Editing Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan (section)

===Climate===
Under the [[Köppen climate classification]], Sault Ste. Marie has a [[humid continental climate]] (''Dfb'') with cold, snowy winters and warm summers.<ref name=Peel>{{cite journal |last1 = Peel |first1 = M. C. |last2 = Finlayson |first2 = B. L. |last3 = McMahon |first3 = T. A. |year = 2007 |title = Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification |journal = Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. |volume = 11 |issue = 5 |pages = 1633–1644 |doi = 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 |bibcode = 2007HESS...11.1633P |url = http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/11/1633/2007/hess-11-1633-2007.pdf |issn = 1027-5606 |doi-access = free }}</ref> Sault Ste. Marie is one of the snowiest places in Michigan, receiving an average of {{convert|120|in|m|sigfig=2}} of snow per winter season, with a record year when {{convert|209|in|m}} fell. {{convert|62|in|m|sigfig=2}} of snow fell in one five-day snowstorm, including {{convert|28|in|cm}} in 24 hours, in December 1995.  During this time, the city proper experienced a far greater level of snowfall than the farmlands past the canal and riverfront due to lake-effect snow.  This caused the 1437th MRBC National Guard local armory to be mobilized for disaster relief in order to remove hundreds of tons of snow which effectively blockaded people within their own homes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2015/03/24/nations-snow-capital-sault-ste-marie/70409814/|title=Nation's snow capital: Sault Ste. Marie|website=Detroit News|access-date=July 18, 2019}}</ref> Precipitation measured as equivalent rainfall, Sault Ste. Marie receives an annual average of {{convert|34.46|in|mm}}. Its immediate region is the cloudiest in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, having over 200 cloudy days a year.{{Citation needed|reason=Superlatives need good sources.|date=October 2016}}

Temperatures in Sault Ste. Marie have varied between a record low of {{convert|-36|°F|°C|abbr=on}} and a record high of {{convert|98|°F|°C|abbr=on}}. Monthly average temperatures range from {{convert|13|°F|°C|abbr=on}} in January to {{convert|64|°F|°C|abbr=on}} in July.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.climate-zone.com/climate/united-states/michigan/sault-ste-marie/ |title = Sault Ste. Marie Climate |work = ClimateZone.com |access-date = August 17, 2012 }}</ref> On average, only two out of every five years reaches {{convert|90|°F|abbr=on}}, while there are 85.5 days annually where the high remains at or below freezing and 26.5 nights with a low of {{convert|0|°F|abbr=on}} or colder.

Average monthly precipitation is lowest in February, and highest in September and October. This autumn maximum in precipitation, unusual for humid continental climates, owes to this area's Great Lakes location. From May through July (usually the year's wettest months in most of the upper Midwestern United States, away from large bodies of water), the lake waters surrounding Sault Ste. Marie are cooler than nearby land areas. This tends to stabilize the atmosphere, suppressing precipitation (especially showers and thunderstorms) somewhat, in May, June and July. In autumn, the lakes are releasing their stored heat from the summer, making them warmer than the surrounding land, and increasingly frequent and strong polar and Arctic air outbreaks pick up warmth and moisture during their over-water passage, resulting in clouds and instability showers. In Sault Ste. Marie, this phenomenon peaks in September and October, making these the wettest months of the year. Also noteworthy is that in Sault Ste. Marie, the year's third wettest month, on average, is November, and not any summer month.

