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CXUS56 KMFR 011241
CLMMFR
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD, OR
441 AM PST WED FEB 01 2023
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..THE MEDFORD OR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2023
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1911 TO 2023
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 71 01/21/1981
01/20/1961
LOW -3 01/11/1930
HIGHEST 66 01/12 61 01/27
01/28
LOWEST 17 01/30 23 01/27
AVG. MAXIMUM 51.1 48.2 2.9 54.2
AVG. MINIMUM 31.6 32.5 -0.9 30.9
MEAN 41.3 40.4 0.9 42.6
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.2 -0.2 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 20 15.2 4.8 19
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 6.67 1936
TOTALS 0.76 2.72 -1.96 0.61
DAILY AVG. 0.02 0.09 -0.06 0.02
DAYS >= .01 10 13.5 -3.5 4
DAYS >= .10 3 7.3 -4.3 1
DAYS >= .50 0 1.4 -1.4 1
DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.3 -0.3 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.28 01/18 TO 01/18
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 22.6 1930
TOTALS 0.0 1.0 -1.0 0.0
SINCE 7/1 T 2.0 -2.0 MM
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 725 764 -39 688
SINCE 7/1 2356 2497 -141 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 11/10
LATEST 04/15
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.2
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 40/130 DATE 01/04
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 55/130 DATE 01/04
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.45
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 8
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 18
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 5
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 70
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 3
LIGHT RAIN 13 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0
FOG 18 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 5
HAZE 1
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
JANUARY WAS AN INTERESTING MONTH. WITH ONGOING DROUGHT AREA WIDE,
MANY WERE HOPING FOR THE WET DECEMBER TO CARRY INTO JANUARY.
HOWEVER, DURING THE FIRST PART OF JANUARY, THE STORM TRACK SHIFTED
AND WAS DIRECTED MORE INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THIS BROUGHT COPIOUS
MOISTURE TO OUR SOUTHERN NEIGHBORS, INCLUDING MT. SHASTA CITY, WHERE
MORE THAN 16 INCHES OF RAIN/MELTED SNOW FELL IN AN 11-DAY STRETCH
FROM THE 4TH TO THE 14TH. AMAZINGLY, WITH ALL THAT PRECIPITATION,
THE RIVERS, STREAMS AND CREEKS DOWN IN THAT AREA WERE ABLE TO HANDLE
THE HIGHER FLOWS WITH MINIMAL FLOOD ISSUES. INSTEAD OF THE RAIN, THE
MAIN WEATHER IMPACT IN SOUTHERN OREGON, AND ESPECIALLY HERE IN THE
ROGUE VALLEY, WAS THE WIND. FOR THOSE SAME 11 DAYS, MEDFORD SAW WIND
STORM AFTER WIND STORM WITH WINDS FROM THE SOUTHEAST IDEALLY ALIGNED
WITH THE VALLEY. WIND SPEEDS WERE COMMONLY HIGHER THAN 35 MPH ON ALL
BUT ONE OF THOSE DAYS WITH A PEAK WIND GUST OF 55 MPH RECORDED ON
THE 4TH. THIS BROUGHT CONSIDERABLE WIND DAMAGE AND LOCAL POWER
OUTAGES. SOUTHERN OREGON WASN'T WITHOUT PRECIPITATION AND THE
COQUILLE RIVER AT COQUILLE ROSE NEAR AND ABOVE FLOOD STAGE FROM THE
15TH TO THE 17TH PROMPTING FLOOD WARNINGS. BUT, PRECIPITATION JUST
WASN'T NEARLY TO THE MAGNITUDE OF WHAT OCCURRED IN NORCAL DUE TO
DOWNSLOPE TERRAIN EFFECTS. MEDFORD WAS ALSO QUITE MILD DURING THAT
STRETCH OF WINDY WEATHER WITH HIGHS COMMONLY 55 DEGREES OR GREATER.
THE PEAK OF THE WARMTH OCCURRED ON THE 12TH WITH A HIGH OF 66
DEGREES. THE STORM DOOR CLOSED FOR THE ENTIRE AREA FROM MID-MONTH
ONWARD AND LITTLE ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION WAS MEASURED. SEVERAL
COLD HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEMS BUILT IN EAST OF THE CASCADES RESULTING
IN BOUTS OF AIR STAGNATION. BUT, THE COLD NIGHTS WERE THE STORY IN
MEDFORD WITH LOWS COMMONLY IN THE 20S. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE OF 17F
WAS RECORDED ON THE 30TH. SOME AREAS EAST OF THE CASCADES HAD LOW
TEMPERATURES OF 10 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. SEA LEVEL PRESSURE WAS
VERY HIGH, PEAKING AT 30.70 INCHES ON THE 25TH, WHICH WASN'T TOO FAR
FROM THE RECORD OF 30.83 INCHES SET ON JANUARY 11, 2009.
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 41.3 DEGREES, WHICH IS 0.9
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS 51.1
DEGREES, WHICH IS 2.9 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE AVERAGE MINIMUM
TEMPERATURE WAS 31.6 DEGREES, WHICH IS 0.9 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE
HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 66 DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED ON
THE 12TH. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 17 DEGREES WHICH
OCCURRED ON THE 30TH.
THERE WERE 8 CLEAR DAYS, 18 PARTLY CLOUDY DAYS, AND 5 CLOUDY DAYS.
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 0.76 INCHES WHICH IS 1.96
INCHES BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE WATER YEAR
(BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST) IS 7.33 INCHES WHICH IS 2.72 INCHES BELOW
NORMAL. CALENDAR YEAR PRECIPITATION IS 0.76 INCHES WHICH IS 1.96
INCHES BELOW NORMAL. NO SNOW FELL DURING THE MONTH.
THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE MONTH WAS 5.2 MPH. THE FASTEST
RECORDED TWO-MINUTE WIND SPEED WAS 40 MPH FROM THE SOUTHEAST WHICH
OCCURRED ON THE 4TH. THE PEAK WIND WAS 55 MPH FROM THE SOUTHEAST
WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 4TH.
THE HIGHEST PRESSURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 30.70 INCHES ON THE 25TH. THE
LOWEST PRESSURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 29.27 INCHES ON THE 14TH.
THE 66 DEGREES ON THE 12TH SET A DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORD,
ECLIPSING THE 65 DEGREES THAT OCCURRED IN 1986.
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