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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Medford OR
1150 AM PDT Tue Apr 1 2025

...MEDFORD OREGON WEATHER REVIEW: March 2025...

March was another wet month for areas from the Cascades and Siskiyou
Mountains westward. The main weather feature was a significant
moist frontal system that moved onshore at mid-month resulting in
record rainfall for many areas of SW Oregon, but especially the
coast and in the Umpqua Basin. Some places like Roseburg received
over 3 inches of rain in 24 hours. In fact, the observed
3.47 inches on the 16th obliterated their record of 0.87 inches set
in 1932. Widespread flooding occurred with numerous landslides,
debris flows and road closures. At least 10 area river gauges
reached flood stage including many within the Umpqua, Coquille and
Rogue basins. Medford also had a 24 hour rainfall record of 0.88
inches on the 16th, breaking the record of 0.58 inches set in 1971.
If that wasn`t enough, the precipitation intensity was so strong
that the rain changed to snow down to as low as 200 feet north of
the Rogue-Umpqua Divide, with a couple of inches accumulating around
Roseburg during the late morning/early afternoon.

Things calmed down after that with the first real taste of warmer
weather arriving on the 24th and 25th. Record highs were observed on
the 25th in Medford, Klamath Falls, Montague and Mount Shasta City.
Unsettled weather returned for a cooler, wetter end to the month.

The average temperature for the month was 49.1 degrees, which is 0.8
degrees above normal. The average maximum temperature was 59.4
degrees, which is exactly normal. The average minimum temperature
was 38.7 degrees, which is 1.5 degrees above normal. The highest
temperature for the month was 82 degrees which occurred on the 25th.
The lowest temperature for the month was 30 degrees which occurred
on the 7th.

There were 8 clear days, 15 partly cloudy days, and 8 cloudy days.

Total precipitation for the month was 2.53 inches which is 0.72
inches above normal. Total precipitation for the water year
(beginning October 1st) is 19.50 inches which is 5.65 inches
above normal. Calendar year precipitation is 8.76 inches which is
2.27 inches above normal. A trace of snow fell on the 14th, but
that was it for the month, which is 0.2 inches below normal.

The average wind speed for the month was 4.9 mph. The fastest
recorded two-minute wind speed was 37 mph from the southwest
which occurred on the 30th. The peak wind was 50 mph from the
south which occurred on the 30th.

The highest pressure for the month was 30.44 inches on the 18th.
The lowest pressure for the month was 29.36 inches on the 12th.

A record high temperature of 82 degrees was set on the 25th which
broke the record of 80 degrees set in 1997.

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