Salem, OR: March

31 March 2026: March 2026 averaged 49.4°F in Salem, OR, the warmest March since 2015, tied 13th warmest of 132 (with 1940).

March 2026

Mean temperature: 49.4°F; Warmest since 2015; 13th warmest of 132
Precipitation: 3.08 in; Driest since 2021; 47th driest of 133

A normal March in Salem, OR (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 47.2°F, between 44.1°F and 49.4°F in eight years of ten and 4.21 in of precipitation, between 2.16 in and 7.32 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every March in Salem, OR since 1893: 49.4°F in 2026; the highest is 52.3°F, in 1926.

Normal range, 44.1 to 49.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every March 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	49.4	13	58.2	28	40.5	10	3.08	86	0
2025	48.7	25	56.4	46	41	7	6.22	23	0
2024	46.9	47	56.2	49	37.7	47	4.08	63	0
2023	43	123	51.8	122	34.1	116	5.17	38	0
2022	49.3	15	58.2	28	40.4	13	3.76	70	0
2021	44.5	96	55	69	34.1	116	2.33	109	0
2020	44.8	90	54.5	78	35.1	95	2.92	92	0
2019	46.3	59	57.7	34	34.8	103	1.67	120	0
2018	45.7	70	55.4	60	36	82	3.21	83	0
2017	48	31	55.1	66	40.9	8	7.69	11	0
2016	49.3	15	57.9	31	40.7	9	6.36	22	0
2015	51.5	4	62.7	5	40.2	15	4.24	56	0
2014	49.1	17	58.9	20	39.3	23	7.32	12	0
2013	47.6	36	57.5	36	37.8	44	2.21	110	0
2012	43.9	112	51.6	124	36.2	79	9.98	2	0
2011	47	45	54	88	40	17	7.16	14	0
2010	47.2	43	56.4	46	38	43	5.20	36	0
2009	44.1	107	51.9	121	36.4	75	3.03	89	0
2008	43.3	120	51.8	122	34.7	106	3.54	75	0
2007	49	20	58.5	25	39.4	22	2.35	108	0
2006	44.5	96	52.7	107	36.4	75	4.17	59	0
2005	48.6	26	59.9	15	37.3	59	4.15	61	0
2004	49.1	17	60.2	12	38.1	42	1.43	124	0
2003	49	20	56.4	46	41.6	6	4.79	47	0
2002	43.7	116	52.3	114	35.2	94	4.47	51	0
2001	46.7	50	56.6	44	36.7	71	2.82	95	0
2000	44.2	106	53.9	89	34.6	108	2.98	91	0
1999	44.6	93	52.4	112	36.9	68	5.06	41	0
1998	47.3	39	56.1	50	38.5	31	4.96	43	0
1997	46.4	57	54.4	80	38.4	36	7.32	12	0
1996	47.2	43	57	41	37.5	54	3.08	86	0
1995	47.4	38	57.9	31	37	65	4.44	53	0
1994	50.2	10	61.5	6	38.9	27	2.56	103	0
1993	49.1	17	58.5	25	39.7	19	5.12	39	0
1992	50.5	8	63.2	4	37.8	44	0.89	130	0
1991	44.6	93	54.3	81	34.9	100	5.18	37	0
1990	47.8	33	58.7	24	36.9	68	2.39	107	0
1989	46.4	57	54.2	85	38.5	31	6.47	21	0
1988	45.6	73	56.5	45	34.6	108	3.34	80	0
1987	47.3	39	57.4	38	37.1	62	3.98	65	0
1986	50.1	11	60.7	9	39.6	20	2.89	93	0
1985	42.7	126	53.4	97	32.1	131	3.80	69	0
1984	48.6	26	58.8	22	38.5	31	4.40	54	0
1983	48.9	24	57.3	39	40.5	10	8.56	5	0
1982	44.5	96	55.3	64	33.6	121	2.81	96	0
1981	46.5	55	57.6	35	35.5	87	3.45	78	0
1980	44.5	96	53.2	100	35.9	84	3.48	77	0
1979	49	20	60.2	12	37.8	44	2.17	111	0
1978	48.1	30	59.2	18	37.1	62	1.23	129	0
1977	44.5	96	53.8	92	35.1	95	3.33	81	0
1976	42.5	128	52.1	117	32.8	126	3.66	72	0
1975	43.5	119	52.2	116	34.9	100	4.22	58	0
1974	46.1	62	55.1	66	37	65	7.95	10	0
1973	44.6	93	54.1	86	35.1	95	3.50	76	0
1972	47.9	32	57.5	36	38.2	41	4.96	43	0
1971	41.9	129	50.9	128	32.9	125	6.93	16	0
1970	45.5	76	56.8	43	34.1	116	1.92	117	0
1969	46.2	61	60.6	10	31.9	132	1.63	122	0
1968	47.3	39	57.1	40	37.5	54	3.32	82	0
1967	43.1	121	52	120	34.1	116	3.84	67	0
1966	44.5	96	54.3	81	34.8	103	6.08	27	0
1965	46.6	52	60.5	11	32.7	127	0.87	131	0
1964	43.6	117	52.4	112	34.9	100	3.55	74	0
1963	44.4	103	54.1	86	34.7	106	6.51	19	0
1962	43.9	112	53	104	34.8	103	5.65	34	0
1961	46.3	59	54.3	81	38.4	36	8.19	7	0
1960	44.3	104	53.3	99	35.4	90	6.99	15	0
1959	46	66	55.5	58	36.4	75	4.45	52	0
1958	45	86	55.7	55	34.3	114	2.50	106	0
1957	46.9	47	54.6	76	39.2	25	8.16	8	0
1956	43.9	112	52.1	117	35.7	85	5.91	31	0
