Salisbury climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Salisbury?

Salisbury has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.4 °C and it receives 1,095 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Salisbury?

The hottest day measured in Salisbury between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2011, reaching 39.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Salisbury?

The coldest day measured in Salisbury between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 2015, at -19.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Salisbury?

Yes. Salisbury gets on average 26.9 cm of snow per year and has around 57 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Salisbury warmed?

Yes: Salisbury warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Salisbury?

The wettest day measured in Salisbury between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 1953, with 178 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Salisbury?

The windiest day measured in Salisbury between 1940 and 2025 was 15 October 1954, with winds reaching 57.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Salisbury?

The warmest month in Salisbury is July (25.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Salisbury?

Salisbury receives on average 1,095 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 121 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Salisbury?

Salisbury gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Salisbury (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.4 °C and it receives 1,095 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is July (25.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Salisbury averages 57 frost days, 44 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 121 rainy days per year.

Salisbury has warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.14 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 39.5 °C (on 24 July 2011) and the coldest -19.7 °C (on 21 February 2015).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

SalisburyMaryland

coords: 38.36°, -75.60°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAugustDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

14.4°C

Average daily high

18.9°C

Average daily low

10.1°C

Annual rainfall

1,095mm

Sunshine / day

9.4h

Mean relative humidity

70%

Average peak wind

18.3km/h

Seasonal range

22.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

57 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

44 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

121 d/yr

Annual snowfall

26.9 cm

Average feels-like high

18.2 °C

Average feels-like low

8.2 °C

Average peak gust

39.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

67 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.2 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.25 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

