Sault Ste. Marie climate

Sault Ste. Marie Weather in December

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Sault Ste. Marie, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 0°C on December 1 to -5°C on December 31, and lows from -5°C to -11°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 65 mm over about 16 wet days.

December day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Sault Ste. Marie, in °C, with the record for each date.-30-20-1001020151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

December at a glance

Average high
-2°C
Average low
-8°C
Precipitation
65 mm
Reanalysis high
13°CDec 5, 2001
Reanalysis low
-28°CDec 26, 1993
Daylight
8 h 51 min to 8 h 39 min
Cloud cover
80%
Humidity
94%
Dew point
-6°C
Wind
14.8 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Dec 10°C-5°C6°C 1998-14°C 201954%
Dec 20°C-5°C8°C 1998-17°C 200254%
Dec 30°C-6°C10°C 2012-16°C 200254%
Dec 40°C-6°C9°C 2017-13°C 199153%
Dec 5-1°C-6°C13°C 2001-16°C 200752%
Dec 6-1°C-7°C8°C 1998-18°C 200052%
Dec 7-1°C-7°C5°C 2015-20°C 200052%
Dec 8-1°C-7°C4°C 1998-17°C 200053%
Dec 9-1°C-7°C6°C 2015-15°C 199553%
Dec 10-1°C-7°C8°C 2015-19°C 200853%
Dec 11-2°C-8°C5°C 2015-16°C 201952%
Dec 12-2°C-8°C6°C 1998-20°C 199551%
Dec 13-2°C-8°C9°C 2015-24°C 201350%
Dec 14-2°C-8°C9°C 2015-24°C 201349%
Dec 15-2°C-8°C6°C 1998-20°C 201350%
Dec 16-2°C-8°C4°C 2015-21°C 201352%
Dec 17-2°C-9°C3°C 2001-22°C 201753%
Dec 18-3°C-9°C4°C 1997-20°C 200453%
Dec 19-3°C-9°C4°C 2002-25°C 200453%
Dec 20-3°C-9°C4°C 1994-25°C 200853%
Dec 21-3°C-9°C3°C 2015-19°C 199553%
Dec 22-3°C-9°C3°C 1994-18°C 200054%
Dec 23-3°C-10°C9°C 2015-21°C 201354%
Dec 24-3°C-10°C10°C 2015-25°C 201354%
Dec 25-4°C-10°C4°C 1994-25°C 199354%
Dec 26-4°C-10°C4°C 2011-28°C 199354%
Dec 27-4°C-10°C4°C 1994-24°C 201755%
Dec 28-4°C-10°C2°C 1994-25°C 201755%
Dec 29-4°C-11°C1°C 2003-22°C 201356%
Dec 30-4°C-11°C1°C 2010-23°C 201355%
Dec 31-5°C-11°C3°C 2010-26°C 201754%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Sault Ste. Marie, in percent.02040601102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (EST).

December 1
sunrise 8:01 AM, sunset 4:52 PM
December 31
sunrise 8:21 AM, sunset 5:00 PM

Every day of December: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.