Salem, OR: October

9 October 2026: October 2026 so far averaged 62.7°F in Salem, OR, the warmest 1 to 9 October since 2022, 6th warmest of 132.

October 2026 so far, to 9 October 2026

Mean temperature: 62.7°F; Warmest since 2022; 6th warmest of 132
Precipitation: 0.01 in; Driest since 2022; 25th driest of 134

A normal 1 to 9 October in Salem, OR (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 56.6°F, between 53.5°F and 60.8°F in eight years of ten and 0.40 in of precipitation, between 0.00 in and 1.12 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 to 9 October in Salem, OR since 1893: 62.7°F in 2026; the highest is 64.3°F, in 2022 and 2014.

Normal range, 53.5 to 60.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 to 9 October 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	62.7	6	76.8	9	48.7	19	0.01	107	0
2025	57.7	50	68.6	69	46.9	41	0.51	52	0
2024	60.5	18	74.8	19	46.2	48	0.29	75	0
2023	61.6	10	73.9	27	49.2	13	0.31	72	0
2022	64.3	1	79.2	5	49.3	12	0.00	119	0
2021	54.6	100	64.6	101	44.6	66	0.20	83	0
2020	60.7	13	73.2	32	48.1	26	0.10	93	0
2019	50.4	131	62.3	119	38.6	128	0.54	50	0
2018	56.5	71	66	88	47	38	0.34	69	0
2017	55.7	84	68.9	66	42.6	101	0.10	93	0
2016	57.4	55	63.1	111	51.7	3	2.17	11	0
2015	61.2	11	74.1	25	48.3	25	0.04	103	0
2014	64.3	1	79.9	3	48.7	19	0.00	119	0
2013	51.8	126	62.9	115	40.7	115	0.53	51	0
2012	58.2	42	76	11	40.3	119	0.00	119	0
2011	56.7	67	62.2	122	51.1	5	1.11	23	0
2010	60.3	19	69.3	60	51.2	4	0.42	60	0
2009	52.9	119	65.4	93	40.3	119	0.14	90	0
2008	55.9	81	64.6	101	47.2	36	0.50	53	0
2007	53.9	108	60.2	132	47.7	30	1.01	31	0
2006	55.1	92	67.3	79	42.8	95	trace	111	0
2005	53.6	113	62.9	115	44.2	74	0.85	38	0
2004	59.7	24	72.4	37	47	38	1.16	22	0
2003	59.3	30	67.7	76	51	6	0.83	39	0
2002	55.1	92	64.3	105	45.9	52	0.34	69	0
2001	58.1	45	72.6	36	43.7	82	0.03	104	0
2000	56.4	73	70.1	53	42.7	99	0.79	43	0
1999	57.1	59	69.1	64	45.1	63	0.37	66	0
1998	56.3	74	65.1	95	47.4	32	0.95	34	0
1997	54.7	98	60.6	131	48.9	18	4.13	3	0
1996	62.2	8	74.2	23	50.1	9	0.31	72	0
1995	55.6	85	66	88	45.1	63	0.49	55	0
1994	58.2	42	72.8	33	43.6	85	0.00	119	0
1993	59.8	23	75.7	14	44	78	0.06	97	0
1992	55.3	90	67.2	80	43.3	89	0.47	58	0
1991	59.7	24	77	8	42.4	104	0.00	119	0
1990	53.1	117	66.3	85	39.9	122	0.41	62	0
1989	56.8	64	70.3	50	43.3	89	0.06	97	0
1988	59.7	24	71	44	48.4	22	0.08	96	0
1987	62.8	5	79.7	4	45.9	52	0.00	119	0
1986	56.2	75	69.3	60	43.1	91	0.00	119	0
