Salem, MA Weather

Essex County8:35 PM EDT42.52°N, 70.90°WElevation 20 ft

Current conditions

Clear
50°
Clear
Feels like 50°
High 55° Saturday·Low 35° tonight
WindCalm
Humidity62%
Dew point37°
Pressure30.42 inHg
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover3%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:07 AM
Sunset5:51 PM

Observed at Boston, Logan International Airport · 40 min ago

Forecast

10-day

  • Friday Night

    Mostly clear, with a low around 35. North wind around 8 mph.

  • Saturday

    Sunny, with a high near 55. West wind around 6 mph.

  • Saturday Night

    Clear, with a low around 37. West wind around 5 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 2 days ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Clear 45°
  2. 9 PM Mostly Clear 44°
  3. 10 PM Mostly Clear 42°
  4. 11 PM Mostly Clear 41°
  5. Sat12 AM Mostly Clear 40°
  6. 1 AM Mostly Clear 39°
  7. 2 AM Mostly Clear 38°
  8. 3 AM Mostly Clear 37°
  9. 4 AM Mostly Clear 37°
  10. 5 AM Mostly Clear 36°
  11. 6 AM Sunny 36°
  12. 7 AM Sunny 35°
  13. 8 AM Sunny 36°
  14. 9 AM Sunny 39°
  15. 10 AM Sunny 43°
  16. 11 AM Sunny 47°
  17. 12 PM Sunny 50°
  18. 1 PM Sunny 52°
  19. 2 PM Sunny 53°
  20. 3 PM Sunny 54°
  21. 4 PM Sunny 55°
  22. 5 PM Sunny 54°
  23. 6 PM Clear 53°
  24. 7 PM Clear 51°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. WedOct 21 Mostly Cloudy Mostly Cloudy45°51°
  2. ThuOct 22 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny38°59°
  3. TodayOct 23 Sunny Sunny35°51°
  4. SatOct 24 Sunny Sunny37°55°
  5. SunOct 25 Sunny Sunny44°61°
  6. MonOct 26 Sunny Sunny45°64°
  7. TueOct 27 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny11%41°55°
  8. WedOct 28 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy36°51°
  9. ThuOct 29 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny44°59°
  10. FriOct 30 Cloudy Cloudy41°59°

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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Air quality

24
Good
Ozone

Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

Forecast

  • FriGood
  • SatGood

Essex, MA reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:07 AM
Sunset 5:51 PM
Daylight 10 h 44 min (−2 min 41 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 94% lit
Moonrise 4:18 PM Moonset 4:09 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low60° / 45°
Record high84° (1947)
Record low29° (1883)
Wettest2.33 in (1956)
Yesterday65° / 47°
Month to date2.09 in (normal 2.86 in)

Boston Area, records since 1872. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in BOX, issued 1 hr ago

What Has Changed

No significant changes have been made to the forecast.

Key Messages

- Dry weather through the weekend with chilly/frosty nights and sunny/mild afternoons. Lows mainly in the 20s & 30s with highs in the upper 50s-lower 60s Sat and well into the 60s Sun.

- High pressure dominates through next week bringing plenty of sunny days and cooler nights.

Discussion

KEY MESSAGE 1...Dry weather through the weekend with chilly/frosty nights and sunny/mild afternoons. Lows mainly in the 20s & 30s with highs in the upper 50s-lower 60s Sat and well into the 60s Sun.

Distant offshore ocean storm will continue to lift NE and move further way losing its grip on our region. Lingering gusty winds across the Cape/Islands will diminish early this evening. Otherwise...a large 1035+ mb high pressure system will build overhead from the west through the weekend. The result will be mainly clear skies with chilly/frosty nights and mild sunny afternoons. Excellent radiational cooling conditions will allow for lows to drop into the 20s across the normally colder outlying locations with mainly 30s elsewhere. Meanwhile the Urban Heat Island of Boston will probably not drop below 40. Highs Sat will recover nicely into the upper 50s and lower 60s and well into the 60s Sun. Winds will also be rather light resulting in comfortable afternoons for the latter half of October.

KEY MESSAGE 2...High pressure dominates through next week, bringing plenty of sunny days and cooler nights.

Strong high pressure will prevail across New England for most of next week. Mostly sunny skies, dry conditions, and mostly calm winds are expected for a majority of the week, leading to good radiational cooling most nights. Day time temperatures are likely to remain in the upper 50s to mid 60s and nighttime temps generally in the low to mid 30s for most of southern New England.

Two exceptions to the pleasant conditions: a weak cold front drops into the region Tuesday, leading to some gusty winds Tuesday afternoon/evening along the Cape/Islands/SE MA and cooler temperatures behind the front on Wednesday (likely in the low 50s). This front looks to be moisture-starved and not likely to produce any showers at this time.

A second cold front looks to sweep through sometime Thursday night/early Friday morning, bringing some slightly increased PoPs (10-20) to portions of SNE.

Aviation

Forecaster Confidence Levels...

Low - less than 30 percent. Moderate - 30 to 60 percent. High - greater than 60 percent.

00z TAF Update...High confidence.

VFR conditions continue through the weekend. Calm winds to less than 5 kts increase to 5-10 kts around daybreak. Couple hours of upper lever cirrus possible tonight with SKC returning by sunrise.

KBOS Terminal...High confidence in TAF.

KBDL Terminal...High confidence in TAF.

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