Sault Ste. Marie Metro Area, MI Climate

The Sault Ste. Marie, MI Metro Area has four distinct seasons with a humid continental climate. Summers are warm and humid, while winters are long and cold. Average summer temperatures reach the high 70s and low 80s during the day, while nights tend to be cooler in the high 50s. Winter temperatures average highs in the low 20s and lows in the single digits. Snowfall is abundant throughout winter months with an average of over 90 inches each year. Precipitation is evenly distributed throughout the year, but generally peaks from July to September due to frequent thunderstorms during that time.

Sault Ste. Marie Metro Area, Michigan gets 33 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Sault Ste. Marie Metro Area averages 101 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 156 sunny days per year in Sault Ste. Marie Metro Area. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Sault Ste. Marie Metro Area gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 148 days per year. Precipitation is rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground. In order for precipitation to be counted you have to get at least .01 inches on the ground to measure.

Weather Highlights

Summer High: the July high is around 77 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 6
Rain: averages 33 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 101 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the Sault Ste. Marie metro area is 5.8 (10=best), which means it is one of the least comfortable places in Michigan.

9 Summer - 2.7 Winter

August, July and June are the most pleasant months in the Sault Ste. Marie metro area, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan	United States
	32.9 in.	38.1 in.
	100.8 in.	27.8 in.
	147.6 days	106.2 days
	156 days	205 days
	77.3°	85.8°
	6.4°	21.7°
	5.8	7
	3.2	4.3
	720 ft.	2443 ft.

Climate

YOU SHOULD KNOW

Many people confuse weather and climate but they are different. Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere is over long periods of time.

Weather is how the atmosphere is behaving and its effects upon life and human activities. Weather can change from minute-to-minute. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and atmospheric pressure.

Climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a place. Climate can mean the average weather for a particular region and time period taken over 30 years. Climate is the average of weather over time.

July is the hottest month for the Sault Ste. Marie metro area with an average high temperature of 77.3°, which ranks it as one of the coolest places in Michigan. In the Sault Ste. Marie metro area, there are 3 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for the Sault Ste. Marie metro area are July, August and June.

In the Sault Ste. Marie metro area, there are 1.6 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is one of the coolest places in Michigan.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the Sault Ste. Marie metro area with an average of 6.4°. This is one of the coldest places in Michigan.

In the Sault Ste. Marie metro area, there are 175.9 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is one of the coldest places in Michigan.

In the Sault Ste. Marie metro area, there are 26.3 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is one of the coldest places in Michigan.

Humidity in the Sault Ste. Marie metro area is generally quite low and comfortable. There are few days during the summer when the humidity becomes unpleasant. The most humid months (but still comfortable) are August, July and June.

September is the wettest month in the Sault Ste. Marie metro area with 3.9 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 1.4 inches. The wettest season is Winter with 33% of yearly precipitation and 18% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 32.9 inches in the Sault Ste. Marie metro area means that it is drier than most places in Michigan.

December is the rainiest month in the Sault Ste. Marie metro area with 16.1 days of rain, and April is the driest month with only 9.6 rainy days. There are 147.6 rainy days annually in the Sault Ste. Marie metro area, which is rainier than most places in Michigan. The rainiest season is Spring when it rains 30% of the time and the driest is Summer with only a 21% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 100.8 inches in the Sault Ste. Marie metro area means that it is snowier than most places in Michigan. January is the snowiest month in the Sault Ste. Marie metro area with 26.7 inches of snow, and 7 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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