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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
435 PM PST WED DEC 3 2025
..MEDFORD OREGON WEATHER REVIEW: NOVEMBER 2025
NOVEMBER 2025 STARTED OFF AS AN ACTIVE MONTH, BUT ENDED WITH ABOVE
NORMAL TEMPERATURES, BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION AND BELOW NORMAL
SNOWPACK ACROSS SOUTHERN OREGON/NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
THE FIRST WEEK OF THE MONTH SAW MULTIPLE FRONTS THAT DELIVERED THE
BULK OF MEDFORD'S MONTHLY PRECIPITATION. AFTER THE FIRST WEEK, THE
PATTERN PROGRESSION SLOWED BUT GENERALLY ACTIVE WEATHER CONTINUED
THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH. THE STRONGEST STORM ARRIVED ON
THE 5TH, BRINGING STRONG WINDS TO THE REGION AND THE MEDFORD AIRPORT
RECORDED A PEAK GUST OF 46 MPH. THERE WERE ADDITIONAL FRONTS THAT
BROUGHT STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WITH ADDITIONAL GUSTS OF 39
TO 41 MPH. ONE OF THESE FRONTS IMPACTED THE REGION DURING THE 12TH-
14TH. THIS WAS A SOUTHERLY FLOW SYSTEM, SO PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS
WERE HIGHER SOUTH OF THE OR/CA BORDER AND THE MEDFORD AIRPORT ONLY
RECIEVED A TRACE OF PRECIPITATION DURING THIS EVENT. NOT ONLY DID
DOWNSLOPING WINDS HINDER RAINFALL AMOUNTS, THESE WARMING WINDS
RESULTED IN A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 76 DEGREES ON THE 13TH! THIS BROKE
THE OLD RECORD OF 71 DEGREES SET IN 1995.
SHORTLY AFTER THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH, THE PATTERN TRANSITIONED TO A
SPLIT FLOW PATTERN WHERE FRONTS WOULD APPROACH THE WEST COAST, THEN
THE STRONGER BRANCH OF ENERGY WOULD DIVE SOUTHWARD INTO CENTRAL
CALIFORNIA AND THE NORTHERN BRANCH INTO NORTHERN OR/WA. THIS LEFT
MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS FOR MOST OF THE REGION, THOUGH ENOUGH
PRECIPITATION SLIPPED THROUGH TO BRING MOST OF THE REMAINDER OF THE
MONTH'S TOTAL FOR MEDFORD THROUGH THE 19TH. THIS PATTERN CONTINUED
UNTIL JUST BEFORE THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY WHEN A WEAK FRONT PASSED
THROUGH THE REGION AND BROUGHT THE LAST 0.09" TO THE MEDFORD
AIRPORT. FROM THANKSGIVING TO THE END OF THE MONTH, HIGH PRESSURE
AMPLIFIED OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC, ESSENTIALLY CLOSING THE STORM
DOOR TO THE WEST COAST. A FEW "INSIDE SLIDERS" MOVED THROUGH IN
NORTH TO NORTHWESTERLY FLOW, BUT GIVEN THE INLAND TRAJECTORY, THESE
SYSTEMS WERE UNABLE TO BRING MUCH RAIN/SNOW TO THE REGION. THIS
PATTERN DID, HOWEVER, HELP TO LIMIT PERSISTENT FOG IN WEST SIDE
VALLEYS.
GIVEN THE LACK OF ACTIVE WEATHER OVER THE MONTH, THE REGION'S
SNOWPACK WAS WELL BELOW NORMAL BY THE END OF NOVEMBER. EVEN THE
STORMS THAT ARRIVED IN THE EARLY PART OF THE MONTH WERE WARM SYSTEMS
WITH HIGH SNOW LEVELS. CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK ONLY RECORDED 9.6
INCHES OF SNOWFALL, WHICH IS MEAGER COMPARED TO THE NORMAL OF 59.3
INCHES FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER. AS SUCH, SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT
(MEASURE OF HOW MUCH WATER IS BEING HELD BY THE SNOWPACK) WAS ONLY 5-
10% OF NORMAL ACROSS SOUTHERN OREGON.
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 48.0 DEGREES, WHICH IS 2.8
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS 57.6
DEGREES, WHICH IS 3.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE AVERAGE MINIMUM
TEMPERATURE WAS 38.5 DEGREES, WHICH IS 2.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE
HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 76 DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED ON
THE 13TH. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 27 DEGREES WHICH
OCCURRED ON THE 29TH.
THERE WERE 12 CLEAR DAYS, 11 PARTLY CLOUDY DAYS, AND 7 CLOUDY DAYS.
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 1.07 INCHES WHICH IS 1.54
INCHES BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE WATER YEAR
(BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST) IS 3.08 INCHES WHICH IS 0.75 INCHES BELOW
NORMAL. CALENDAR YEAR PRECIPITATION IS 14.29 INCHES WHICH IS 0.61
INCHES BELOW NORMAL.
THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE MONTH WAS 2.8 MPH. THE FASTEST
RECORDED TWO-MINUTE WIND SPEED WAS 32 MPH FROM THE SOUTH WHICH
OCCURRED ON THE 5TH. THE PEAK WIND WAS 46 MPH FROM THE SOUTH WHICH
ALSO OCCURRED ON THE 5TH.
THE HIGHEST PRESSURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 30.39 INCHES ON THE 24TH. THE
LOWEST PRESSURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 29.52 INCHES ON THE 13TH.
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