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CXUS56 KMFR 030210
CLMMFR
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD, OR
355 PM PST FRI FEB 02 2024
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..THE MEDFORD OR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2024
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1911 TO 2024
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 73 01/30/2024
LOW -3 01/11/1930
HIGHEST 73R 01/30 66 01/12
LOWEST 29 01/16 17 01/30
AVG. MAXIMUM 52.2 48.2 4.0 51.1
AVG. MINIMUM 39.1 32.5 6.6 31.6
MEAN 45.6 40.4 5.2 41.3
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.2 -0.2 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 4 15.2 -11.2 20
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 6.67 1936
TOTALS 4.65 2.72 1.93 0.76
DAILY AVG. 0.15 0.09 0.06 0.02
DAYS >= .01 21 13.5 7.5 10
DAYS >= .10 12 7.3 4.7 3
DAYS >= .50 1 1.4 -0.4 0
DAYS >= 1.00 1 0.3 0.7 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.53 01/12 TO 01/13
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 22.6 1930
TOTALS 0.3 1.0 -0.7 0.0
SINCE 7/1 0.3 2.0 -1.7 MM
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 590 764 -174 725
SINCE 7/1 2062 2497 -435 MM
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0
SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 MM
FREEZE DATES
RECORD
EARLIEST 09/13/1921
LATEST 06/12/1952
EARLIEST 10/28
LATEST 04/13
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.5
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 38/140 DATE 01/31
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 53/140 DATE 01/31
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.75
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 2
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 9
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 20
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 81
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 10
LIGHT RAIN 24 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 2 SLEET 0
FOG 28 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 11
HAZE 0
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
..MEDFORD OREGON WEATHER REVIEW: JANUARY 2024
JANUARY SAW AN ACTIVE PATTERN THAT REMAINED THROUGH ALMOST ALL OF
THE MONTH. WITH THIS ACTIVE PATTERN ONLY SIX DAYS DID NOT MEASURE
PRECIPITATION, AND FOUR DAYS SHOWING A TRACE. THE 13TH HAD THE MOST
PRECIPITATION WITH 1.3 INCHES MEASURED AT THE AIRPORT. WHILE THERE
WAS A VERY STRONG SYSTEM AT THE END OF THE MONTH THAT BROUGHT HEAVY
RAIN NEAR THE COAST AND IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THE STRONG SOUTHERLY
WINDS LEFT INLAND AREAS NORTH OF THE SISKIYOUS IN DOWNSLOPE FLOW,
WITH ONLY A TRACE OF PRECIPITATION AT THE MEDFORD ON THE 31ST.
OVERALL THE MONTH ENDED WITH ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION, WITH A
TOTAL OF 4.65 INCHES, WHICH WAS 2.72 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL.
TEMPERATURES WERE ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE MONTH WITH ONLY FOUR DAYS
SHOWING LOW TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING, AND ALL OF THOSE WERE IN
THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH. AFTER THE 16TH ONLY TWO DAYS SAW LOW
TEMPERATURES BELOW 40 DEGREES, ON THE 17TH AND 25TH. THE WARM PATTER
REMAINED UNTIL THE VERY END OF THE MONTH WHEN A VERY STRONG SYSTEM
BROUGHT VERY STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS. THE STRONG SOUTHERLY PATTER
BROUGHT CHINOOK WINDS TO INLAND AREAS NORTH OF THE SISKIYOUS WITH
RECORD HIGHS, ICLUDING A RECORD HIGH OF 73 DEGREES AT THE MEDFORD
AIRPORT ON THE 30TH. OVERALL THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH
WAS 45.6 DEGREES, WHICH WAS 5.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. -SVEN
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