Fire Weather Concerns for the Plains; Record Warmth Spreads
Dry and breezy conditions prevail across the High Plains where elevated to locally critical conditions continue through Thursday. Meanwhile, record warmth increases and spreads across the South, Southwest and into southern California into this last weekend of February. Meanwhile, a fast moving system moves across the Plains then off the mid-Atlantic by Thursday evening. Read More >
| NWS Forecast for: 18 Miles SSE Newberry Crater OR Issued by: National Weather Service Medford, OR Last Update: 2:21 am PST Feb 26, 2026 |  |
| Overnight: Patchy fog. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a steady temperature around 23. Calm wind. Thursday: Patchy fog before 1pm. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 51. Calm wind becoming south southwest around 6 mph in the afternoon. Thursday Night: Patchy fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. West wind 3 to 6 mph. Friday: Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 58. Calm wind becoming west southwest around 5 mph in the morning. Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 30. Calm wind. Saturday: A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly after 10am. Snow level 5800 feet rising to 7200 feet in the afternoon. Cloudy, with a high near 53. Saturday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers. Snow level 7300 feet lowering to 6700 feet after midnight . Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. Sunday: A chance of showers before 4pm, then a chance of rain after 4pm. Patchy fog before 10am. Snow level 6300 feet. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 53. Sunday Night: A chance of rain before 4am, then a slight chance of snow. Snow level 6400 feet lowering to 5500 feet after midnight . Partly cloudy, with a low around 27. Monday: A slight chance of snow before 7am, then a slight chance of rain and snow between 7am and 10am, then a slight chance of rain after 10am. Snow level 5100 feet rising to 5900 feet in the afternoon. Sunny, with a high near 58. Monday Night: Clear, with a low around 26. Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 60. Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. Wednesday: A chance of rain and snow. Snow level 5200 feet. Partly sunny, with a high near 54. | |
| 18 Miles SSE Newberry Crater OR 43.5°N 121.06°W (Elev. 4560 ft) | |
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