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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD OR
332 AM PDT SAT JUN 01 2013

...MEDFORD OREGON WEATHER REVIEW: MAY 2013...

MAY 2013 BEGAN WARM AND DRY UNDER HIGH PRESSURE...AND FELT LIKE
SUMMER CAME A LITTLE EARLY TO THE ROGUE VALLEY. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW
PROVIDED ENOUGH INSTABILITY TO RESULT IN THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN FOR
A FEW DAYS DURING THE FIRST WEEK...BUT DID NOT PROVIDE RELIEF FOR
THE WARMER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES THAT REMAINED IN PLACE FOR THE
FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH. A SERIES OF SYSTEMS MOVED OVER THE REGION
DURING THE SECOND HALF OF MAY...WHICH RESULTED IN A SWITCH BACK TO A
PATTERN MORE REMINISCENT OF THE WET SEASON. AS A RESULT...COOLER
THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND SEVERAL DAYS OF RAIN WERE RECORDED AT
THE MEDFORD AIRPORT. AS MAY CAME TO A CLOSE...CONDITIONS BECAME MORE
SEASONAL...BUT OVERALL MAY 2013 WILL BE KNOWN AS A DRIER AND WARMER
THAN NORMAL MONTH.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR MAY WAS 61.6 DEGREES...WHICH WAS
1.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS 75.6
DEGREES...WHICH WAS 2.3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE AVERAGE MINIMUM
TEMPERATURE WAS 47.6 DEGREES...WHICH WAS 1.4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 91 DEGREES...WHICH
OCCURRED ON THE 10TH AND 11TH. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH
WAS 33 DEGREES ON THE 1ST.

THERE WERE 15 CLEAR DAYS...11 PARTLY CLOUDY DAYS...AND 5 CLOUDY DAYS.

TOTAL RAINFALL WAS 0.69 INCHES WHICH WAS 0.62 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.
THE WATER YEAR (BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 1ST) ENDED THE MONTH AT 16.49
INCHES WHICH IS 0.52 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR
2013...THE MONTH ENDED AT 3.74 INCHES WHICH IS 5.10 INCHES BELOW
NORMAL. NO SNOW FELL DURING THE MONTH.

THE AVERAGE WIND FOR THE MONTH WAS 4.7 MPH. THE FASTEST RECORDED
TWO-MINUTE WIND WAS 28 MPH FROM THE SOUTHEAST ON THE 30TH. THE PEAK
WIND WAS 36 MPH FROM THE SOUTHEAST...ALSO ON THE 8TH.

THE HIGHEST PRESSURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 30.41 INCHES ON THE 1ST...AND
THE LOWEST PRESSURE WAS 29.58 INCHES ON THE 5TH.

TWO RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE SET DURING THE MONTH. THE
FIRST WAS ON THE 10TH...WHEN A LOW OF 56 BROKE THE OLD RECORD OF 52
SET IN 1936. THE SECOND OCCURRED THE NEXT DAY...THE 11TH...WHEN A
LOW OF 60 DEGREES BROKE THE OLD RECORD OF 54 SET IN 1941.

THE CALENDAR YEAR PRECIPITATION OF 3.74 INCHES FROM JANUARY 1ST
THROUGH MAY 31ST IS THE DRIEST ON RECORD FOR THE MEDFORD AREA.

LOOKING FORWARD...THERE IS LITTLE RELIEF IN SIGHT FROM THE DRY
CONDITIONS. ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION
IS EXPECTED FOR JUNE 2013.

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