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CXUS56 KMFR 011339
CLMMFR
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD, OR
425 AM PDT MON APR 01 2024
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..THE MEDFORD OR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 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 86 03/28/1930
03/31/1911
03/30/1911
LOW 14 03/01/1960
03/01/1917
HIGHEST 80 03/18 64 03/21
LOWEST 28 03/08 24 03/06
AVG. MAXIMUM 58.3 59.4 -1.1 52.5
AVG. MINIMUM 37.0 37.2 -0.2 32.4
MEAN 47.6 48.3 -0.7 42.5
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 5 7.3 -2.3 18
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 5.54 1957
TOTALS 2.45 1.81 0.64 1.92
DAILY AVG. 0.08 0.06 0.02 0.06
DAYS >= .01 15 12.6 2.4 16
DAYS >= .10 5 5.6 -0.6 7
DAYS >= .50 2 0.6 1.4 1
DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.0 0.0 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.74 03/01 TO 03/02
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 8.1 1956
TOTALS 0.4 0.2 0.2 1.2
SINCE 7/1 0.7 3.4 -2.7 MM
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 531 518 13 690
SINCE 7/1 3132 3600 -468 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 3.9
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 25/230 DATE 03/23
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 38/240 DATE 03/23
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.52
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 10
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 11
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 10
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 67
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 2
LIGHT RAIN 18 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 4 SLEET 0
FOG 15 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1
HAZE 1
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
..MEDFORD OREGON WEATHER REVIEW: MARCH 2024
MARCH STARTED WITH A STRONG SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT MODERATE
PRECIPITATION AND GUSTY WINDS TO PARTS OF SOUTHERN OREGON AND
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THIS SYSTEM BROUGHT NEARLY 0.75 INCHES OF RAIN
TO MEDFORD ON THE 1ST DAY OF THE MONTH. HOWEVER, THIS ONLY MET THE
HALFWAY POINT FOR THE CURRENT DAILY RAINFALL RECORD ON THE 1ST WHICH
IS 1.43 INCHES FROM 1972. THE SECOND RAINIEST DAY WAS THE 5TH WITH
0.62 INCHES RECORDED. ALTHOUGH NOT AS WET AS JANUARY, MEDFORD
RECEIVED ALMOST 2.5 INCHES, WHICH IS OVER 0.60 INCHES ABOVE THE
MONTHLY NORMAL. SNOW LEVELS FELL TO THE VALLEY FLOORS FOR THE FIRST
FEW DAYS OF MARCH, AND ON THE 2ND THERE WAS 0.4 INCHES RECORDED AT
THE OFFICE. ON THE 9TH OF MARCH THE OBSERVED SNOW DEPTH AT CRATER
LAKE NP WAS 132 INCHES, 32 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL SNOW DEPTH FOR
THAT DAY. THE SNOW WAS PILED UP TO THE STEEL VISITOR CENTER CAMERA!
TEMPERATURES WERE JUST SHY OF NORMAL WITH THIS MONTH BEING LESS THAN
A DEGREE COLDER THAN THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE. THERE WERE
ONLY 5 DAYS WHERE TEMPERATURES FELL TO 32 DEGREES OR BELOW, AND
THOSE WERE IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH. BY MID-MARCH HIGH
PRESSURE BROUGHT WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS, AND TEMPERATURES WERE MORE
TYPICAL OF MAY AS THEY WERE NEAR 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. BETWEEN
THE 15TH AND 19TH, HIGHS WERE 74 DEGREES OR WARMER. IF YOU CAN
REMEMBER BACK TO JANUARY, THE 30TH SAW A HIGH OF 73 DEGREES, SO THIS
IS NOT THE FIRST TIME MEDFORD HAS SEEN 70 DEGREES IN 2024.
IT IS, HOWEVER, THE FIRST TIME MEDFORD HIT 80 DEGREES THIS YEAR AS
THERE WAS A HIGH OF 80 ON THE 18TH. THIS WAS JUST A DEGREE OFF FROM
REACHING THE CURRENT DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD THAT WAS SET IN
1928.
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