All-time weather records — Salem, MO

Record high
111.9°F
June 9, 1911
Record low
-27.9°F
January 13, 1912
Wettest day
9.47 in
November 5, 2024

Climate change signal in Salem

9.6%

of Salem's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (35 of 366 records since 2015).

3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (11 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 #
1900s
19
14
1910s
85
51
1920s
20
40
1930s
45
31
1940s
21
35
1950s
43
46
1960s
15
39
1970s
7
35
1980s
40
39
1990s
6
16
2000s
15
9
2010s
24
3
2020s
26
8

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 1904, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1903-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 84.0°F — Jan 5, 1997 -27.9°F — Jan 13, 1912 3.15 in — Jan 4, 1993
February 84.9°F — Feb 1, 1911 -23.1°F — Feb 10, 1929 3.30 in — Feb 13, 1946
March 91.9°F — Mar 21, 1907 -8.0°F — Mar 5, 1960 4.04 in — Mar 25, 1904
April 93.0°F — Apr 3, 2012 12.9°F — Apr 5, 1920 5.20 in — Apr 30, 2017
May 97.0°F — May 31, 1913 28.9°F — May 1, 1960 4.33 in — May 13, 2002
June 111.9°F — Jun 9, 1911 28.0°F — Jun 2, 1914 4.17 in — Jun 17, 1985
July 111.0°F — Jul 24, 1934 44.1°F — Jul 6, 1972 4.40 in — Jul 28, 1979
August 111.9°F — Aug 8, 1934 39.0°F — Aug 21, 1950 5.79 in — Aug 12, 1939
September 106.0°F — Sep 3, 1913 27.0°F — Sep 24, 1989 5.45 in — Sep 4, 2008
October 93.9°F — Oct 1, 2023 16.0°F — Oct 31, 1925 5.40 in — Oct 10, 1914
November 86.0°F — Nov 1, 1950 -2.0°F — Nov 25, 1950 9.47 in — Nov 5, 2024
December 79.0°F — Dec 28, 1928 -20.9°F — Dec 23, 1989 5.70 in — Dec 27, 1942

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