Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
000 CXUS56 KMFR 010847 CLMMFR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD, OR 147 AM PDT SAT JUL 01 2023 ................................... ...THE MEDFORD OR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1911 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 115 06/28/2021 LOW 31 06/12/1952 HIGHEST 99 06/30 103 06/26 LOWEST 44 06/01 44 06/14 AVG. MAXIMUM 84.5 81.5 3.0 81.2 AVG. MINIMUM 55.1 52.3 2.8 53.3 MEAN 69.8 66.9 2.9 67.3 DAYS MAX >= 90 7 7.1 -0.1 8 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 3.49 1931 TOTALS 0.44 0.68 -0.24 1.68 DAILY AVG. 0.01 0.02 -0.01 0.06 DAYS >= .01 3 4.2 -1.2 6 DAYS >= .10 1 2.2 -1.2 3 DAYS >= .50 0 0.3 -0.3 1 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.39 06/19 TO 06/19 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 0.0 2010 TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 4.7 3.4 1.3 MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 31 55 -24 61 SINCE 7/1 4262 4204 58 MM COOLING TOTAL 182 112 70 138 SINCE 1/1 302 152 150 MM FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 09/13/1921 LATEST 06/12/1952 EARLIEST 11/10 11/10 LATEST 04/13 04/15 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.1 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 21/350 DATE 06/12 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 29/010 DATE 06/13 29/270 06/19 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.14 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 26 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 3 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 1 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 48 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 7 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 0 LIGHT RAIN 6 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 1 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 12 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...MEDFORD OREGON WEATHER REVIEW: JUNE 2023... AS IS TYPICAL FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE, THINGS BEGAN TO WARM UP OVER THE ROGUE VALLEY AS SPRING TURNED TO SUMMER. THE OVERALL JUNE WEATHER PATTERN ALONG THE WEST COAST SAW NUMEROUS UPPER TROUGHS MOVE INTO CALIFORNIA, THEN INTO THE GREAT BASIN. THIS BROUGHT PLENTY OF ACTIVE THUNDERSTORM DAYS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND FOR OTHER AREAS EAST OF THE CASCADES IN OREGON. IN FACT, ALTURAS, WHICH REPORTED THUNDER ON 14 OF THE 30 DAYS OF THE MONTH, ALSO MEASURED 3.00 INCHES OF RAIN IN JUNE. THIS WAS 2.30 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL! HOWEVER, WEST SIDE VALLEYS WERE MUCH LESS ACTIVE AND DRIER, RESULTING IN ABOVE AVERAGE WARMTH. IN MEDFORD, ALL BUT 6 DAYS OF THE MONTH WERE AT OR ABOVE NORMAL IN TERMS OF TEMPERATURE AND MEASURABLE RAINFALL WAS ONLY RECORDED ON 3 DAYS. THERE WERE 2 LONG STRETCHES OF ABOVE NORMAL WARMTH -- ONE FROM THE 2ND THROUGH THE 13TH AND ANOTHER FROM THE 22ND TO THE 30TH. IRONICALLY THOUGH, THE COOLEST STRETCH OF THE MONTH CAME WHEN THE SEASONS DID CHANGE, OVER FATHER`S DAY WEEKEND, FROM THE 18TH TO THE 21ST. THOSE 4 DAYS WERE WELL BELOW NORMAL AS A COOL UPPER TROUGH SETTLED IN OVER THE REGION. ON THE 19TH, THE HIGH WAS ONLY 56 DEGREES, GOOD ENOUGH FOR A RECORD LOW MAXIMUM FOR THE DATE. OF THE 0.44 OF AN INCH OF RAIN THAT FELL IN JUNE, 0.39 OF THAT FELL ON THE 19TH. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE OF THE MONTH CAME ON THE 1ST WITH 44 DEGREES. BUT, THE SUMMER PATTERN WAS IN FULL SWING BY THE END OF THE MONTH WITH THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURES OF 99 DEGREES RECORDED ON THE 30TH. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 69.8 DEGREES, WHICH IS 2.9 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS 84.5 DEGREES, WHICH IS 3.0 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS 55.1 DEGREES, WHICH IS 2.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 99 DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 30TH. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 44 DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 1ST. THERE WERE 26 CLEAR DAYS, 3 PARTLY CLOUDY DAYS, AND 1 CLOUDY DAY. TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 0.44 INCHES WHICH IS 0.24 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE WATER YEAR (BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST) IS 12.28 INCHES WHICH IS 5.10 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. CALENDAR YEAR PRECIPITATION IS 5.71 INCHES WHICH IS 4.31 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE MONTH WAS 5.1 MPH. THE FASTEST RECORDED TWO-MINUTE WIND SPEED WAS 21 MPH FROM THE NORTH WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 12TH. THE PEAK WIND WAS 29 MPH FROM THE NORTH WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 13TH. THE HIGHEST PRESSURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 30.21 INCHES ON THE 20TH. THE LOWEST PRESSURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 29.62 INCHES ON THE 6TH. $$