Sault Ste. Marie climate

Sault Ste. Marie Weather in January

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 -5°C on January 1 to -6°C on January 31, and lows from -11°C to -14°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 56 mm over about 16 wet days.

January 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.-40-30-20-10010151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

January at a glance

Average high
-6°C
Average low
-13°C
Precipitation
56 mm
Reanalysis high
4°CJan 12, 2013
Reanalysis low
-32°CJan 21, 2014
Daylight
8 h 40 min to 9 h 38 min
Cloud cover
78%
Humidity
97%
Dew point
-10°C
Wind
15.1 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
Jan 1-5°C-11°C3°C 2011-27°C 201453%
Jan 2-5°C-12°C3°C 1998-28°C 201453%
Jan 3-5°C-12°C3°C 1998-27°C 201454%
Jan 4-5°C-12°C3°C 2007-25°C 201854%
Jan 5-5°C-12°C4°C 2007-27°C 201854%
Jan 6-5°C-12°C3°C 2012-28°C 201854%
Jan 7-5°C-12°C3°C 2007-25°C 201553%
Jan 8-6°C-13°C2°C 2008-25°C 199452%
Jan 9-6°C-13°C2°C 2002-27°C 200451%
Jan 10-6°C-13°C2°C 2002-26°C 199352%
Jan 11-6°C-13°C2°C 2013-23°C 199954%
Jan 12-6°C-13°C4°C 2013-27°C 201553%
Jan 13-6°C-14°C1°C 2006-29°C 199952%
Jan 14-6°C-14°C1°C 1995-28°C 199452%
Jan 15-6°C-14°C0°C 2010-31°C 199453%
Jan 16-6°C-14°C1°C 1999-27°C 200454%
Jan 17-6°C-14°C0°C 1999-26°C 200054%
Jan 18-6°C-14°C3°C 1996-28°C 199454%
Jan 19-7°C-14°C1°C 1991-25°C 201953%
Jan 20-7°C-14°C1°C 2018-28°C 201453%
Jan 21-7°C-14°C1°C 2017-32°C 201454%
Jan 22-7°C-14°C1°C 1997-25°C 201354%
Jan 23-7°C-14°C1°C 1999-27°C 201153%
Jan 24-7°C-14°C1°C 2010-23°C 200454%
Jan 25-7°C-14°C1°C 2002-27°C 199452%
Jan 26-7°C-14°C2°C 2018-31°C 199451%
Jan 27-6°C-14°C2°C 2006-26°C 200550%
Jan 28-6°C-14°C1°C 2006-28°C 201951%
Jan 29-6°C-14°C1°C 2008-27°C 199451%
Jan 30-6°C-14°C0°C 2016-30°C 199450%
Jan 31-6°C-14°C1°C 2012-25°C 199648%

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).

January 1
sunrise 8:21 AM, sunset 5:01 PM
January 31
sunrise 8:02 AM, sunset 5:40 PM

Every day of January: 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.