Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
622 CXUS56 KMFR 011100 CLMMFR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD, OR 159 AM PDT SAT JUN 01 2024 ................................... ...THE MEDFORD OR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 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 103 05/30/1986 LOW 28 05/04/1996 05/06/1968 05/01/1954 HIGHEST 90 05/11 93 05/14 LOWEST 33 05/01 38 05/07 AVG. MAXIMUM 75.9 73.9 2.0 78.0 AVG. MINIMUM 46.0 46.9 -0.9 50.4 MEAN 61.0 60.4 0.6 64.2 DAYS MAX >= 90 1 2.7 -1.7 6 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.3 -0.3 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 4.58 1945 TOTALS 1.14 1.34 -0.20 1.03 DAILY AVG. 0.04 0.04 -0.00 0.03 DAYS >= .01 4 8.7 -4.7 6 DAYS >= .10 3 4.0 -1.0 2 DAYS >= .50 1 0.5 0.5 1 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.02 05/03 TO 05/04 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 0.1 1988 TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.7 3.4 -2.7 MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 161 179 -18 122 SINCE 7/1 3611 4151 -540 MM COOLING TOTAL 42 37 5 103 SINCE 1/1 42 40 2 MM FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 09/13/1921 LATEST 06/12/1952 EARLIEST 10/28 LATEST 04/13 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 4.9 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 25/240 DATE 05/06 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 33/230 DATE 05/06 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.20 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 21 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 8 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 1 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 52 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 1 LIGHT RAIN 5 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 3 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THE MONTH OF MAY STARTED OUT COOL AND WET. A STRONG FRONT BROUGHT SIGNIFICANT RAIN TO THE AREA BETWEEN MAY 3RD AND 4TH, WITH OVER ONE INCH OF RAIN. TOWARDS THE END OF THE FIRST WEEK, THE PATTERN TRANSITIONED FROM COOL AND WET TO WARM AND DRY AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BEGAN TO SET UP OVER THE AREA. THIS UPPER RIDGE RESULTED IN ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WITH HIGHS GREATER THAN 80 DEGREES FROM MAY 9TH UNTIL THE 16TH WITH A HIGH OF 90 DEGREES ON THE 11TH. THERE WAS A COOLDOWN AS AN UPPER TROUGH BEGAN TO SETTLE IN OVER THE AREA ON THE 17TH AND THIS UPPER TROUGH REMAINED A FIXTURE THROUGH THE 26TH. A FEW DRY COLD FRONTS MOVED INTO THE AREA WHICH ALSO HELPED TO KEEP HIGH TEMPERATURES NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL. WEAK RIDGING FOLLOWED THE REST OF THE MONTH, LEADING TO WARMER AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES AND MILDER OVERNIGHT LOWS. IT`S ALSO WORTH NOTING THAT NO PRECIPITATION FELL IN MEDFORD, OREGON AFTER MAY 6TH. $$