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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
220 AM PST SUN FEB 1 2026
..MEDFORD OREGON WEATHER REVIEW: JANUARY 2026
THE MEDFORD OR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY, 2026.
THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE PERIOD WAS 62. THE MAXIMUM
OCCURRED ON JANUARY 2. THE RECORD MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE
MONTH IS 73 DEGREES WHICH WAS SET IN 2024. THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE
FOR THE MONTH WAS 20. THE MINIMUM OCCURRED ON JANUARY 25. THE
RECORD MINIMUM TEMPERATURE IS -3 DEGREES WHICH WAS SET IN 1930.
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 40.0 DEGREES WHICH IS 0.4 DEGREES
BELOW THE NORMAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 40.4 DEGREES.
A TOTAL OF 1.05 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL DURING THE PERIOD
WHICH IS 1.67 INCHES BELOW THE NORMAL AMOUNT OF 2.72. THE RECORD
AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH IS 6.67 WHICH WAS LAST SET
IN 1936. 6 DAYS WITH GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 0.01 INCHES OF
PRECIPITATION WERE OBSERVED WHICH IS 7 BELOW THE NORMAL AMOUNT OF
14 DAYS. 4 DAYS WITH GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO 0.10 INCHES OF
PRECIPITATION WERE OBSERVED WHICH IS 3 BELOW THE NORMAL AMOUNT OF
7 DAYS.
NO SNOW FELL DURING THE PERIOD WHICH IS 1.0 INCHES BELOW THE
NORMAL AMOUNT OF 1.0. THE RECORD AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH
IS 22.6 INCHES WHICH WAS SET IN 1930.
THE MEAN WIND FOR THE PERIOD WAS LESS THAN 5 MILES AN HOUR. THE
MAXIMUM WIND WAS 29 MILES PER HOUR FROM THE SOUTH AND OCCURRED ON
JANUARY 2. THE MAXIMUM WIND GUST WAS 44 MILES PER HOUR FROM THE
SOUTHEAST AND OCCURRED ON JANUARY 2.
FORECASTER DISCUSSION...
THE MONTH WAS A TALE OF TWO HALVES. WE HAD A WET START OF THE
MONTH AND YEAR WITH A FEW SYSTEMS BRINGING RAIN AND EVEN SOME
SNOW TO THE MOUNTAINS. HOWEVER, CONDITIONS DRIED OUT QUICKLY AND
WE ENDED UP WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING AROUND THE 9TH. SINCE
THEN, PRECIPITATION HAS BEEN FEW AND FAR BETWEEN. KOTH DID
OBSERVE SOME LIGHT RAIN ON THE 27TH AND AGAIN ON THE 29TH.
HOWEVER, NOT MUCH OF THAT RAIN CARRIED OVER TO LOCATIONS INLAND.
BECAUSE OF THE HIGH PRESSURE AND RELATIVELY DRY AIR ALOFT, WE HAVE
SEEN SOME COLD NIGHTS HERE IN MEDFORD DURING THE MONTH. THIS HAS
RESULTED IN OUR AVERAGE TEMPERATURES BEING BELOW NORMAL FOR
JANUARY.
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