Salem, OR: Summer

31 August 2026: Summer 2026 averaged 67.9°F in Salem, OR, the warmest summer since 2025, tied 14th warmest of 132 (with 1927).

Summer 2026

Mean temperature: 67.9°F; Warmest since 2025; 14th warmest of 132
Precipitation: 1.47 in; Driest since 2025; 42nd driest of 132

A normal summer in Salem, OR (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 66.2°F, between 64.7°F and 69°F in eight years of ten and 1.84 in of precipitation, between 0.82 in and 2.93 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every summer in Salem, OR since 1893: 67.9°F in 2026; the highest is 71.7°F, in 2021.

Normal range, 64.7 to 69°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every summer 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	67.9	14	81.9	22	53.9	21	1.47	91	0
2025	69.7	5	83.6	9	55.7	6	1.04	112	0
2024	70.4	3	84.5	4	56.3	3	1.29	102	0
2023	69.6	6	84.2	6	55	7	1.30	101	0
2022	69.8	4	83.5	10	56.2	4	3.00	26	0
2021	71.7	1	86.1	1	57.4	1	1.76	76	0
2020	66.7	29	79.9	57	53.5	30	1.53	87	0
2019	67.3	25	80.3	51	54.3	16	1.17	108	0
2018	69	9	83.3	11	54.7	11	0.56	130	0
2017	69.2	8	83.7	8	54.7	11	0.89	119	0
2016	68.3	13	81.9	22	54.8	9	1.86	69	0
2015	71.3	2	85.9	2	56.6	2	1.39	94	0
2014	69.4	7	83	13	55.9	5	1.45	92	0
2013	68.4	11	82	21	54.7	11	1.37	96	0
2012	65.5	55	78.3	89	52.8	43	2.27	50	0
2011	65.3	63	77.4	103	53.2	36	1.83	75	0
2010	65	74	78	98	52.1	51	2.88	32	0
2009	67.8	16	80.9	39	54.8	9	2.25	52	0
2008	65	74	78.3	89	51.8	60	2.02	60	0
2007	66.1	39	78.6	84	53.7	26	1.84	73	0
2006	67.2	26	80.8	43	53.5	30	0.72	124	0
2005	65.9	45	79.2	72	52.6	46	2.16	55	0
2004	67.8	16	81.5	29	54	20	2.91	30	0
2003	67.7	19	82.2	20	53.2	36	0.65	128	0
2002	66.1	39	80	55	52.2	47	1.31	100	0
2001	64	110	77	109	50.9	74	2.91	30	0
2000	65	74	78.9	78	51.1	69	0.83	121	0
1999	64.7	84	77.2	106	52.1	51	2.26	51	0
1998	66.7	29	79.8	58	53.5	30	1.12	110	0
1997	65.8	46	78.7	82	52.9	41	3.35	18	0
1996	66.3	36	80.5	46	52.2	47	1.84	73	0
1995	65.4	58	78.7	82	52.1	51	3.13	24	0
1994	66	43	81.6	28	50.4	88	1.19	106	0
1993	63.9	111	76.1	123	51.7	62	4.62	7	0
1992	67.6	20	83	13	52.2	47	2.00	61	0
1991	64.6	89	78.3	89	50.9	74	2.33	45	0
1990	67	27	81.1	34	53	39	2.41	44	0
1989	64.3	100	77.5	101	51	72	2.28	48	0
1988	64.4	95	79.7	63	49.1	108	2.00	61	0
1987	65.6	53	80.4	49	50.7	80	2.92	29	0
1986	65.8	46	80.5	46	51.2	67	1.65	80	0
1985	65.6	53	81.8	24	49.5	100	2.94	28	0
1984	63.3	120	78.3	89	48.2	122	4.22	9	0
1983	64.2	105	76.6	116	51.7	62	7.20	1	0
1982	65.7	48	79.8	58	51.6	64	2.10	57	0
1981	64.3	100	78.8	81	49.8	96	3.48	17	0
1980	62	129	76.2	122	47.7	126	2.25	52	0
1979	65.1	71	80	55	50.3	89	1.65	80	0
1978	67.5	22	81	37	53.9	21	4.11	11	0
1977	65.5	55	80.4	49	50.6	82	2.69	34	0
1976	62.1	127	75.7	126	48.6	116	3.60	15	0
1975	63.3	120	76.7	115	50	94	3.28	22	0
1974	65	74	79.4	67	50.7	80	2.32	46	0
1973	64.1	108	79.2	72	48.9	111	2.28	48	0
1972	65.3	63	81.4	32	49.2	103	0.95	115	0
1971	64.9	79	78.9	78	51	72	3.97	13	0
1970	65.7	48	82.9	16	48.5	118	0.86	120	0
1969	64.6	89	79.4	67	49.7	97	3.04	25	0
1968	63.7	114	77.9	99	49.5	100	5.85	2	0
1967	67.8	16	85.1	3	50.5	86	0.69	125	0
1966	64.7	84	80.1	54	49.2	103	1.51	89	0
1965	64.3	100	79.6	66	49.1	108	2.29	47	0
1964	63.5	117	76.8	112	50.3	89	2.59	39	0
1963	62.1	127	75.4	127	48.9	111	1.85	70	0
1962	62.8	123	78.4	87	47.3	129	1.39	94	0
1961	66.7	29	82.6	18	50.8	79	1.54	86	0
1960	64.4	95	80.3	51	48.5	118	1.12	110	0
1959	65	74	79.8	58	50.2	91	1.93	67	0
1958	68.8	10	84	7	53.6	29	2.56	40	0
1957	63.4	119	77.5	101	49.2	103	2.55	41	0
1956	63.9	111	78.5	86	49.3	102	1.57	85	0
1955	62.3	126	76.5	117	48.2	122	1.95	65	0
