Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
246 CXUS56 KMFR 012040 AAA CLMMFR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD, OR 140 PM PDT TUE OCT 01 2024 ................................... ...THE MEDFORD OR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 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 ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 110 09/02/1988 LOW 29 09/30/1950 09/26/1934 09/26/1926 HIGHEST 105 09/05 100 09/15 LOWEST 41 09/30 43 09/21 09/28 AVG. MAXIMUM 87.0 84.3 2.7 80.7 AVG. MINIMUM 52.7 51.2 1.5 53.6 MEAN 69.8 67.7 2.2 67.1 DAYS MAX >= 90 12 10.5 1.5 7 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 4.22 1977 TOTALS 0.06 0.48 -0.42 2.39 DAILY AVG. 0.00 0.02 -0.02 0.08 DAYS >= .01 2 3.1 -1.1 7 DAYS >= .10 0 1.4 -1.4 5 DAYS >= .50 0 0.2 -0.2 1 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.0 0.0 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.04 09/11 TO 09/11 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 18 48 -30 61 SINCE 7/1 27 56 -29 MM COOLING TOTAL 173 130 43 131 SINCE 1/1 1153 897 256 MM FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 09/13/1921 LATEST 06/12/1952 EARLIEST MM LATEST 03/14 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.8 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 28/280 DATE 09/01 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 37/290 DATE 09/01 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.15 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 24 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 5 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 1 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 47 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0 LIGHT RAIN 3 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 1 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 8 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && GENERALLY, SEPTEMBER OFTEN BEGINS THE TRANSITION FROM THE HOT, DRY SUMMER SEASON AND THE WETTER, COOLER FALL AND WINTER SEASONS IN MEDFORD. THIS SEPTEMBER WAS NO DIFFERENT. THE MONTH STARTED OUT HOT AND DRY WITH A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE AND ASSOCIATED THERMAL TROUGH THAT LINGERED THROUGH THE FIRST 10 DAYS OF THE MONTH. THIS RESULTED IN TEMPERATURES THAT REACHED INTO THE TRIPLE DIGITS ON 4 OF THE FIRST 6 DAYS OF THE MONTH. MEANWHILE, HIGH TEMPERATURES REMAINED IN THE 90S THROUGH THE 10TH. THEN, THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH TRANSITIONED QUICKLY INTO A COOLER AND A BIT WETTER OF A PERIOD WITH A SERIES OF LOWS AND ASSOCIATED FRONTS THAT PASSED THROUGH SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. AND WHILE THIS BROUGHT WETTING RAINS TO MUCH OF SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, MEDFORD MISSED OUT ON MOST OF IT, EXCEPT FOR SOME LIGHT RAIN. MEANWHILE, HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE 70S TO LOW 80S THROUGH THE 18TH. AFTER THAT, CONDITIONS WARMED BACK UP AND DRIED BACK OUT. THE THERMAL TROUGH BROUGHT TEMPERATURES NEAR THE CENTURY MARK ONCE AGAIN ON THE 24TH, BUT DID NOT SURPASS IT. AT THE END OF THE MONTH, A FEW DRY FRONTS MODERATED TEMPERATURES AND BROUGHT BREEZIER WINDS TO THE AREA WITH NO MEASUREABLE RAIN. $$