There was slightly less precipitation in 2020 compared to the prior year.
The Salem Water Plant recorded 50.43 inches of precipitation compared to 51.94 inches in 1999. The highest amount of rain came in July, with 7.4-inches. That compares to 11.55 inches recorded in August 2019.
There was less snow. Only 2.9-inches were recorded and virtually all of that came on December 16th. The prior year there had been 5.71 inches of snow, with 4.2-inches coming in January.
The high temperature of the year at the Salem Water Plant was 94 degrees recorded on a day in both June and July. That compares to 95-degrees on a July day in 2019. The low temperature of the year was six degrees above zero recorded in February. That compared to minus-7 degrees on a January day in 1999.
In Centralia, 47.59 inches of precipitation fell during the year compared to 50.17 inches in 2019.
For the month of December, there were 1.52 inches of precipitation at the Salem Water Plant. That compares to 2.48 inches in December 2019. The high temperature of the month was 66 on the 11th and 12th and the low was nine degrees on December 26th.
Centralia recorded 1.55 inches of precipitation in December.
