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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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City: Astoria Eugene Medford Pendleton Portland Salem

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Salem, Oregon

Average Temperature Rankings, December 1961

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2021)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
December 1961 1-Month	41.8°F (5.4°C)	40.3°F (4.6°C)	1.5°F (0.8°C)	77th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1985
				48th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	1950
	Ties: 1895, 1904, 1938, 1952
Nov–Dec 1961 2-Month	41.9°F (5.5°C)	43.0°F (6.1°C)	-1.1°F (-0.6°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1952	1985
				91st Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	1917
	Ties: 1928, 1936
Oct–Dec 1961 3-Month	45.7°F (7.6°C)	46.4°F (8.0°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	33rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1985
				90th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	1917, 1958
	Ties: 1971, 2005
Sep–Dec 1961 4-Month	49.1°F (9.5°C)	50.6°F (10.3°C)	-1.5°F (-0.8°C)	20th Coolest	Coolest since: 1948	1985
				102nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2014
	Ties: 1970, 2007
Aug–Dec 1961 5-Month	53.3°F (11.8°C)	54.1°F (12.3°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	34th Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1985
				86th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2014
	Ties: 1925, 1954, 1955, 1969
Jul–Dec 1961 6-Month	55.8°F (13.2°C)	56.4°F (13.6°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1909, 1985
				76th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2014
	Ties: 1925, 1951, 1971, 2008
Jun–Dec 1961 7-Month	57.0°F (13.9°C)	57.2°F (14.0°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1909
				64th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	1958
	Ties: 1923, 1952, 1959, 1963, 1969, 1973, 2010
May–Dec 1961 8-Month	56.7°F (13.7°C)	57.1°F (13.9°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	46th Coolest	Coolest since: 1959	1909, 1916
				73rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	1958
	Ties: 1915, 1959, 1977, 1989, 1996
Apr–Dec 1961 9-Month	55.9°F (13.3°C)	56.3°F (13.5°C)	-0.4°F (-0.2°C)	41st Coolest	Coolest since: 1955	1909
				78th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	1958
	Ties: 1932, 2001
Mar–Dec 1961 10-Month	55.1°F (12.8°C)	55.5°F (13.1°C)	-0.4°F (-0.3°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1899
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2014, 2015
	Ties: 1923, 1951, 1973
Feb–Dec 1961 11-Month	54.3°F (12.4°C)	54.3°F (12.4°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1899
				44th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	1958, 2015
	Ties: 1938, 1980, 1990, 2006
Jan–Dec 1961 12-Month	53.4°F (11.9°C)	53.2°F (11.8°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1909
				34th Warmest	Warmest since: 1958	2015
	Ties: 1915
Jul 1960–Dec 1961 18-Month	54.6°F (12.6°C)	54.3°F (12.4°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	86th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1899
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2015
	Ties: 1981, 2010
Jan 1960–Dec 1961 24-Month	53.0°F (11.7°C)	53.2°F (11.8°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	64th Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1910, 1912
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1959	2015
	Ties: 1947, 1962, 1990, 2002
Jan 1959–Dec 1961 36-Month	53.1°F (11.7°C)	53.2°F (11.8°C)	-0.1°F (-0.1°C)	65th Coolest	Coolest since: 1957	1911
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2016
	Ties: 1934, 1981, 1990, 1991, 2007
Jan 1958–Dec 1961 48-Month	53.9°F (12.2°C)	53.3°F (11.8°C)	0.6°F (0.4°C)	91st Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1912
				8th Warmest	Warmest since: 1942	2017
	Ties: 1942, 1995
Jan 1957–Dec 1961 60-Month	53.7°F (12.1°C)	53.3°F (11.8°C)	0.4°F (0.3°C)	83rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1960	1924
				11th Warmest	Warmest since: 1942	2018
	Ties: 1942, 1999, 2006

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 4, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/