1955	41.4	131	50.3	129	32.5	128	3.66	72	0
1954	42.9	125	55.6	56	30.2	133	3.02	90	0
1953	44.9	88	54.6	76	35.1	95	4.95	45	0
1952	44.1	107	52.7	107	35.6	86	2.59	102	0
1951	40.9	132	49.6	130	32.3	130	4.02	64	0
1950	44.8	90	52.1	117	37.5	54	4.86	46	0
1949	46.7	50	55.2	65	38.3	40	3.06	88	0
1948	44	110	52.6	109	35.4	90	5.01	42	0
1947	49	20	59.5	16	38.5	31	5.29	35	0
1946	46.1	62	54.8	73	37.4	58	5.72	33	0
1945	44.5	96	52.5	111	36.5	73	6.67	18	0
1944	45.8	69	57	41	34.6	108	1.64	121	0
1943	45.3	79	55.4	60	35.3	93	6.71	17	0
1942	45.7	70	56	52	35.4	90	1.27	127	0
1941	51.1	6	63.9	3	38.4	36	1.95	114	0
1940	49.4	13	58.9	20	39.8	18	5.94	30	0
1939	47.5	37	57.8	33	37.3	59	2.65	99	0
1938	45.3	79	53.8	92	36.7	71	8.42	6	0
1937	48.6	26	58.3	27	38.8	28	3.19	84	0
1936	44	110	54.5	78	33.5	122	3.13	85	0
1935	43	123	51.5	126	34.5	111	6.20	24	0
1934	52	2	64.6	1	39.5	21	3.89	66	0
1933	45.6	73	54.7	75	36.5	73	5.89	32	0
1932	45.9	68	53.1	101	38.7	29	6.06	28	0
1931	46	66	56.1	50	36	82	6.49	20	0
1930	47	45	60.2	12	33.7	120	1.93	116	0
1929	46.9	47	56	52	37.7	47	2.51	105	0
1928	50.1	11	58.1	30	42.1	5	8.00	9	0
1927	46.1	62	54.8	73	37.5	54	2.65	99	0
1926	52.3	1	64.4	2	40.1	16	0.64	132	0
1925	46.6	52	55.6	56	37.6	53	1.41	125	0
1924	45.6	73	54.9	71	36.2	79	1.29	126	0
1923	45.3	79	55.1	66	35.5	87	1.99	113	0
1922	42.7	126	51	127	34.4	113	6.14	25	0
1921	46.6	52	55.9	54	37.3	59	5.07	40	0
1920	43.8	115	53.4	97	34.2	115	4.24	56	0
1919	45.4	78	53.1	101	37.7	47	4.54	50	0
1918	47.7	34	54.9	71	40.5	10	3.81	68	0
1917	41.7	130	47.9	132	35.5	87	3.73	71	0
1916	46.5	55	52.6	109	40.3	14	9.96	3	0
1915	51.9	3	60.8	8	43	3	1.88	118	0
1914	47.7	34	53.1	101	42.3	4	2.56	103	1
1913	44.7	92	51.6	124	37.7	47	3.36	79	0
1912	45.3	79	54.3	81	36.4	75	1.79	119	0
1911	48.5	29	59.3	17	37.7	47	0.59	133	0
1910	51.3	5	59.2	18	43.4	1	1.24	128	0
1909	47.3	39	55.4	60	39.3	23	1.51	123	0
1908	46.1	62	53.5	96	38.7	29	2.63	101	0
1907	45.7	70	53	104	38.4	36	2.88	94	0
1906	45.1	85	53	104	37.1	62	1.94	115	0
1905	51	7	58.8	22	43.2	2	4.64	48	0
1904	43.6	117	48.8	131	38.5	31	9.04	4	0
1903	45.3	79	53.7	95	36.9	68	2.73	97	0
1902	45	86	52.3	114	37.7	47	6.00	29	0
1900	50.3	9	61.5	6	39	26	4.25	55	0
1899	44.1	107	55	69	33.3	123	4.13	62	1
1898	43.1	121	53.9	89	32.4	129	2.15	112	0
1897					34.5	111	6.11	26	15
1896	45.3	79	55.5	58	35	99	2.69	98	0
1895	44.3	104	55.4	60	33.2	124	4.56	49	0
1894	44.9	88	53.8	92	36.1	81	10.13	1	0
1893	45.5	76	53.9	89	37	65	4.16	60	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1926	52.3
1934	52
1915	51.9
2015	51.5
1910	51.3
1941	51.1
1905	51
1992	50.5
1900	50.3
1994	50.2

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1951	40.9
1955	41.4
1917	41.7
1971	41.9
1976	42.5
1985	42.7
1922	42.7
1954	42.9
2023	43
1935	43

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1894	10.13
2012	9.98
1916	9.96
1904	9.04
1983	8.56
1938	8.42
1961	8.19
1957	8.16
1928	8.00
1974	7.95

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1911	0.59
1926	0.64
1965	0.87
1992	0.89
1978	1.23
1910	1.24
1942	1.27
1924	1.29
1925	1.41
2004	1.43

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 72°F; 19 March 2026
Coldest night: 30°F; 26 March 2026
Wettest day: 1.13 in; 12 March 2026

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March 2026 brought 3.08 in of precipitation in Salem, OR, the driest March since 2021, tied 47th driest of 133 (with 1996).
The hottest day of March 2026 in Salem, OR: 72°F on Thursday 19 March 2026.
The coldest night of March 2026 in Salem, OR: a low of 30°F on Thursday 26 March 2026.
The wettest day of March 2026 in Salem, OR: 1.13 in on Thursday 12 March 2026.