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CXUS56 KMFR 011248
CLMMFR

CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD, OR
548 AM PDT SUN SEP 01 2024

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...THE MEDFORD OR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2024...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1911 TO 2024

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH            114   08/08/1981
 LOW              39   08/27/1962
HIGHEST          103   08/01                         111  08/14
                       08/30
LOWEST            45   08/25                          53  08/30
AVG. MAXIMUM    90.1               91.1    -1.0     93.6
AVG. MINIMUM    58.3               57.9     0.4     63.2
MEAN            74.2               74.5    -0.3     78.4
DAYS MAX >= 90    16               20.1    -4.1       24
DAYS MAX <= 32     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MIN <= 32     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        2.83   1976
TOTALS          0.86               0.33    0.53     0.07
DAILY AVG.      0.03               0.01    0.02     0.00
DAYS >= .01        3                1.6     1.4        1
DAYS >= .10        2                0.8     1.2        0
DAYS >= .50        0                0.2    -0.2        0
DAYS >= 1.00       0                0.0     0.0        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   0.45   08/17 TO 08/17

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL           0.0   2010
TOTALS           0.0                0.0     0.0      0.0
SINCE 7/1        0.0                0.0     0.0       MM

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL      9                  3       6        0
 SINCE 7/1         9                  4       5       MM
COOLING TOTAL    301                298       3      421
 SINCE 1/1       980                767     213       MM

FREEZE DATES
RECORD
 EARLIEST     09/13/1921
 LATEST       06/12/1952
EARLIEST                        MM
LATEST                          03/14
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              4.7
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    26/280    DATE  08/17
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    35/280    DATE  08/17

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.13
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           26
NUMBER OF DAYS PC              4
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          1

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     48

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              1     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                1     RAIN                       1
LIGHT RAIN                4     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                0     SLEET                      0
FOG                       2     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      0
HAZE                     13

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

&&

AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE DOMINATED THE WEATHER DURING THE FIRST HALF
OF AUGUST. THIS BROUGHT TYPICAL SUMMER WEATHER TO MEDFORD, WITH
TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 90S AND LOW 100S AND PERIODS OF SMOKE
AND HAZE FROM AREA WILDFIRES. AROUND THE 13TH, THE UPPER LEVEL
RIDGE WEAKENED AND TEMPERATURES TRENDED COOLER THROUGH AROUND THE
25TH. DURING THIS TIME, TWO SIGNIFICANT LOW PRESSURES AFFECTED THE
REGION, BRINGING FALL LIKE WEATHER AND WETTING RAINS DURING ONE OF
THE HOTTEST AND DRIEST MONTHS OF THE YEAR.

THE FIRST TROUGH DEVELOPED OFFSHORE OF THE OREGON COAST AROUND
THE 17TH AND THIS BROUGHT WEATHER MORE TYPICAL OF LATE SEPTEMBER
WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID 80S. AFTER A ROUND OF
SEVERE WEATHER AND WETTING RAINS ALONG AND WEST OF THE CASCADES ON
THE 17TH, THIS LOW DRIFTED NORTHWARD AND MOVED INTO WASHINGTON.
THE MEDFORD AIRPORT RECORDED 0.45" OF RAIN ON THE 17TH, WHICH WAS
THE SECOND GREATEST DAILY RAINFALL TOTAL FOR THAT DATE. MANY OF
THE AREA WILDFIRES ALSO RECEIVED A WETTING RAINFALL WITH THIS
FIRST TROUGH AND THOSE THAT DIDN`T, WOULD DO SO WITH THE NEXT,
COLDER TROUGH THAT AFFECTED THE REGION ON THE 22ND THROUGH THE
25TH. THIS SECOND TROUGH BROUGHT WEATHER MORE TYPICAL OF LATE
OCTOBER WITH HIGHS IN THE MEDFORD AREA DIPPING INTO THE 70S. IN
FACT, THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AT THE MEDFORD AIRPORT ONLY REACHED 70
DEGREES ON BOTH THE 23RD AND 24TH, SETTING THE RECORD FOR THE 2ND
COLDEST HIGH TEMPERATURE AND TYING THE RECORD FOR THE COLDEST HIGH
TEMPERATURE, RESPECTIVELY. ADDITIONALLY, AND EQUALLY IMPRESSIVE,
THE 0.40" OF PRECIPITATION RECORDED ON THE 23RD WAS THE SECOND
GREATEST DAILY RAINFALL TOTAL FOR THAT DATE. SNOW LEVELS DIPPED
DOWN TO 7000 FT DURING THIS COLD SPELL, AND SNOW WAS OBSERVED AT
HIGHER ELEVATIONS LIKE MT BAILEY, MT THIELSON AND MT SHASTA.
NEEDLESS TO SAY, THIS PRECIPITATION WAS MUCH WELCOMED AND PUT A
SLOW DOWN TO FIRE SEASON. WHILE THE MEDFORD AIRPORT ONLY RECORDED
0.40", AREAS ALONG THE COAST RECIEVED 1-3" OF RAIN AS DID THE
WILDFIRES BURNING IN THE UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST. THIS GREATLY
HELPED TO DIMINISH FIRE ACTIVITY AND STOP THE NUISANCE SMOKE THAT
PLAGUED THE REGION FOR MULTIPLE WEEKS PRIOR.

AFTER THIS LAST TROUGH MOVED EAST OF THE REGION ON THE 26TH,
TEMPERATURES TRENDED WARMER, RETURNING TO MORE SEASONAL NORMS. ONE
MORE FAST MOVING TROUGH PASSED BY TO THE NORTH ON THE 27TH WHICH
SLOWED DOWN THE RETURN TO HOT TEMPERATURES. BY THE 29TH, TRIPLE
DIGITS RETURNED TO FINISH OFF THE MONTH. DESPITE THE ABOVE NORMAL
PRECIPITATION RECEIVED DURING THE MONTH, THE MONTHLY TOTAL OF
0.86" TIED FOR 14TH PLACE IN TERMS OF THE WETTEST AUGUST ON
RECORD.

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