Salem, OR: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 40.7°F in Salem, OR, the warmest January since 2025, tied 62nd warmest of 133 (with 1976).

January 2026

Mean temperature: 40.7°F; Warmest since 2025; 62nd warmest of 133
Precipitation: 2.32 in; Driest since 2014; 13th driest of 134

A normal January in Salem, OR (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 41.8°F, between 37.1°F and 45°F in eight years of ten and 6.25 in of precipitation, between 2.22 in and 9.12 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Salem, OR since 1893: 40.7°F in 2026; the highest is 46.9°F, in 1953.

Normal range, 37.1 to 45°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Salem, OR from 1893 to 2026, 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
2026	40.7	62	49	32	32.4	93	2.32	122	0
2025	42	43	50.2	16	33.7	76	2.65	116	0
2024	41.9	45	47.5	54	36.3	34	10.18	12	0
2023	42.4	35	48.9	35	35.8	41	3.49	104	0
2022	42.2	38	50.1	17	34.4	64	4.50	86	0
2021	43.4	19	49.4	24	37.5	18	8.50	28	0
2020	45.4	5	50.1	17	40.6	3	7.95	37	0
2019	42.8	29	50.6	15	35	53	2.93	112	0
2018	45.7	3	52.1	2	39.4	6	7.33	41	0
2017	36.3	114	43.1	113	29.5	113	5.40	73	0
2016	43.3	21	49	32	37.7	15	7.82	38	0
2015	44.1	13	51.2	8	37.1	26	3.21	108	0
2014	41.3	55	48.3	42	34.3	65	2.26	123	0
2013	37.1	109	41.9	119	32.4	93	1.63	127	0
2012	42.1	40	49	32	35.2	51	11.29	7	0
2011	42.3	36	48.9	35	35.6	45	3.25	106	0
2010	46.2	2	51.8	5	40.7	2	5.85	65	0
2009	39.6	78	46.5	71	32.8	89	3.56	102	0
2008	37.1	109	42.8	117	31.4	101	8.34	31	0
2007	38.1	104	45.6	82	30.5	108	3.92	98	0
2006	44.4	8	49.1	28	39.6	5	13.37	4	0
2005	41.8	49	48.3	42	35.3	49	1.43	129	0
2004	39.5	81	44.1	105	34.9	54	6.65	50	0
2003	44.9	6	52.1	2	37.7	15	7.38	40	0
2002	41.1	57	46	79	36.1	35	8.93	21	0
2001	40.6	64	48.5	39	32.6	91	1.81	126	0
2000	40.1	70	46.4	72	33.8	74	7.05	45	0
1999	41.7	50	47.5	54	36	37	9.61	16	0
1998	44	16	49.3	25	38.6	11	9.06	20	0
1997	40.9	60	46.7	68	35.1	52	9.07	19	0
1996	41.9	45	46.9	64	37	28	8.26	33	0
1995	44.4	8	51	9	37.9	14	8.63	25	0
1994	44.3	11	51	9	37.6	17	4.28	93	0
1993	36.3	114	43.3	109	29.4	115	4.77	81	0
1992	44.1	13	51	9	37.2	23	4.76	82	0
1991	39.5	81	47.7	50	31.3	103	2.42	120	0
1990	42.8	29	49.1	28	36.4	32	8.51	27	0
1989	41.6	51	47.9	48	35.3	49	3.57	101	0
1988	39.3	87	45.3	88	33.4	80	6.78	46	0
1987	39.5	81	47.2	60	31.8	99	7.67	39	0
1986	43.2	23	50.7	14	35.7	43	6.25	59	0
1985	34.3	121	43.3	109	25.3	128	0.24	134	0
1984	43.2	23	51.6	6	34.8	56	2.34	121	0
1983	43.2	23	49.1	28	37.4	21	6.00	63	0
1982	38.5	99	43.9	106	33.2	85	6.11	61	0
1981	40.6	64	49.2	27	32	96	2.09	124	0
1980	35.5	119	43.8	107	27.3	124	6.58	53	0
1979	31.2	129	38	128	24.4	129	2.84	113	0
1978	41.4	54	46.4	72	36.4	32	5.67	67	0
1977	37.6	106	47.8	49	27.5	123	0.88	132	0
1976	40.7	62	47.6	51	33.7	76	5.47	71	0
1975	42.6	33	48.5	39	36.6	30	4.96	77	0
1974	37.5	107	44.7	96	30.4	110	10.89	10	0
1973	38.8	94	45.7	81	31.9	98	5.64	68	0
1972	38.3	102	44.8	95	31.7	100	7.98	36	0
1971	39.1	91	44.7	96	33.4	80	6.49	55	0
1970	41.6	51	47.4	57	35.8	41	13.47	3	0
1969	33	126	38.2	127	27.7	121	8.61	26	0
1968	39.6	78	46.1	76	33.2	85	6.37	57	0
1967	44.1	13	50.1	17	38.1	13	7.29	42	0
1966	39.6	78	45.6	82	33.5	79	6.60	51	0
1965	40.5	66	45.5	84	35.4	47	8.15	34	0
1964	41.6	51	47.4	57	35.9	39	11.19	8	0
1963	33.7	125	41.3	120	26.1	127	2.80	114	0
1962	37.1	109	44.6	99	29.5	113	1.11	131	0
1961	43	27	51	9	34.9	54	4.79	79	0
1960	36.6	113	43.2	111	30	111	4.41	88	0
1959	42.8	29	48.6	38	36.9	29	11.15	9	0
1958	42.9	28	49.8	21	35.9	39	8.80	23	0
1957	32.9	128	39.3	126	26.6	126	2.57	118	0
1956	41.1	57	47.5	54	34.7	58	12.68	5	0
1955	39.1	91	45	92	33.3	83	2.63	117	0
