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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, May 1972

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
May 1972 1-Month	57.3°F (14.1°C)	56.4°F (13.6°C)	0.9°F (0.5°C)	89th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1908
				39th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	1958
	Ties: 1926, 2006, 2021
Apr–May 1972 2-Month	52.1°F (11.2°C)	53.6°F (12.0°C)	-1.5°F (-0.8°C)	34th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1955
				93rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2016
	Ties: 1902, 1978
Mar–May 1972 3-Month	50.9°F (10.5°C)	51.4°F (10.8°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1917
				66th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	1934
	Ties: 1929, 1965, 1996, 1998
Feb–May 1972 4-Month	49.2°F (9.6°C)	49.4°F (9.7°C)	-0.2°F (-0.1°C)	71st Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1917
				53rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	1934
	Ties: 1921, 1942, 1959, 1965, 1980, 2010, 2020, 2021
Jan–May 1972 5-Month	47.2°F (8.4°C)	47.8°F (8.8°C)	-0.6°F (-0.4°C)	69th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1950
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	1934
	Ties: 1921, 1938, 1951, 1966, 2000
Dec 1971–May 1972 6-Month	46.0°F (7.8°C)	46.5°F (8.1°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1922
				63rd Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	1934
	Ties: 1896, 2001
Nov 1971–May 1972 7-Month	45.9°F (7.7°C)	46.4°F (8.0°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	53rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1917
				68th Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	1934
	Ties: 1914, 1956, 1999
Oct 1971–May 1972 8-Month	46.6°F (8.1°C)	47.3°F (8.5°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1917
				77th Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	1934
	Ties: 1896, 1930, 1957, 1964, 1974, 2022
Sep 1971–May 1972 9-Month	48.1°F (8.9°C)	49.1°F (9.5°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	32nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1917
				88th Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	2015
	Ties: 1904, 1906, 1948, 1969, 1982, 2001
Aug 1971–May 1972 10-Month	50.3°F (10.2°C)	51.0°F (10.6°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	44th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1917
				74th Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	2015
	Ties: 1925, 1928, 1930, 1942, 1965, 1991
Jul 1971–May 1972 11-Month	51.9°F (11.1°C)	52.5°F (11.4°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1917
				69th Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	2015
	Ties: 1900, 1970, 2012
Jun 1971–May 1972 12-Month	52.5°F (11.4°C)	53.3°F (11.8°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	42nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1917
				76th Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	2016
	Ties: 1915, 1957, 1974
Dec 1970–May 1972 18-Month	49.8°F (9.9°C)	51.0°F (10.6°C)	-1.2°F (-0.7°C)	20th Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1917
				94th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2016
	Ties: 1937
Jun 1970–May 1972 24-Month	52.2°F (11.2°C)	53.2°F (11.8°C)	-1.0°F (-0.6°C)	19th Coolest	Coolest since: 1956	1917
				92nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2016
Jun 1969–May 1972 36-Month	52.5°F (11.4°C)	53.2°F (11.8°C)	-0.7°F (-0.4°C)	21st Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1913
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2016
	Ties: 1906, 1919, 1952, 1964, 1965, 1971, 1977, 1979
Jun 1968–May 1972 48-Month	52.5°F (11.4°C)	53.3°F (11.8°C)	-0.8°F (-0.4°C)	16th Coolest	Coolest since: 1965	1913
				84th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2018
	Ties: 1938, 1955, 1965, 1973, 1977, 2009, 2011
Jun 1967–May 1972 60-Month	53.0°F (11.7°C)	53.3°F (11.8°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	45th Coolest	Coolest since: 1967	1950
				50th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2019
	Ties: 1938, 1959, 1983, 1987

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 26, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/