Salem, MO 65560 Weather

Dent County11:54 AM CDT37.62°N, 91.53°W

Current conditions

Sunny
69°
Sunny
Feels like 69°
High 77°·Low 46°
WindNE 1 mph
Humidity40%
Dew point44°
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover4%
UV index4 Moderate
Sunrise7:22 AM
Sunset6:21 PM

Forecast for this hour (no station report in the last two hours)

Forecast

10-day
  • Today

    Sunny. High near 77, with temperatures falling to around 74 in the afternoon. East wind around 2 mph.

  • Tonight

    Clear, with a low around 46. Wind chill values as low as 47. Southeast wind around 2 mph.

  • Friday

    Sunny. High near 76, with temperatures falling to around 74 in the afternoon. Southeast wind 2 to 6 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 1 hr ago.

  1. Now Sunny 69°
  2. 12 PM Sunny 72°
  3. 1 PM Sunny 75°
  4. 2 PM Sunny 76°
  5. 3 PM Sunny 76°
  6. 4 PM Sunny 77°
  7. 5 PM Sunny 74°
  8. 6 PM Clear 70°
  9. 7 PM Clear 64°
  10. 8 PM Clear 58°
  11. 9 PM Clear 56°
  12. 10 PM Clear 55°
  13. 11 PM Clear 53°
  14. Fri12 AM Clear 52°
  15. 1 AM Clear 51°
  16. 2 AM Clear 49°
  17. 3 AM Clear 49°
  18. 4 AM Clear 48°
  19. 5 AM Mostly Clear 47°
  20. 6 AM Sunny 46°
  21. 7 AM Sunny 46°
  22. 8 AM Sunny 47°
  23. 9 AM Sunny 53°
  24. 10 AM Sunny 64°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TodayOct 22 Sunny Sunny46°77°
  2. FriOct 23 Sunny Sunny45°76°
  3. SatOct 24 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny45°77°
  4. SunOct 25 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny46°77°
  5. MonOct 26 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny45°75°
  6. TueOct 27 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny42°72°
  7. WedOct 28 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny44°70°
  8. ThuOct 29 Cloudy Cloudy43°60°
  9. FriOct 30 Sunny Sunny36°56°
  10. SatOct 31 Cloudy Cloudy41°63°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:22 AM
Sunset 6:21 PM
Daylight 10 h 59 min (−2 min 16 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 86% lit
Moonrise 4:20 PM Moonset 3:32 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low66° / 43°
Record high87° (1978)
Record low19° (1952)
Wettest1.90 in (1949)
Month to date1.02 in (normal 2.44 in)

Salem, records since 1903. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in SGF, issued 5 hrs ago

Key Messages

- Above normal temperatures into early next week. Highs in the middle 70s to around 80 and dry weather are expected.

Short Term

Issued at 1111 PM CDT Wed Oct 21 2026

Ridging will continue to support dry and warmer than normal conditions today and tonight.

Look for highs in the mid 70s to around 80 today and lows in the mid 40s to low 50s tonight.

RH values will bottom out around 25-35% today, but winds will generally be 5 mph or less.

Long Term

Issued at 1111 PM CDT Wed Oct 21 2026

High pressure will continue to build through the weekend into early next week according to ensemble data, with high confidence in well above normal conditions (highs in the 70s to around 80). No precip is expected in this time frame.

Toward the middle of next week around 5-10% of ensembles are showing some light rain as a trough passes through the area, which is a decrease of around 5-10% from this time yesterday. While this time period has the greatest rain chances in the next 7 days, it is still far more likely to be dry than to wet. There remains quite a bit of uncertainty with temperatures due to model spread. For example, NBM 25-75th percentile MaxT spread increases to around 15 degrees on Tuesday and Wednesday next week.

Aviation

Issued at 632 AM CDT Thu Oct 22 2026

VFR conditions and light winds will persist through the TAF period.

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