Climate averages 1991–2020
Sault Ste. Marie weather
in February.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a freezing month in Sault Ste. Marie: daytime highs average -6.0°C and nights cool to about -12.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 36 mm of precipitation on roughly 8 days, which makes February a month with light precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 17 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Greater Sudbury (256 km away). In February its highs average -5.7°C, about as warm as Sault Ste. Marie, with 41 mm of precipitation.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Sault Ste. Marie ranks 81st of 86 for the warmest February highs and 14th of 86 for the driest February (precipitation, lowest first). The mean February high of those 86 cities is -0.9°C; Sault Ste. Marie is 5.1°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.4°C to -0.5°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 36 mm to 46 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | -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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Greater Sudbury in FebruaryCanada · 256 kmHigh -5.7°C · Low -15.2°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Green Bay in FebruaryUnited States · 363 kmHigh -2.3°C · Low -10.8°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Flint in FebruaryUnited States · 393 kmHigh 0.4°C · Low -8.7°C · 50 mm precipitation
- Appleton in FebruaryUnited States · 405 kmHigh -2.6°C · Low -11.1°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Grand Rapids in FebruaryUnited States · 409 kmHigh 0.1°C · Low -8.3°C · 50 mm precipitation
- Wyoming in FebruaryUnited States · 415 kmHigh 0.3°C · Low -8.2°C · 50 mm precipitation
- Lansing in FebruaryUnited States · 421 kmHigh 0.7°C · Low -8.3°C · 52 mm precipitation
- Sarnia in FebruaryCanada · 422 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -8.0°C · 52 mm precipitation
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.