It was dryer in 2025 compared to the prior year, but more of the precipitation came as snow than last year.
The Salem Water Plant recorded 47.35 inches of precipitation, compared to 58.67 the prior year. But there were 17.3 inches of snow compared to 8.35 inches in 2024. In Centralia, the water plant recorded 49.87 inches of rain compared to 53.35 in 2024.
Temperatures in Salem last year ranged from a low of one degree above zero in January to 99 degrees in September.
For the month of December, the Salem Water Plant recorded 92-hundredths of an inch of precipitation, including three inches of snow. In Centralia, there was exactly one inch of melted precipitation compared to 3.85 inches last December.
Temperatures in Salem during December ranged from a high of 71 on December 29th and a low of 4 degrees on both the mornings of December 15th and 16th.
