CXUS56 KPQR 201534 CLASLE ANNUAL CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR 1200 PM PST THU 1 JAN 2026 ...SALEM 2025 WEATHER IN REVIEW... 2025 NOTABLE WEATHER EVENTS & RECORDS * LATE MARCH WARM-UP * HEATWAVES OF MID-AUGUST * 3RD WARMEST DECEMBER ON RECORD * ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS OF DECEMBER * 4TH WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD FOR THE AIRPORT 2025 MONTHLY WEATHER SUMMARIES... JANUARY...MILD START TO THE NEW YEAR AS A WARM FRONT BROUGHT RAIN AND ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE FIRST WEEK OF JANUARY. THEN, SEASONABLY COOL AND MAINLY DRY THROUGH THE 30TH. PERSISTENT HIGH PRESSURE ALSO ALLOWED FOR COOLER MORNINGS DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE MONTH. THE AIRPORT RECORDED 13 DAYS OF BELOW FREEZING LOW TEMPERATURES RANGING BETWEEN 24-30 DEGREES. RAIN EVENTUALLY RETURNED ON THE 31ST. BUT, THE MONTH FINISHED WITH A DEFICIT OF OVER 3 INCHES BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION. FEBRUARY...SEASONABLY COOL WITH OCCASIONAL RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW AT TIMES THROUGH THE FIRST TEN DAYS OF FEBRUARY. TEMPERATURES THEN TRENDED COOLER THROUGH THE 14TH AS EAST WINDS DROVE A COLDER AIR MASS INTO THE AREA. THEN TEMPERATURES TRENDED WARMER THROUGH THE SECOND HALF OF THE MONTH. A SERIES OF FRONTAL SYSTEMS ASSOCIATED WITH A MODERATE TO STRONG ATMOSPHERIC RIVER BROUGHT PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN THE 22ND TO 24TH. A NEW DAILY RAINFALL RECORD WAS SET ON THE 23RD WHEN 1.04 INCHES OF RAIN FELL. OVERALL, FEBRUARY RECEIVED ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION. MARCH...MOSTLY DRY AND SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES TO START THE MONTH OF MARCH. THEN, A RAINY PATTERN SETTLED IN WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES LATER ON THE 9TH. A SERIES OF FRONTAL SYSTEMS BROUGHT PERIODS OF MODERATE RAINFALL THE 12TH TO 15TH, FOLLOWED BY OCCASIONAL RAIN SHOWERS. TEMPERATURES WARMED AGAIN BY THE 23RD WITH RECORD HIGHS ON THREE CONSECUTIVE DAYS FROM THE 24TH TO THE 26TH. A RARE SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALSO ISSUED ON THE 26TH, BUT SEVERE STORMS DID NOT MATERIALIZE. THEN, TYPICAL SPRING WEATHER WITH SHOWERS AND NEAR AVERAGE TEMPERATURES TO END THE MONTH. MARCH RAINFALL WAS ABOVE NORMAL. APRIL...SEASONABLE WEATHER WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS CONTINUED INTO APRIL. ON THE 6TH, A FRONT BROUGHT THE MOST SUBSTANTIAL RAIN OF THE MONTH. THEN, MOSTLY DRY CONDITIONS FOLLOWED WITH ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES. ON THE 29TH, A WEAK FRONT BROUGHT ANOTHER ROUND OF LIGHT RAIN. BUT, MUCH BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL OCCURRED IN APRIL. MAY...MAINLY WARM AND DRY START TO THE MONTH WITH DOMINATE HIGH PRESSURE THROUGH THE 10TH. A CHANGE IN THE WEATHER PATTERN BROUGHT COOLER AND WET CONDITIONS FOR MUCH OF