All-time weather records — Salem, MA

Record high
100.9°F
June 25, 2025
Record low
-99.0°F
January 13, 2023
Wettest day
5.58 in
May 14, 2006

Climate change signal in Salem

21.6%

of Salem's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (79 of 366 records since 2015).

40.2%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (147 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 #
1980s
41
91
1990s
107
62
2000s
96
51
2010s
74
91
2020s
48
71

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 1984, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1984-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 71.1°F — Jan 7, 2007 -99.0°F — Jan 13, 2023 4.00 in — Jan 1, 1995
February 72.0°F — Feb 22, 2018 -20.0°F — Feb 4, 2023 2.87 in — Feb 13, 1993
March 91.0°F — Mar 31, 1998 1.9°F — Mar 4, 1994 3.98 in — Mar 22, 2001
April 93.9°F — Apr 17, 2002 18.0°F — Apr 5, 1995 4.90 in — Apr 2, 2004
May 97.0°F — May 4, 2001 -99.0°F — May 1, 2023 5.58 in — May 14, 2006
June 100.9°F — Jun 25, 2025 35.1°F — Jun 1, 2020 3.13 in — Jun 8, 2013
July 100.9°F — Jul 23, 2011 45.0°F — Jul 1, 1988 3.04 in — Jul 25, 1990
August 97.0°F — Aug 9, 2022 42.1°F — Aug 29, 2019 3.11 in — Aug 11, 1990
September 97.0°F — Sep 9, 2015 23.0°F — Sep 24, 2020 4.32 in — Sep 2, 2021
October 84.0°F — Oct 3, 2002 12.9°F — Oct 31, 2020 4.14 in — Oct 23, 2014
November 80.1°F — Nov 7, 2024 -99.0°F — Nov 1, 2022 4.68 in — Nov 15, 1995
December 77.0°F — Dec 7, 1998 -99.0°F — Dec 24, 2022 3.20 in — Dec 12, 1992

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