Climate averages 1991–2020
Salem, United States weather
in April.
A cool, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Salem, United States: daytime highs average 14.6°C and nights cool to about 5.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 92 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes April a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 28 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Beaverton (63 km away). In April its highs average 14.4°C, about as warm as Salem, United States, with 115 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Salem, United States ranks joint 374th of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 292nd of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Salem, United States is 4.8°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.0°C to 18.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 92 mm to 56 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Salem, United States climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.8°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 154 | 15.9 | 9.29 h |
| February | 10.3°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 119 | 13.9 | 10.410 h |
| March | 12.3°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 128 | 15.7 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 14.6°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 92 | 14.3 | 13.513 h |
| May | 18.6°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 56 | 9.0 | 14.815 h |
| June | 22.0°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 30 | 5.9 | 15.516 h |
| July | 27.6°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 7.9 | 1.9 | 15.215 h |
| August | 27.9°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 10 | 2.0 | 14.114 h |
| September | 24.5°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 32 | 4.8 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.4°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 87 | 10.3 | 11.011 h |
| November | 11.4°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 153 | 15.9 | 9.610 h |
| December | 8.1°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 181 | 16.8 | 8.99 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Beaverton in AprilUnited States · 63 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 5.1°C · 115 mm rain
- Hillsboro in AprilUnited States · 65 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 5.2°C · 115 mm rain
- Portland in AprilUnited States · 70 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 5.4°C · 115 mm rain
- Gresham in AprilUnited States · 78 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 4.5°C · 142 mm rain
- Vancouver, United States in AprilUnited States · 83 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 5.2°C · 142 mm rain
- Eugene in AprilUnited States · 99 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 4.6°C · 130 mm rain
- Bend in AprilUnited States · 168 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 0.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Tacoma in AprilUnited States · 261 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 4.9°C · 99 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Salem) is explained once on the Salem, United States year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.