Climate averages 1991–2020
Sault Ste. Marie weather
in January.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the coolest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a freezing month in Sault Ste. Marie: daytime highs average -6.5°C and nights cool to about -13.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 46 mm of precipitation on roughly 10 days, which makes January a month with moderate precipitation (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 02 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Greater Sudbury (256 km away). In January its highs average -7.4°C, 0.9°C cooler than Sault Ste. Marie, with 53 mm of precipitation.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Sault Ste. Marie ranks 76th of 86 for the warmest January highs and 13th of 86 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 86 cities is -2.3°C; Sault Ste. Marie is 4.2°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.5°C to -6.0°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 46 mm to 36 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | -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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Greater Sudbury in JanuaryCanada · 256 kmHigh -7.4°C · Low -16.7°C · 53 mm precipitation
- Green Bay in JanuaryUnited States · 363 kmHigh -4.1°C · Low -11.9°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Flint in JanuaryUnited States · 393 kmHigh -1.2°C · Low -9.0°C · 59 mm precipitation
- Appleton in JanuaryUnited States · 405 kmHigh -4.5°C · Low -12.3°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Grand Rapids in JanuaryUnited States · 409 kmHigh -1.2°C · Low -8.2°C · 62 mm precipitation
- Wyoming in JanuaryUnited States · 415 kmHigh -1.1°C · Low -8.1°C · 62 mm precipitation
- Lansing in JanuaryUnited States · 421 kmHigh -1.0°C · Low -8.7°C · 62 mm precipitation
- Sarnia in JanuaryCanada · 422 kmHigh -1.2°C · Low -7.8°C · 57 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.