THE MIDDLE OF MAY. TEMPERATURES WARMED AGAIN INTO THE 70S TO MID 80S WITH PREDOMINATELY DRY CONDITIONS DURING THE FINAL 9 DAYS OF THE MONTH. FINISHED THE MONTH ALMOST AN INCH AND A HALF BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION. JUNE....JUNE BEGAN WITH NEAR NORMAL WEATHER CONDITIONS BEFORE MUCH WARMER TEMPERATURES OCCURRED THE 6TH THROUGH 10TH, WITH HIGHS RANGING FROM THE MID 80S TO MID 90S, PEAKING ON THE 8TH SETTING A DAILY RECORD HIGH OF 96 DEGREES. THEN, CONDITIONS RETURNED CLOSER TO AVERAGE AND DRY. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM BROUGHT WIDESPREAD RAIN SHOWERS THE 20TH TO 21ST, PRODUCING THE FIRST MEASURABLE RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH. MOSTLY DRY WEATHER WAS OBSERVED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MONTH. DURING THE FINAL TWO DAYS OF JUNE, TEMPERATURES WARMED BACK INTO THE 90S. JULY...OVERALL, IT WAS A MOSTLY WARM AND DRY JULY. NO NEW RECORDS WERE SET THIS MONTH, WITH THE 13TH SEEING THE WARMEST DAY OF 98 DEGREES. LOW PRESSURE THE 20TH AND 21ST PRODUCED RAIN SHOWERS BUT NO MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION AT THE AIRPORT AND COOLER TEMPERATURES. SEASONABLE CONDITIONS FINISHED OUT THE MONTH. AUGUST...SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES ON THE FIRST WAS FOLLOWED BY A SLIGHT COOLING TREND IN EARLY AUGUST AS INCREASING ONSHORE FLOW COOLED TEMPERATURES INTO THE LOWER 70S. BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE INDUCED A WARMING TREND, WITH THREE CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF 99 DEGREES OR WARMER FROM THE 10TH THROUGH 12TH. BY MID-MONTH, A STRONG UPPER TROUGH DROPPED OUT OF GULF OF ALASKA, BRINGING COOLER TEMPERATURES AND LIGHT RAIN THE 15TH TO 16TH. HIGH PRESSURE STRENGTHENED AGAIN, BRINGING A PROLONGED STRETCH OF HOT AND DRY WEATHER, WITH HIGHS PEAKING AT 101 DEGREES ON THE 22ND (DAILY RECORD) AND 99 DEGREES THE 23RD. SEASONABLY WARM AND MOSTLY DRY CONDITIONS CONTINUED, AS THE MONTH FINISHED AS THE 5TH WARMEST AUGUST ON RECORD. SEPTEMBER...SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES ON LABOR DAY WAS FOLLOWED BY WARMER TEMPERATURES THE 2ND THROUGH 4TH AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILT OVER THE REGION. THEN, SOMEWHAT COOLER TEMPERATURES AS ONSHORE FLOW RETURNED WITH A FEW LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS. A COLD FRONT BROUGHT MORE WIDESPREAD RAIN ON THE 14TH. DAILY RECORD HIGH OF 93 WAS TIED ON THE 16TH. SEASONABLY WARM AND DRY WEATHER RETURNED THROUGH THE 28TH, EXCEPT ON THE 21ST WHEN ANOTHER FRONT BROUGHT MORE RAIN TO THE AREA. MORE ACTIVE WEATHER ARRIVED THE 29TH CONTINUING THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH. OCTOBER...COOL AND WET WEATHER CONTINUED INTO THE FIRST PART OF OCTOBER AS MORE FALL-LIKE FRONTAL SYSTEMS MOVED ACROSS THE AREA. THEN, OFFSHORE FLOW BROUGHT AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF DRY WEATHER ALONG WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING INTO THE 70S AND EVEN LOWER 80S THE 5TH TO 7TH. THE AIRPORT REACHED 81 ON THE 7TH, THE LAST DAY OF THE YEAR TO REACH OVER 70. COOLER TEMPERATURES AS A COLD FRONT RETURNED ONSHORE FLOW ON THE 8TH, WHILE A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFFSHORE MAINTAINED COOL AND UNSETTLED WEATHER. A SERIES OF FRONTAL SYSTEMS CONTINUED, BRINGING MORE MODERATE RAINFALL THE 19TH AND AGAIN THE 24TH THROUGH 26TH. NOVEMBER...A WET START TO NOVEMBER AS A SERIES OF FRONTAL SYSTEMS MOVED THROUGH THE AREA WITH BREEZY SOUTH WINDS. DRY WEATHER THE 8TH THROUGH 12TH AS HIGH PRESSURE RETURNED OVER THE REGION. ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES CONTINUED THROUGH THE 15TH. THEN, MORE SEASONABLE COOL AND WET WEATHER OCCURRED AS AN ACTIVE AND PROGRESSIVE PATTERN CONTINUED THROUGH MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF THE MONTH. A COLD FRONT MOVED THROUGH THE AREA ON THANKSGIVING, THE 27TH, PRODUCING RAIN AND SOUTHERLY WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. OVERALL IT WAS A WARMER THAN NORMAL NOVEMBER, BUT NEARLY AN INCH BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION FELL DECEMBER...A RELATIVELY DRY START TO THE MONTH DID NOT LAST LONG AS A PATTERN CHANGE ARRIVED ON THE 4TH. A SERIES OF FRONTS BROUGHT WET WEATHER AND WARMER THAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE 7TH. THEN, A STRONG ATMOSPHERIC RIVER THE 8TH AND 9TH BROUGHT NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER A 24-HOUR PERIOD. THE AREA REMAINED IN THE WARM SECTOR AS THE SYSTEM LIFTED NORTH, WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S AND HIGHS AROUND 62 DEGREES THE 10TH AND 11TH. A BRIEF BREAK IN THE WEATHER BEFORE ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN AND BREEZY WINDS ARRIVED. THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER STRONG ATMOSPHERIC RIVER, SETTING A DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORD OF 2.93 INCHES ON THE 18TH. ACTIVE WEATHER CONTINUED THROUGH THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY. THEN, HIGH PRESSURE SETTLED IN WITH CHILLY MORNING LOWS AROUND 27-34 DEGREES THE FINAL FOUR DAYS OF THE YEAR. OVERALL, THE MONTH ENDED CLOSE TO NORMAL FOR RAINFALL AND ENDED UP BEING THE 3RD WARMEST DECEMBER ON RECORD FOR SALEM. ============================================================== NEW RECORDS SET IN 2025 (PREVIOUS RECORD IN PARENTHESES) + INDICATES MOST RECENT OF MULTIPLE PRIOR OCCURRENCES JANUARY...NO NEW RECORDS SET. FEBRUARY... 23RD NEW. DAILY RAINFALL 1.04" (0.96"/1996 ) MARCH... 24TH NEW. DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP 74 ( 70 /1979 ) 25TH NEW. DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP 75 ( 72 /1996 ) 26TH NEW. DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP 77 ( 74 /1994 ) APRIL...NO NEW RECORDS SET. MAY...NO NEW RECORDS SET. JUNE... 8TH NEW. DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP 96 ( 95 /1955 ) JULY...NO NEW RECORDS SET. AUGUST... 