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Weather in Sault Ste. Marie, MI · National Weather Service + NOAA

Sault Ste. Marie is snow country

Sault Ste. Marie has cold, snowy winters and cool summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 76°, a January night drops to 8°, and about 120 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. Normal November highs come to 40°, and lows to 28°.

Winter 26°/11°Spring 48°/28°Summer 74°/53°Fall 53°/38°
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Sunrise 7:23 am · sunset 5:18 pm

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What stands out about Sault Ste. Marie’s weather

Read from 30 years of NOAA records. Each one opens the full story on the Climate page.

Climate →
Snow countryAbout 120 inches a winter, more than 1,752 of 1,916 Michigan towns.Cool summersJuly afternoons average 76°, cooler than 98% of U.S. towns.Among Michigan’s coldest wintersJanuary nights average 8°, colder than 1,865 of 1,983 Michigan towns.Warming faster than mostThe last 30 years averaged 2.0° warmer than the 1900s, a bigger shift than 93% of U.S. towns.
A normal year

Where today sits in Sault Ste. Marie’s year

Typical highs and lows month by month, from 30 years of NOAA records.

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Winter
26° / 11°
38 days with an inch or more of snow
Spring
48° / 28°
Last frost around May 9
Summer
74° / 53°
1 days reach 90° in a normal year
Fall now
53° / 38°
First frost around Oct 11
Pastthe usual first frost (Oct 11). Last frost next spring: May 9
Best months to be outside
JunJulAugSep
Highs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
How much snow does Sault Ste. Marie get?About 120 inches a winter.When is it wettest?October, with 4.6 inches.Is it warmer than it used to be?+2.0° vs. the 20th century.

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Forecast, conditions and alerts: National Weather Service. Climate: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020 and 1901–2000. Temperatures and rainfall come from NOAA’s gridded normals for Sault Ste. Marie itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Sault Ste Marie Sanderson Fld, MI (1 mi). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.