Climate averages 1991–2020
Sault Ste. Marie weather
in March.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the 9th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a freezing month in Sault Ste. Marie: daytime highs average -0.5°C and nights cool to about -7.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 mm of precipitation on roughly 8 days, which makes March a month with moderate precipitation (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Greater Sudbury (256 km away). In March its highs average 0.4°C, 1.0°C warmer than Sault Ste. Marie, with 50 mm of precipitation.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Sault Ste. Marie ranks 83rd of 86 for the warmest March highs and 14th of 86 for the driest March (precipitation, lowest first). The mean March high of those 86 cities is 3.8°C; Sault Ste. Marie is 4.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 7.5°C to 7.0°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 46 mm to 67 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | -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
March in nearby cities
- Greater Sudbury in MarchCanada · 256 kmHigh 0.4°C · Low -9.4°C · 50 mm precipitation
- Green Bay in MarchUnited States · 363 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -5.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Flint in MarchUnited States · 393 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low -3.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Appleton in MarchUnited States · 405 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -5.2°C · 59 mm rain
- Grand Rapids in MarchUnited States · 409 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low -3.3°C · 63 mm rain
- Wyoming in MarchUnited States · 415 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low -3.3°C · 63 mm rain
- Lansing in MarchUnited States · 421 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low -3.2°C · 60 mm rain
- Sarnia in MarchCanada · 422 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -3.7°C · 57 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.