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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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