Temperature
53 F at 12 AM; 84 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 46 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 53F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 84F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 46F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Salem-Willamette Valley Airport/McNary Field, Oregon
Medium airport in Marion County, Oregon54°
77°/48°
Clear·
Feels like 54°·Light air 2 mph NE
Coming up. Tomorrow is 10 degrees cooler: a high of 67° after 77° today.
Now. Salem-Willamette Valley Airport/McNary Field is 54° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 41°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the northeast at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 76° by 5 PM. Tonight falls to about 53° by 4 AM, with some cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 67°, and the coolest Monday, near 60°. Rain is possible tomorrow (35%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:26 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:12 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The day is 10 hours 58 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
32Air quality
64%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
54feels54
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
7748
mostly clear day
Sat
Oct 17
6748
35%
Sun
Oct 18
6441
partly cloudy day
Mon
Oct 19
6040
10%
Tue
Oct 20
6339
clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6538
clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6239
18%
54°
77°48°
67°48°
64°41°
60°40°
63°39°
65°38°
62°39°
As of 1:00 AM in Salem-Willamette Valley Airport/McNary Field, Oregon.
Air quality
The air at Salem-Willamette Valley Airport/McNary Field
Index 32, good, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Salem (OR), 2 miles off.
32Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)32Good2.3 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 29, good.
GoodModerate
- 29YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Salem-Willamette Valley Airport/McNary Field
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Salem-Willamette Valley Airport/McNary Field, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 5 PM, lowest 8 miles Sat 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- SLE
- ICAO
- KSLE
- IATA
- SLE
- Field elevation
- 214 ft
- Serves
- Salem
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- SLE
- Wind now
- From 150° at 3 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:56
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 / 31 | 5,811 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 151° / 331° | 3 mph head, on 13 | None |
| 16 / 34 | 5,146 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 183° / 3° | 3 mph head, on 16 | 2 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Salem/Mcnary (SLE), Salem-Willamette Valley Airport/McNary Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 41 F, the air 64% saturated; the humidity ran from 26% at 3 PM Thursday to 100% at 4 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 41F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 64%
- Humidity, range
- 26 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
1 mph from the south southeast at 1 AM; at its strongest 8 mph, 2 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 1mph
- from the south southeast
- Strongest
- 8mph
- 2 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.20 inHg at 1 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.09 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.20inHg
- 1 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.09inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.2 miles at 6 AM Thursday, under a mile for 2 hours; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.2mi
- 6 AM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 2
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 200 ft at 5 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 2 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 200ft
- 5 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 2
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- 0.00in
- 4 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 2
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Salem/Mcnary: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Salem-Willamette Valley Airport/McNary Field, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Salem/McnarySLE
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/200 ft/14 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
OR22 WB at OSCI Hill MP5.34OD147
Beside a road/4.3 mi away/574 ft/360 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Stayton RAWSSYNO3
A remote fire weather station/12.1 mi away/443 ft/229 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Corvallis 10 SSW04236
At a climate reference station/37.9 mi away/312 ft/98 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Salem 0.4 NEOR-MN-71
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/180 ft/34 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
StaytonSTYO3
At a cooperative observer's station/12.4 mi away/425 ft/211 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Oregon
25 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Salem-Willamette Valley Airport/McNary Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Four Cornerscommunity, 2 mi
- Salemcity, 3 mi
- Turnercity, 5 mi
- Hayesvillecommunity, 5 mi
- Eolacommunity, 6 mi
- Keizercity, 6 mi
- Labish Villagecommunity, 8 mi
- Aumsvillecity, 8 mi
- Brookscommunity, 10 mi
- Independencecity, 10 mi
- Rickreallcommunity, 11 mi
- Marioncommunity, 12 mi
Airports near Salem-Willamette Valley Airport/McNary Field
- Albany Municipal AirportS12, 19 mi
- McMinnville Municipal AirportMMV, 21 mi
- Aurora State AirportUAO, 26 mi
- Corvallis Municipal AirportCVO, 32 mi
- Portland Hillsboro AirportHIO, 44 mi
- Portland International AirportPDX, 51 mi
- Tillamook AirportTMK, 53 mi
- Portland Troutdale AirportTTD, 53 mi