All-time weather records — Salem, WV

Record high
102.9°F
July 17, 1988
Record low
-33.0°F
January 19, 1994
Wettest day
4.47 in
August 11, 2022

Climate change signal in Salem

23.8%

of Salem's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (87 of 366 records since 2015).

7.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (27 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 #
1970s
59
99
1980s
60
102
1990s
54
87
2000s
73
39
2010s
84
35
2020s
36
4

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 1971, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1971-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.9°F — Jan 12, 2020 -33.0°F — Jan 19, 1994 2.18 in — Jan 11, 1974
February 81.0°F — Feb 21, 2018 -17.0°F — Feb 5, 1996 2.75 in — Feb 19, 2000
March 87.1°F — Mar 23, 2012 -7.1°F — Mar 3, 1980 1.97 in — Mar 2, 1997
April 90.0°F — Apr 3, 2010 15.1°F — Apr 9, 1972 2.27 in — Apr 25, 1989
May 91.9°F — May 20, 1996 25.0°F — May 15, 1996 2.83 in — May 12, 1974
June 97.0°F — Jun 23, 1988 32.0°F — Jun 11, 1972 2.98 in — Jun 4, 2008
July 102.9°F — Jul 17, 1988 37.9°F — Jul 1, 1988 3.40 in — Jul 8, 2001
August 100.9°F — Aug 18, 1988 39.9°F — Aug 8, 1997 4.47 in — Aug 11, 2022
September 98.1°F — Sep 4, 2007 28.0°F — Sep 25, 1983 4.38 in — Sep 13, 1971
October 95.0°F — Oct 2, 2019 18.0°F — Oct 29, 1976 2.40 in — Oct 20, 2006
November 84.0°F — Nov 5, 2024 7.0°F — Nov 30, 1976 2.37 in — Nov 26, 1999
December 78.1°F — Dec 4, 1982 -18.0°F — Dec 23, 1989 2.85 in — Dec 1, 2010

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