Salem’s Weather Records
From September through mid-December since 1892
Data collected by Reid Hanson
High Temperatures
83 – October 17, 2002
104 – August 17, 2002
104E – September 2, 1988
104 – August 13, 2002
103E – September 4, 1944
102E – September 2, 1988
101E – September 2, 1934
100E – September 4, 1955
Low Temperatures
-12E- December 8, 1972
-6E – December 13, 1919
-6E – December 14, 1919
-5E – December 9, 1972
-4E – December 7, 1972
-2E – December 13, 1919
Official Snowfall Records
(September through December, since 1939)
6.7″- December 29-30, 1968
6.2″- December 1-2, 1985
Excessive Rainfall
4.30″ – December 6, 1933
3.60″ – November 8, 1896
3.12″ – December 2-3,1987
3.11″ – November 19,1897
3.00″ – November 29,1893
2.91″ – December 29, 1937
2.84″ – October 8-9, 1955
2.82″ – November 26-27, 1945
2.82″ – November 15-16, 1950
2.72″ – December 21-22, 1964
2.52″ – December 3-4, 1968
2.36″ – October 15-16, 1947
2.07″ – October 1-2, 1951
2.00″ – October 17, 1898
1.90″ – October 7, 1893
No Rainfall during September 1975, October 1895, and October 1917.
The only day it has never rained in Salem is July 12th.
Bibliography:
Researched and compiled by Adele Egan, Sybil Westenhouse, and Reid Hanson for volume 15 (Autumn 1996) of Marion County History, a publication of the Marion County Historical Society.
This article originally appeared on the original Salem Online History site and has not been updated since 2006.
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