Salem Weather in 1938

Historical record of Salem, Oregon weather for the year 1938 based on NOAA data.

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1938 Salem Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	105 °F	July 21
Lowest temperature	19 °F	December 13
Highest daily low	62 °F	July 21
Lowest daily high	35 °F	December 14
Most daily precipitation	2.2 inches	February 6
Most daily snow	1.0 inches	March 17
Total annual precipitation	38.6 inches	-
Total annual snow	1.2 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Salem in 1938?

The highest temperature recorded in Salem, Oregon in 1938 was 105 °F which happened on July 21.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Salem in 1938

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	105 °F	Jul 21
2	104 °F	Jul 20
3	100 °F	Jul 14
3	100 °F	Jul 13
5	96 °F	Jul 15
6	94 °F	Jul 22
6	94 °F	Jul 16
8	93 °F	Jul 18
9	92 °F	Sep 14
9	92 °F	Jul 19
9	92 °F	Jul 17
9	92 °F	Jun 6

What was the coldest temperature in Salem in 1938?

The lowest temperature recorded in Salem, Oregon in 1938 was 19 °F which happened on Dec 13.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Salem in 1938

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	19 °F	December 13
2	22 °F	December 15
2	22 °F	November 22
4	23 °F	December 17
4	23 °F	January 7
6	24 °F	December 14
6	24 °F	January 6
8	25 °F	December 16
8	25 °F	December 12
8	25 °F	January 8
8	25 °F	January 5

January 1938 Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
January 1	41	36	0.01
January 2	43	32	0.03
January 3	51	26	0.00
January 4	42	28	0.00
January 5	41	25	0.00
January 6	37	24	0.00
January 7	35	23	0.00
January 8	41	25	0.00
January 9	35	28	0.00
January 10	51	33	0.00
January 11	44	31	0.00
January 12	53	40	0.12
January 13	52	38	0.09
January 14	55	41	0.79
January 15	52	42	1.21
January 16	52	34	0.13
January 17	51	38	0.19
January 18	45	40	0.74
January 19	52	39	0.14
January 20	48	30	0.00
January 21	54	47	0.14
January 22	53	37	0.47
January 23	45	35	0.07
January 24	42	29	0.00
January 25	40	29	0.00
January 26	36	28	0.00
January 27	41	31	0.00
January 28	48	36	0.16
January 29	51	40	0.09
January 30	39	33	0.08
January 31	37	31	0.02

February 1938 Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
February 1	48	32	0.18
February 2	49	33	0.29
February 3	46	39	0.30
February 4	45	38	0.15
February 5	46	37	0.12
February 6	44	33	2.16
February 7	47	37	0.62
February 8	49	30	0.24
February 9	40	27	0.00
February 10	56	33	0.32
February 11	50	37	0.29
February 12	49	36	0.01
February 13	44	36	1.18
February 14	45	35	0.41
February 15	45	30	0.08
February 16	43	27	0.00
February 17	39	28	0.00
February 18	47	32	0.43
February 19	55	43	0.21
February 20	49	41	0.01
February 21	54	40	0.21
February 22	51	40	0.02
February 23	57	49	0.36
February 24	62	39	0.01
February 25	62	33	0.00
February 26	60	32	0.00
February 27	61	30	0.00
February 28	63	32	0.00

March 1938 Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	59	42	0.12	0.0
March 2	61	40	0.06	0.0
March 3	55	38	0.00	0.0
March 4	49	40	0.03	0.0
March 5	60	38	0.38	0.0
March 6	56	33	0.00	0.0
March 7	60	31	0.00	0.0
March 8	62	34	0.00	0.0
March 9	61	38	0.00	0.0
March 10	55	33	0.00	0.0
March 11	72	46	0.00	0.0
March 12	56	48	0.01	0.0
March 13	57	43	0.37	0.0
March 14	49	44	0.02	0.0
March 15	51	40	0.74	0.0
March 16	46	37	1.34	0.0
March 17	47	32	0.64	1.0
March 18	49	42	1.54	0.0
March 19	45	31	0.60	0.0
March 20	44	29	0.03	0.0
March 21	47	31	0.13	0.0
March 22	46	33	0.23	0.0
March 23	55	43	1.35	0.0
March 24	56	41	0.20	0.0
March 25	53	40	0.05	0.0
March 26	60	30	0.00	0.0
March 27	53	35	0.00	0.0
March 28	45	34	0.33	0.0
March 29	48	33	0.25	0.2
March 30	54	31	0.00	0.0
March 31	56	29	0.00	0.0

