Salem weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Salem, West Virginia: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at CLARKSBURG 1, 18 km from Salem; records cover 1922–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 48.2 in1225 mm
- Snow a year
- 24 in60 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 25
- First fall freeze
- Oct 19
- Heating degree days
- 5,290
- Cooling degree days
- 891
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 2°−17° (heating, 99%) and 93°34° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Salem in January
Highs average 40°4° and lows 22°−6°, with 3.5 in90 mm of precipitation and 8 in20 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1973)
- Record low
- −24°−31° (1994)
- Heating degree days
- 1063
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Salem in February
Highs average 43°6° and lows 23°−5°, with 3.4 in86 mm of precipitation and 8 in20 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 79°26° (2017)
- Record low
- −23°−31° (1934)
- Heating degree days
- 888
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Salem in March
Highs average 52°11° and lows 30°−1°, with 4.2 in106 mm of precipitation and 4 in9 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 88°31° (1929)
- Record low
- −18°−28° (1934)
- Heating degree days
- 746
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Salem in April
Highs average 65°19° and lows 39°4°, with 4.1 in104 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1925)
- Record low
- 7°−14° (1923)
- Heating degree days
- 391
- Cooling degree days
- 9
Salem in May
Highs average 75°24° and lows 50°10°, with 4.8 in121 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1939)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1947)
- Heating degree days
- 153
- Cooling degree days
- 65
Salem in June
Highs average 82°28° and lows 59°15°, with 4.9 in123 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1925)
- Record low
- 33°1° (1945)
- Heating degree days
- 22
- Cooling degree days
- 181
Salem in July
Highs average 85°30° and lows 63°17°, with 5.3 in135 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1930)
- Record low
- 41°5° (1963)
- Heating degree days
- 1
- Cooling degree days
- 282
Salem in August
Highs average 84°29° and lows 62°17°, with 4 in101 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1930)
- Record low
- 39°4° (1965)
- Heating degree days
- 4
- Cooling degree days
- 241
Salem in September
Highs average 77°25° and lows 55°13°, with 3.7 in93 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1953)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (1942)
- Heating degree days
- 72
- Cooling degree days
- 100
Salem in OctoberThis month
Highs average 66°19° and lows 42°6°, with 3.3 in85 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1927)
- Record low
- 14°−10° (1930)
- Heating degree days
- 358
- Cooling degree days
- 13
Salem in November
Highs average 53°12° and lows 32°0°, with 3.3 in84 mm of precipitation and 0.7 in1.8 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 85°29° (1948)
- Record low
- −2°−19° (1930)
- Heating degree days
- 671
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Salem in December
Highs average 44°7° and lows 27°−3°, with 3.8 in97 mm of precipitation and 4 in10 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1951)
- Record low
- −13°−25° (1942)
- Heating degree days
- 921
- Cooling degree days
- 0