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CXUS56 KPQR 020606
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ANNUAL CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
0930 AM PST SUN 1 JAN 2023
..SALEM 2022 WEATHER IN REVIEW
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2022 NOTABLE RECORDS... 2022 NOTABLE WEATHER EVENTS...
*** 3RD WARMEST JULY *** COOL & WET MAY/JUNE
*** 2ND WARMEST AUGUST *** HEAT WAVE IN LATE JULY
*** WARMEST EVER SEPTEMBER *** DRY AND WARM JUL TO SEPT
*** 3RD WARMEST OCTOBER *** WARM START TO AUTUMN
*** WARMEST JUL TO SEP ON RECORD *** LATE DECEMBER ICE AND WIND
MONTHLY WEATHER RECAPS...
JANUARY...AFTER A CHILLY FIRST DAY OF THE NEW YEAR, 2022 GENERALLY
BEGAN MILD AND WET. IT RAINED 9 OF THE FIRST 13 DAYS AS A SERIES OF
STRONG FRONTS PUSHED ONSHORE DURING THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF THE
MONTH. HEAVY RAIN ON THE 3RD (2.34 INCHES). DRIER WEATHER, INCLUDING
A NINE DAY STRETCH OF NO PRECIPITATION THE 21ST THROUGH 29TH.
OVERNIGHT LOWS ALSO DROPPED BELOW FREEZING MUCH OF THE FINAL WEEK OF
JANUARY, FROM THE 23RD TO 29TH.
FEBRUARY...MOSTLY DRY AND NEAR AVERAGE TEMPERATURES RETURNED THE
FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY. CONTINUED DRY THROUGH THE 13TH, ALONG WITH
DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S THE 11TH AND 12TH,
FOLLOWED BY SEASONABLY MILD WEATHER WITH HIGHS LOWER TO MID 50S
THROUGH THE 20TH. THEN, A MODERATED ARCTIC COLD FRONT ARRIVED WITH
OVERNIGHT LOWS FALLING BELOW FREEZING THE 22ND THROUGH 26TH. MORE
ACTIVE WEATHER RETURNED, HIGHLIGHTED BY AN ATMOSPHERIC RIVER THAT
BROUGHT HEAVY RAIN ON THE 28TH. THE SALEM AIRPORT RECEIVED A DAILY
RECORD RAINFALL OF 1.76 INCHES.
MARCH...THE ATMOSPHERIC RIVER LINGERED AS THE FRONT REMAINED NEARLY
STATIONARY THROUGH THE 2ND. A WEAK COLD FRONT DROPPED ANOTHER ROUND
OF RAIN ON THE 8TH AND 9TH. MORE ACTIVE WEATHER RETURNED AS A LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVED THROUGH FROM THE 12TH TO 13TH, FOLLOWED BY
OCCASIONAL SHOWERS. ANOTHER SERIES OF FRONTAL SYSTEMS THE 19TH TO
21ST BROUGHT MORE RAIN. HIGH PRESSURE THE RETURNED FOR MILD AND
MOSTLY DRY WEATHER WITH HIGHS IN THE 60S.
APRIL...WET AND COOLISH APRIL AS ACTIVE SPRING WEATHER CONTINUED.
SEVERAL FRONTAL SYSTEMS PUSHED THROUGH FOLLOWED BY SHOWERS. AN
IMPRESSIVE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IMPACTED THE AREA THE 10TH TO 12TH
WITH RAIN (AND LATE SEASON SNOW?). AN UNSEASONABLY COOL AND UNSTABLE
AIR MASS PERSISTED. MARCH LIKE WEATHER PATTERN CONTINUED AS A WET
COLD FRONT PUSHED THROUGH ON THE 18TH TO 19TH. ANOTHER FRONT PUSHED
INLAND THE 29TH TO 30TH. TOTAL RAINFALL OF 5.36 INCHES WAS OVER 2
INCHES ABOVE NORMAL AND THE 7TH WETTEST APRIL (SINCE 1892).
MAY...COOL AND WET SPRING PATTERN CONTINUED INTO MAY. SEVERAL
FRONTAL SYSTEMS MOVED THROUGH THE FIRST WEEK, FOLLOWED BY COOL,
SHOWERY WEATHER PATTERN. A PAIR OF FRONTAL SYSTEMS PUSHED THROUGH
THE 12TH AND 13TH. MORE SEASONABLE WEATHER THE 21ST THROUGH 25TH.