April 1938 Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	63	30	0.00
April 2	56	31	0.00
April 3	56	45	0.08
April 4	55	43	0.10
April 5	55	42	0.02
April 6	61	31	0.03
April 7	76	35	0.00
April 8	67	44	0.00
April 9	58	43	0.22
April 10	61	34	0.00
April 11	57	41	0.00
April 12	59	44	0.10
April 13	61	32	0.00
April 14	63	39	0.00
April 15	56	46	0.17
April 16	59	53	0.75
April 17	62	55	0.24
April 18	60	46	0.20
April 19	61	35	0.00
April 20	68	34	0.00
April 21	66	38	0.00
April 22	61	48	0.06
April 23	66	36	0.00
April 24	63	45	0.29
April 25	62	46	0.00
April 26	61	47	0.00
April 27	63	40	0.00
April 28	72	48	0.00
April 29	76	45	0.00
April 30	60	45	0.01

May 1938 Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	55	41	0.06
May 2	58	40	0.13
May 3	53	41	0.01
May 4	55	42	0.19
May 5	60	43	0.09
May 6	66	35	0.03
May 7	67	38	0.00
May 8	62	35	0.07
May 9	65	49	0.01
May 10	62	40	0.00
May 11	65	52	0.18
May 12	67	52	0.00
May 13	71	39	0.00
May 14	76	43	0.00
May 15	77	47	0.00
May 16	66	40	0.00
May 17	58	42	0.00
May 18	69	36	0.00
May 19	78	39	0.00
May 20	81	42	0.00
May 21	84	39	0.00
May 22	87	48	0.00
May 23	88	49	0.00
May 24	89	51	0.00
May 25	87	50	0.00
May 26	81	51	0.00
May 27	62	48	0.00
May 28	66	52	0.01
May 29	73	49	0.00
May 30	69	42	0.00
May 31	76	43	0.00

June 1938 Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	77	43	0.00
June 2	74	39	0.00
June 3	85	43	0.00
June 4	89	49	0.00
June 5	89	49	0.00
June 6	92	51	0.00
June 7	73	51	0.00
June 8	65	48	0.00
June 9	67	38	0.00
June 10	79	38	0.00
June 11	74	45	0.00
June 12	76	49	0.00
June 13	70	51	0.00
June 14	74	54	0.03
June 15	74	53	0.01
June 16	64	53	0.01
June 17	63	43	0.00
June 18	62	50	0.02
June 19	77	56	0.01
June 20	89	52	0.00
June 21	91	57	0.00
June 22	84	51	0.00
June 23	85	45	0.00
June 24	80	49	0.00
June 25	80	48	0.00
June 26	81	53	0.00
June 27	80	49	0.00
June 28	87	45	0.00
June 29	81	48	0.00
June 30	74	48	0.00

July 1938 Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	68	50	0.25
July 2	66	52	0.01
July 3	64	52	0.04
July 4	68	56	0.03
July 5	81	45	0.00
July 6	88	48	0.00
July 7	91	52	0.00
July 8	81	50	0.00
July 9	84	46	0.00
July 10	73	52	0.00
July 11	78	56	0.03
July 12	89	49	0.00
July 13	100	55	0.00
July 14	100	62	0.00
July 15	96	61	0.00
July 16	94	55	0.00
July 17	92	52	0.00
July 18	93	53	0.00
July 19	92	55	0.00
July 20	104	57	0.00
July 21	105	62	0.00
July 22	94	61	0.00
July 23	87	47	0.00
July 24	84	50	0.00
July 25	85	53	0.00
July 26	87	51	0.00
July 27	86	50	0.00
July 28	84	57	0.00
July 29	78	50	0.00
July 30	83	47	0.00
July 31	84	48	0.00

