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NOUS46 KMFR 010944
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
245 AM PDT SAT SEP 1 2018
..MEDFORD OREGON WEATHER REVIEW: AUGUST 2018
AUGUST PICKED UP RIGHT WHERE JULY LEFT OFF. IF ONE WORD COULD DEFINE
WHAT IT WAS LIKE, "SMOKY" WOULD HAVE TO BE IT. WILDFIRES VIRTUALLY
SURROUNDED THE AREA, WITH AFTERNOON WINDS USHERING IN THICK, CHOKING
SMOKE. EVERY SINGLE DAY OF THE MONTH, SMOKE OR HAZE WAS REPORTED AT
THE ROGUE VALLEY INTERNATIONAL-MEDFORD AIRPORT WITH ONLY BRIEF AND
WELCOME RESPITES HERE AND THERE. THE MAIN CULPRITS OF ALL THE SMOKE
WERE THE KLONDIKE/TAYLOR CREEK FIRES BURNING IN THE KALMIOPSIS
WILDERNESS, THE NATCHEZ FIRE BURNING IN NORTHWEST SISKIYOU COUNTY,
AND THE SOUTH UMPQUA COMPLEX OF FIRES, INCLUDING THE MILES AND
SUGARPINE FIRES, BURNING ALONG THE DOUGLAS/JACKSON COUNTY BORDERS
ABOUT HALFWAY BETWEEN TILLER AND PROSPECT. THROUGH THE 31ST AND
DATING BACK TO JULY 17TH, THERE HAVE BEEN 46 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF
SMOKE-FILLED AIR, WHICH ESSENTIALLY FORCED MANY LOCALS TO REMAIN
INDOORS, WEAR SMOKE-APPROVED MASKS OR SEEK CLEANER AIR ELSEWHERE.
OVERALL, IT WASN'T AN EXTREMELY HOT MONTH, MAINLY DUE TO THE SMOKE,
BUT IT WAS ABOVE NORMAL WITH 21 DAYS REACHING OR EXCEEDING 90
DEGREES. THERE WAS ONLY ONE 100-DEGREE DAY DURING THE MONTH, EXACTLY
100 DEGREES ON THE 9TH. ALSO LIKELY OWING TO THE AMOUNT OF WILDFIRE
SMOKE IN THE REGION, THERE WERE NO LIGHTNING STRIKES AT THE AIRPORT
DURING THE MONTH AND NARY A DROP OF RAIN FELL.
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 75.0 DEGREES, WHICH IS
1.3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS 91.4
DEGREES, WHICH IS 0.7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE AVERAGE MINIMUM
TEMPERATURE WAS 58.5 DEGREES, WHICH IS 1.7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 100 DEGREES WHICH
OCCURRED ON THE 9TH. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 49
DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 25TH.
THERE WERE 25 CLEAR DAYS, 6 PARTLY CLOUDY DAYS, AND 0 CLOUDY
DAYS.
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 0.00 INCHES WHICH IS 0.40
INCHES BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE WATER YEAR
(BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST) IS 11.24 INCHES WHICH IS 6.54 INCHES BELOW
NORMAL. CALENDAR YEAR PRECIPITATION IS 6.63 INCHES WHICH IS 3.51
INCHES BELOW NORMAL.
THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE MONTH WAS 4.1 MPH. THE FASTEST
RECORDED TWO-MINUTE WIND SPEED WAS 22 MPH FROM THE NORTH WHICH
OCCURRED ON THE 2ND AND ALSO 22 MPH FROM THE NORTHWEST WHICH
OCCURRED ON THE 10TH. THE PEAK WIND WAS 30 MPH FROM THE NORTHWEST
WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 26TH.
THE HIGHEST PRESSURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 30.17 INCHES ON THE 17TH.
THE LOWEST PRESSURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 29.74 INCHES ON THE 14TH.
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