959  
NOUS46 KMFR 011909  
PNSMFR  
ORZ026-020715-  
 
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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