THEN, WEATHER BECAME MORE UNSETTLED AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT PUSHED
THROUGH ON THE 26TH. STRONG LOW PRESSURE PUSHED ACROSS THE AREA ON
THE 28TH BRINGING MORE RAIN. THE LOW DEVELOPED OFFSHORE AND MOVED
ACROSS THE CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY, BRINGING WINDY CONDITIONS. THE
AIRPORT MEASURED PEAK WIND GUST OF 41 MPH. ENDED THE MONTH ON A WARM
NOTE AS HIGH PRESSURE BROUGHT SUNSHINE AND HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
JUNE...STARTED OFF WARM, BUT AS HIGH PRESSURE EXITED, ACTIVE WEATHER
QUICKLY RETURNED WITH GENERALLY MILD AND WET CONDITIONS. A FRONTAL
SYSTEM BROUGHT RAIN THE 4TH TO 5TH. THEN, A BREAK IN THE WEATHER THE
7TH AND 8TH. AN ATMOSPHERIC RIVER THE 9TH TO 10TH BROUGHT ANOTHER
ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN. UNSEASONABLY COOL AND UNSETTLED WEATHER
CONTINUED THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH. THE RAINS THEN TURNED OFF THE
20TH WITH WARM AND DRY WEATHER PERSISTING THROUGH THE END OF THE
MONTH. HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUED TO BUILD, COUPLED WITH LOW LEVEL
OFFSHORE FLOW, SAW HIGHS IN THE 90S THE 25TH THROUGH 27TH. TOTAL
RAINFALL OF 2.75 INCHES WAS 1.5 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL.
JULY...WARM AND DRY WEATHER CONTINUED. ONLY TWO DAYS OF MEASURABLE
RAIN, THE 5TH AND 6TH. A PROLONGED HEAT WAVE DEVELOPED LATE IN THE
MONTH WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 90S TO LOWER 100S DURING THE LAST 8
DAYS OF JULY. HIGHS REACHED 103 DEGREES THE 26TH AND 30TH. THIS
RESULTED IN FOUR SUSPECTED HEAT RELATED DEATHS. ENDED AS THE 3RD
WARMEST JULY ON RECORD (SINCE 1892).
AUGUST...WARM AND DRY WEATHER CONTINUED AS HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATED
THE WEATHER PATTERN. IT WAS THE 2ND WARMEST AUGUST ON RECORD (SINCE
1892). HIGHS GENERALLY OSCILLATED BETWEEN THE LOWER 80S AND MID 90S,
BUT DID REACH 100 DEGREES ON THE 7TH.
SEPTEMBER...CONTINUED STRETCH OF WARM AND DRY WEATHER. HIGHS
GENERALLY RANGED FROM LOWER 80S TO LOWER 90S THE FIRST ELEVEN DAYS
OF THE MONTH. THEN, MORE SEASONABLE WEATHER, BUT REMAINED MOSTLY
DRY. HIGHS AGAIN WARMED IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S THE 25TH AND 26TH. A
FRONT PUSHED THROUGH THE 28TH BRINGING SOME RAIN. TOTAL RAINFALL OF
0.29 INCH WAS OVER AN INCH BELOW NORMAL. ENDED AS THE WARMEST
SEPTEMBER ON RECORD (SINCE 1892).
OCTOBER...UNSEASONABLY WARM AND DRY THROUGH THE 20TH. THE HIGH OF 92
DEGREES ON THE 15TH SET A NEW DAILY RECORD, AND WAS JUST 1 DEGREE
SHY OF THE WARMEST EVER DAY IN OCTOBER. THERE WERE 9 DAYS WITH A
HIGH OF 80 DEGREES OR HIGHER. ENDED AS THE 3RD WARMEST OCTOBER ON
RECORD (SINCE 1892). MORE TYPICAL FALL PATTERN ARRIVE THE 21ST AND
CONTINUED THROUGH END OF THE MONTH. SEVERAL FRONTS BROUGHT RAIN,
WITH THE WETTEST DAY OCCURRING ON THE 25TH. TOTAL RAINFALL OF 1.77
INCHES WAS NEARLY HALF THE NORMAL AMOUNT. OF NOTE, POSTFRONTAL
SHOWERS ON THE 22ND SPAWNED A WEAK TORNADO NEAR WOODBURN.
