Salem Mcnary Fld, OR Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Salem Mcnary Fld's primary NOAA station, SALEM MCNARY FLD.
The climate verdict for Salem Mcnary Fld
A compact 28°F seasonal swing gives Salem Mcnary Fld, Oregon a steadier-than-extreme annual shape. NOAA reports an annual average of 54°F. Its climate comfort score of 68/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 56% of station-mapped location scores.
- 54°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 68/100
- comfort score, above 56% of station-mapped location scores
- 40.1"
- annual precipitation
- 212 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Salem Mcnary Fld: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00024232 · Salem Mcnary Fld, OR 54°F mean · 40.1" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-NARROW · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 54°F
- RANK-MID #3,911
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Drain
- PRCP-MID 40.1"
- SWING-NARROW 28°F
- COMF-MID 68/100
- LOAD-HEAT 4,340 HDD
- STN-1 USW00024232
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Drain, OR (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every OR station list.
- Salem Mcnary Fld (this station) 54°F
- Cold N Willamette, OR 54°F
- Hot Drain, OR 54°F
- Near Vancouver Pears…, WA 54°F
- Near Estacada, OR 54°F
Climate Living Index · Salem Mcnary Fld
Salem Mcnary Fld: 81/100 · grade B
Salem Mcnary Fld publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals · NOAA hourly normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Salem Mcnary Fld, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 68/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 0 calendar days | 100/100 · A |
| Summer moisture balance | 51.5°F mean dew point | 95/100 · A |
| Precipitation balance | 40.1 in · 5.1 from 35 in | 82/100 · B |
| Frost-free season | 212 days/year | 73/100 · B |
| Annual temperature balance | 54.1°F · 13.4° from 67.5°F | 56/100 · C |
Salem Mcnary Fld · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Salem Mcnary Fld is a temperate Köppen climate: Csb
Coldest-month mean 41.3°F and warmest-month mean 69.3°F place this station in temperate, dry-summer, warm summer climates (Csb). Class Csb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, dry-summer, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Csb
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 69.3°F
- Coldest month
- 41.3°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · heating-led station
Where Salem Mcnary Fld sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Salem Mcnary Fld's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 57th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- 58th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 93%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Salem Mcnary Fld is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Salem Mcnary Fld compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Salem Mcnary Fld's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
68 Top 44% score exceeds 56% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). This entry sits in this band.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Salem Mcnary Fld's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 117 complete annual observations from 1893 to 2025, SALEM MCNARY FLD warmed at a fitted rate of 0.14°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Salem Mcnary Fld primary station fitted change +0.14 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48°F (9°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 6.1" | 11.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 52°F (11°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 4.5" | 10.2 | 0.0 |
| March | 57°F (14°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 4.3" | 6.3 | 0.0 |
| April | 62°F (16°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 3.1" | 1.9 | 0.0 |
| May | 69°F (21°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 2.3" | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| June | 75°F (24°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 1.3" | 0.0 | 1.8 |
| July | 84°F (29°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 0.3" | 0.0 | 7.0 |
| August | 84°F (29°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 0.4" | 0.0 | 6.7 |
| September | 78°F (25°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 1.5" | 0.0 | 2.3 |
| October | 65°F (18°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 3.5" | 1.4 | 0.0 |
| November | 54°F (12°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 6.0" | 6.5 | 0.0 |
| December | 47°F (9°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 7.0" | 11.9 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The calendar barely moves in Salem Mcnary Fld: no date carries a normal high of 90°F or a normal low at freezing. The year runs between 35°F near December 19 and 86°F near July 26.
No freezing date
Not one calendar date in the 1991–2020 record carries a normal low at or below 32°F. The coldest normal low of the year is 35°F around December 19.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is December 19, when 62% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 25 at 7%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 148 wet dates a year.
The widest day
July 24 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 30°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Salem Mcnary Fld.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
18.2 days with precipitation
15.9 days with precipitation
17.5 days with precipitation
15.7 days with precipitation
11.6 days with precipitation
8.0 days with precipitation
2.3 days with precipitation
3.2 days with precipitation
6.4 days with precipitation
12.5 days with precipitation
17.7 days with precipitation
18.9 days with precipitation
Salem Mcnary Fld's wet season runs through the cold months
December, January and February carry 44% of the year's precipitation here, while June through August contribute 5%. That is the cool-season-dominant pattern of the West Coast and the higher inland West, where storm tracks swing south in winter and summer turns dry; the thermometer meanwhile shows an unusually narrow 28°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- December, 7.0"
- Driest month
- July, 0.3"
- Wettest three months
- December, January, November (47% of the year)
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. A cool-season label means the December-February share reaches 35%. Where snow falls, the monthly figures above report liquid-equivalent precipitation, so a wet winter month is not necessarily a rainy one.
How Salem Mcnary Fld's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 148 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 40.1" between them, or roughly 0.27 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 1
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 3
50% probability date
Growing Season
212 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,340
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
401
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Humidity & Wind
Monthly averages from hourly observations
| Month | Humidity | Wind (mph) | Clear Sky % | Overcast % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 82% | 6.4 | 30% | 46% |
| February | 77% | 7.1 | 32% | 43% |
| March | 74% | 6.9 | 31% | 40% |
| April | 69% | 6.5 | 40% | 32% |
| May | 67% | 6.2 | 41% | 33% |
| June | 61% | 6.2 | 57% | 22% |
| July | 58% | 6.1 | 75% | 11% |
| August | 61% | 5.5 | 66% | 13% |
| September | 70% | 5.2 | 59% | 22% |
| October | 80% | 5.9 | 38% | 40% |
| November | 83% | 7.0 | 29% | 50% |
| December | 84% | 7.0 | 24% | 55% |
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside OR closest to Salem Mcnary Fld on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (54°F here).
- Brunswick, MO 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Casey, IL 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Cole Camp, MO 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Columbus, IN 54°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (40.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Attica, IN 40.1" · 0.0" off
- Carrollton, MO 40.1" · 0.0" off
- Chillicothe, MO 40.1" · 0.0" off
- Trenton, MO 40.1" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Salem Mcnary Fld's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · low swing
Heating is the larger measured load in Salem Mcnary Fld, at 4,340 degree days versus 401 for cooling. Unlike a strongly continental record, however, its 28.0°F month-to-month range is compact; persistent cool-season demand matters more than a dramatic summer-to-winter reversal.
Salem Mcnary Fld's frost-free season lasts about 212 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
Temperature varies within a narrow 28.0°F band across the normal year. July and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar. The annual average is 54°F. Monthly rows still matter, but they refine a steady profile rather than reveal two climatic extremes.
Salem Mcnary Fld's 40.1 inches of annual precipitation falls in PlainClimate's middle band, so “wet” or “dry” is not the leading description. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. Temperature balance and the calendar distribution carry more information than the annual moisture label alone.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Salem Mcnary Fld's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Salem Mcnary Fld, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Salem Mcnary Fld's primary station: SALEM MCNARY FLD (USW00024232). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Salem Mcnary Fld; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Salem Mcnary Fld comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.