfall, we consider the snowfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day snowfall during March in Yorkton is essentially constant, remaining about 3.3 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 8.2 inches or falling below 0.1 inches.

The highest average 31-day accumulation is 3.6 inches on March 15.

Over the course of March in Yorkton, the length of the day is rapidly increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 1 hour, 58 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 3 minutes, 55 seconds, and weekly increase of 27 minutes, 27 seconds.

The shortest day of the month is March 1, with 10 hours, 59 minutes of daylight and the longest day is March 31, with 12 hours, 56 minutes of daylight.

The latest sunrise of the month in Yorkton is 7:33 AM on March 1 and the earliest sunrise is 1 hour, 7 minutes earlier at 6:26 AM on March 31.

The earliest sunset is 6:31 PM on March 1 and the latest sunset is 51 minutes later at 7:22 PM on March 31.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Yorkton during 2024.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 4:34 AM and sets 16 hours, 35 minutes later, at 9:09 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 8:52 AM and sets 7 hours, 53 minutes later, at 4:44 PM.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for March 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy in Yorkton is essentially constant during March, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on July 19, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 5% of the time, while on January 1, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed in Yorkton is essentially constant during March, remaining within 0.3 miles per hour of 11.6 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on March 30, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 11.9 miles per hour, while on July 30, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.2 miles per hour.

The highest daily average wind speed during March is 11.9 miles per hour on March 30.

The wind direction in Yorkton during March is predominantly out of the west from March 1 to March 23 and the south from March 23 to March 31.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

The growing season in Yorkton typically lasts for 4.0 months (125 days), from around May 18 to around September 19, rarely starting before May 1 or after June 4, and rarely ending before September 2 or after October 6.

The month of March in Yorkton is reliably fully outside of the growing season.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days in Yorkton are essentially constant during March, remaining within 1°F of 1°F throughout.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy in Yorkton is rapidly increasing during March, rising by 1.5 kWh, from 2.8 kWh to 4.4 kWh, over the course of the month.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Yorkton are 51.217 deg latitude, -102.468 deg longitude, and 1,650 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Yorkton is essentially flat, with a maximum elevation change of 85 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 1,657 feet. Within 10 miles is essentially flat (154 feet). Within 50 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (945 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Yorkton is covered by cropland (53%) and artificial surfaces (43%), within 10 miles by cropland (85%) and grassland (11%), and within 50 miles by cropland (83%).