All-time weather records — Salem, OR

Record high
117.0°F
June 28, 2021
Record low
-11.9°F
December 8, 1972
Wettest day
4.30 in
December 6, 1933

Climate change signal in Salem

15.3%

of Salem's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (56 of 366 records since 2015).

0.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (2 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
16
35
1900s
19
17
1910s
17
10
1920s
30
42
1930s
31
69
1940s
27
8
1950s
26
33
1960s
30
45
1970s
23
55
1980s
27
36
1990s
29
7
2000s
29
6
2010s
31
2
2020s
31
1

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 1895, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1892-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 68.0°F — Jan 7, 1896 -9.9°F — Jan 31, 1950 3.86 in — Jan 18, 1911
February 72.0°F — Feb 28, 1968 -4.0°F — Feb 3, 1899 2.99 in — Feb 1, 1937
March 80.1°F — Mar 15, 1947 12.0°F — Mar 1, 1971 2.55 in — Mar 31, 1943
April 93.0°F — Apr 28, 1926 23.0°F — Apr 13, 1968 2.21 in — Apr 13, 1937
May 100.0°F — May 28, 1983 25.0°F — May 1, 1954 1.76 in — May 17, 1991
June 117.0°F — Jun 28, 2021 32.0°F — Jun 3, 1976 1.63 in — Jun 6, 1985
July 108.0°F — Jul 15, 1941 35.1°F — Jul 3, 1899 1.80 in — Jul 18, 1987
August 108.0°F — Aug 9, 1981 30.0°F — Aug 30, 1920 1.14 in — Aug 31, 1971
September 104.0°F — Sep 2, 1988 26.1°F — Sep 25, 1934 2.11 in — Sep 5, 1911
October 93.0°F — Oct 2, 1970 19.0°F — Oct 27, 1919 2.71 in — Oct 31, 1994
November 73.9°F — Nov 3, 2010 9.0°F — Nov 15, 1955 3.60 in — Nov 8, 1896
December 72.0°F — Dec 9, 1929 -11.9°F — Dec 8, 1972 4.30 in — Dec 6, 1933

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