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NOUS46 KMFR 091847
PNSMFR
ORZ026-100700-
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
1147 AM PDT MON JUN 9 2025
..MEDFORD OREGON WEATHER REVIEW: MAY 2025
MUCH LIKE APRIL, MAY OF 2025 ENDED WITH BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION
AND AVERAGED ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES. DRY AND WARM CONDITIONS
CONTINUED INTO THE START OF MAY, BUT TEMPERATURES TRENDED COOLER
AROUND THE 3RD AS A WEAK FRONT MOVED THROUGH THE REGION. THERE WAS
NO MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION WITH THIS FRONT FOR MEDFORD. HIGH
PRESSURE FOLLOWED FOR THE NEXT WEEK, BRINGING DRY CONDITIONS AND WARMER
TEMPERATURES THAT WERE MORE TYPICAL OF LATE JUNE THAN EARLY MAY.
ANOTHER FRONT PASSED THROUGH THE REGION ON THE 11TH AND 12TH AS
UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE PASSED THROUGH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
THIS SYSTEM DELIVERED ALMOST THE ENTIRETY OF OF THE MONTHLY
PRECIPITATION FOR MEDFORD WHEN 0.52" OUT OF THE MONTHLY TOTAL OF
0.55" FELL BETWEEN THE 11TH AND 12TH. ADDITIONALLY, SNOW LEVELS
WERE LOW ENOUGH TO DELIVER THE FIRST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL AT
CRATER LAKE SINCE EARLY APRIL.
A FEW ADDITIONAL WEAK FRONTS PASSED THROUGH IN NORTHWEST FLOW
THROUGH AROUND THE 20TH, AND IT WAS DURING THIS TIME THAT MEDFORD
RECORDED THE REMAINING 0.03" OF THE MONTHLY PRECIPITATION.
TEMPERATURES REMAINED ON THE COOLER SIDE OF NORMAL DURING THIS
TIME. DRY CONDITIONS PERSISTED THROUGH THE LAST THIRD OF THE MONTH
WITH TEMPERATURES HOVERING AROUND SEASONAL NORMALS. FOR THE LAST
FEW DAYS OF THE MONTH, HOWEVER, HIGH TEMPERATURES BECAME MORE
TYPICAL OF JULY, AND MEDFORD RECORDED IT'S FIRST 90 DEGREE DAY OF
THE YEAR ON MAY 27TH WHEN THE HIGH TEMPERATURE REACHED 96 DEGREES.
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 62.0 DEGREES, WHICH IS
1.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS 76.7
DEGREES, WHICH IS 2.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE AVERAGE MINIMUM
TEMPERATURE WAS 47.4 DEGREES, WHICH IS 0.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 96 DEGREES WHICH
OCCURRED ON THE 30TH. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 36
DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 4TH.
THERE WERE 12 CLEAR DAYS, 7 PARTLY CLOUDY DAYS, AND 12 CLOUDY
DAYS.
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 0.55 INCHES WHICH IS 0.79
INCHES BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE WATER YEAR
(BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST) IS 20.90 INCHES WHICH IS 4.20 INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL. CALENDAR YEAR PRECIPITATION IS 10.16 INCHES WHICH
IS 0.82 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL.
THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE MONTH WAS 5.5 MPH. THE FASTEST
RECORDED TWO-MINUTE WIND SPEED WAS 25 MPH FROM THE NORTHWEST
WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 2ND AND 28TH. THE PEAK WIND WAS 34 MPH FROM
THE NORTHWEST WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 2ND.
THE HIGHEST PRESSURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 30.25 INCHES ON THE 20TH.
THE LOWEST PRESSURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 29.71 INCHES ON THE 12TH.
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