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Look up monthly rankings for 1-12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 60-month time periods using the options below. Data and statistics are as of August 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.

Parameter: Average Temperature Maximum Temperature Minimum Temperature Precipitation Cooling Degree Days Heating Degree Days Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) Palmer Hydrological Drought Index (PHDI) Palmer Modified Drought Index (PMDI) Palmer Z-Index

Year: 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

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Salem, Oregon

Average Temperature Rankings, December 1938

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1938 1-Month	41.8°F (5.4°C)	40.3°F (4.6°C)	1.5°F (0.8°C)	77th Coolest	Coolest since: 1935	1985
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	1950
	Ties: 1895, 1904, 1952, 1961
Nov–Dec 1938 2-Month	42.0°F (5.6°C)	43.0°F (6.1°C)	-1.0°F (-0.5°C)	36th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1985
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	1917
	Ties: 1956
Oct–Dec 1938 3-Month	46.0°F (7.8°C)	46.5°F (8.1°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	40th Coolest	Coolest since: 1935	1985
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	1917, 1958
	Ties: 1903, 1908, 1920
Sep–Dec 1938 4-Month	50.8°F (10.4°C)	50.6°F (10.3°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1985
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2014
	Ties: 1983, 1992
Aug–Dec 1938 5-Month	53.5°F (11.9°C)	54.1°F (12.3°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1985
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2014
	Ties: 1897, 1926, 1951, 1959, 1982
Jul–Dec 1938 6-Month	56.1°F (13.4°C)	56.3°F (13.5°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	55th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1909, 1985
				65th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2014
	Ties: 1947, 1959, 1983, 2011, 2019
Jun–Dec 1938 7-Month	57.2°F (14.0°C)	57.2°F (14.0°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1909
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	1958
	Ties: 1962, 1980, 1981, 1996, 2019
May–Dec 1938 8-Month	57.2°F (14.0°C)	57.1°F (13.9°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1909, 1916
				43rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	1958
	Ties: 1999
Apr–Dec 1938 9-Month	56.6°F (13.7°C)	56.4°F (13.6°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1909
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 1934	1958
	Ties: 1929, 1944, 1951, 1969, 1988, 2002
Mar–Dec 1938 10-Month	55.5°F (13.1°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	76th Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1899
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2014, 2015
	Ties: 1904, 1944, 1949, 1950, 1983, 2013
Feb–Dec 1938 11-Month	54.3°F (12.4°C)	54.3°F (12.4°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1936	1899
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	1958, 2015
	Ties: 1961, 1980, 1990, 2006
Jan–Dec 1938 12-Month	53.0°F (11.7°C)	53.2°F (11.8°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	66th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1909
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1934	2015
	Ties: 1904, 1945, 1951, 1968, 1973, 1979, 2012
Jul 1937–Dec 1938 18-Month	54.1°F (12.3°C)	54.3°F (12.4°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	66th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1899
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1934	2015
	Ties: 1944, 1947, 1963, 1975, 1989, 1990, 2000
Jan 1937–Dec 1938 24-Month	52.6°F (11.4°C)	53.2°F (11.8°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	32nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1910, 1912
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 1935	2015
	Ties: 1905, 1963, 1973, 2001, 2012
Jan 1936–Dec 1938 36-Month	52.6°F (11.4°C)	53.2°F (11.8°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	29th Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1911
				75th Warmest	Warmest since: 1936	2016
	Ties: 1952, 1965, 2008
Jan 1935–Dec 1938 48-Month	52.5°F (11.4°C)	53.3°F (11.8°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1925	1912
				83rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1937	2017
	Ties: 1906, 1973, 1977, 1979
Jan 1934–Dec 1938 60-Month	53.0°F (11.7°C)	53.3°F (11.8°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	43rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1937	1924
				51st Warmest	Warmest since: 1929	2018
	Ties: 1927, 1981, 1984, 1988, 1989, 2008

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 3, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/