NOVEMBER...COOL AND WET. ACTIVE WEATHER CONTINUED THROUGH FIRST PART
OF THE MONTH. A STRONG ATMOSPHERIC RIVER ON THE 4TH BROUGHT HEAVY
RAIN OF 1.65 INCHES, FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER 1.61 INCHES OF RAIN ON THE
6TH AS A REINFORCING COLD FRONT PUSHED THROUGH. THEN, A RELATIVE
BREAK IN THE WEATHER AS HIGH PRESSURE GENERALLY DOMINATED THE REGION
FOR NEARLY 2 WEEKS. THIS PERIOD WAS CHARACTERIZED BY MILD DAYS AND
CHILLY NIGHT, ALONG WITH MULTIPLE STRETCHES OF DRY DAYS. LOWS FELL
TO BELOW FREEZING THE 9TH THROUGH 20TH. A COLD FRONT PUSHED THROUGH
THE 22ND, FOLLOWED BY MORE ACTIVE WEATHER THROUGH THE END OF THE
MONTH. TOTAL RAINFALL OF 7.87 INCHES WAS NEARLY 2 INCHES ABOVE
NORMAL.
DECEMBER...THE ACTIVE WEATHER OF NOVEMBER CONTINUED INTO DECEMBER,
WITH TEMPERATURES INTO THE UPPER 30S TO MID 40S AND ONSHORE FLOW
MAINTAINING OCCASIONAL RAIN THROUGH THE FIRST WEEK OF THE MONTH. A
SERIES OF POTENT FRONTS THEN PUSHED THROUGH THE 8TH THROUGH 10TH,
WITH RAIN. THEN, DRY AND COOL THROUGH THE 17TH. COLDER TEMPERATURES
AS AN ARCTIC AIR MASS FILTERED INTO THE REGION THE 22ND AND 23RD,
WITH SNOW, SLEET, AND FREEZING RAIN. THE YEAR FINISHED OFF WITH A
SERIES OF PACIFIC FRONTAL SYSTEMS, ALONG WITH A STRONG ATMOSPHERIC
RIVER THE 26TH TO 27TH. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS THE 27TH, WITH GUSTS
OF 50 TO 60 MPH, DOWNED TREES AND POWERLINES.
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NEW RECORDS SET IN 2022 (PREVIOUS RECORD IN PARENTHESES)
+ INDICATES MOST RECENT OF MULTIPLE OCCURRENCES
JANUARY...
11TH TIED. DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP 59 ( 59 /1895 )
12TH TIED. DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP 60 ( 60 /1991 )
FEBRUARY...
11TH NEW. DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP 67 ( 64 /1924 )
12TH NEW. DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP 65 ( 64 /1992 )
28TH NEW. DAILY WARM LOW TEMP 56 ( 53 /1994 )
28TH NEW. DAILY RAINFALL 1.76" (1.67"/2011 )
MARCH...
1ST NEW. DAILY WARM LOW TEMP 52 ( 51 /1994 )
APRIL...
4TH NEW. DAILY RAINFALL 0.76" (0.75"/1919 )
10TH TIED. DAILY COOL HIGH TEMP 46 ( 46 /1909 )
30TH NEW. DAILY RAINFALL 0.59" (0.57"/2001 )
MAY AND JUNE...NO NEW RECORDS SET.
JULY...
6TH TIED. DAILY WARM LOW TEMP 62 ( 62 /1926 )
25TH NEW. DAILY WARM LOW TEMP 64 ( 62 /1944 )
26TH TIED. DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP 103 ( 103 /1988+)
30TH NEW. DAILY WARM LOW TEMP 67 ( 65 /2021 )
*** 3RD WARMEST JUL ON RECORD
AUGUST...
17TH TIED. DAILY WARM LOW TEMP 64 ( 64 /2014 )
18TH TIED. DAILY WARM LOW TEMP 64 ( 64 /1908 )
30TH TIED. DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP 97 ( 97 /1987 )
*** 2ND WARMEST AUG ON RECORD
SEPTEMBER...
