Sainte-Marie is a town and the fifth-largest commune in the French overseas department of Martinique. It is located on the northeast side of the island of Martinique. Sainte-Marie has a tropical rainforest climate. The average annual temperature in Sainte-Marie is 26.5 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2,781.3 mm with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 27.5 °C, and lowest in January, at around 25.1 °C. The highest temperature ever recorded in Sainte-Marie was 35.0 °C on 23 September 2005; the coldest temperature ever recorded was 16.5 °C on 8 March 1987.