August 1938 Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	75	48	0.00
August 2	78	44	0.00
August 3	89	50	0.00
August 4	86	50	0.00
August 5	82	52	0.00
August 6	82	52	0.00
August 7	74	54	0.00
August 8	80	47	0.00
August 9	78	45	0.00
August 10	80	48	0.00
August 11	76	49	0.00
August 12	77	45	0.00
August 13	66	53	0.00
August 14	76	56	0.00
August 15	86	48	0.00
August 16	85	49	0.00
August 17	68	57	0.01
August 18	72	55	0.05
August 19	77	56	0.00
August 20	87	48	0.00
August 21	76	47	0.00
August 22	76	44	0.00
August 23	82	48	0.00
August 24	82	48	0.00
August 25	78	48	0.00
August 26	70	48	0.00
August 27	82	44	0.00
August 28	82	46	0.00
August 29	81	47	0.00
August 30	86	46	0.00
August 31	80	54	0.00

September 1938 Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	80	54	0.00
September 2	79	50	0.00
September 3	79	53	0.00
September 4	67	48	0.10
September 5	69	55	0.51
September 6	74	51	0.43
September 7	72	54	0.18
September 8	74	52	0.01
September 9	78	50	0.00
September 10	82	52	0.00
September 11	88	50	0.00
September 12	88	53	0.00
September 13	87	52	0.00
September 14	92	49	0.00
September 15	83	48	0.00
September 16	85	48	0.00
September 17	91	52	0.00
September 18	72	55	0.00
September 19	81	60	0.03
September 20	82	46	0.00
September 21	79	48	0.00
September 22	82	49	0.00
September 23	69	53	0.00
September 24	74	57	0.05
September 25	74	49	0.00
September 26	85	46	0.00
September 27	78	55	0.00
September 28	72	59	0.03
September 29	72	53	0.04
September 30	74	50	0.00

October 1938 Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	79	46	0.00
October 2	68	50	0.04
October 3	62	54	0.15
October 4	64	43	0.06
October 5	52	41	0.00
October 6	64	46	0.08
October 7	64	41	0.00
October 8	73	42	0.00
October 9	64	57	0.00
October 10	65	54	0.19
October 11	62	53	0.25
October 12	63	53	0.05
October 13	63	47	0.42
October 14	55	40	0.00
October 15	60	36	0.00
October 16	59	32	0.00
October 17	59	32	0.00
October 18	74	34	0.00
October 19	75	35	0.00
October 20	75	37	0.00
October 21	67	38	0.00
October 22	73	38	0.00
October 23	54	43	0.05
October 24	60	49	0.27
October 25	61	52	0.05
October 26	61	45	0.00
October 27	61	47	0.36
October 28	55	46	0.01
October 29	59	52	0.65
October 30	58	50	1.01
October 31	58	46	0.04

November 1938 Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	50	42	0.54
November 2	53	45	0.08
November 3	55	49	1.04
November 4	57	40	0.48
November 5	58	38	0.01
November 6	54	32	0.00
November 7	50	35	0.00
November 8	48	37	0.03
November 9	48	40	0.46
November 10	49	34	0.55
November 11	42	28	0.07
November 12	42	28	0.02
November 13	50	40	0.04
November 14	47	41	0.00
November 15	53	45	0.16
November 16	56	43	0.15
November 17	53	36	0.41
November 18	39	31	0.01
November 19	45	33	0.00
November 20	49	31	0.01
November 21	43	27	0.03
November 22	50	22	0.00
November 23	48	29	0.00
November 24	48	29	0.00
November 25	55	29	0.00
November 26	53	30	0.00
November 27	46	29	0.00
November 28	45	30	0.00
November 29	57	37	0.04
November 30	55	44	0.13

December 1938 Salem Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	50	44	0.73
December 2	52	45	1.49
December 3	55	44	0.83
December 4	60	53	0.20
December 5	52	40	0.13
December 6	55	46	0.01
December 7	61	48	0.13
December 8	57	47	0.01
December 9	52	36	0.07
December 10	46	29	0.00
December 11	48	28	0.00
December 12	43	25	0.00
December 13	45	19	0.00
December 14	35	24	0.00
December 15	43	22	0.00
December 16	43	25	0.00
December 17	43	23	0.00
December 18	42	30	0.00
December 19	38	30	0.08
December 20	39	32	0.10
December 21	49	35	0.13
December 22	46	39	0.01
December 23	52	40	0.02
December 24	45	38	0.00
December 25	49	31	0.15
December 26	39	28	0.00
December 27	49	39	0.13
December 28	50	39	0.83
December 29	56	44	0.11
December 30	50	40	0.01
December 31	52	41	0.01

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1893–2024	Salem McNary Field	location