11TH NEW. DAILY WARM LOW TEMP 60 ( 59 /2013+)
12TH NEW. DAILY WARM LOW TEMP 59 ( 58 /2017+)
*** WARMEST SEPT ON RECORD (PREVIOUS WAS 2011)
OCTOBER...
8TH TIED. DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP 84 ( 84 /1971 )
15TH NEW. DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP 92 ( 89 /1901 )
*** HIGH OF 92 ON 15TH TIES 1988, 1980 AND 1932 AS THE
2ND WARMEST DAY EVER FOR OCT (WARMEST: 93 ON 2 OCT 1970)
*** 3RD WARMEST OCT ON RECORD
NOVEMBER...
7TH NEW. DAILY COOL HIGH TEMP 43 ( 44 /1945+)
DECEMBER...
26TH TIED. DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP 60 ( 60 /1980 )
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2022 SALEM MONTHLY TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION RANKINGS
THIS SHOWS WHERE A MONTH/YEAR RANKS IN SALEM PERIOD OF RECORD
(1892 TO 2022). RANKINGS ONLY APPLY TO ALL OF THE SAME MONTH,
IN OTHER WORDS, WHERE JAN 2022 COMPARES TO ALL OTHER JANUARYS.
RANKINGS 1 TO 131...WHERE 1 IS THE RECORD WARMEST OR WETTEST,
AND 131 IS THE RECORD DRIEST OR COLDEST.
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC 2022
AVG T 35 46 14 104 68 29 3 2 1 3 116 69 10
PRECIP 85 98 67 7 11 12 76 73 114 98 34 76 66
MAX T 16 33 28 112 98 53 7 3 13 3 110 72 13
MIN T 63 72 11 82 34 9 1 4 2 12 119 73 17
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2022 SALEM MCNARY AIRPORT TEMPERATURE DATA
(+ BY DATE INDICATES LAST OF SEVERAL OCCURRENCES LISTED)
|--- AVERAGES ----| MEAN T DEPART| EXTREME TEMPS & DATE|
MONTH |HIGHS LOWS MEAN| FROM NORMAL | HIGHEST LOWEST |
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JAN 50.1 34.4 42.2 +0.1 DEG 60 /12TH 23 /29TH
FEB 52.4 34.3 43.3 -0.7 DEG 67 /11TH 21 /23RD
MAR 58.2 40.4 49.3 +1.8 DEG 69 /27TH+ 25 /10TH
APR 57.7 39.0 48.4 -2.9 DEG 78 / 7TH 30 /14TH
MAY 65.2 46.2 55.7 -2.0 DEG 77 /31ST 36 /13TH
JUN 74.7 52.8 63.8 +1.1 DEG 99 /26TH 45 / 7TH
JUL 87.7 58.3 73.0 +3.7 DEG 103 /30TH+ 51 /15TH+
AUG 87.7 57.4 72.5 +3.3 DEG 100 / 7TH 51 /28TH+
SEP 80.5 53.5 67.0 +3.0 DEG 93 / 9TH 45 / 8TH
OCT 71.5 46.7 59.1 +4.8 DEG 92 /15TH 37 /27TH
NOV 50.5 33.2 41.8 -4.5 DEG 60 /22ND+ 23 /20TH
DEC 46.8 34.7 40.7 -0.6 DEG 60 /26TH 22 /23RD
2022 65.3 44.3 54.8 +0.7 DEG 103/JUL 30+ 21/FEB 23
NORMA 64.4 43.9 54.1
DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES IN 2022 WHERE...