1954	61	132	73.5	132	48.4	120	3.50	16	0
1953	62.5	124	76.3	120	48.8	114	2.99	27	0
1952	64.3	100	79.4	67	49.1	108	2.64	38	0
1951	65.2	66	81.5	29	48.8	114	0.83	121	0
1950	66.1	39	80.9	39	51.3	66	3.33	20	0
1949	64.8	81	79.1	76	50.6	82	1.61	82	0
1948	65.1	71	78.2	93	52.1	51	1.50	90	0
1947	63.7	114	76.4	118	51.1	69	5.45	4	0
1946	65.1	71	79	77	51.1	69	2.09	58	0
1945	65.7	48	81.8	24	49.7	97	1.03	113	0
1944	65.2	66	79.4	67	50.9	74	0.60	129	0
1943	64.5	92	78.4	87	50.6	82	5.84	3	0
1942	66.1	39	79.3	71	52.8	43	2.65	37	0
1941	67.4	24	81.1	34	53.7	26	1.85	70	0
1940	66.4	34	81.8	24	50.9	74	0.69	125	0
1939	64.9	79	79.7	63	50	94	2.49	43	0
1938	65.5	55	80.9	39	50.1	93	0.50	131	0
1937	64.4	95	78.2	93	50.6	82	5.45	4	0
1936	64.7	84	80.6	45	48.9	111	1.60	83	0
1935	64.6	89	81.8	24	47.4	128	1.28	103	0
1934	64.5	92	80.9	39	48	124	0.91	116	0
1933	64.2	105	79.8	58	48.6	116	1.95	65	0
1932	64.8	81	80.3	51	49.2	103	1.41	93	0
1931	65.2	66	82.6	18	47.8	125	3.35	18	0
1930	62	129	78.2	93	45.8	131	1.01	114	3
1929	64.4	95	81.5	29	47.6	127	1.76	76	2
1928	64.7	84	78.1	96	51.2	67	0.90	118	0
1927	67.9	14	83	13	52.7	45	1.67	79	0
1926	68.4	11	82.7	17	54.1	19	2.66	36	0
1925	66.3	36	80.5	46	52.1	51	1.73	78	0
1924	66.4	34	80.7	44	52.2	47	0.75	123	0
1923	66.5	33	79.7	63	53.3	33	2.23	54	0
1922	67.6	20	83.1	12	52.1	51	1.52	88	0
1921	65.2	66	81.1	34	49.2	103	1.18	107	0
1920	64.1	108	81.4	32	46.8	130	4.19	10	0
1919	64.2	105	76.4	118	52	58	0.21	132	0
1918	66.2	38	78.1	96	54.4	14	1.34	97	0
1917	67	27	81	37	53	39	1.15	109	0
1916	64.5	92	75.8	125	53.3	33	4.38	8	0
1915	66	43	77.2	106	54.9	8	1.93	67	0
1914	65.4	58	77.8	100	53.1	38	1.85	70	0
1913	65.7	48	76.9	110	54.4	14	4.07	12	0
1912	64.3	100	74.4	130	54.2	18	4.83	6	0
1911	65.3	63	76.9	110	53.8	24	0.91	116	0
1910	63.6	116	75.1	128	52.1	51	1.21	105	0
1909	63.3	120	74.6	129	52	58	2.16	55	0
1908	65.4	58	76.8	112	53.9	21	1.60	83	0
1907	64.8	81	75.9	124	53.7	26	3.29	21	0
1906	66.7	29	79.2	72	54.3	16	2.50	42	0
1905	65.2	66	77.2	106	53.3	33	0.67	127	0
1904	65.7	48	78.6	84	52.9	41	1.26	104	0
1903	63.9	111	74	131	53.8	24	1.99	63	0
1902									62
1901									43
1900	67.5	22	84.4	5	50.5	86	2.82	33	0
1899	62.4	125	76.3	120	48.4	120	3.16	23	0
1898	65.4	58	78.9	78	51.8	60	2.07	59	0
1897	64.4	95	77.3	105	51.6	64	2.69	34	0
1896	65.4	58	79.8	58	50.9	74	1.99	63	0
1895	63.5	117	77.4	103	49.7	97	1.34	97	0
1894	64.7	84	79.2	72	50.2	91	3.69	14	0
1893	61.1	131	76.8	112	45.4	132	1.34	97	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2021	71.7
2015	71.3
2024	70.4
2022	69.8
2025	69.7
2023	69.6
2014	69.4
2017	69.2
2018	69
1958	68.8

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1954	61
1893	61.1
1980	62
1930	62
1976	62.1
1963	62.1
1955	62.3
1899	62.4
1953	62.5
1962	62.8

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1983	7.20
1968	5.85
1943	5.84
1947	5.45
1937	5.45
1912	4.83
1993	4.62
1916	4.38
1984	4.22
1920	4.19

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1919	0.21
1938	0.50
2018	0.56
1944	0.60
2003	0.65
1905	0.67
1967	0.69
1940	0.69
2006	0.72
1924	0.75

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 100°F; 21 July 2026
Coldest night: 42°F; 7 June 2026
Wettest day: 0.45 in; 8 June 2026

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Summer 2026 brought 1.47 in of precipitation in Salem, OR, the driest summer since 2025, 42nd driest of 132.
The hottest day of summer 2026 in Salem, OR: 100°F on Tuesday 21 July 2026.
The coldest night of summer 2026 in Salem, OR: a low of 42°F on Sunday 7 June 2026.
The wettest day of summer 2026 in Salem, OR: 0.45 in on Monday 8 June 2026.