1985	54.2	103	69.4	59	39	126	0.06	97	0
1984	60.6	14	72.8	33	48.4	22	1.06	30	0
1983	55.1	92	69.7	55	40.4	117	0.05	102	0
1982	54.7	98	65.1	95	44.3	72	0.66	46	0
1981	52.9	119	63.1	111	42.8	95	2.96	6	0
1980	63.8	3	83.2	1	44.4	71	0.00	119	0
1979	60.8	12	75.8	13	45.9	52	0.00	119	0
1978	58.7	36	74	26	43.4	86	trace	111	0
1977	52.5	121	64.9	98	40.1	121	0.24	80	0
1976	57	61	71.6	40	42.4	104	0.11	91	0
1975	56.1	78	65.3	94	46.8	42	0.97	32	0
1974	54.1	106	72.4	37	35.7	133	0.02	106	0
1973	49.6	132	63	114	36.1	132	0.69	45	0
1972	54.2	103	70.8	47	37.6	129	0.16	88	0
1971	60.3	19	75.1	17	45.6	60	trace	111	0
1970	55.5	87	70.6	48	40.4	117	0.01	107	0
1969	52.3	123	63.9	109	40.7	115	2.28	10	0
1968	50.7	130	64.4	103	36.9	130	0.36	68	0
1967	56.9	62	67.6	77	46.3	45	1.44	16	0
1966	58.1	45	73.6	29	42.7	99	0.10	93	0
1965	60.6	14	73.4	31	47.8	29	0.71	44	0
1964	58.1	45	73.6	29	42.6	101	0.28	77	0
1963	57.7	50	69.6	57	45.9	52	0.18	86	0
1962	53.9	108	63.3	110	44.6	66	2.43	8	0
1961	56.7	67	72.4	37	40.9	114	0.29	75	0
1960	56.1	78	69.2	62	42.9	93	1.43	17	0
1959	54.6	100	65.8	91	43.4	86	0.37	66	0
1958	60.6	14	75.9	12	45.3	61	0.17	87	0
1957	53.8	111	61.3	126	46.3	45	1.32	20	0
1956	57.4	55	72.7	35	42.1	107	0.25	79	0
1955	53.2	116	62.4	118	44	78	4.17	2	0
1954	54.9	97	68.6	69	41.2	113	0.11	91	0
1953	57.8	49	71.6	40	44.1	75	1.70	13	0
1952	63.6	4	81.6	2	45.7	57	trace	111	0
1951	59.4	29	70.9	45	47.9	28	2.43	8	0
1950	53.3	115	61.7	125	45	65	4.04	4	0
1949	51.2	129	60.8	129	41.6	112	1.11	23	0
1948	56.8	64	66.4	84	47.2	36	0.65	48	0
1947	56.7	67	64.4	103	49	16	0.92	35	0
1946	53.8	111	64	107	43.7	82	0.40	63	0
1945	59.7	24	76.6	10	42.9	93	0.01	107	0
1944	57.6	54	69.2	62	46	51	0.16	88	0
1943	62.4	7	74.6	20	50.3	8	trace	111	0
1942	60	21	74.3	22	45.7	57	trace	111	0
1941	55.4	88	64.7	100	46.1	49	1.24	21	0
1940	56.2	75	66.7	83	45.8	56	0.40	63	0
1939	53.4	114	62.3	119	44.6	66	1.47	15	0
1938	56.1	78	65.6	92	46.7	43	0.33	71	0
1937	55.2	91	68.6	69	41.8	110	1.33	19	0
1936	59.2	32	74.2	23	44.1	75	0.19	85	0
1935	59.3	30	71.6	40	47	38	0.88	37	0
1934	58.5	40	74.4	21	42.6	101	0.01	107	0
1933	58.4	41	74.9	18	42	108	0.00	119	0
1932	60.6	14	78.4	6	42.8	95	0.00	119	0
1931	54.2	103	68.9	66	39.4	123	0.47	58	0
1930	55.9	81	67.6	77	44.3	72	0.89	36	0
1929	57.3	57	70.1	53	44.6	66	0.31	72	0
1928	58.7	36	68.8	68	48.7	19	1.08	28	0
1927			62.7	117			1.75	12	1
1926	57.7	50	66.1	87	49.2	13	1.10	25	0
1925	56.2	75	69	65	43.4	86	0.00	119	0
1924	55.1	92	66	88	44.1	75	1.10	25	0
