Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
631 CXUS56 KMFR 011339 CLMMFR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD, OR 425 AM PDT MON APR 01 2024 ................................... ...THE MEDFORD OR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 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 86 03/28/1930 03/31/1911 03/30/1911 LOW 14 03/01/1960 03/01/1917 HIGHEST 80 03/18 64 03/21 LOWEST 28 03/08 24 03/06 AVG. MAXIMUM 58.3 59.4 -1.1 52.5 AVG. MINIMUM 37.0 37.2 -0.2 32.4 MEAN 47.6 48.3 -0.7 42.5 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 5 7.3 -2.3 18 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 5.54 1957 TOTALS 2.45 1.81 0.64 1.92 DAILY AVG. 0.08 0.06 0.02 0.06 DAYS >= .01 15 12.6 2.4 16 DAYS >= .10 5 5.6 -0.6 7 DAYS >= .50 2 0.6 1.4 1 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.74 03/01 TO 03/02 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 8.1 1956 TOTALS 0.4 0.2 0.2 1.2 SINCE 7/1 0.7 3.4 -2.7 MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 531 518 13 690 SINCE 7/1 3132 3600 -468 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 MM FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 09/13/1921 LATEST 06/12/1952 EARLIEST 10/28 LATEST 04/13 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.9 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 25/230 DATE 03/23 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 38/240 DATE 03/23 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.52 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 10 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 11 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 10 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 67 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 2 LIGHT RAIN 18 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 4 SLEET 0 FOG 15 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...MEDFORD OREGON WEATHER REVIEW: MARCH 2024... MARCH STARTED WITH A STRONG SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT MODERATE PRECIPITATION AND GUSTY WINDS TO PARTS OF SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THIS SYSTEM BROUGHT NEARLY 0.75 INCHES OF RAIN TO MEDFORD ON THE 1ST DAY OF THE MONTH. HOWEVER, THIS ONLY MET THE HALFWAY POINT FOR THE CURRENT DAILY RAINFALL RECORD ON THE 1ST WHICH IS 1.43 INCHES FROM 1972. THE SECOND RAINIEST DAY WAS THE 5TH WITH 0.62 INCHES RECORDED. ALTHOUGH NOT AS WET AS JANUARY, MEDFORD RECEIVED ALMOST 2.5 INCHES, WHICH IS OVER 0.60 INCHES ABOVE THE MONTHLY NORMAL. SNOW LEVELS FELL TO THE VALLEY FLOORS FOR THE FIRST FEW DAYS OF MARCH, AND ON THE 2ND THERE WAS 0.4 INCHES RECORDED AT THE OFFICE. ON THE 9TH OF MARCH THE OBSERVED SNOW DEPTH AT CRATER LAKE NP WAS 132 INCHES, 32 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL SNOW DEPTH FOR THAT DAY. THE SNOW WAS PILED UP TO THE STEEL VISITOR CENTER CAMERA! TEMPERATURES WERE JUST SHY OF NORMAL WITH THIS MONTH BEING LESS THAN A DEGREE COLDER THAN THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE. THERE WERE ONLY 5 DAYS WHERE TEMPERATURES FELL TO 32 DEGREES OR BELOW, AND THOSE WERE IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH. BY MID-MARCH HIGH PRESSURE BROUGHT WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS, AND TEMPERATURES WERE MORE TYPICAL OF MAY AS THEY WERE NEAR 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. BETWEEN THE 15TH AND 19TH, HIGHS WERE 74 DEGREES OR WARMER. IF YOU CAN REMEMBER BACK TO JANUARY, THE 30TH SAW A HIGH OF 73 DEGREES, SO THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME MEDFORD HAS SEEN 70 DEGREES IN 2024. IT IS, HOWEVER, THE FIRST TIME MEDFORD HIT 80 DEGREES THIS YEAR AS THERE WAS A HIGH OF 80 ON THE 18TH. THIS WAS JUST A DEGREE OFF FROM REACHING THE CURRENT DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD THAT WAS SET IN 1928. $$