22ND NEW. DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP 101 ( 100 /1942 ) SEPTEMBER... 16TH TIED. DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP 93 ( 93 /1994+) OCTOBER...NO NEW RECORDS SET. NOVEMBER... 22ND NEW. DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP 65 ( 64 /1983 ) DECEMBER... 9TH NEW. DAILY RAINFALL 1.74" (1.63"/1987 ) 10TH NEW. DAILY WARM LOW TEMP 57 ( 54 /2004 ) 15TH TIED. DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP 60 ( 60 /1976 ) 16TH NEW. DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP 61 ( 60 /1974 ) 18TH NEW. DAILY RAINFALL 2.93" (2.50"/1917 ) ============================================================== 2025 SALEM MONTHLY TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION RANKINGS THIS TABLE SHOWS WHERE EACH MONTH/YEAR RANKS IN SALEM'S CLIMATE RECORD (1892-2025). RANKINGS APPLY TO ALL OF THE SAME MONTH: FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE JUNE 2025 COMPARES TO ALL OTHER JUNES. JA FE MA AP MA JU JL AU SE OC NO DE 2025 AVG T 43 29 24 12 37 16 9 5 7 77 14 3 4 PRECIP 116 28 23 105 114 82 101 80 69 53 78 51 84 MAX T 16 33 45 17 41 16 17 14 32 85 22 4 9 MIN T 76 30 7 22 38 23 8 2 2 54 14 4 5 SALEM'S RANGE IS 1 TO 133, WHERE 1 = WARMEST OR WETTEST 133 = DRIEST OR COLDEST =============================================================== 2025 SALEM MCNARY AIRPORT TEMPERATURE DATA (+ BY DATE INDICATES LAST OF SEVERAL OCCURRENCES LISTED) |--- AVERAGES ----| MEAN T DEPART| EXTREME TEMPS & DATE| MONTH |HIGHS LOWS MEAN| FROM NORMAL | HIGHEST LOWEST | -------------------------------------------------------------- JAN 50.2 33.7 42.0 -0.1 DEG 59 / 6TH 24 /28TH+ FEB 52.4 37.5 44.9 +0.9 DEG 67 /27TH 23 /12TH MAR 56.4 41.0 48.7 +1.2 DEG 77 /26TH 32 / 7TH APR 64.8 42.0 53.4 +2.1 DEG 76 /14TH 34 / 4TH MAY 69.6 46.1 57.9 +0.2 DEG 85 /30TH 37 / 4TH JUN 78.1 51.6 64.9 +2.2 DEG 97 /30TH 41 / 2ND JUL 86.3 56.8 71.5 +2.2 DEG 98 /13TH 49 / 5TH AUG 86.2 58.7 72.4 +3.2 DEG 102 /11TH 50 / 8TH SEP 78.5 53.7 66.1 +2.1 DEG 93 /16TH 43 /26TH OCT 63.1 43.4 53.2 -1.1 DEG 81 / 7TH 34 /30TH NOV 55.1 42.1 48.6 +2.3 DEG 65 /15TH 32 /18TH DEC 52.2 41.1 46.7 +5.4 DEG 62 /11TH+ 27 /31ST 2025 66.1 45.6 55.9 +1.8 DEG 102/JUL 11 23/FEB 12 NORMAL 64.4 43.9 54.1 DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES IN 2025 WHERE... |------ MAXIMUM TEMP --------||------ MINIMUM TEMP ---| <=32 60+ 70+ 80+ 90+ 100+ <=20 <=32 60+ 70+ -------------------------------------------------------------- JAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 FEB 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 MAR 0 8 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 APR 0 21 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MAY 0 28 15 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 JUN 0 29 26 11 4 0 0 0 2 0 JUL 0 31 31 26 10 0 0 0 7 0 AUG 0 31 31 22 10 3 0 0 14 1 SEP 0 30 29 11 2 0 0 