Sault Ste Marie, MI: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 12.8°F in Sault Ste Marie, MI, the coldest January since 2022, 57th coldest of 138.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 12.8°F; Coldest since 2022; 57th coldest of 138
Precipitation: 4.07 in; Wettest since 1982; 4th wettest of 138

A normal January in Sault Ste Marie, MI (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 16.7°F, between 9.9°F and 23.6°F in eight years of ten and 2.23 in of precipitation, between 1.00 in and 3.33 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Sault Ste Marie, MI since 1889: 12.8°F in 2026; the lowest is 0.1°F, in 1912.

Normal range, 9.9 to 23.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Sault Ste Marie, MI from 1889 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank
2026	12.8	82	19.4	102	6.2	74	4.07	4
2025	17.1	42	24.3	50	9.9	36	3.36	16
2024	22.5	11	26.9	20	18.1	7	1.30	111
2023	23.7	6	29.1	11	18.4	6	2.78	35
2022	11.1	108	19.9	91	2.4	108	2.70	40
2021	24.2	5	29.8	6	18.6	5	0.98	126
2020	25.1	2	30	4	20.1	2	2.23	62
2019	11.3	100	19.6	99	2.9	99	3.29	21
2018	17.1	42	24.8	46	9.5	43	1.79	76
2017	24.8	3	29.6	9	19.9	3	2.66	43
2016	19.5	23	26	30	12.9	18	1.55	89
2015	11.3	100	20.7	82	1.9	116	2.00	70
2014	9.4	122	16.7	126	2.1	112	2.59	45
2013	19	28	26.1	29	11.9	26	3.29	21
2012	21.3	13	28.9	12	13.6	17	2.93	30
2011	11.3	100	19.6	99	3	98	1.16	116
2010	18.4	31	24.7	47	12	25	1.01	122
2009	9.9	117	18.4	114	1.3	120	1.29	112
2008	20.5	15	26.7	22	14.2	15	3.32	20
2007	19.5	23	26.3	27	12.6	21	1.86	73
2006	24.5	4	29.8	6	19.3	4	2.43	53
2005	11.5	94	19.7	95	3.3	95	1.04	121
2004	6.2	132	14	133	-1.6	129	1.01	122
2003	13.9	76	22.1	73	5.7	76	0.77	133
2002	23.5	8	30.2	3	16.7	9	0.66	136
2001	20	19	27.2	18	12.8	19	0.93	129
2000	14.1	74	22.5	69	5.7	76	3.33	19
1999	13	79	20.5	85	5.5	78	3.35	17
1998	18.3	32	25.1	42	11.5	31	2.36	57
1997	11.2	104	20.3	88	2.1	112	3.99	8
1996	10.5	113	19.7	95	1.3	120	4.02	6
1995	20.8	14	26.3	27	15.3	11	2.42	54
1994	0.8	137	10.6	137	-9.1	138	2.18	66
1993	16.8	48	25.4	38	8.2	60	2.23	62
1992	16.5	50	24.2	52	8.9	54	2.86	33
1991	12.9	80	20.8	81	4.9	84	1.51	92
1990	23.4	9	30.5	2	16.4	10	2.48	52
1989	19.5	23	28.3	13	10.7	34	2.30	59
1988	13.5	78	22	75	5	83	3.12	28
1987	20	19	27.4	16	12.6	21	1.74	79
1986	12.6	84	22.1	73	3.1	97	1.70	81
1985	11.9	91	19.8	92	3.9	90	2.61	44
1984	7.3	127	17.4	123	-2.8	132	1.52	91
1983	15.9	62	24.5	48	7.2	66	2.13	67
1982	4.7	134	16	127	-6.7	136	4.52	1
1981	8.8	124	18.7	112	-1.2	126	0.68	134
1980	15	69	23.2	64	6.8	68	3.42	15
1979	8.9	123	16	127	1.8	117	1.86	73
1978	10.8	109	19.1	108	2.5	106	2.51	50
1977	6.3	131	14.2	132	-1.7	131	2.72	37
1976	10.4	115	19.3	105	1.5	118	2.24	61
1975	16.2	56	24.2	52	8.1	61	3.27	23
1974	14.3	73	21.5	78	7	67	2.67	41
1973	19.2	26	26.4	24	11.9	26	1.74	79
1972	13.8	77	22.5	69	5.1	82	4.08	3
1971	9.5	121	17.5	122	1.5	118	3.50	14
1970	9.7	118	18.2	120	1.2	122	2.38	56
1969	15.4	65	22	75	8.7	57	2.93	30
1968	11.5	94	20.1	90	2.8	103	1.40	102
1967	17.3	39	25.2	41	9.5	43	3.03	29
1966	10.5	113	18.9	111	2.2	111	2.22	65
1965	12	88	20.4	86	3.6	92	2.86	33
1964	20.5	15	28.2	14	12.8	19	2.77	36
1963	6.8	129	14.9	131	-1.4	127	1.12	118
1962	10.4	115	18.4	114	2.4	108	2.59	45
1961	10.7	111	19.1	108	2.3	110	0.51	138
1960	18.2	35	24.1	54	12.3	24	1.65	83
1959	11.2	104	19.1	108	3.3	95	1.51	92
1958	17.1	42	24.5	48	9.7	39	1.42	99
1957	8.4	125	18.4	114	-1.6	129	1.44	97
1956	16.4	53	23.7	59	9.1	51	1.31	109
1955	16.7	49	23.7	59	9.7	39	1.49	94
1954	11.2	104	19.4	102	2.9	99	1.34	108
1953	18.8	29	25.9	32	11.8	29	3.21	24
