All-time weather records — Salem, SD

Record high
105.1°F
August 3, 2022
Record low
-32.1°F
January 15, 2009
Wettest day
4.35 in
June 21, 2024

Climate change signal in Salem

65%

of Salem's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (238 of 366 records since 2015).

53.6%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (196 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 #
2000s
12
48
2010s
195
200
2020s
159
118

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 2008, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 2007-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 61.0°F — Jan 5, 2012 -32.1°F — Jan 15, 2009 0.98 in — Jan 4, 2023
February 66.9°F — Feb 21, 2017 -27.9°F — Feb 13, 2025 0.82 in — Feb 28, 2012
March 87.1°F — Mar 20, 2026 -25.1°F — Mar 3, 2019 2.00 in — Mar 13, 2019
April 91.9°F — Apr 1, 2012 0.0°F — Apr 4, 2018 2.18 in — Apr 25, 2008
May 99.0°F — May 28, 2018 19.0°F — May 3, 2013 3.43 in — May 26, 2013
June 100.9°F — Jun 22, 2025 39.9°F — Jun 1, 2022 4.35 in — Jun 21, 2024
July 102.0°F — Jul 24, 2012 43.0°F — Jul 28, 2013 2.82 in — Jul 6, 2015
August 105.1°F — Aug 3, 2022 39.9°F — Aug 24, 2015 2.06 in — Aug 6, 2023
September 100.0°F — Sep 3, 2023 27.0°F — Sep 22, 2012 3.80 in — Sep 10, 2019
October 91.9°F — Oct 2, 2023 5.0°F — Oct 27, 2020 2.18 in — Oct 7, 2008
November 81.0°F — Nov 6, 2020 -9.0°F — Nov 16, 2014 1.90 in — Nov 19, 2024
December 61.0°F — Dec 2, 2021 -29.9°F — Dec 18, 2016 0.78 in — Dec 15, 2014

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