SALEM CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
1147 AM PST THU JAN 3 2008

...THE SALEM CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2007...

SALEM FINISHED OUT THE 2007 YEAR WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND 
PRECIPITATION. A FEW INCHES OF SNOW FELL DURING THE MONTH OF 
JANUARY...BUT THE REST OF THE WINTER AND MUCH OF THE SPRING WERE 
SIMILAR TO CLIMATIC NORMALS. THE ONLY HEATWAVE OCCURRED ON JULY 
10TH. THIS EVENT BROUGHT RECORD BREAKING DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES TO 
THE REGION...HOWEVER...SALEM RECORDED 103 WHICH WAS 4 DEGREES LESS 
THAN THEIR RECORD HIGH OF 107 ON JULY 10TH. IN AUGUST A SERIES OF 
UNSEASONABLE SYSTEMS MOVED ACROSS THE REGION...DEPOSITING THREE 
QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN IN SALEM. IN SEPTEMBER...A COLD UPPER 
LEVEL TROUGH MOVED OVERHEAD CAUSING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WHICH 
SPAWNED A TORNADO ON THE 28TH OF SEPTEMBER SOUTHEAST OF SALEM NEAR 
THE TOWN OF LEBANNON. THIS TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR AROUND 5 TO 
10 MINUTES COVERING A DISTANCE OF ABOUT ONE MILE. WHILE ON THE 
GROUND IT DAMAGED FARM BUILDINGS AND DOWNED TREES. IT HAD A MAXIMUM 
WIDTH OF 350 YARDS AND RECEIVED A RATING OF EF0 ON THE ENHANCED 
FUJITA SCALE...WITH ESTIMATED WINDS BETWEEN 75 AND 85 MPH.

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1892 TO 2007

WEATHER            OBSERVED                  NORMAL        DEPART
                   VALUE       DATE(S)       VALUE         FROM
                                                           NORMAL
....................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH                  108      08/09/1981 (TIE)
                               07/15/1941 (TIE)
                               07/23/1927 (TIE)
LOW                   -12      12/08/1972
HIGHEST               103      07/10
LOWEST                 18      01/15
                                    

AVG. MAXIMUM         62.6
AVG. MINIMUM         42.8
MEAN                 52.7
DAYS MAX >= 90         11
DAYS MAX <= 32          1
DAYS MIN <= 32         60
DAYS MIN <=  0          0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
   MAXIMUM          66.96        1996
   MINIMUM          23.74        1985
TOTALS              36.00                     40.00         -4.00
DAILY AVG.           0.10
DAYS >=   .01         140
DAYS >=    .10         91
DAYS >=   .50          17
DAYS >= 1.00            5
GREATEST
   24 HR. TOTAL      1.20        12/03   

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL        4680                      4784          -104
  SINCE  7/1         1952                                        

COOLING TOTAL         311                       257            54

FREEZE DATES
RECORD
   EARLIEST                    08/30/1920
   LATEST                      06/06/1899
EARLIEST                       10/26
LATEST                         04/20
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              6.2
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    38/180            12/02
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    83/210            08/04

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM           4        FOG                    181 
HAIL                   0        FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE   31
FREEZING RAIN          1        HAZE                    36
FUNNEL CLOUD/TORNADO   2        BLOWING SNOW             0  
ICE PELLETS            0 
       

-   INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R   INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM  INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T   INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

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