Salem, OR

Oregon · Records since 1893–2026

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Records for November 4

🔥 Record High

73°F

November 4, 2012

+16° from 57° normal

❄ Record Low

16°F

November 4, 1935

-25° from 41° normal
🌞 Normal high: 57°F 🌑 Normal low: 41°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Salem

🔥
117°F
Hottest Day Ever
Jun 28, 2021
❄
-12°F
Coldest Day Ever
Dec 8, 1972
🌧
4.30"
Wettest Day Ever
Dec 6, 1933
☃
25.0"
Most Snow in One Day
Feb 1, 1937

First & Last Dates — Salem

How early and how late each seasonal turning point has ever arrived, across the full period of record

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Range ever recorded Normal date (1991–2020)
316 days
Longest growing season
1915
91 days
Shortest growing season
1920
200 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — November 4

# Temp Date
🏆 73°F November 4, 2012
2 70°F November 4, 2016
3 68°F November 4, 2020
4 68°F November 4, 2010
5 68°F November 4, 1954
6 68°F November 4, 1923
7 67°F November 4, 1975
8 65°F November 4, 2018
9 65°F November 4, 1966
10 65°F November 4, 1949

Top 5 Record Lows — November 4

# Temp Date
🥶 16°F November 4, 1935
2 25°F November 4, 1961
3 26°F November 4, 1981
4 26°F November 4, 1957
5 27°F November 4, 2002
About this data — Records are sourced from the NOAA Threadex dataset via RCC ACIS, a quality-controlled record for long-term climate stations. Threadex adjusts for station relocations and observation-time changes, making records comparable across all years since 1893–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Salem

threshold: 92°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
4.0
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
99°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
0
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
0
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1893–2026
16
2026 so far
16
Avg/year 1970–2025
27
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
41
Most in a year (2021)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Salem

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Jul 13, 1938 – Jul 22, 1938 10 105°F (Jul 21) 97°F 57°F
2 Jul 22, 2018 – Jul 31, 2018 10 99°F (Jul 29) 95°F 58°F
3 Jul 25, 2009 – Aug 2, 2009 9 107°F (Jul 28) 98°F 63°F
4 Jul 13, 1896 – Jul 21, 1896 9 97°F (Jul 19) 95°F 54°F
5 Jul 24, 2022 – Jul 31, 2022 8 103°F (Jul 26) 100°F 63°F
6 Aug 12, 1967 – Aug 19, 1967 8 99°F (Aug 14) 98°F 53°F
7 Jul 27, 1974 – Aug 3, 1974 8 98°F (Jul 31) 94°F 55°F
8 Jul 21, 1962 – Jul 28, 1962 8 97°F (Jul 26) 95°F 51°F
9 Jul 4, 2024 – Jul 10, 2024 7 106°F (Jul 9) 102°F 61°F
10 Jul 19, 1946 – Jul 25, 1946 7 105°F (Jul 20) 96°F 54°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

Nights where the overnight low exceeded the 1991–2020 normal low

43
2026 total
above-normal nights
30.8
Avg / summer
1970–2020
67
Most in a summer
2024

Above-Normal Summer Nights Per Year

Average June–August Low by Decade

Overnight lows · complete decades only

Precipitation

Annual totals and trend across the full period of record · see this year's standing →

Monthly Precipitation — Last 24 Months

Blue = actual · dashed line = monthly normal

Annual Precipitation Per Year (1892–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1892, annual totals have trended +0.22" per decade, about +2.9" across the record.

Heavy Rain Days Per Year (≥ 1.0")

Compare year-to-year changes in days with heavy rainfall (≥ 1.0")

This Year — 2026

How Salem is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

152 of 307 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

18.98"
2026 YTD
Normal: 27.61"
-8.63"
0.01"
November so far
November normal: 5.95"
-5.94"
2
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Salem is 8.63" behind the normal pace

Period Review — Oct 27 – Nov 3, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 8 days

Quick picks: Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days This month
Seasons: Spring (Mar–May) Summer (Jun–Aug) Fall (Sep–Nov)
47.7°F
Average temperature
37th-coolest of 131
-1.5°
vs. average
Normal: 49.1°F (1991–2020)
0.31"
Precipitation
27th-driest of 134
-0.96"
vs. average
Normal: 1.27" · 24% of normal

Average Temperature by Year — Oct 27 – Nov 3

1893–2026 · 2026 highlighted

Precipitation by Year — Oct 27 – Nov 3

1893–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.02" per decade (wetter since 1893)

Warmest Oct 27 – Nov 3 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 2012 57.4°F
2 1914 56.0°F
3 2018 56.0°F
4 2015 55.3°F
5 2016 55.0°F
6 1908 54.2°F
7 2021 54.1°F
8 1915 54.0°F
9 1987 53.8°F
10 2014 53.8°F

Coolest Oct 27 – Nov 3 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1935 35.9°F
2 1971 41.0°F
3 2002 41.1°F
4 2019 42.8°F
5 1946 42.9°F
6 1991 43.2°F
7 1961 43.7°F
8 1956 43.8°F
9 1995 44.4°F
10 2003 44.4°F

Wettest Oct 27 – Nov 3 on Record

# Year Total
1 1924 6.94"
2 1994 6.11"
3 1933 4.24"
4 1950 3.82"
5 1984 3.82"
6 1938 3.73"
7 1932 3.39"
8 1909 3.08"
9 1944 3.04"
10 1934 2.98"

Driest Oct 27 – Nov 3 on Record

# Year Total
1 2019 0.00"
2 1995 0.00"
3 1970 0.00"
4 1962 0.00"
5 1954 0.00"
6 1926 0.00"
7 1911 0.00"
8 1905 0.00"
9 1897 0.00"
10 2002 0.01"
About this data. Pick any start and end date and this becomes the same kind of review as the Month and Fall tabs, just for exactly the window you asked for — the generalized version of the same engine, evaluated across every year on record. Average temperature is the mean of each day's (high + low) / 2; precipitation is the sum of daily totals. A year missing more than about a fifth of the window's days is excluded from the temperature ranking; any missing day excludes a year from the precipitation ranking, since an unreported day is unreported rain. Ranges that cross from December into January aren't supported yet. Normals are the 1991–2020 mean for the same window.
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