Salem weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Salem, New Mexico: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Caballo Dam, 23 km from Salem; records cover 1936–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 10.6 in270 mm
- Snow a year
- 0.4 in1 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 6
- First fall freeze
- Oct 27
- Heating degree days
- 2,730
- Cooling degree days
- 2,115
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 16°−9° (heating, 99%) and 105°41° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Salem in January
Highs average 59°15° and lows 29°−2°, with 0.49 in12 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 86°30° (1946)
- Record low
- −14°−26° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 660
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Salem in February
Highs average 65°18° and lows 32°0°, with 0.51 in13 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 87°31° (2014)
- Record low
- −2°−19° (2011)
- Heating degree days
- 470
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Salem in March
Highs average 72°22° and lows 39°4°, with 0.25 in6.4 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 94°34° (2026)
- Record low
- 12°−11° (2002)
- Heating degree days
- 307
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Salem in April
Highs average 79°26° and lows 45°7°, with 0.32 in8.1 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 96°36° (2012)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1945)
- Heating degree days
- 122
- Cooling degree days
- 37
Salem in May
Highs average 88°31° and lows 54°12°, with 0.41 in10 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1951)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (2010)
- Heating degree days
- 20
- Cooling degree days
- 202
Salem in June
Highs average 97°36° and lows 63°17°, with 0.69 in18 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 111°44° (1990)
- Record low
- 38°3° (2007)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 462
Salem in July
Highs average 98°36° and lows 69°21°, with 1.9 in48 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 110°43° (2020)
- Record low
- 50°10° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 566
Salem in August
Highs average 95°35° and lows 67°20°, with 2 in51 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1944)
- Record low
- 47°8° (1974)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 499
Salem in September
Highs average 89°32° and lows 59°15°, with 1.8 in46 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1939)
- Record low
- 33°1° (1945)
- Heating degree days
- 5
- Cooling degree days
- 287
Salem in OctoberThis month
Highs average 80°27° and lows 47°8°, with 1 in26 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 97°36° (2000)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (1997)
- Heating degree days
- 97
- Cooling degree days
- 57
Salem in November
Highs average 68°20° and lows 36°2°, with 0.6 in15 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 87°31° (1988)
- Record low
- 10°−12° (1957)
- Heating degree days
- 383
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Salem in December
Highs average 58°15° and lows 29°−2°, with 0.66 in17 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 81°27° (1958)
- Record low
- 3°−16° (1953)
- Heating degree days
- 666
- Cooling degree days
- 0