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NOUS46 KMFR 091813
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1113 AM PDT MON JUN 9 2025
..MEDFORD OREGON WEATHER REVIEW: APRIL 2025
OVERALL, APRIL 2025 WAS A TYPICAL SPRING MONTH WITH BELOW NORMAL
PRECIPITATION AND WARMER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES. THE COOL AND
WET CONDITIONS AT THE END OF MARCH CONTINUED INTO THE EARLY PART
OF APRIL. WITH A LARGE SCALE TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN CONUS,
SEASONABLY COOL TEMPERATURES WITH PERIODS OF RAIN CONTINUED
THROUGH THE FIRST WEEK OF THE MONTH. THERE WAS A BRIEF BREAK IN
THE WEATHER ON THE 4TH AND 5TH AS A SHORTWAVE RIDGE PASSED THROUGH
THE REGION, AND BROUGHT DRY CONDITIONS WITH MAY-LIKE
TEMPERATURES. AFTER THE LAST ROUND OF PRECIPITATION ON THE 7TH, AN
EXTENDED DRY PERIOD ENSUED AT THE MEDFORD AIRPORT UNTIL NEARLY
THE END OF THE MONTH. DURING THIS TIME, A FEW WEAK FRONTS PASSED
THROUGH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, BUT ANY PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED
WITH THESE FRONTS WAS CONFINED TO AREAS ALONG THE COAST AND NORTH
OF THE ROGUE-UMPQUA DIVIDE. A PERIOD OF UPPER LEVEL RIDGING
BROUGHT THE WARMEST TEMPERATURES OF THE MONTH ON THE 14TH AND 15TH
WHEN 82 DEGREES WAS RECORDED AT THE MEDFORD AIRPORT.
AROUND THE 25TH-26TH, AND UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVED INTO CENTRAL
CALIFORNIA, BRINGING THE RETURN OF COOL AND WET WEATHER. THOUGH
THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS FOCUSED SOUTH OF THE OR/CA
BORDER, THE MEDFORD AREA RECIEVED ANOTHER 0.25-0.35" OF
PRECIPITATION WITH THIS SYSTEM. COOLER TEMPERATURES LINGERED FOR A
FEW DAYS AFTER THE RAIN, THEN TEMPERATURES TRENDED WARMER WITH
DRY CONDITIONS TO END THE MONTH OF APRIL.
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 55.4 DEGREES, WHICH IS
2.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS 69.2
DEGREES, WHICH IS 4.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE AVERAGE MINIMUM
TEMPERATURE WAS 41.5 DEGREES, WHICH IS 0.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 82 DEGREES WHICH
OCCURRED ON THE 14TH AND 15TH. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE
MONTH WAS 33 DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 4TH.
THERE WERE 19 CLEAR DAYS, 8 PARTLY CLOUDY DAYS, AND 3 CLOUDY
DAYS.
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 0.85 INCHES WHICH IS 0.66
INCHES BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE WATER YEAR
(BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST) IS 20.35 INCHES WHICH IS 4.99 INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL. CALENDAR YEAR PRECIPITATION IS 9.61 INCHES WHICH IS
1.61 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL.
THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE MONTH WAS 4.3 MPH. THE FASTEST
RECORDED TWO-MINUTE WIND SPEED WAS 29 MPH FROM THE NORTHWEST,
WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 10TH. THE PEAK WIND WAS 35 MPH FROM THE
NORTHWEST, WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 10TH AND THE 24TH.
THE HIGHEST PRESSURE FOR THE MONTH WAS MISSING. THE LOWEST
PRESSURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 29.73 INCHES ON THE 1ST.
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