Salem Weather in January
Average highs run from 41°F on January 1 to 42°F on January 31, and lows from 26°F to 24°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 3.50 in over about 9 wet days.
January day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
January at a glance
- Average high
- 41°F
- Average low
- 24°F
- Precipitation
- 3.50 in
- Snowfall
- 4.9 in
- Record high
- 75°FJan 24, 1943
- Record low
- -29°FJan 19, 1994
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 32 min to 10 h 14 min
- Cloud cover
- 72%
- Humidity
- 86%
- Dew point
- 26°F
- Wind
- 8.1 mph
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 0.01 inch of precipitation; snow means at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet | Chance of snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | 41°F | 26°F | 67°F 1952 | -8°F 1968 | 32% | 9% |
| Jan 2 | 41°F | 26°F | 63°F 1930 | -14°F 1900 | 32% | 9% |
| Jan 3 | 41°F | 26°F | 67°F 2006 | -8°F 2018 | 32% | 9% |
| Jan 4 | 41°F | 26°F | 66°F 1997 | -2°F 1979 | 31% | 9% |
| Jan 5 | 41°F | 26°F | 67°F 1997 | -11°F 1924 | 31% | 9% |
| Jan 6 | 41°F | 25°F | 69°F 1907 | -10°F 1940 | 31% | 9% |
| Jan 7 | 41°F | 25°F | 64°F 1907 | -10°F 2014 | 31% | 10% |
| Jan 8 | 41°F | 25°F | 71°F 1907 | -16°F 1942 | 31% | 10% |
| Jan 9 | 41°F | 25°F | 67°F 1965 | -12°F 1979 | 31% | 10% |
| Jan 10 | 41°F | 25°F | 69°F 2026 | -15°F 1982 | 31% | 10% |
| Jan 11 | 41°F | 25°F | 64°F 2020 | -15°F 1982 | 31% | 10% |
| Jan 12 | 41°F | 25°F | 69°F 1960 | -13°F 1977 | 31% | 10% |
| Jan 13 | 41°F | 24°F | 67°F 2005 | -15°F 1977 | 30% | 10% |
| Jan 14 | 41°F | 24°F | 70°F 1907 | -9°F 1977 | 30% | 10% |
| Jan 15 | 41°F | 24°F | 67°F 1932 | -14°F 1893 | 30% | 10% |
| Jan 16 | 41°F | 24°F | 68°F 1894 | -14°F 1972 | 30% | 10% |
| Jan 17 | 41°F | 24°F | 68°F 1990 | -23°F 1977 | 30% | 10% |
| Jan 18 | 41°F | 24°F | 66°F 1949 | -23°F 1977 | 30% | 10% |
| Jan 19 | 41°F | 24°F | 70°F 1901 | -29°F 1994 | 30% | 10% |
| Jan 20 | 41°F | 24°F | 74°F 1906 | -28°F 1994 | 30% | 10% |
| Jan 21 | 41°F | 24°F | 64°F 1901 | -21°F 1984 | 30% | 10% |
| Jan 22 | 41°F | 24°F | 73°F 1906 | -14°F 1994 | 30% | 10% |
| Jan 23 | 41°F | 24°F | 63°F 1964 | -18°F 1936 | 30% | 10% |
| Jan 24 | 41°F | 23°F | 75°F 1943 | -18°F 1963 | 30% | 10% |
| Jan 25 | 41°F | 23°F | 73°F 1950 | -8°F 2014 | 30% | 9% |
| Jan 26 | 41°F | 23°F | 70°F 1950 | -10°F 1940 | 30% | 9% |
| Jan 27 | 42°F | 23°F | 68°F 1944 | -16°F 1936 | 30% | 9% |
| Jan 28 | 42°F | 23°F | 68°F 1999 | -20°F 1963 | 30% | 9% |
| Jan 29 | 42°F | 23°F | 66°F 1970 | -11°F 1977 | 30% | 9% |
| Jan 30 | 42°F | 24°F | 69°F 1947 | -11°F 1966 | 30% | 9% |
| Jan 31 | 42°F | 24°F | 62°F 2016 | -19°F 2004 | 30% | 9% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EST).
- January 1
- sunrise 8:02 AM, sunset 5:34 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:51 AM, sunset 6:05 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00127755 (Salem), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00126580, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.