1923	58.9	34	68.4	72	49.4	11	1.07	29	0
1922	56.6	70	66.8	82	46.3	45	1.09	27	0
1921	58.7	36	78.4	6	39	126	trace	111	0
1920					52.1	2	2.88	7	1
1919	52.2	124	65	97	39.4	123	0.49	55	0
1918	56.9	62	66.3	85	47.4	32	0.80	42	0
1917	62.1	9	75.2	16	49	16	0.00	119	0
1916	53.1	117	66.9	81	39.2	125	0.03	104	0
1915	58.6	39	70.4	49	46.7	43	0.24	80	0
1914	56.5	71	62.3	119	50.7	7	0.82	40	0
1913	52.2	124	62.1	123	42.2	106	1.38	18	0
1912	52.5	121	63.1	111	41.9	109	0.42	60	0
1911	53.9	108	61.8	124	46.1	49	0.48	57	0
1910	58.1	45	64	107	52.2	1	1.61	14	0
1909	55.9	81	64.3	105	47.4	32	0.66	46	0
1908	57.3	57	71.6	40	43	92	0.06	97	0
1907	58.8	35	69.6	57	48	27	0.28	77	0
1906	60	21	70.9	45	49.1	15	0.40	63	0
1905	55.4	88	61.1	128	49.7	10	3.37	5	0
1904	59	33	70.3	50	47.7	30	0.23	82	0
1903	54.1	106	60.7	130	47.4	32	0.97	32	0
1902	59.6	28	75.4	15	43.7	82	0.00	119	0
1901	58.2	42	68	75	48.4	22	trace	111	0
1900	55.1	92	73.8	28	36.3	131	0.50	53	0
1899	55.6	85	68.3	74	42.8	95	0.20	83	0
1898	51.6	128	61.3	126	41.8	110	0.82	40	0
1897	56.8	64	68.4	72	45.2	62	0.06	97	0
1896	57.7	50	69.7	55	45.7	57	0.00	119	0
1895	57.1	59	70.2	52	44	78	0.00	119	0
1894	54.4	102	64.9	98	43.9	81	0.63	49	0
1893	51.8	126	59.1	133	44.6	66	5.40	1	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2022	64.3
2014	64.3
1980	63.8
1952	63.6
1987	62.8
2026	62.7
1943	62.4
1996	62.2
1917	62.1
2023	61.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1973	49.6
2019	50.4
1968	50.7
1949	51.2
1898	51.6
2013	51.8
1893	51.8
1919	52.2
1913	52.2
1969	52.3

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1893	5.40
1955	4.17
1997	4.13
1950	4.04
1905	3.37
1981	2.96
1920	2.88
1962	2.43
1951	2.43
1969	2.28

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2022	0.00
2014	0.00
2012	0.00
1994	0.00
1991	0.00
1987	0.00
1986	0.00
1980	0.00
1979	0.00
1933	0.00
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 81°F; 4 October 2026
Coldest night: 43°F; 9 October 2026
Wettest day: 0.01 in; 9 October 2026

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October 2026 so far brought 0.01 in of precipitation in Salem, OR, the driest 1 to 9 October since 2022, tied 25th driest of 134 (with 1970, 1945 and 1934).
The hottest day of October 2026 so far in Salem, OR: 81°F on Sunday 4 October 2026.
The coldest night of October 2026 so far in Salem, OR: a low of 43°F on Friday 9 October 2026.
The wettest day of October 2026 so far in Salem, OR: 0.01 in on Friday 9 October 2026.