Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
989 CXUS56 KMFR 011248 CLMMFR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD, OR 548 AM PDT SUN SEP 01 2024 ................................... ...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 ................................................................ 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 ................................................................ 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. $$