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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

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Salem, Oregon

Average Temperature Rankings, August 1981

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Period	Value	1981-2010 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
August 1981 1-Month	69.9°F (21.1°C)	68.0°F (20.0°C)	1.9°F (1.1°C)	110th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1899
				15th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	1967, 2017
	Ties: 1971
Jul–Aug 1981 2-Month	68.0°F (20.0°C)	67.9°F (19.9°C)	0.1°F (0.1°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1899, 1909
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2014
Jun–Aug 1981 3-Month	65.4°F (18.6°C)	65.9°F (18.8°C)	-0.5°F (-0.2°C)	64th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1899
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2015
	Ties: 1898, 1925
May–Aug 1981 4-Month	63.0°F (17.2°C)	63.5°F (17.5°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1899
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2015
	Ties: 1904, 1959, 1983, 2008
Apr–Aug 1981 5-Month	60.7°F (15.9°C)	60.9°F (16.1°C)	-0.2°F (-0.2°C)	59th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1899
				65th Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2015
	Ties: 1923, 1944, 1959, 1978, 2002
Mar–Aug 1981 6-Month	58.6°F (14.8°C)	58.7°F (14.8°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1899
				47th Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2015
	Ties: 1924, 1928, 1938, 1957, 1985
Feb–Aug 1981 7-Month	56.5°F (13.6°C)	56.4°F (13.6°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1899
				41st Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2015
	Ties: 1942, 1957, 1970
Jan–Aug 1981 8-Month	54.7°F (12.6°C)	54.6°F (12.6°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	85th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1899, 1955
				36th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2015
	Ties: 1918, 1947, 1959, 2022
Dec 1980–Aug 1981 9-Month	53.5°F (11.9°C)	53.0°F (11.7°C)	0.5°F (0.2°C)	94th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1899
				26th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2015
	Ties: 1970, 1994, 2005
Nov 1980–Aug 1981 10-Month	53.0°F (11.7°C)	52.3°F (11.3°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	98th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1899
				22nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2015
	Ties: 1996, 2020
Oct 1980–Aug 1981 11-Month	53.2°F (11.8°C)	52.4°F (11.3°C)	0.8°F (0.5°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1899
				18th Warmest	Warmest since: 1967	2015
Sep 1980–Aug 1981 12-Month	54.0°F (12.2°C)	53.2°F (11.8°C)	0.8°F (0.4°C)	102nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1899
				17th Warmest	Warmest since: 1968	2015
	Ties: 1968, 1996, 1998
Mar 1980–Aug 1981 18-Month	55.0°F (12.8°C)	55.1°F (12.8°C)	-0.1°F (0.0°C)	75th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1955
				40th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2015
	Ties: 1918, 1938, 1939, 1983, 2010, 2013
Sep 1979–Aug 1981 24-Month	53.3°F (11.8°C)	53.2°F (11.8°C)	0.1°F (0.0°C)	82nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1910
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 1969	2016
	Ties: 1919, 1939, 1969, 1982, 1984, 1990, 1999, 2006
Sep 1978–Aug 1981 36-Month	52.7°F (11.5°C)	53.2°F (11.8°C)	-0.5°F (-0.3°C)	36th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1911
				70th Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	2016
	Ties: 1939, 1954, 1962, 1965, 1978, 1979, 2012
Sep 1977–Aug 1981 48-Month	53.0°F (11.7°C)	53.3°F (11.8°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1912
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1970	2018
	Ties: 1926, 1945, 1946, 1947, 2013
Sep 1976–Aug 1981 60-Month	52.9°F (11.6°C)	53.2°F (11.8°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1913
				59th Warmest	Warmest since: 1971	2018, 2019
	Ties: 1947, 1948, 1982, 1983, 1988, 1989, 2013

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on September 25, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/