Climate averages 1991–2020
Sault Ste. Marie weather
in April.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cold month in Sault Ste. Marie: daytime highs average 7.0°C and nights cool to about -1.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 67 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 32 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Greater Sudbury (256 km away). In April its highs average 8.2°C, 1.2°C warmer than Sault Ste. Marie, with 70 mm of rain.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Sault Ste. Marie ranks joint 81st of 86 for the warmest April highs and 16th of 86 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 86 cities is 10.3°C; Sault Ste. Marie is 3.3°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 8.4°C to 15.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 67 mm to 72 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Sault Ste. Marie climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -6.5°C-13.1°C | -13.1°C | 46 | 10.2 | 9.09 h |
| February | -6.0°C-12.6°C | -12.6°C | 36 | 7.6 | 10.310 h |
| March | -0.5°C-7.6°C | -7.6°C | 46 | 8.3 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 7.0°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 67 | 10.2 | 13.514 h |
| May | 15.4°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 72 | 10.0 | 15.015 h |
| June | 21.0°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 81 | 9.8 | 15.816 h |
| July | 23.3°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 101 | 11.4 | 15.415 h |
| August | 22.8°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 95 | 10.9 | 14.214 h |
| September | 18.8°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 108 | 12.1 | 12.613 h |
| October | 11.5°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 101 | 13.7 | 10.911 h |
| November | 4.4°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 67 | 11.2 | 9.59 h |
| December | -1.7°C-7.7°C | -7.7°C | 56 | 11.1 | 8.79 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Greater Sudbury in AprilCanada · 256 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low -2.0°C · 70 mm rain
- Green Bay in AprilUnited States · 363 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 1.6°C · 80 mm rain
- Flint in AprilUnited States · 393 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 2.8°C · 89 mm rain
- Appleton in AprilUnited States · 405 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 1.5°C · 81 mm rain
- Grand Rapids in AprilUnited States · 409 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 3.0°C · 101 mm rain
- Wyoming in AprilUnited States · 415 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 3.0°C · 101 mm rain
- Lansing in AprilUnited States · 421 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 3.2°C · 95 mm rain
- Sarnia in AprilCanada · 422 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 2.8°C · 85 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Sault Ste. Marie) is explained once on the Sault Ste. Marie year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.