1954	40.2	69	46.4	72	33.9	72	9.99	14	0
1953	46.9	1	52.5	1	41.4	1	15.40	1	0
1952	38.5	99	44.5	101	32.4	93	6.60	51	0
1951	39.8	74	45	92	34.6	60	9.49	17	0
1950	29.6	131	36	132	23.3	130	11.70	6	0
1949	29.5	132	37.8	129	21.2	132	0.57	133	0
1948	39.5	81	48.2	44	30.8	107	6.73	48	0
1947	37	112	43.1	113	30.9	106	3.23	107	0
1946	40.3	68	46.7	68	33.8	74	6.57	54	0
1945	42.1	40	49.5	22	34.6	60	5.34	75	0
1944	39.2	89	47.1	61	31.4	101	5.27	76	0
1943	33.8	123	41	122	26.7	125	4.35	92	0
1942	35.6	118	42	118	29.3	116	4.79	79	0
1941	42	43	48.5	39	35.4	47	4.25	94	0
1940	39.7	76	46.9	64	32.5	92	4.75	83	0
1939	41.9	45	47.6	51	36.1	35	6.00	63	0
1938	39.3	87	45.4	86	33.2	85	4.48	87	0
1937	30.1	130	37.6	131	22.5	131	6.17	60	0
1936	42.7	32	48.9	35	36.5	31	10.22	11	0
1935	40	71	47	63	32.8	89	4.39	89	1
1934	45.6	4	52.1	2	39.2	9	6.40	56	0
1933	38.8	94	44.3	104	33.2	85	9.26	18	0
1932	37.8	105	44.5	101	31.2	104	6.08	62	1
1931	42.3	36	49.9	20	34.7	58	6.77	47	0
1930	27.4	133	35.5	133	19.3	133	3.98	97	0
1929	34.1	122	40.4	124	27.7	121	2.50	119	0
1928	39.5	81	45.1	91	34	70	4.83	78	0
1927	39.8	74	45.4	86	34.5	62	8.90	22	2
1926	40.8	61	47.1	61	34.5	62	3.21	108	0
1925	44.5	7	49.5	22	39.4	6	6.73	48	0
1924	38.6	98	45.2	90	32	96	3.54	103	0
1923	42.5	34	47.6	51	37.5	18	10.17	13	0
1922	35.7	117	43.2	111	28.2	119	3.11	110	1
1921	39.7	76	46.1	76	33.3	83	7.27	43	0
1920	37.5	107	45.3	88	29.7	112	2.98	111	0
1919	39.9	72	46.1	76	33.6	78	8.43	29	0
1918	44.2	12	49.1	28	39.3	8	4.39	89	0
1917	41.1	57	48.1	45	34.1	68	1.30	130	0
1916	33	126	37.7	130	28.3	118	5.39	74	0
1915	39.5	81	44.7	96	34.3	65	4.08	96	0
1914	43.4	19	46.4	72	40.4	4	8.71	24	2
1913	38.4	101	43	116	34.1	68	4.36	91	2
1912	42.2	38	47.3	59	37.1	26	5.52	70	0
1911	38.7	96	43.4	108	34	70	8.43	29	0
1910	38.7	96	43.1	113	34.2	67	5.63	69	0
1909	34.6	120	40.5	123	28.7	117	8.28	32	0
1908	42.1	40	46.9	64	37.2	23	3.71	100	0
1907	35.9	116	41.2	121	30.5	108	8.01	35	0
1906	43.5	17	48.1	45	39	10	5.42	72	0
1905	40.5	66	45.5	84	35.5	46	4.71	84	0
1904	41.9	45	46.6	70	37.2	23	3.78	99	0
1903	43.2	23	48.1	45	38.3	12	4.56	85	0
1902	38.3	102	45.9	80	31	105	1.48	128	1
1901							7.08	44	31
1900	43.5	17	50.9	13	36	37	4.15	95	0
1899	44.4	8	51.3	7	37.5	18	5.76	66	0
1898	39.2	89	44.6	99	33.9	72	3.43	105	0
1897	39.9	72	44.9	94	34.8	56	2.79	115	0
1896	43.3	21	49.3	25	37.3	22	6.35	58	0
1895	38.9	93	44.5	101	33.4	80	13.72	2	0
1894	41.3	55	46.9	64	35.7	43	9.92	15	0
1893	33.8	123	39.7	125	27.9	120	1.90	125	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1953	46.9
2010	46.2
2018	45.7
1934	45.6
2020	45.4
2003	44.9
1925	44.5
2006	44.4
1995	44.4
1899	44.4

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1930	27.4
1949	29.5
1950	29.6
1937	30.1
1979	31.2
1957	32.9
1969	33
1916	33
1963	33.7
1943	33.8
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1953	15.40
1895	13.72
1970	13.47
2006	13.37
1956	12.68
1950	11.70
2012	11.29
1964	11.19
1959	11.15
1974	10.89

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1985	0.24
1949	0.57
1977	0.88
1962	1.11
1917	1.30
2005	1.43
1902	1.48
2013	1.63
2001	1.81
1893	1.90

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 58°F; 16 January 2026
Coldest night: 20°F; 25 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.58 in; 6 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 2.32 in of precipitation in Salem, OR, the driest January since 2014, 13th driest of 134.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Salem, OR: 58°F on Friday 16 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Salem, OR: a low of 20°F on Sunday 25 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Salem, OR: 0.58 in on Tuesday 6 January 2026.