0 5 0 OCT 0 23 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 NOV 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 DEC 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 2025 0 221 144 75 26 3 0 27 28 1 NORMAL 2 201 128 66 15 1 2 49 7 0 FIRST/LAST OCCURRENCES OF... IN 2025 AVERAGE LAST 32 DEG OR COLDER IN SPRING 7 MAR (13 APR) FIRST 70+ DEG OF THE YEAR 24 MAR (31 MAY) FIRST 80+ DEG OF THE YEAR 1 MAY ( 6 MAY) FIRST 90+ DEG OF THE YEAR 8 JUN (15 JUN) LAST 90+ DEG OF THE YEAR 16 SEP ( 8 SEP) LAST 80+ DEG OF THE YEAR 7 OCT ( 1 OCT) LAST 70+ DEG OF THE YEAR 7 OCT (21 OCT) FIRST 32 DEG OR COLDER IN AUTUMN 18 NOV (31 OCT) ============================================================== 2025 SALEM MCNARY AIRPORT RAINFALL DATA... TOTAL DEPARTURE DAYS WITH AT LEAST... GREATEST IN MONTH RAIN FM NORMAL 0.01 0.10 0.50 1.00 24HRS & DATE -------------------------------------------------------------- JAN 2.65 -3.43 9 6 2 0 0.96 JAN 30-31 FEB 6.41 +1.87 18 12 4 2 1.83 FEB 24-25 MAR 6.22 +1.87 22 14 4 1 1.31 MAR 14-15 APR 1.46 -1.66 8 4 1 0 0.81 APR 6-7 MAY 0.81 -1.44 11 3 0 0 0.27 MAY 11 JUN 0.91 -0.34 2 2 1 0 0.54 JUN 21 JUL T -0.25 0 0 0 0 T JUL 10 AUG 0.13 -0.26 3 1 0 0 0.12 AUG 15-16 SEP 1.29 -0.17 7 3 1 0 0.88 SEP 14 OCT 3.34 -0.13 16 9 2 0 0.79 OCT 24-25 NOV 5.21 -0.74 18 13 4 0 0.96 NOV 3 DEC 7.36 +0.39 16 10 4 2 2.96 DEC 18 2025 35.79 -5.04 130 77 23 5 2.96 DEC 18 NORMAL 40.83 146 90 26 7 SALEM WATER YEAR 2024-25 (1 OCT 2024 THROUGH 30 SEP 2025) 38.54 INCHES ( 96% OF NORMAL, 1.47" BELOW NORMAL) ============================================================ 2025 SALEM MCNARY AIRPORT WIND AND PRESSURE DATA... AVERAGE SPEED (MPH) STRONGEST WIND GUST MONTH 2025 NORMAL DIRECTION SPEED DATE ---------------------------------------------------------- JAN 4.4 (7.1) SOUTH 34 MPH JAN 31 FEB 6.7 (6.9) SOUTH 46 MPH FEB 24 MAR 7.8 (7.4) SOUTHWEST 45 MPH MAR 27+ APR 5.3 (6.2) SOUTH 32 MPH APR 10 MAY 5.8 (6.4) WEST 31 MPH MAY 17 JUN 6.3 (6.5) NORTH 30 MPH JUN 1 JUL 6.2 (6.5) NORTH 32 MPH JUL 15 AUG 5.3 (6.0) SOUTH 26 MPH AUG 15 SEP 4.8 (5.5) SOUTH 36 MPH SEP 30 OCT 5.6 (5.7) SOUTH 45 MPH OCT 25 NOV 5.6 (7.1) SOUTH 44 MPH NOV 5 DEC 7.2 (7.1) SOUTH 39 MPH DEC 18+ 2025 5.9 (6.6) SOUTH 46 MPH FEB 24 2025 BAROMETRIC PRESSURE EXTREMES... HIGHEST 30.69 INCHES 22 JAN ( 856 AM PST ) LOWEST 29.26 INCHES 24 DEC ( 556 AM PST ) ============================================================ 2025 SALEM WILLAMETTE RIVER DATA (AT DOWNTOWN)... HIGHEST 22.05 FT 20 DEC (FLOOD STAGE IS 28.0 FT) LOWEST 4.98 FT 31 JUL ============================================================ SALEM MCNARY AIRPORT PERIOD OF RECORD... 1892 TO 2025 SALEM MCNARY AIRPORT CLIMATE NORMALS... 1991 TO 2020 ============================================================ DATA COMPILED BY HARTSOCK AND BATZ ADDITIONAL LOCAL CLIMATE DATA AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE AT: HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/WRH/CLIMATE?WFO=PQR $$