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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1109 AM PST FRI DEC 1 2023
..MEDFORD OREGON WEATHER REVIEW: NOVEMBER 2023
THE START OF THE MONTH STARTED OFF ACTIVE WITH TWO LOWS BRINGING
WARM AND WETTING PRECIPITATION TO THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WERE ON
THE WARMER SIDE WITH THESE FIRST TWO EVENTS AS THE LOWS APPROACHED
THE REGION FROM THE SOUTH, WHICH BROUGHT IN A RELATIVELY WARM
AIRMASS TO THE REGION. CRATER LAKE DID BUILD UP SOME SNOW PACK
DURING THE FIRST WEEK ON THE MONTH. THE ACTIVE WEATHER PERSISTED
FOR MUCH OF THE MONTH, YET NONE OF THESE LOWS WERE ESPECIALLY
STRONG OR WET FOR THAT MATTER. WE ALSO SET A RECORD DAILY RAINFALL
RECORD FOR ROSEBURG. THEY BROKE THEIR OLD RECORD OF 1.1 INCHES
WITH 2.14 INCHES FALLING ON NOVEMBER 4TH.
AROUND NOVEMBER 7TH JUST OFF THE COAST OF GOLD BEACH, A WATERSPOUT
WAS OBSERVED BY SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. NO DAMAGE WAS
REPORTED OVER LAND, BUT PHOTOS AND VIDEOS DID CONFIRM IT WAS A
WATERSPOUT. THIS WAS ROUGHLY THE TIME OF YEAR FOR SUCH THINGS. ONE
WAS OBSERVED NEAR MANZANITA BACK IN 2016 DURING THE MIDDLE OF
OCTOBER.
MEDFORD ALSO OBSERVED IT'S LOWEST PRESSURE ON THE 18TH WHEN A COLD
FRONT CAME STROLLING THROUGH. HOWEVER, THE PRESSURE DID NOT DROP
BELOW 1000 MB IN MEDFORD THROUGHOUT THE MONTH. SHORTLY AFTER THAT
LOW PASSAGE, AN SRONG AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILT IN OVER
SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND WE SET THE HIGHEST
PRESSURE OF THE MONTH. THES PERIOD OF HIGH PRESSURE LEAD TO SOME
FAIRLY DRY AND COLD NIGHTS WITH THE FIRST FROST AND FREEZE
ARRIVING AT THE COAST. IN FACT, WE SET A NEW LOW TEMPERATURE
RECORD IN NORTH BEND ON THE 26TH WITH A LOW OF 28.
OVERALL, THE MONTH WAS SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN NORMAL, ALTHOUGH WE
DIDN'T SET ANY NEW HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS. THE MONTH WAS ALSO
FAIRLY QUIET WITH NO STRONG CYCLONES BUILDING UP ALONG OUR
COASTLINE, WHICH BECOMES MORE COMMON THIS TIME OF YEAR INTO THE
WINTER MONTHS. THIS IS EMPHASIZED BY THE LOWEST PRESSURE OBSERVED
DURING THE MONTH HERE AT THE OFFICE.
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 46.6 DEGREES, WHICH IS 1.4
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS 56.0
DEGREES, WHICH IS 2.0 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE AVERAGE MINIMUM
TEMPERATURE WAS 37.2 DEGREES, WHICH IS 0.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE
HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 66 DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED ON
THE 1ST. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 23 DEGREES WHICH
OCCURRED ON THE 25TH.
THERE WERE 10 CLEAR DAYS, 11 PARTLY CLOUDY DAYS, AND 9 CLOUDY DAYS.
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 1.81 INCHES WHICH IS 0.80
INCHES BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE WATER YEAR
(BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST) IS 2.93 INCHES WHICH IS 0.90 INCHES BELOW
NORMAL. CALENDAR YEAR PRECIPITATION IS 11.10 INCHES WHICH IS 3.80
INCHES BELOW NORMAL.
THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE MONTH WAS 1.8 MPH. THE FASTEST
RECORDED TWO-MINUTE WIND SPEED WAS 20 MPH FROM THE SOUTH AND WEST,
WHICH BOTH OCCURRED ON THE 20TH. THE PEAK WIND WAS 29 MPH FROM THE
SOUTH WHICH ALSO OCCURRED ON THE 20TH.
THE HIGHEST PRESSURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 30.55 INCHES ON THE 19TH. THE
LOWEST PRESSURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 29.65 INCHES ON THE 18TH.
-SMITH
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