All-time weather records — Salem, IN

Record high
111.9°F
July 22, 1901
Record low
-32.1°F
February 2, 1951
Wettest day
7.20 in
July 20, 1988

Climate change signal in Salem

0%

of Salem's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

0%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 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 #
1890s
19
26
1900s
80
37
1910s
52
69
1920s
35
40
1930s
43
17
1940s
39
22
1950s
42
38
1960s
10
40
1970s
5
21
1980s
22
32
1990s
10
19
2000s
9
5
2010s
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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 1897, the latest in 2008. Period of observation: 1897-2012.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.9°F — Jan 24, 1943 -29.0°F — Jan 19, 1994 4.08 in — Jan 21, 1959
February 78.1°F — Feb 10, 1988 -32.1°F — Feb 2, 1951 3.50 in — Feb 18, 2000
March 97.0°F — Mar 27, 1910 -11.0°F — Mar 6, 1960 5.38 in — Mar 9, 1964
April 95.0°F — Apr 23, 1925 5.0°F — Apr 15, 1993 4.95 in — Apr 29, 1996
May 98.1°F — May 18, 1962 25.0°F — May 8, 1928 3.80 in — May 25, 1995
June 102.9°F — Jun 28, 1944 36.0°F — Jun 1, 1966 4.21 in — Jun 18, 1964
July 111.9°F — Jul 22, 1901 39.9°F — Jul 27, 1911 7.20 in — Jul 20, 1988
August 105.1°F — Aug 10, 1911 37.0°F — Aug 28, 1917 3.59 in — Aug 15, 1949
September 105.1°F — Sep 2, 1913 25.0°F — Sep 30, 1899 3.50 in — Sep 4, 1991
October 96.1°F — Oct 10, 1914 14.0°F — Oct 29, 1925 4.80 in — Oct 5, 1910
November 82.9°F — Nov 1, 1950 -2.9°F — Nov 25, 1950 3.00 in — Nov 7, 1925
December 75.0°F — Dec 2, 1982 -23.1°F — Dec 11, 1917 4.35 in — Dec 30, 1932

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