39.5 °C

24 July 2011

Coldest day

-19.7 °C

21 February 2015

Wettest day

178 mm

14 August 1953

Windiest day

57.3 km/h

15 October 1954

Strongest gust

127.4 km/h

15 October 1954

Hottest feels-like

44.9 °C

24 June 2025

Coldest feels-like

-25.6 °C

21 February 2015

Snowiest day

27.1 cm

6 February 2010

Sunniest day

14.0 h

12 May 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	36.8 °C25 June 2025	-13.1 °C23 January 2025	14.7 °C	1,098 mm	47	65
2024	35.5 °C26 June 2024	-8.4 °C23 December 2024	15.4 °C	1,085 mm	42	50
2023	34.3 °C28 July 2023	-8.0 °C4 February 2023	15.6 °C	1,220 mm	40	34
2022	35.2 °C17 June 2022	-14.4 °C30 January 2022	15.1 °C	1,098 mm	64	69
2021	35.3 °C14 August 2021	-4.3 °C30 January 2021	15.5 °C	1,112 mm	59	45
2020	36.1 °C20 July 2020	-6.5 °C15 February 2020	15.9 °C	1,421 mm	62	35
2019	37.5 °C22 July 2019	-11.9 °C31 January 2019	15.6 °C	1,128 mm	62	51
2018	35.2 °C2 July 2018	-18.6 °C7 January 2018	15.2 °C	1,447 mm	57	54
2017	35.6 °C13 July 2017	-14.3 °C9 January 2017	15.5 °C	1,123 mm	50	48
2016	36.7 °C14 August 2016	-10.8 °C14 February 2016	15.1 °C	1,277 mm	56	51
2015	36.4 °C16 June 2015	-19.7 °C21 February 2015	15.1 °C	1,106 mm	46	59
2014	35.1 °C18 June 2014	-17.1 °C30 January 2014	14.1 °C	1,090 mm	32	62
2013	35.2 °C19 July 2013	-9.2 °C25 January 2013	14.5 °C	1,139 mm	49	62
2012	37.1 °C18 July 2012	-7.4 °C4 January 2012	15.7 °C	1,162 mm	45	28
2011	39.5 °C24 July 2011	-10.9 °C24 January 2011	15.5 °C	1,024 mm	59	55
2010	38.8 °C6 July 2010	-11.3 °C30 December 2010	14.9 °C	1,048 mm	75	67
2009	33.5 °C10 August 2009	-14.1 °C17 January 2009	14.4 °C	1,362 mm	33	64
2008	37.4 °C10 June 2008	-9.1 °C21 January 2008	15.0 °C	1,033 mm	55	52
2007	36.6 °C8 August 2007	-10.9 °C6 February 2007	14.9 °C	897 mm	54	57
2006	35.6 °C3 August 2006	-9.0 °C19 February 2006	15.2 °C	1,033 mm	46	38
2005	37.6 °C27 July 2005	-12.5 °C28 January 2005	14.3 °C	1,097 mm	53	58
2004	33.4 °C18 June 2004	-12.5 °C11 January 2004	14.3 °C	1,204 mm	24	60
2003	35.3 °C27 June 2003	-10.8 °C18 January 2003	13.9 °C	1,487 mm	35	70
2002	35.3 °C4 July 2002	-6.9 °C4 December 2002	15.1 °C	1,205 mm	54	50
2001	35.1 °C9 August 2001	-6.5 °C3 January 2001	14.8 °C	885 mm	27	51
2000	33.7 °C7 August 2000	-13.0 °C30 January 2000	14.1 °C	1,219 mm	25	61
1999	38.0 °C1 August 1999	-8.7 °C6 January 1999	15.0 °C	1,050 mm	46	43
1998	36.2 °C23 July 1998	-9.5 °C26 December 1998	15.4 °C	1,062 mm	45	31
1997	36.2 °C26 June 1997	-13.4 °C19 January 1997	14.2 °C	1,048 mm	35	45
1996	33.8 °C20 May 1996	-16.2 °C5 February 1996	13.7 °C	1,391 mm	24	63
1995	35.8 °C15 July 1995	-10.7 °C6 February 1995	14.6 °C	991 mm	49	52
1994	35.7 °C15 June 1994	-16.7 °C19 January 1994	14.9 °C	1,045 mm	58	44
1993	37.6 °C10 July 1993	-11.3 °C28 February 1993	14.4 °C	1,072 mm	55	57
1992	36.1 °C15 July 1992	-9.0 °C20 January 1992	13.6 °C	1,127 mm	29	61
1991	36.6 °C23 July 1991	-9.9 °C23 January 1991	15.2 °C	971 mm	62	55
1990	35.8 °C5 July 1990	-8.8 °C26 February 1990	15.4 °C	1,008 mm	45	37
1989	36.7 °C2 June 1989	-13.1 °C22 December 1989	14.0 °C	1,451 mm	39	73
1988	37.2 °C23 June 1988	-11.0 °C16 January 1988	13.7 °C	950 mm	57	67
1987	36.8 °C21 July 1987	-16.8 °C28 January 1987	14.2 °C	947 mm	57	59
1986	35.7 °C7 July 1986	-11.7 °C31 January 1986	14.4 °C	1,000 mm	53	60
1985	35.9 °C14 August 1985	-17.3 °C21 January 1985	14.7 °C	885 mm	46	66
1984	35.9 °C14 June 1984	-12.9 °C22 January 1984	14.3 °C	1,016 mm	42	69
1983	38.3 °C20 August 1983	-14.2 °C25 December 1983	14.5 °C	1,131 mm	64	49
1982	33.4 °C19 July 1982	-19.4 °C17 January 1982	13.9 °C	1,137 mm	25	63
1981	35.1 °C22 June 1981	-14.6 °C13 January 1981	13.5 °C	879 mm	34	75
1980	36.1 °C1 August 1980	-13.9 °C26 December 1980	13.9 °C	818 mm	59	76
1979	34.5 °C10 August 1979	-16.9 °C18 February 1979	14.1 °C	1,260 mm	26	57
1978	34.6 °C23 July 1978	-11.6 °C5 February 1978	13.3 °C	1,254 mm	39	77
1977	36.1 °C21 July 1977	-16.1 °C17 January 1977	14.2 °C	997 mm	57	75
1976	33.8 °C24 July 1976	-12.7 °C19 January 1976	13.6 °C	1,019 mm	34	73
1975	34.7 °C3 August 1975	-7.3 °C15 January 1975	14.6 °C	1,380 mm	36	57
1974	34.9 °C15 July 1974	-8.1 °C10 February 1974	14.5 °C	1,078 mm	32	49
1973	33.8 °C29 August 1973	-10.4 °C17 February 1973	14.7 °C	1,216 mm	41	47
1972	34.9 °C23 July 1972	-14.1 °C16 January 1972	13.8 °C	1,225 mm	32	55
1971	32.8 °C21 August 1971	-11.4 °C2 February 1971	14.3 °C	1,163 mm	31	55
1970	34.6 °C22 September 1970	-13.6 °C9 January 1970	13.8 °C	879 mm	53	68
1969	35.1 °C18 July 1969	-10.4 °C6 January 1969	13.4 °C	1,163 mm	38	76
1968	36.1 °C1 July 1968	-12.1 °C12 January 1968	13.7 °C	857 mm	44	76
1967	34.6 °C25 June 1967	-13.4 °C9 February 1967	12.9 °C	961 mm	22	67
1966	37.0 °C3 July 1966	-14.8 °C29 January 1966	13.2 °C	878 mm	46	71
1965	36.0 °C25 July 1965	-13.0 °C18 January 1965	13.3 °C	685 mm	42	75
1964	36.1 °C10 June 1964	-13.9 °C15 January 1964	13.9 °C	1,164 mm	42	63
1963	35.0 °C19 July 1963	-12.4 °C29 January 1963	13.2 °C	869 mm	36	70
1962	35.1 °C19 May 1962	-11.3 °C11 January 1962	13.3 °C	1,135 mm	33	64
1961	33.3 °C25 July 1961	-14.6 °C28 January 1961	13.8 °C	1,249 mm	48	54
1960	35.1 °C24 June 1960	-10.7 °C11 March 1960	13.6 °C	981 mm	39	73
1959	37.1 °C30 June 1959	-10.7 °C18 January 1959	14.7 °C	1,034 mm	56	60
1958	34.7 °C4 July 1958	-15.0 °C16 December 1958	13.1 °C	1,306 mm	36	63
1957	37.8 °C22 July 1957	-18.8 °C18 January 1957	14.6 °C	1,194 mm	59	44
1956	35.7 °C2 July 1956	-7.4 °C28 January 1956	14.2 °C	1,044 mm	43	51
1955	35.6 °C2 August 1955	-11.2 °C28 January 1955	14.0 °C	1,171 mm	44	77
1954	37.0 °C3 July 1954	-9.2 °C13 February 1954	14.5 °C	953 mm	42	53
1953	36.4 °C18 July 1953	-7.2 °C18 December 1953	15.1 °C	1,233 mm	53	34
1952	38.2 °C26 June 1952	-9.7 °C30 January 1952	14.6 °C	1,094 mm	52	43
1951	36.4 °C23 July 1951	-9.8 °C17 December 1951	14.3 °C	990 mm	41	52
1950	33.5 °C27 June 1950	-8.3 °C27 December 1950	14.0 °C	1,095 mm	28	58
1949	36.8 °C28 July 1949	-5.7 °C17 December 1949	15.2 °C	987 mm	43	39
1948	36.2 °C29 August 1948	-12.5 °C31 January 1948	14.1 °C	1,350 mm	34	54
1947	34.0 °C12 June 1947	-11.1 °C5 February 1947	14.1 °C	1,024 mm	31	64
1946	33.9 °C18 June 1946	-7.2 °C23 January 1946	14.9 °C	922 mm	24	43
1945	35.8 °C30 June 1945	-9.2 °C25 January 1945	14.6 °C	1,154 mm	28	50
1944	35.1 °C5 August 1944	-5.0 °C9 January 1944	14.5 °C	1,102 mm	49	56
1943	34.6 °C21 June 1943	-11.4 °C15 February 1943	14.3 °C	897 mm	60	59
1942	36.4 °C19 July 1942	-13.8 °C21 December 1942	14.6 °C	1,264 mm	44	54
1941	35.4 °C28 July 1941	-7.3 °C1 March 1941	14.7 °C	849 mm	52	68
1940	35.6 °C26 July 1940	-13.4 °C29 January 1940	13.5 °C	1,107 mm	24	58

