Climate at a Glance
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Salem, Oregon
Average Temperature Rankings, May 1972
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Period | Value | 1981-2010 Mean |
Anomaly | Rank (1895-2021) |
Warmest/Coolest Since |
Record |
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May 1972 1-Month |
57.8°F (14.3°C) | 56.8°F (13.8°C) |
1.0°F (0.5°C) | 91st Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1908 |
36th Warmest | Warmest since: 1969 | 1958 | ||||
Ties: 1907, 1926, 2017 | ||||||
Apr–May 1972 2-Month |
52.5°F (11.4°C) | 53.9°F (12.2°C) |
-1.4°F (-0.8°C) | 33rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1917 |
93rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1969 | 1926 | ||||
Ties: 1977, 1978 | ||||||
Mar–May 1972 3-Month |
51.4°F (10.8°C) | 51.8°F (11.0°C) |
-0.4°F (-0.2°C) | 66th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1917 |
58th Warmest | Warmest since: 1969 | 1934 | ||||
Ties: 1919, 1932, 2006 | ||||||
Feb–May 1972 4-Month |
49.6°F (9.8°C) | 49.7°F (9.8°C) |
-0.1°F (0.0°C) | 70th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1917 |
53rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1969 | 1934 | ||||
Ties: 1937, 1965, 1973, 1980, 1984 | ||||||
Jan–May 1972 5-Month |
47.6°F (8.7°C) | 48.1°F (8.9°C) |
-0.5°F (-0.2°C) | 66th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1917 |
56th Warmest | Warmest since: 1970 | 1934 | ||||
Ties: 1951, 1956, 1966, 2000, 2019 | ||||||
Dec 1971–May 1972 6-Month |
46.5°F (8.1°C) | 46.9°F (8.3°C) |
-0.4°F (-0.2°C) | 64th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1917 |
58th Warmest | Warmest since: 1970 | 1934 | ||||
Ties: 1936, 2007 | ||||||
Nov 1971–May 1972 7-Month |
46.4°F (8.0°C) | 46.8°F (8.2°C) |
-0.4°F (-0.2°C) | 64th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1917 |
57th Warmest | Warmest since: 1970 | 1934 | ||||
Ties: 1956, 1965, 1980, 1988, 2006 | ||||||
Oct 1971–May 1972 8-Month |
47.1°F (8.4°C) | 47.7°F (8.7°C) |
-0.6°F (-0.3°C) | 50th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1917 |
71st Warmest | Warmest since: 1970 | 1934 | ||||
Ties: 1927, 1957, 1999 | ||||||
Sep 1971–May 1972 9-Month |
48.5°F (9.2°C) | 49.4°F (9.7°C) |
-0.9°F (-0.5°C) | 35th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1917 |
85th Warmest | Warmest since: 1970 | 1992 | ||||
Ties: 1927, 1948, 1969, 1976, 2001 | ||||||
Aug 1971–May 1972 10-Month |
50.7°F (10.4°C) | 51.3°F (10.7°C) |
-0.6°F (-0.3°C) | 45th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1917 |
73rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1970 | 1992, 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1900, 1921, 1930, 1942, 1956, 1991 | ||||||
Jul 1971–May 1972 11-Month |
52.4°F (11.3°C) | 52.9°F (11.6°C) |
-0.5°F (-0.3°C) | 53rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1917 |
65th Warmest | Warmest since: 1968 | 2015 | ||||
Ties: 1925, 2002 | ||||||
Jun 1971–May 1972 12-Month |
52.9°F (11.6°C) | 53.6°F (12.0°C) |
-0.7°F (-0.4°C) | 44th Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1917 |
74th Warmest | Warmest since: 1970 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1936, 1957 | ||||||
Dec 1970–May 1972 18-Month |
50.3°F (10.2°C) | 51.4°F (10.8°C) |
-1.1°F (-0.6°C) | 27th Coolest | Coolest since: 1965 | 1917 |
88th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1965 | ||||||
Jun 1970–May 1972 24-Month |
52.7°F (11.5°C) | 53.6°F (12.0°C) |
-0.9°F (-0.5°C) | 23rd Coolest | Coolest since: 1956 | 1917 |
89th Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 2016 | ||||
Ties: 1937, 1985 | ||||||
Jun 1969–May 1972 36-Month |
53.0°F (11.7°C) | 53.6°F (12.0°C) |
-0.6°F (-0.3°C) | 32nd Coolest | Coolest since: 1971 | 1917 |
75th Warmest | Warmest since: 1970 | 2016, 2017 | ||||
Ties: 1937, 1938, 1952, 1964, 1966, 1978, 1987, 2008, 2014 | ||||||
Jun 1968–May 1972 48-Month |
52.9°F (11.6°C) | 53.6°F (12.0°C) |
-0.7°F (-0.4°C) | 21st Coolest | Coolest since: 1965 | 1913 |
82nd Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 2018 | ||||
Ties: 1930, 1955, 1958, 1965, 1973, 1977, 2009, 2013 | ||||||
Jun 1967–May 1972 60-Month |
53.4°F (11.9°C) | 53.6°F (12.0°C) |
-0.2°F (-0.1°C) | 46th Coolest | Coolest since: 1967 | 1920 |
53rd Warmest | Warmest since: 1971 | 2019 | ||||
Ties: 1929, 1936, 1937, 1983, 1987, 2002 |
Citing This Page
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: City Time Series, published May 2022, retrieved on May 25, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/