Salem, OR: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 46.7°F in Salem, OR (1 day missing), the warmest December since 1950, 3rd warmest of 132.

December 2025

Mean temperature: 46.7°F; Warmest since 1950; 3rd warmest of 132
Precipitation: 7.36 in; Wettest since 2024; 51st wettest of 134

A normal December in Salem, OR (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 41.4°F, between 37.2°F and 43.4°F in eight years of ten and 6.65 in of precipitation, between 3.30 in and 11.23 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in Salem, OR since 1893: 46.7°F in 2025; the highest is 47.9°F, in 1917.

Normal range, 37.2 to 43.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in Salem, OR from 1892 to 2025, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2025	46.7	3	52.2	4	41.1	4	7.36	51	1
2024	44.6	13	50.3	14	38.8	11	7.69	46	0
2023	44.7	11	50.7	12	38.8	11	7.62	48	0
2022	40.7	72	46.8	75	34.7	76	5.57	79	0
2021	42.1	48	46.8	75	37.5	26	9.90	22	0
2020	42.4	40	49.3	21	35.5	62	6.45	66	0
2019	42	51	47.4	57	36.5	40	4.85	89	0
2018	43.3	22	49.7	17	36.9	34	6.04	76	0
2017	39.6	87	47.2	61	32	111	3.08	122	0
2016	36.8	122	42.5	121	31.1	117	5.15	86	0
2015	44.2	14	49.1	23	39.3	6	15.24	2	0
2014	45	8	51.4	8	38.6	14	6.87	58	0
2013	36.2	124	42.5	121	29.8	126	1.27	133	0
2012	42.2	44	47.2	61	37.3	29	7.40	50	0
2011	38.7	103	45.4	93	32.1	108	3.32	116	0
2010	43.9	17	48.9	28	38.8	11	9.95	21	0
2009	37.2	118	44.2	107	30.2	124	6.14	71	0
2008	37.1	120	43.7	111	30.4	121	6.02	77	0
2007	40.1	80	45.4	93	34.8	74	8.25	38	0
2006	39.6	87	46.2	82	32.9	100	7.35	52	0
2005	39.8	86	45.9	85	33.7	90	11.52	9	0
2004	42.5	35	48.2	41	36.7	36	3.89	107	0
2003	41.7	57	47.3	60	36.1	50	10.42	18	0
2002	43.1	26	49	24	37.3	29	11.20	10	0
2001	41.2	64	47.1	69	35.2	68	8.03	40	0
2000	40.5	74	47.2	61	33.9	87	3.62	113	0
1999	42.5	35	49	24	36.1	50	5.38	82	0
1998	39.9	84	45.4	93	34.4	81	8.66	33	0
1997	39.5	92	45.9	85	33.1	97	3.16	120	0
1996	42.5	35	48.4	38	36.5	40	15.01	3	0
1995	42.2	44	48.2	41	36.3	44	7.28	54	0
1994	42.2	44	48.5	36	36	53	4.91	88	0
1993	41	68	47.2	61	34.9	72	6.84	60	0
1992	39.2	95	44.7	101	33.6	91	7.83	42	0
1991	41.6	59	46.4	80	36.8	35	3.73	111	0
1990	34.4	130	40.9	131	27.9	129	2.82	126	0
1989	39.6	87	45.6	90	33.5	92	3.95	105	0
1988	40.5	74	47	72	34	86	3.23	119	0
1987	38.9	101	43.8	110	33.9	87	10.92	16	0
1986	39.6	87	47	72	32.2	106	3.86	108	0
1985	33.2	132	42.1	126	24.4	133	2.51	131	0
1984	37.4	117	43.4	115	31.5	113	3.71	112	0
1983	38.4	108	43.7	111	33.1	97	6.49	65	0
1982	41.1	65	47.5	53	34.7	76	9.26	26	0
1981	42.9	30	49.6	19	36.2	46	9.73	24	0
1980	42.8	31	49.5	20	36.2	46	10.44	17	0
1979	44.8	9	51.8	6	37.7	23	6.95	56	0
1978	34.7	129	41.9	128	27.6	131	2.64	129	0
1977	43.2	24	48.8	30	37.5	26	8.73	31	0
1976	38.7	103	45.2	97	32.3	104	1.26	134	0
1975	41.9	53	48.2	41	35.6	59	6.07	74	0
1974	43	27	49	24	37	32	6.94	57	0
1973	43.4	21	49.2	22	37.6	25	11.08	13	0
1972	35.1	128	42.4	124	27.9	129	8.70	32	0
1971	39.5	92	44.7	101	34.2	82	8.18	39	0
1970	39	99	45.1	98	32.9	100	9.74	23	0
1969	41.9	53	48.7	34	35.1	70	9.23	27	0
1968	37	121	43.4	115	30.6	120	11.05	14	0
1967	42	51	47.6	51	36.3	44	5.45	80	0
1966	44.2	14	50.4	13	38	20	7.32	53	0
1965	37.8	113	43.3	118	32.3	104	7.95	41	0
1964	39.5	92	45	99	34.1	85	12.40	6	0
1963	39.9	84	46.8	75	32.9	100	3.85	109	0
1962	41.7	57	47.5	53	35.9	54	3.01	123	0
1961	41	68	47.1	69	34.8	74	6.64	63	0
1960	40.1	80	47	72	33.1	97	3.24	118	0
1959	39.6	87	46.6	79	32.6	103	3.97	104	0
1958	45.5	5	51.9	5	39.1	9	4.71	93	0
1957	43	27	49	24	37.1	31	8.87	30	0
1956	40	83	45.9	85	34.2	82	2.94	124	0
1955	41.1	65	47.7	50	34.5	80	12.22	7	0
1954	40.1	80	46.7	78	33.5	92	6.26	68	0
1953	42.5	35	48.8	30	36.2	46	7.80	43	0