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

19.1 °C

+0.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

47 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

65 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1098 mm

+3 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	4.2 °C	-2.8 °C	57 mm	-26 mm
Feb	8.4 °C	0.0 °C	113 mm	+33 mm
Mar	16.0 °C	+3.3 °C	89 mm	-10 mm
Apr	20.1 °C	+1.8 °C	82 mm	-1 mm
May	23.5 °C	+0.3 °C	140 mm	+51 mm
Jun	29.3 °C	+1.5 °C	98 mm	+11 mm
Jul	31.3 °C	+1.3 °C	209 mm	+97 mm
Aug	27.3 °C	-1.8 °C	57 mm	-63 mm
Sep	26.1 °C	+0.2 °C	79 mm	-13 mm
Oct	20.0 °C	-0.3 °C	54 mm	-29 mm
Nov	14.8 °C	+0.1 °C	56 mm	-25 mm
Dec	7.5 °C	-1.8 °C	65 mm	-20 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.8 °C

25 Jun 2025

Coldest day

-13.1 °C

23 Jan 2025

Wettest day

34.9 mm

28 May 2025

Windiest day

40.9 km/h

16 Feb 2025

Strongest gust

111.2 km/h

5 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

44.9 °C

24 Jun 2025

Coldest feels-like

-18.1 °C

16 Jan 2025

Snowiest day

18.1 cm

6 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

14.0 h

15 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Salisbury?

Salisbury has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.4 °C and it receives 1,095 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Salisbury?

The hottest day measured in Salisbury between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2011, reaching 39.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in Salisbury?

The coldest day measured in Salisbury between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 2015, at -19.7 °C.

Does it snow in Salisbury?

Yes. Salisbury gets on average 26.9 cm of snow per year and has around 57 frost days.

Has the climate of Salisbury warmed?

Yes: Salisbury warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Salisbury?

The wettest day measured in Salisbury between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 1953, with 178 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Salisbury?

The windiest day measured in Salisbury between 1940 and 2025 was 15 October 1954, with winds reaching 57.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Salisbury?

The warmest month in Salisbury is July (25.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Salisbury?

Salisbury receives on average 1,095 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 121 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Salisbury?

Salisbury gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Salisbury?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Salisbury between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 2010, with 27.1 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Salisbury?

Yes: Salisbury has on average 67 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Salisbury?

In Salisbury, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.9 °C on 24 June 2025, and the lowest was -25.6 °C on 21 February 2015.

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