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Salem, OR vs Yelm, WA

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Highlights
- Yelm has 7.1% more rainy days than Salem.
- Yelm has 9.7% less Sunny Days than Salem.
- On the BestPlaces comfort index, Yelm scores 4.1% worse than Salem
 Salem, ORYelm, WAUnited States
 Rainfall  Unlock4838
 Snowfall4  Unlock28
 Precipitation  Unlock167106
 Sunny154  Unlock205
 Avg. July High  Unlock7686
 Avg. Jan. Low35  Unlock22
 Comfort Index (higher=better)  Unlock7.17
 UV Index2.9  Unlock4.3
 Elevation  Unlock3442443
Reviews for Salem    37 Reviews

After reading the reviews here, I had to come write my own. The problem I had with most of the reviews is that most were very opinion-based and seemed to assume everyone  More

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Moved here approx. 4 years ago from SW Michigan, but I've lived in 9 other cities & 5 other states. Salem is a very manageable sized city, with tons of parks, diverse  More

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Over 5 years ago

I'm a native 5th generation Oregonian, so bear in mind that I was born with webs between my toes! Anyway, I used to think it rained too much when I was young. Then I  More

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Reviews for Yelm    2 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Yelm is a very nice city to live in. Small enough to have that small town flavor but big enough not to be cramped. Has access to pretty much everywhere you want to go.  More

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I've lived in Yelm 2 years now and LOVE IT! We moved here to get away of the crazyness and extreamly crampedness of the "suburbia"of Puyallup which is just outside of  More

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