Sault Ste. Marie Weather in December
Average highs run from 35°F on December 1 to 26°F on December 31, and lows from 23°F to 12°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 2.80 in over about 19 wet days.
December day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
December at a glance
- Average high
- 31°F
- Average low
- 17°F
- Precipitation
- 2.80 in
- Snowfall
- 30.4 in
- Record high
- 62°FDec 5, 2001
- Record low
- -31°FDec 26, 1993
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 8 h 51 min to 8 h 39 min
- Cloud cover
- 80%
- Humidity
- 94%
- Dew point
- 21°F
- Wind
- 9.2 mph
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 0.01 inch of precipitation; snow means at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet | Chance of snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1 | 35°F | 23°F | 50°F 1970 | -7°F 1976 | 58% | 47% |
| Dec 2 | 35°F | 22°F | 55°F 1982 | -24°F 1976 | 58% | 48% |
| Dec 3 | 35°F | 22°F | 60°F 1982 | -14°F 1940 | 58% | 49% |
| Dec 4 | 34°F | 22°F | 59°F 1961 | -4°F 1935 | 58% | 49% |
| Dec 5 | 34°F | 21°F | 62°F 2001 | -4°F 1940 | 58% | 50% |
| Dec 6 | 34°F | 21°F | 58°F 2001 | -6°F 1964 | 58% | 50% |
| Dec 7 | 33°F | 21°F | 45°F 1951 | -7°F 2000 | 58% | 51% |
| Dec 8 | 33°F | 20°F | 44°F 1952 | -5°F 1958 | 59% | 52% |
| Dec 9 | 33°F | 20°F | 51°F 1946 | -20°F 1976 | 59% | 52% |
| Dec 10 | 32°F | 19°F | 47°F 2015 | -14°F 1958 | 59% | 53% |
| Dec 11 | 32°F | 19°F | 47°F 2015 | -14°F 1988 | 59% | 53% |
| Dec 12 | 32°F | 19°F | 47°F 1949 | -17°F 1982 | 59% | 54% |
| Dec 13 | 31°F | 18°F | 45°F 2015 | -19°F 1976 | 59% | 54% |
| Dec 14 | 31°F | 18°F | 53°F 1975 | -18°F 1933 | 59% | 54% |
| Dec 15 | 31°F | 17°F | 45°F 2021 | -7°F 1968 | 59% | 55% |
| Dec 16 | 30°F | 17°F | 52°F 2021 | -15°F 2013 | 59% | 55% |
| Dec 17 | 30°F | 17°F | 43°F 2023 | -16°F 1980 | 59% | 56% |
| Dec 18 | 30°F | 16°F | 44°F 1931 | -20°F 1985 | 59% | 56% |
| Dec 19 | 29°F | 16°F | 45°F 2002 | -20°F 1983 | 59% | 56% |
| Dec 20 | 29°F | 16°F | 43°F 1988 | -14°F 1942 | 59% | 57% |
| Dec 21 | 29°F | 15°F | 44°F 1967 | -22°F 1989 | 59% | 57% |
| Dec 22 | 29°F | 15°F | 43°F 2019 | -9°F 1943 | 59% | 57% |
| Dec 23 | 28°F | 14°F | 51°F 2015 | -14°F 1943 | 59% | 58% |
| Dec 24 | 28°F | 14°F | 53°F 2015 | -18°F 1980 | 59% | 58% |
| Dec 25 | 28°F | 14°F | 47°F 1982 | -25°F 1980 | 59% | 58% |
| Dec 26 | 28°F | 13°F | 49°F 2016 | -31°F 1993 | 59% | 58% |
| Dec 27 | 27°F | 13°F | 44°F 1936 | -20°F 1977 | 59% | 59% |
| Dec 28 | 27°F | 13°F | 45°F 1982 | -19°F 1933 | 60% | 59% |
| Dec 29 | 27°F | 12°F | 43°F 2022 | -24°F 1933 | 60% | 59% |
| Dec 30 | 27°F | 12°F | 48°F 2022 | -20°F 1946 | 60% | 60% |
| Dec 31 | 26°F | 12°F | 48°F 1965 | -14°F 2017 | 60% | 60% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
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
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USW00014847 (Sault Ste Marie Sanderson Fld), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00014847, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: 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.