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File:Sault Ste. Marie satellite.jpg|Satellite image from June 2007
File:Soo Michigan hydro.jpg|Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan [[Saint Marys Falls Hydropower Plant]] generation station
File:Sault Ste Marie, Ontario and Michigan.JPG|Astronaut photograph of Sault Ste. Marie
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<section begin="weather box" />{{Weather box
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|location = Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan ([[Sault Ste. Marie Municipal Airport]]) 1991–2020 normals,{{efn|Mean monthly maxima and minima (i.e. the highest and lowest temperature readings during an entire month or year) calculated based on data at said location from 1991 to 2020.}} extremes 1888–present
|single line = Y
|Jan record high F = 48
|Feb record high F = 50
|Mar record high F = 83
|Apr record high F = 85
|May record high F = 91
|Jun record high F = 93
|Jul record high F = 98
|Aug record high F = 98
|Sep record high F = 95
|Oct record high F = 83
|Nov record high F = 74
|Dec record high F = 62
|year record high F = 98
|Jan avg record high F = 39.3
|Feb avg record high F = 41.9
|Mar avg record high F = 52.5
|Apr avg record high F = 67.5
|May avg record high F = 81.8
|Jun avg record high F = 85.6
|Jul avg record high F = 87.7
|Aug avg record high F = 86.6
|Sep avg record high F = 81.6
|Oct avg record high F = 71.8
|Nov avg record high F = 56.4
|Dec avg record high F = 44.5
|year avg record high F = 89.4
|Jan high F = 24.0
|Feb high F = 26.4
|Mar high F = 35.5
|Apr high F = 48.5
|May high F = 63.2
|Jun high F = 72.5
|Jul high F = 76.8
|Aug high F = 75.8
|Sep high F = 68.0
|Oct high F = 54.1
|Nov high F = 41.2
|Dec high F = 30.5
|year high F = 51.4
|Jan mean F = 16.2
|Feb mean F = 17.8
|Mar mean F = 26.7
|Apr mean F = 39.4
|May mean F = 52.1
|Jun mean F = 61.1
|Jul mean F = 66.0
|Aug mean F = 65.6
|Sep mean F = 58.4
|Oct mean F = 46.3
|Nov mean F = 34.8
|Dec mean F = 23.8
|year mean F = 42.4
|Jan low F = 8.4
|Feb low F = 9.3
|Mar low F = 17.9
|Apr low F = 30.2
|May low F = 41.0
|Jun low F = 49.7
|Jul low F = 55.2
|Aug low F = 55.4
|Sep low F = 48.7
|Oct low F = 38.5
|Nov low F = 28.3
|Dec low F = 17.1
|year low F = 33.3
|Jan avg record low F = -14.0
|Feb avg record low F = −11.1
|Mar avg record low F = -4.4
|Apr avg record low F = 15.9
|May avg record low F = 29.8
|Jun avg record low F = 37.4
|Jul avg record low F = 45.0
|Aug avg record low F = 45.0
|Sep avg record low F = 35.5
|Oct avg record low F = 26.7
|Nov avg record low F = 10.4
|Dec avg record low F = −5.1
|year avg record low F = −17.6
|Jan record low F = −36
|Feb record low F = −37
|Mar record low F = −28
|Apr record low F = −13
|May record low F = 18
|Jun record low F = 26
|Jul record low F = 36
|Aug record low F = 29
|Sep record low F = 25
|Oct record low F = 15
|Nov record low F = −12
|Dec record low F = −31
|year record low F = −37
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 2.21
|Feb precipitation inch = 1.51
|Mar precipitation inch = 1.81
|Apr precipitation inch = 2.63
|May precipitation inch = 2.64
|Jun precipitation inch = 2.85
|Jul precipitation inch = 3.07
|Aug precipitation inch = 3.19
|Sep precipitation inch = 3.93
|Oct precipitation inch = 4.38
|Nov precipitation inch = 3.44
|Dec precipitation inch = 2.80
|year precipitation inch = 34.46
|Jan snow inch = 30.3
|Feb snow inch = 20.7
|Mar snow inch = 13.0
|Apr snow inch = 7.6
|May snow inch = 0.4
|Jun snow inch = 0.0
|Jul snow inch = 0.0
|Aug snow inch = 0.0
|Sep snow inch = 0.0
|Oct snow inch = 1.7
|Nov snow inch = 16.0
|Dec snow inch = 30.4
|year snow inch = 120.1
|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 18.5
|Feb precipitation days = 13.5
|Mar precipitation days = 12.3
|Apr precipitation days = 11.7
|May precipitation days = 11.2
|Jun precipitation days = 11.1
|Jul precipitation days = 11.3
|Aug precipitation days = 10.6
|Sep precipitation days = 13.1
|Oct precipitation days = 16.5
|Nov precipitation days = 16.5
|Dec precipitation days = 18.6
|year precipitation days = 164.9
|unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jan snow days = 19.6
|Feb snow days = 15.5
|Mar snow days = 10.4
|Apr snow days = 5.5
|May snow days = 0.5
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.1
|Oct snow days = 2.0
|Nov snow days = 10.3
|Dec snow days = 17.4
|year snow days = 81.3
|Jan humidity = 77.2
|Feb humidity = 75.2
|Mar humidity = 74.7
|Apr humidity = 69.9
|May humidity = 67.9
|Jun humidity = 74.7
|Jul humidity = 76.3
|Aug humidity = 79.6
|Sep humidity = 81.6
|Oct humidity = 80.4
|Nov humidity = 81.7
|Dec humidity = 81.0
|year humidity = 76.7
| Jan dew point C = −13.6
| Feb dew point C = −13.2
| Mar dew point C = −8.2
| Apr dew point C = −2.1
| May dew point C =  3.7
| Jun dew point C =  9.6
| Jul dew point C = 13.1
| Aug dew point C = 13.1
| Sep dew point C =  9.2
| Oct dew point C =  3.5
| Nov dew point C = −2.6
| Dec dew point C = −9.6
|Jan sun = 104.9
|Feb sun = 142.5
|Mar sun = 206.4
|Apr sun = 227.5
|May sun = 280.3
|Jun sun = 281.2
|Jul sun = 303.6
|Aug sun = 248.9
|Sep sun = 172.9
|Oct sun = 122.6
|Nov sun = 70.4
|Dec sun = 77.4
|Jan percentsun = 37
|Feb percentsun = 49
|Mar percentsun = 56
|Apr percentsun = 56
|May percentsun = 60
|Jun percentsun = 59
|Jul percentsun = 64
|Aug percentsun = 57
|Sep percentsun = 46
|Oct percentsun = 36
|Nov percentsun = 25
|Dec percentsun = 29
|year percentsun= 50
|source 1 = [[NOAA]] (relative humidity, dew point, and sun 1961–1990)<ref>{{cite web |url = https://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=apx |title = NOWData – NOAA Online Weather Data |access-date = May 6, 2021 |publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration}}</ref><ref name="NCDC TXT KWAL">{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506232348/https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USW00014847&format=pdf |archive-date=May 6, 2021 |url=https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USW00014847&format=pdf |publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |title=Summary of Monthly Normals 1991–2020 |access-date=May 6, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = ftp://ftp.atdd.noaa.gov/pub/GCOS/WMO-Normals/TABLES/REG_IV/US/GROUP4/72734.TXT |title = Sault STE. MARIE, MI Climate Normals 1961–1990 |publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |access-date = September 4, 2020}}</ref>
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