|------ MAXIMUM TEMP --------||------ MINIMUM TEMP ---|
<=32 60+ 70+ 80+ 90+ 100+ <=20 <=32 60+ 70+
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JAN 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0
FEB 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0
MAR 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
APR 0 8 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
MAY 0 25 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
JUN 0 30 19 9 3 0 0 0 0 1
JUL 0 31 31 26 12 5 0 0 13 0
AUG 0 31 31 28 12 1 0 0 8 0
SEP 0 30 29 17 4 0 0 0 4 0
OCT 0 25 19 9 1 0 0 0 0 0
NOV 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0
DEC 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0
2022 2 202 140 89 32 6 0 57 25 0
NORMAL 2 201 128 66 15 1 2 49 7 0
FIRST/LAST OCCURRENCES OF... IN 2022 AVERAGE
LAST 32 DEG OR COLDER IN SPRING 17 APR (13 APR)
FIRST 70+ DEG OF THE YEAR 7 APR (31 MAR)
FIRST 80+ DEG OF THE YEAR 1 JUN ( 6 MAY)
FIRST 90+ DEG OF THE YEAR 25 JUN (15 JUN)
LAST 90+ DEG OF THE YEAR 15 OCT ( 8 SEP)
LAST 80+ DEG OF THE YEAR 15 OCT ( 1 OCT)
LAST 70+ DEG OF THE YEAR 20 OCT (21 OCT)
FIRST 32 DEG OR COLDER IN FALL 9 NOV (31 OCT)
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2022 SALEM MCNARY AIRPORT RAINFALL DATA...
TOTAL DEPARTURE DAYS WITH AT LEAST... GREATEST IN
MONTH RAIN FM NORMAL 0.01 0.10 0.50 1.00 24HRS & DATE
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JAN 4.50 -1.58 14 8 2 1 2.34 JAN 3
FEB 2.80 -1.74 7 5 1 1 1.76 FEB 28
MAR 3.76 -0.59 14 8 3 0 1.29 MAR 12-13
APR 5.36 +2.24 21 12 4 0 1.00 APR 28
MAY 4.08 +1.83 16 11 2 0 0.78 MAY 5-6
JUN 2.75 +1.50 12 7 2 0 0.85 JUN 9-10
JUL 0.10 -0.15 2 0 0 0 0.09 JUL 5-6
AUG 0.15 -0.24 3 0 0 0 0.08 AUG 1
SEP 0.29 -1.17 3 2 0 0 0.24 SEP 28-29
OCT 1.77 -1.70 9 5 1 0 0.69 OCT 25-26
NOV 7.87 +1.92 15 13 4 4 1.66 NOV 4-5
DEC 5.57 -1.40 17 12 4 1 1.86 DEC 26-27
2022 39.00 -1.08 133 83 23 7 2.34 JAN 3
NORMAL 40.08 148 92 25 6
SALEM WATER YEAR 2021-22 (1 OCT 2021 THROUGH 30 SEP 2022)
41.90 INCHES ( 1.82 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL )
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2022 SALEM MCNARY AIRPORT WIND AND PRESSURE DATA...
AVERAGE SPEED (MPH) STRONGEST WIND GUST
MONTH 2022 NORMAL DIRECTION SPEED DATE
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JAN 6.2 (7.1) SOUTH 47 MPH JAN 7+
FEB 5.7 (6.9) SOUTH 44 MPH FEB 28
MAR 6.0 (7.4) SOUTH 39 MPH MAR 12
APR 6.8 (6.2) SOUTH 46 MPH APR 4
MAY 6.6 (6.4) SOUTH 38 MPH MAY 12
JUN 6.2 (6.5) SOUTHEAST 30 MPH JUN 9
JUL 5.5 (6.5) NORTH 29 MPH JUL 18
AUG 5.2 (6.0) NORTH 25 MPH AUG 13
SEP 5.3 (5.5) NORTHEAST 29 MPH SEP 9
OCT 4.1 (5.7) SOUTH 34 MPH OCT 24
NOV 6.2 (7.1) SOUTH 44 MPH NOV 30
DEC 7.0 (7.1) SOUTH 55 MPH DEC 27
2022 5.9 (6.6) SOUTH 55 MPH DEC 27
BAROMETRIC PRESSURE EXTREMES...
HIGHEST 30.65 INCHES 21 JAN ( 1141 AM PST )
LOWEST 29.00 INCHES 27 DEC (~0900 AM PST )
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2022 SALEM WILLAMETTE RIVER DATA (AT DOWNTOWN)...
HIGHEST LEVEL 22.1 FT 7 JAN 2022
LOWEST LEVEL 5.1 FT 27 AUG 2022
(FLOOD STAGE IS 28.0 FT)
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SALEM MCNARY AIRPORT PERIOD OF RECORD... 1892 TO 2022
SALEM MCNARY AIRPORT CLIMATE NORMALS... 1991 TO 2020
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DATA COMPILED BY ROCKEY AND HARTSOCK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OREGON
ONLINE AT: WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
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