1952	41	68	47.4	57	34.6	78	8.63	34	0
1951	37.5	115	43.2	119	31.9	112	6.73	61	0
1950	47.4	2	52.6	2	42.2	2	6.10	72	0
1949	40.2	79	46.1	83	34.2	82	5.45	80	0
1948	37.5	115	43.6	113	31.4	115	9.14	28	0
1947	42.1	48	48.7	34	35.4	64	4.11	102	0
1946	41.6	59	47.4	57	35.9	54	4.45	99	0
1945	41	68	47.2	61	34.9	72	6.25	69	0
1944	38.4	108	46	84	30.9	119	2.67	128	0
1943	39.2	95	47.2	61	31.2	116	5.17	85	0
1942	43.9	17	48.8	30	39	10	11.70	8	0
1941	42.1	48	47.6	51	36.7	36	8.43	35	0
1940	42.7	33	49.7	17	35.7	56	5.03	87	0
1939	44.8	9	51	11	38.5	15	10.32	20	0
1938	41.9	53	48.3	40	35.6	59	5.18	84	0
1937	42.4	40	48.2	41	36.5	40	13.60	5	0
1936	42.7	33	48	46	37.4	28	6.37	67	0
1935	39.1	98	45.9	85	32.2	106	5.99	78	0
1934	42.3	43	48.8	30	35.7	56	9.38	25	0
1933	46.2	4	51.2	9	41.2	3	17.54	1	0
1932	36	125	43.2	119	28.7	128	7.77	44	0
1931	38.6	105	44	109	33.2	96	10.98	15	0
1930	38.1	110	45.8	89	30.4	121	3.30	117	0
1929	45.1	6	53.5	1	36.7	36	11.09	12	0
1928	38	112	44.5	104	31.5	113	7.64	47	0
1927	37.2	118	42.4	124	32.1	108	3.11	121	0
1926	41.8	56	47.5	53	36.1	50	4.84	90	0
1925	45.1	6	51.6	7	38.5	15	3.40	114	0
1924	35.9	126	42.5	121	29.3	127	4.61	97	0
1923	41.5	61	47.9	48	35.2	68	6.22	70	0
1922	38.9	101	44.3	106	33.5	92	10.41	19	0
1921	38.5	106	44.9	100	32.1	108	2.81	127	0
1920	42.5	35	48	46	37	32	8.29	37	0
1919	33.3	131	40.1	132	26.4	132	6.05	75	0
1918	40.7	72	46.4	80	35	71	3.76	110	0
1917	47.9	1	52.5	3	43.3	1	14.03	4	0
1916	38.5	106	43.5	114	33.5	92	4.71	93	0
1915	42.4	40	47.2	61	37.7	23	7.22	55	0
1914	36.6	123	42.1	126	31	118	2.52	130	0
1913	38.1	110	41	130	35.4	64	3.39	115	3
1912	40.5	74	45.4	93	35.6	59	4.72	92	0
1911	41.1	65	45.6	90	36.7	36	3.95	105	0
1910	43.2	24	47.9	48	38.5	15	4.02	103	0
1909	35.9	126	41.4	129	30.3	123	4.80	91	0
1908	39	99	43.4	115	34.6	78	2.90	125	0
1907	43.9	17	48.4	38	39.5	5	8.92	29	0
1906	43.9	17	48.5	36	39.3	6	4.65	95	0
1905	40.5	74	44.7	101	36.2	46	4.58	98	0
1904	42.8	31	47.5	53	38.1	19	6.65	62	0
1903	41.4	62	47.1	69	35.7	56	1.95	132	0
1902	41.3	63	47.2	61	35.3	67	7.49	49	0
1901	40.4	78	44.2	107	36.5	40	5.32	83	0
1900					38.2	18	6.86	59	31
1899	43.3	22	51.2	9	35.4	64	6.58	64	0
1898	37.8	113	45.6	90	30	125	4.31	100	0
1897	43	27	48.1	45	37.8	21	7.76	45	0
1896	44.7	11	50.2	15	39.3	6	8.31	36	0
1895	42.2	44	48.9	28	35.5	62	11.16	11	0
1894	39.2	95	44.5	104	33.8	89	4.62	96	0
1893	44	16	50.2	15	37.8	21	4.18	101	0
1892							6.08	73	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1917	47.9
1950	47.4
2025	46.7
1933	46.2
1958	45.5
1929	45.1
1925	45.1
2014	45
1979	44.8
1939	44.8

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1985	33.2
1919	33.3
1990	34.4
1978	34.7
1972	35.1
1924	35.9
1909	35.9
1932	36
2013	36.2
1914	36.6

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1933	17.54
2015	15.24
1996	15.01
1917	14.03
1937	13.60
1964	12.40
1955	12.22
1942	11.70
2005	11.52
2002	11.20

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1976	1.26
2013	1.27
1903	1.95
1985	2.51
1914	2.52
1978	2.64
1944	2.67
1921	2.81
1990	2.82
1908	2.90

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 62°F; 11 December 2025, 10 December 2025
Coldest night: 27°F; 31 December 2025
Wettest day: 2.93 in; 18 December 2025

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December 2025 brought 7.36 in of precipitation in Salem, OR (1 day missing), the wettest December since 2024, 51st wettest of 134.
The hottest day of December 2025 in Salem, OR: 62°F on Thursday 11 December 2025 and Wednesday 10 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in Salem, OR: a low of 27°F on Wednesday 31 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in Salem, OR: 2.93 in on Thursday 18 December 2025.