All-time weather records — Lower Salem, OH

Record high
102.9°F
July 8, 2012
Record low
-23.1°F
January 19, 1994
Wettest day
4.78 in
August 5, 1989

Climate change signal in Lower Salem

17.2%

of Lower Salem's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (63 of 366 records since 2015).

7.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (27 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 #
1960s
62
71
1970s
66
108
1980s
59
72
1990s
49
43
2000s
43
28
2010s
52
35
2020s
35
9

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 1963, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1963-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 77.0°F — Jan 11, 2020 -23.1°F — Jan 19, 1994 1.86 in — Jan 3, 2023
February 78.1°F — Feb 25, 2017 -9.9°F — Feb 8, 1977 2.83 in — Feb 19, 2000
March 86.0°F — Mar 22, 2012 -2.0°F — Mar 7, 2015 3.17 in — Mar 4, 1963
April 91.0°F — Apr 27, 1990 19.0°F — Apr 1, 1964 2.25 in — Apr 2, 2024
May 93.0°F — May 29, 1987 26.1°F — May 10, 1966 3.00 in — May 3, 2010
June 100.0°F — Jun 30, 2012 37.0°F — Jun 2, 1966 4.00 in — Jun 28, 1998
July 102.9°F — Jul 8, 2012 44.1°F — Jul 1, 1988 2.94 in — Jul 13, 2010
August 100.0°F — Aug 17, 1988 37.9°F — Aug 29, 1986 4.78 in — Aug 5, 1989
September 97.0°F — Sep 10, 2002 5.0°F — Sep 15, 1986 4.27 in — Sep 18, 2004
October 93.0°F — Oct 1, 2019 19.9°F — Oct 28, 1976 2.75 in — Oct 7, 2019
November 82.0°F — Nov 5, 2024 10.0°F — Nov 22, 1964 2.46 in — Nov 6, 2017
December 78.1°F — Dec 3, 1982 -11.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 2.25 in — Dec 2, 1991

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Lower Salem.