All-time weather records — Sault Ste. Marie, MI

Record high
98.1°F
August 5, 1947
Record low
-36.9°F
February 8, 1934
Wettest day
5.92 in
August 3, 1974

Climate change signal in Sault Ste. Marie

18.3%

of Sault Ste. Marie's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (67 of 366 records since 2015).

2.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (9 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1930s
41
39
1940s
50
41
1950s
26
42
1960s
21
43
1970s
26
65
1980s
41
86
1990s
35
29
2000s
31
4
2010s
53
17
2020s
42
·

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1931, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1931-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 54.0°F — Jan 7, 1932 -36.0°F — Jan 10, 1982 1.34 in — Jan 7, 2019
February 51.1°F — Feb 27, 2024 -36.9°F — Feb 8, 1934 1.10 in — Feb 19, 2013
March 82.9°F — Mar 21, 2012 -27.9°F — Mar 11, 1948 1.38 in — Mar 15, 1971
April 84.9°F — Apr 25, 1990 -2.0°F — Apr 5, 1982 2.35 in — Apr 26, 1954
May 90.0°F — May 26, 2020 18.0°F — May 7, 1966 5.08 in — May 31, 1970
June 93.0°F — Jun 26, 1983 26.1°F — Jun 3, 1982 2.39 in — Jun 26, 1969
July 97.0°F — Jul 1, 1931 36.0°F — Jul 6, 1965 2.44 in — Jul 26, 2020
August 98.1°F — Aug 5, 1947 28.9°F — Aug 29, 1982 5.92 in — Aug 3, 1974
September 95.0°F — Sep 8, 1976 25.0°F — Sep 23, 1981 3.00 in — Sep 30, 2019
October 82.9°F — Oct 2, 2023 16.0°F — Oct 24, 1981 3.20 in — Oct 10, 2018
November 75.0°F — Nov 9, 2020 -9.9°F — Nov 29, 1976 2.54 in — Nov 17, 2013
December 62.1°F — Dec 5, 2001 -31.0°F — Dec 26, 1993 2.17 in — Dec 14, 2015

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Sault Ste. Marie.