Weather in Moose Jaw in March was somewhat cold and dry, according to the monthly statistics from Environment and Climate Change Canada. 

The average temperature during the month of March in Moose Jaw was –6.3 degrees Celsius. The normal temperature for the month is –2.6 degrees making it 3.7 degrees colder than the norm. 

It was the 50th coldest March in Moose Jaw in 129 years of data. 

“Right through until about March 8 we were significantly below normal temperature-wise,” explained Environment and Climate Change Canada meteorologist Brian Proctor.  

“Then we saw an extended period running from about the ninth right through to the 19th of above normal temperatures and then we fell off again at the end of the month. We saw a high variability in temperatures.” 

Temp chartChart courtesy: Environment and Climate Change Canada

For precipitation, Moose Jaw was slightly on the drier side as we were 81 per cent of the normal of 19.7 millimetres. 

“It was pretty close to normal is probably the best way to word it. We received 15.9 millimetres of water equivalency so that takes all the snow that fell and also any rain that may have fallen and melting hat snow and combining the two together,” Proctor said. 

Moose Jaw had one weather system come through in early March that brought around 10 to 15 centimetres of snow. It was Moose Jaw’s 56th wettest March in 116 years of data. 

Precip chartChart courtesy: Environment and Climate Change Canada

Looking ahead to this month, Proctor said we may not be out of the woods yet when it comes to snow, but temperatures will gradually return to seasonal conditions. 

“While we do have a bit of a drought out there still, there’s some hope from that perspective. You’ll see a bit more snowfall, but in general it looks to be waning only. You’re likely trending a bit more warm and a bit dry to start off spring and then transition to more normal conditions as spring further evolves,” he said. 

You can find your five-day forecast and the latest conditions here.