Climate averages 1991–2020
Salem, United States weather
in February.
A cool, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Salem, United States: daytime highs average 10.3°C and nights cool to about 2.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 119 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes February a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 23 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Beaverton (63 km away). In February its highs average 9.6°C, 0.6°C cooler than Salem, United States, with 130 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Salem, United States ranks joint 275th of 498 for the warmest February highs and joint 465th of 498 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; Salem, United States is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 12.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 119 mm to 128 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Beaverton in FebruaryUnited States · 63 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 1.8°C · 130 mm rain
- Hillsboro in FebruaryUnited States · 65 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 2.1°C · 133 mm rain
- Portland in FebruaryUnited States · 70 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 2.0°C · 130 mm rain
- Gresham in FebruaryUnited States · 78 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 1.2°C · 167 mm rain
- Vancouver, United States in FebruaryUnited States · 83 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 1.7°C · 156 mm rain
- Eugene in FebruaryUnited States · 99 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 1.6°C · 139 mm rain
- Bend in FebruaryUnited States · 168 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -4.2°C · 56 mm rain
- Tacoma in FebruaryUnited States · 261 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 1.6°C · 115 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.