1952	17.5	37	25.3	39	9.6	41	1.83	75
1951	14.4	72	22.2	72	6.6	69	0.85	131
1950	15.4	65	25.5	34	5.3	79	4.37	2
1949	18.3	32	26.4	24	10.2	35	3.13	27
1948	9.7	118	19.7	95	-0.4	123	1.37	104
1947	17.3	39	25.5	34	9.2	49	1.78	78
1946	16	59	22.5	69	9.5	43	2.58	48
1945	7.2	128	15.8	129	-1.4	127	0.94	128
1944	23.7	6	29.8	6	17.6	8	1.61	85
1943	11.3	100	18.1	121	4.5	87	1.35	106
1942	14.5	71	22.7	67	6.3	73	1.42	99
1941	12.7	83	20.7	82	4.6	85	1.29	112
1940	12.1	86	19.8	92	4.5	87	2.67	41
1939	16	59	25.5	34	6.5	71	2.89	32
1938	12	88	18.7	112	5.2	80	2.71	38
1937	18.3	32	27.3	17	9.3	47	3.61	12
1936	12.9	80	19.2	106	6.5	71	2.59	45
1935	11.6	93	19.8	92	3.4	94	3.35	17
1934	19.1	27	26.4	24	11.9	26	2.54	49
1933	22.6	10	29.9	5	15.3	11	2.23	62
1932	27.4	1	33.1	1	21.7	1	3.79	11
1931	18.5	30	26	30	10.9	33	0.82	132
1930	11.5	94	19.4	102	3.7	91	1.12	118
1929	9.6	120	17.2	124	2	114	3.57	13
1928	15.7	64	22.7	67	8.8	55	2.35	58
1927	10.8	109	19.6	99	2	114	1.55	89
1926	16.3	55	24.3	50	8.4	58	1.46	95
1925	11.4	98	20.2	89	2.5	106	1.61	85
1924	8.2	126	17	125	-0.6	124	2.71	38
1923	11.2	104	19.7	95	2.8	103	1.64	84
1922	12.1	86	21.3	79	2.9	99	1.44	97
1921	19.8	22	27.2	18	12.4	23	1.35	106
1920	4.4	135	13.9	134	-5	135	1.68	82
1919	20.5	15	26.9	20	14	16	1.05	120
1918	3.2	136	11	136	-4.6	134	0.99	125
1917	10.6	112	18.4	114	2.8	103	1.42	99
1916	17	46	25.1	42	8.8	55	3.18	25
1915	14.6	70	21.7	77	7.4	64	1.37	104
1914	17.3	39	25.6	33	9	53	1.88	72
1913	17.7	36	25.5	34	9.9	36	1.31	109
1912	0.1	138	8.7	138	-8.4	137	1.98	71
1911	14.1	74	23	65	5.2	80	1.00	124
1910	15.9	62	23.7	59	8	62	1.15	117
1909	16.5	50	23.9	56	9.2	49	1.60	88
1908	16.2	56	25	44	7.4	64	0.89	130
1907	11.4	98	18.3	119	4.6	85	2.26	60
1906	22	12	29.4	10	14.6	13	2.06	68
1905	11.5	94	18.4	114	4.5	87	0.64	137
1904	6.5	130	15.8	129	-2.8	132	0.67	135
1903	16.4	53	23.7	59	9.1	51	1.46	95
1902	17.1	42	24.9	45	9.3	47	0.98	126
1901	16.1	58	23.8	57	8.4	58	1.40	102
1900	20	19	28.2	14	11.7	30	1.19	115
1899	11.8	92	20.6	84	2.9	99	1.61	85
1898	16	59	25.3	39	6.6	69	1.20	114
1897	17	46	24	55	9.9	36	4.02	6
1896	15.4	65	21.3	79	9.5	43	3.97	9
1895	12.6	84	19.2	106	6	75	3.17	26
1894	15.2	68	22.8	66	7.5	63	3.82	10
1893	6	133	13.1	135	-1.1	125	1.79	76
1892	12	88	20.4	86	3.6	92	2.41	55
1891	16.5	50	23.3	63	9.6	41	2.06	68
1890	17.5	37	23.8	57	11.2	32	4.03	5
1889	20.4	18	26.5	23	14.3	14	2.50	51

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1932	27.4
2020	25.1
2017	24.8
2006	24.5
2021	24.2
2023	23.7
1944	23.7
2002	23.5
1990	23.4
1933	22.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1912	0.1
1994	0.8
1918	3.2
1920	4.4
1982	4.7
1893	6
2004	6.2
1977	6.3
1904	6.5
1963	6.8

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1982	4.52
1950	4.37
1972	4.08
2026	4.07
1890	4.03
1996	4.02
1897	4.02
1997	3.99
1896	3.97
1894	3.82

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1961	0.51
1905	0.64
2002	0.66
1904	0.67
1981	0.68
2003	0.77
1931	0.82
1951	0.85
1908	0.89
2001	0.93

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 40°F; 9 January 2026
Coldest night: -19°F; 29 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.63 in; 9 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 4.07 in of precipitation in Sault Ste Marie, MI, the wettest January since 1982, 4th wettest of 138.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Sault Ste Marie, MI: 40°F on Friday 9 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Sault Ste Marie, MI: a low of -19°F on Thursday 29 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Sault Ste Marie, MI: 0.63 in on Friday 9 January 2026.