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NOUS46 KMFR 011901
PNSMFR
ORZ026-020715-
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1201 PM PDT WED JUL 1 2026
..MEDFORD OREGON WEATHER REVIEW: JUNE 2026
OVERALL, JUNE 2026 WAS CHARACTERIZED BY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES,
BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION AND WELL BELOW NORMAL SNOWPACK IN THE
MOUNTAINS. AFTER AN INITIAL WARM START TO JUNE WITH ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES IN THE FIRST TWO DAYS OF THE MONTH, TEMPERATURES
RETURNED TO NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL. THEN, A HEAT WAVE
OCCURRED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH WITH TEMPERATURES PEAKING AT
102 ON JUNE 14TH. THERE WERE TWO DAYS WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES AT OR
ABOVE 100 DEGREES, JUNE 14TH AND 15TH. TEMPERATURES TRENDED LESS
HOT AT THE 15TH. HOWEVER, WARMER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES LINGERED
THROUGH THE THIRD WEEK OF JUNE. IN THE FINAL WEEK OF JUNE, THERE
WAS A SHARP COOL DOWN AS A FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVED
ACROSS THE AREA. THIS RESULTED IN SEVERAL DAYS OF TEMPERATURES
BELOW NORMAL AT THE END OF THE MONTH. STILL, TEMPERATURES ENDED
ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE MONTH. PRECIPITATION WAS LOW FOR THE MONTH
WITH ONLY TWO DAYS OF MEASURABLE RAIN, ON THE 8TH AND THE 26TH.
THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION FELL ON THE 26TH WITH RAINFALL OF
0.17 INCHES RECORDED. DESPITE A FRONT BRINGING RAINFALL IN LATE
JUNE, PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH ENDED BELOW NORMAL.
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 69.3 DEGREES, WHICH IS
2.4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS 85.7
DEGREES, WHICH IS 4.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE AVERAGE MINIMUM
TEMPERATURE WAS 53.0 DEGREES, WHICH IS 0.7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 102 DEGREES WHICH
OCCURRED ON THE 14TH. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 41
DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 7TH.
THERE WERE 25 CLEAR DAYS, 3 PARTLY CLOUDY DAYS, AND 2 CLOUDY
DAYS.
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 0.19 INCHES WHICH IS 0.49
INCHES BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE WATER YEAR
(BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST) IS 13.63 INCHES WHICH IS 3.75 INCHES BELOW
NORMAL. CALENDAR YEAR PRECIPITATION IS 6.73 INCHES WHICH IS 3.29
INCHES BELOW NORMAL.
THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE MONTH WAS 5.7 MPH. THE FASTEST
RECORDED TWO-MINUTE WIND SPEED WAS 24 MPH FROM THE NORTHWEST
WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 25TH. THE PEAK WIND WAS 32 MPH FROM THE
NORTHWEST WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 20TH, 25TH AND 26TH.
THE HIGHEST PRESSURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 30.19 INCHES ON THE 10TH.
THE LOWEST PRESSURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 29.73 INCHES ON THE 8TH.
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